Australian players managed to attract the biggest bids at the Indian Premier League 2024 auction in Dubai on Tuesday, December 19. Teams created history by breaking the bank to sign the likes of Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins but their national teammate Steve Smith went unsold. 72 players went unsold but seven of them found bids in the accelerated round of the auction.
South African batter Rilee Rossouw became the first cricketer to go unsold at the IPL auction in 2024. Rossouw was released by Delhi Capitals before the auction and was expected to attract bids but surprisingly teams showed no interest in the Proteas star who had set a base price of INR 2 crore.
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English wicketkeeper batter Phil Salt also failed to find any interest despite hammering a sensational T20I hundred against West Indies three days ago. Veteran batter Maish Pandey, who entered the auction with a base price of INR 50 lakh, was the first high-profile Indian to go unsold in the first round. His Karnataka teammate Karun Nair also went unsold having played King XI Punjab in 2020.
14 players went unsold in the capped cricketers slot including two Indian stars Karun Nair and Manish Pandey. Teams showed very little interest in spinners with the likes of Tabraiz Shamshi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Akeal Hosein, and Adil Rashid going unsold.
However, Kolkata Knight Riders managed to sign Manish Pandey for a base price of INR 50 lakh in the final round but Karun remained unsold. Rilee Rossouw also triggered a bidding war in the final round to sign for Punjab Kings for INR 8.0 crore. Lockie Ferguson also found a bid from Royal Challengers Bangalore in the accelerated round for a base price of INR 2.0 crore but the likes of Steve Smith and Phil Salt went unsold for the second time.
List of all unsold players at IPL Auction 2024 (Capped)
- Rilee Rossouw (Sold in the accelerated round)
- Karun Nair
- Steve Smith
- Manish Pandey (Sold in the accelerated round)
- Phil Salt
- Kusal Mendis
- Josh Inglis
- Lockie Ferguson (Sold in the accelerated round)
- Waqar Salamkheil
- Adil Rashid
- Akeal Hosein
- Ish Sodhi
- Tabraiz Shamsi
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Sold in the accelerated round)
List of all unsold players at IPL Auction 2024 (Uncapped)
- Rohan Kunnummal
- Saurav Chauhan (Sold in the accelerated round)
- Priyansh Arya
- Manan Vohra
- Mohammad Arshad
- Sarfaraz Khan
- Raj Angad Bawa
- Vivrant Sharma
- Atit Sheth
- Hrithik Shokeen
- Urvil Patel
- Vishnu Solanki
- Kuldip Yadav
- Ishan Porel
- Shiva Singh
- Murugan Ashwin
- Pulkit Narang
List of all unsold players at IPL Auction 2024 (Final Round)
- Finn Allen
- Colin Munro
- Rassie van der Dussen
- Qais Ahmed
- Michael Bracewell
- Jimmy Neesham
- Keemo Paul
- Odean Smith
- Shai Hope (Sold in the accelerated round)
- Dushmantha Chameera
- Ben Dwashuis
- Matt Henry
- Kyle Jamieson
- Tymal Mills
- Adam Milne
- Lance Morris
- Sandeep Warrier
- Luke Wood
- Swastik Chikara (Sold in the accelerated round)
- Hrithik Easwaran
- Himmat Singh
- Shashank Singh
- Sumit Verma
- Harsh Dubey
- Tanush Kotian
- Kamlesh Nagarkoti
- Pradosh Paul
- Rohit Rayudu
- Tanay Thiagrajan
- G Ajitesh
- Gaurav Chaudhari
- Bipin Sourabh
- KM Asif
- Sakib Hussain
- Mohammad Kaif
- Abhilash Shetty
- Gurjpaneet Singh
- Prithviraj Yarra
- Shubham Agarwal
- KL Shrijith
- Amandeep Khare
