IPL 2024 Auction: Full list of players released and retained by Punjab Kings
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PBKS retained and released List: With PBKS retaining Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh, they can bank on their pace department to click in the 17th season.
PBKS retained and released List: One of the few franchises to have never won an IPL title, Punjab Kings, have announced their final list of released and retained players ahead of the IPL 2024 auction. The Punjab-based outfit has kept most of its core, including star foreign players like Jonny Bairstow and two match-winners in the shortest format, Liam Livingstone and Sikandar Raza. They, however, have let go of one of the most-talked-about Indian talents in their setup.
Despite having a bumper auction in the lead to the last season, Punjab Kings had a disappointing run, finishing in the bottom half of the points table at the eighth position. Having won just six out of their 14 contested league matches, PBKS failed to leave an impression for the nth time.
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However, with fully-fit Bairstow set to play the whole season, alongside a hungrier Shikhar Dhawan at the top, PBKS can hope to turn the tables around this time. Their middle-order looks sorted with few emerging Indian players, while Livingstone and Raza are there to take care of duties later in the innings.
With PBKS retaining Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh, they can bank on their pace department to click in the 17th season. In the spin-bowling section, Rahul Chahar and Harpreet Brar will again hog the limelight.
PBKS retained and released List - IPL 2024 Auction:
Here is the full list of players released by PBKS ahead of the IPL 2024 mini-auction -
- Mohit Rathee
- Raj Bawa
- Shahrukh Khan
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa
- Baltej Singh
Here is the full list of players retained by PBKS ahead of the IPL 2024 mini-auction –
- Shikhar Dhawan (captain)
- Matthew Short
- Prabhsimran Singh (wk)
- Jitesh Sharma (wk)
- Sikandar Raza
- Rishi Dhawan
- Liam Livingstone
- Atharva Taide
- Arshdeep Singh
- Nathan Ellis
- Sam Curran
- Kagiso Rabada
- Harpreet Brar
- Rahul Chahar
- Harpreet Bhatia
- Vidwath Kaverappa
- Shivam Singh
Meanwhile, the IPL 2024 mini-auction will be held in Dubai on Tuesday (Dec 19).
