IPL 2024

IPL 2024: Despite General Elections this year, The biggest Cricket Fest, IPL, is likely to begin in March 2024.

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IPL 2024 16th Edition to start on:

The squads of all the teams for IPL 2024 have been confirmed and the Indian cricketing fraternity along with the fans are now waiting for the BCCI to release the match fixtures of 2024. Though BCCI is expected to make the announcement very soon, according to Dainik’s report, the new season of the IPL is set to begin on March 22.

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The news outlet also reported that the BCCI plans to schedule the matches of IPL 2024 so that it won’t affect the upcoming general elections. Earlier In 2009 and 2014, the IPL was played outside India due to the elections. However, in 2019, the entire tournament was held within the country and by this time also the BCCI is interested in hosting the IPL in India.

According to the report, the IPL matches will be played at alternate venues during the particular phase of Lok Sabha elections which will take place in cities that host IPL matches. BCCI Secretary Jay Shah is putting all efforts to host the IPL in India this year besides the general elections. There have been discussions between the BCCI and the government regarding this matter.

Chennai Super Kings, the defending champions is likely to play the first match of IPL this season. Last time they defeated Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2023 claiming the title for the fifth time. Chennai is also supposed to host the finals of IPL 2024.

The auction that took place recently :

This time it was a mini auction and the franchises were determined to buy only a handful of players in their respective teams hence only 72 players managed to get the IPL contract out of more than 300. The total cost of bidding for the 16th edition of the IPL 2024 to secure the services of the players went up to ₹ 230 Cr. which included all ten franchises. Australia’s pace bowler Mitchell Starc was the costliest player in the auction at a signing amount of ₹ 24.75 Cr by Kolkata Knight Riders.

Jay Shah’s Announcement:
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah took to X to announce that the IPL auction drew a total of 22.8 million viewers, higher than those for auctions held in the 2022 auction.

LIST OF IPL TEAMS AND THEIR SQUADS:

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) 2024 squad: Ajay Mandal, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, Devon ConwayMaheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shaik Rasheed, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman and Avanish Rao Aravelly.

Delhi Capitals (DC) 2024 squad: Abhishek Porel, Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, David Warner, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh, Mukesh Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara.

Gujarat Titans (GT) 2024 squad: Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little, Kane Williamson, Matthew Wade, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Shubman GillVijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Azmatullah Omarzai*, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Robin Minz

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) 2024 squad: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain.

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) 2024 squad: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen ul Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K Gowtham, Devdutt Padikkal (traded from RR), Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M Siddharth, Ashton Turner*, David Willey*, Mohammed Arshad Khan.

Mumbai Indians (MI) 2024 squad: Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal WadheraJasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Hardik Pandya (traded from GT), Romario Shepherd (traded from LSG), Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi*, Shivalik Sharma.

Punjab Kings (PBKS) 2024 squad: Shikhar Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Singh, Rahul Chahar, Prabhsimran Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Bhatia, Harpreet Brar, Atharva Taide, Vidwath Kaverappa, Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Sam Curran, Nathan Ellis, Sikandar Raza, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) 2024 squad: Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat KohliRajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Mayank Dagar (traded from SRH), Cameron Green* (traded from MI), Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson*, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chuahan.

Rajasthan Royals (RR) 2024 squad: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan (from LSG), Rovman PowellShubham Dubey, Tom Kohler Cadmore, Nandre Burger*, Abid Mushtaq.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) 2024 squad: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed (traded from RCB), Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.

Conclusion:

The IPL fest is going to be happening on March 22 as per the report. We all are eagerly waiting for this time of the cricket fest. It will be exciting this year.

Source credit: Cricket Country via Daily Hunt, and Lokmat Times via Daily Hunt.

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