Mitchell Starc Sets Record as IPL’s Costliest Player

In a groundbreaking moment at the IPL 2024 auction in Dubai, Mitchell Starc from Australia etched his name in history by becoming the most expensive player ever in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) secured the services of the Australian pacer with a staggering bid of INR 24.75 crores.

Players Breach the 20 Crore-Mark Milestone

The IPL 2024 auction witnessed not one but two players breaching the 20 crore-mark for the first time in the league’s history. Before Starc’s record-breaking bid, his Australian compatriot Pat Cummins was acquired by the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for a substantial sum of 20.50 crores.

Curran Ousted as the Most Expensive Player

Sam Curran, the all-rounder, who held the title of the most expensive IPL player previously, was outshone as Punjab Kings (PBKS) paid INR 18.50 crores for the Englishman in the previous year’s auction.

Unprecedented Auction Statistics

A total of 332 players from 13 countries were part of the IPL 2024 auction, with 216 being Indian players. After player retention, releases, and trades, only 77 slots remained to be filled by the 10 teams combined. Notably, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) chose not to utilize their full quota of 25 players.

Star Performers and Their Premiums

Apart from Starc and Cummins joining the elite 20 crore club, several other players commanded premiums exceeding 10 crores at the IPL 2024 auction. Notable among them were Daryl Mitchell (INR 14.00 cr to CSK), Harshal Patel (INR 11.75 cr to PBKS), Alzarri Joseph (INR 11.50 cr to RCB), and Spencer Johnson (INR 10 cr to GT).

IPL 2024 Teams and Full Squads

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) IPL 2024 Squad

• Ajay Mandal
• Ajinkya Rahane
• Deepak Chahar
• Devon Conway*
• Maheesh 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* (auction – 1.80 cr)
• Shardul Thakur (auction – 4.00 cr)
• Daryl Mitchell* (auction – 14.00 cr)
• Sameer Rizvi (auction – 8.40 cr)
• Mustafizur Rahman* (auction – 2.00 cr)
• Avanish Rao Aravelly (auction – 20 lakh)

Delhi Capitals (DC) IPL 2024 Squad

• Abhishek Porel
• Anrich Nortje*
• Axar Patel
• David Warner*
• Ishant Sharma
• Kuldeep Yadav
• Lalit Yadav
• Lungisani Ngidi*
• Mitchell Marsh*
• Mukesh Kumar
• Pravin Dubey
• Prithvi Shaw
• Rishabh Pant
• Syed Khaleel Ahmed
• Vicky Ostwal
• Yash Dhull
• Harry Brook* (auction – 4.00 cr)
• Tristan Stubbs* (auction – 50 lakh)
• Ricky Bhui (auction – 20 lakh)
• Kumar Kushagra (auction – 7.20 cr)
• Rasikh Dar (auction – 20 lakh)
• Jhye Richardson* (auction – 5.00 cr)
• Sumit Kumar (auction – 1.00 cr)
• Shai Hope* (auction – 75 lakh)
• Swastik Chhikara (auction – 20 lakh)

Gujarat Titans (GT) IPL 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 Gill
• Vijay Shankar
• Wriddhiman Saha
• Azmatullah Omarzai* (auction – 50 lakh)
• Umesh Yadav (auction – 5.80 cr)
• Shahrukh Khan (auction – 7.40 cr)
• Sushant Mishra (auction – 2.20 cr)
• Kartik Tyagi (auction – 60 lakh)
• Manav Suthar (auction – 20 lakh)
• Spencer Johnson* (auction – 10 cr)
• Robin Minz (auction – 3.60 cr)

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL 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 (auction – 50 lakh)
• Chetan Sakariya (auction – 50 lakh)
• Mitchell Starc* (auction – 24.75 cr)
• Angkrish Raghuvanshi (auction – 20 lakh)
• Ramandeep Singh (auction – 20 lakh)
• Sherfane Rutherford* (auction – 1.50 cr)
• Manish Pandey (auction – 50 lakh)
• Mujeeb Ur Rehman* (auction – 2.00 cr)
• Gus Atkinson* (auction – 1.00 cr)
• Sakib Hussain (auction – 2.00 lakh)

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) IPL 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 (auction – 6.40 cr)
• Arshin Kulkarni (auction – 20 lakh)
• M Siddharth (auction – 2.40 cr)
• Ashton Turner* (auction – 1.00 cr)
• David Willey* (auction – 2.00 cr)
• Mohammed Arshad Khan (auction – 20 lakh)

Mumbai Indians (MI) IPL 2024 Squad

• Rohit Sharma
• Dewald Brevis*
• Suryakumar Yadav
• Ishan Kishan
• Tilak Verma
• Tim David*
• Vishnu Vinod
• Arjun Tendulkar
• Shams Mulani
• Nehal Wadhera
• Jasprit Bumrah
• Kumar Kartikeya
• Piyush Chawla
• Akash Madhwal
• Jason Behrendorff*
• Hardik Pandya (traded from GT)
• Romario Shepherd* (traded from RCB)
• Gerald Coetzee* (auction – 5.00 cr)
• Dilshan Madushanka (auction – 4.60 cr)
• Shreyas Gopal (auction – 20 lakh)
• Nuwan Thushara* (auction – 4.80 cr)
• Naman Dhir (auction – 20 lakh)
• Anshul Kamboj (auction – 20 lakh)
• Mohammad Nabi* (auction – 20 lakh)
• Shivalik Sharma (auction – 20 lakh)

Punjab Kings (PBKS) IPL 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 (auction – 11.75 cr)
• Chris Woakes* (auction – 4.20 cr)
• Ashutosh Sharma (auction – 20 lakh)
• Vishwanath Pratap Singh (auction – 20 lakh)
• Shashank Singh (auction – 20 lakh)
• Tanay Thyagarajan (auction – 20 lakh)
• Prince Choudhary (auction – 20 lakh)
• Rilee Rossouw* (auction – 8.00 cr)

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) IPL 2024 Squad

• Faf du Plessis*
• Glenn Maxwell*
• Virat Kohli
• Rajat 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* (auction – 11.50 cr)
• Yash Dayal (auction – 5.00 cr)
• Tom Curran* (auction – 1.50 cr)
• Lockie Ferguson* (auction – 2.00 cr)
• Swapnil Singh (auction – 20 lakh)
• Saurav Chuahan (auction – 20 lakh)

Rajasthan Royals (RR) IPL 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 Powell* (auction – 7.40 cr)
• Shubham Dubey (auction – 5.80 cr)
• Tom Kohler Cadmore* (auction – 40 lakh)
• Nandre Burger* (auction – 50 lakh)
• Abid Mushtaq (auction – 20 lakh)

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) IPL 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* (auction – 6.80 cr)
• Wanindu Hasaranga* (auction – 1.50 cr)
• Pat Cummins* (auction – 20.50 cr)
• Jaydev Unadkat (auction – 1.60 cr)
• Akash Singh (auction – 20 lakh)
• Jhathavedh Subramanyan (auction – 20 lakh)