As the clock ticked on Sunday and the IPL 2024 retention deadline neared, IPL franchises announced their list of retained and released players ahead of the upcoming mini-auction in December. 

The Royals have retained a strong core of 17 players, which meant 9 players were released from the franchise. Earlier on Saturday night, overseas Royal Joe Root announced he will no longer feature in the IPL, thereby opting out of the tournament for the near future. 

 

 

Full Rajasthan Royals (RR) squad:

Retained: Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Donovan Ferreira, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Kunal Rathore

Released: Joe Root, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy, Abdul Basith, Kuldip Yadav, M Ashwin, KC Cariappa, Akash Vashisht, KM Asif

Meanwhile, there were some big names that were released by their respective franchises, including Ben Stokes (Chennai Super Kings), Jofra Archer (Mumbai Indians) and more.

Here's a list of all retained and released players from each franchise ahead of the IPL 2024 auction.

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Retained: Rishabh Pant (c), David Warner (c, 2023), Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Abishek Porel, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dhull.

Released: Rilee Rossouw, Rovman Powell, Chetan Sakariya, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sarfaraz Khan, Ripal Patel, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Retained: MS Dhoni (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Ajay Mandal, Shaik Rasheed, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki.

Released: Ambati Rayudu (retired), Ben Stokes, Kyle Jamieson, Dwaine Pretorius, Sisanda Magala, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Akash Singh

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

Retained: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Ravi Bishnoi, Krunal Pandya, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mark Wood, Mohsin Khan, Yudhvir Singh, Ayush Badoni, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Mayank Yadav

Released: Jaydev Unadkat, Daniel Sams, Manan Vohra, Swapnil Singh, Karan Sharma, Karun Nair, Arpit Guleria, Suyash Shedge

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Retained: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Arshdeep Singh, Sikandar Raza, Prabhsimran Singh, Rahul Chahar, Gurnoor Brar, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Matthew Short, Rishi Dhawan, Harpreet Bhatia, Atharva Taide

Released: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Shahrukh Khan, Mohit Rathee, Baltej Dhanda, Raj Bawa

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Retained: Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy. Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell,Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy

Released: Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, David Wiese, Arya Desai, N Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Johnson Charles

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Retained: Aiden Markram (c), Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Glenn Phillips, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Washington Sundar, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, T Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Samad, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Reddy, Sanvir Singh

Released: Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Samarth Vyas, Kartik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Retained: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Mohammed Siraj, Will Jacks, Suyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar

Released: Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Harshal Patel, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Retained: Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Jasprit Bumrah, Dewald Brevis, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Cam Green, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Romario Shepherd, Jason Behrendorff

Released: Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier

Gujarat Titans (GT)

Retained: Hardik Pandya (c), Rashid Khan, David Miller, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma

Released: Dasun Shanaka, Shivam Mavi, Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph