IPL 2024 public sale – Gujarat Titans’ Hardik Pandya gap, and different key positions the groups must fill

A complete of 77 slots (30 abroad) lie vacant throughout the ten IPL squads, prepared for filling up on the IPL 2024 public sale in Dubai on December 19. The franchises have a mixed purse of INR 262.95 crore (USD 31.58 million approx.) obtainable to spend at this public sale – that is the best mixed purse obtainable for a “mini public sale” (that’s, the top-up auctions the place groups wouldn’t have to rebuild nearly from scratch) throughout IPL seasons. How a lot does every group have precisely, and what are the slots they should fill? Here is ESPNcricinfo’s rundown.

Chennai Tremendous Kings

Purse obtainable: INR 31.40 crore (USD 3.77 million approx.)
Slots left: 6 (3 abroad)
Key positions to be stuffed: A substitute for Ambati Rayudu. They want one other Indian batter for the center order as properly, ideally a power-hitter. Additionally, an abroad quick bowler who possibly doubles up as an allrounder, and an Indian quick bowler.
Retained gamers: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Chowdhary, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana

The now-retired Ambati Rayudu performed some essential knocks for Chennai Tremendous Kings as influence sub final season•Getty Photos

Mumbai Indians

Purse obtainable: INR 17.75 crore (USD 2.13 million approx.)
Slots left: 8 (4 abroad)
Key positions to be stuffed: The dominant Mumbai Indians groups of the previous have at all times comprised two abroad quick bowlers, one among them being an allrounder, so anticipate them to look out for these skillsets. A type of may be a spin-bowling allrounder.
Retained gamers: Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff

Gujarat Titans

Purse obtainable: INR 38.15 crore (USD 4.58 million approx.)
Slots left: 8 (2 abroad)
Key positions to be stuffed: Whereas like-for-like could be robust, they want a substitute for Hardik Pandya – a batting or bowling allrounder, maybe an abroad choice. Additionally, an abroad quick bowler rather than Alzarri Josesph. And an Indian keeper-batter as a back-up for Wriddhiman Saha.
Retained gamers: David Miller, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma

How do you fill a Hardik Pandya-sized gap in your squad?•BCCI

Kolkata Knight Riders

Purse obtainable: INR 32.70 crore (USD 3.92 million approx.)
Slots left: 12 (4 abroad)
Key positions to be stuffed: Two abroad quicks, together with one with all-round expertise. And an Indian keeper-batter.
Retained gamers: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Suyash Sharma, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Purse obtainable: INR 23.25 crore (USD 2.79 millon approx.)
Slots left: 6 (3 abroad)
Key positions to be stuffed: Replacements for Wanindu Hasaranga and Harshal Patel. An abroad quick bowler to switch Josh Hazlewood. Additionally, an Indian allrounder or finisher to switch Shahbaz Ahmed, who transferred to Sunrisers Hyderabad by way of a commerce.
Retained gamers: Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Vyshak Vijaykumar

Having launched Harshal Patel, and several other different massive names from their bowling assault, RCB have some purchasing to do•BCCI

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Purse obtainable: INR 34 crore (USD 4.08 million approx.)
Slots left: 6 (3 abroad)
Key positions to be stuffed: Abroad allrounder (batting or bowling), and an Indian batter. Additionally, an abroad wristspinner.
Retained gamers: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande

Delhi Capitals

Purse obtainable: INR 28.95 crore (USD 3.47 million approx.)
Slots left: 9 (4 abroad)
Key positions to be stuffed: An abroad fast-bowling allrounder, an Indian keeper-batter, and an Indian finisher.
Retained gamers: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar

Launched by Punjab Kings, Shahrukh Khan may very well be an enormous pull on the public sale•AFP by way of Getty Photos

Punjab Kings

Purse obtainable: INR 29.10 crore (USD 3.49 million approx.)
Slots left: 8 (2 abroad)
Key positions to be stuffed: An Indian batting allrounder to switch Shahrukh Khan, who was launched. An abroad fast-bowling allrounder.
Retained gamers: Shikhar Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Bhatia

Rajasthan Royals

Purse obtainable: INR 14.50 crore (USD 1.74 million approx.)
Slots left: 8 (3 abroad)
Key positions to be stuffed: An abroad batter or batting allrounder, and an abroad quick bowler as back-up for Trent Boult.
Retained gamers: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Prasidh Krishna

Who might be Trent Boult’s back-up for Rajasthan Royals?•Related Press

Lucknow Tremendous Giants

Purse obtainable: INR 13.15 crore (USD 1.58 million approx.)
Slots left: 6 (2 abroad)
Key place to be stuffed: A substitute for Avesh Khan, who was traded to Gujarat Titans; this may very well be an Indian allrounder, too.
Retained gamers: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Okay Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh, Mark Wooden, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq

Nagraj Gollapudi is information editor at ESPNcricinfo