Prithvi Shaw gets retained while DC releases a staggering eleven people from their roster.
In preparation for the IPL 2024 auction, teams have let go of certain players to create space in their rosters for potential new acquisitions. Delhi Capitals is one of the IPL teams that has not won any trophy even after 15 editions of the tournament and will look to amend that.
In IPL 2024, Delhi Capitals will aim for their first-ever title. In the 2020 season, they reached the final and it was their best show. In the last edition, Delhi Capitals gave a miserable show. They won just 5 games out of 14 and finished in the second last position in the points table. The franchise was short of their skipper Rishabh Pant, who was out after suffering a life-threatening car accident.
Now with another promising season in the offing, the DC franchise will look to assemble the missing pieces and win their maiden IPL trophy.
Last season, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced the “TRADE” option, enabling franchises to engage in player exchanges. This ‘IPL Trade Window’ provides teams with the flexibility to either swap players among themselves or engage in all-cash deals to acquire new players.
Players released ahead of the IPL 2024 season will enter the auction, affording them the opportunity to join a different team before the commencement of the league. As per IPL regulations, each franchise is allowed a squad of 25 players, with a maximum of 8 being foreign players. In the Playing XI, teams can include a maximum of 4 overseas players.
IPL 2024 Auction Date: The BCCI has scheduled the IPL 2024 Auction to take place in Dubai on December 19, with the deadline for the final submission of lists of released and retained players set for November 26.
IPL Auction 2024 Venue: This IPL 2024 Auction in Dubai is set to be a day-long event, marking the first instance of such an auction being conducted overseas.
DC Players Released: There was expectation of a lot of fall guys from Delhi Capitals, although Prithvi Shaw was not one among them. It’s exactly what happened as DC released a whopping eleven players while Shaw was retained. DC’s batters had a troubled last season. Manish Pandey faced a slump in form, managing a meagre 160 runs in ten matches. Sarfaraz Khan, touted as a promising prospect, too struggled to make an impact, amassing only 53 runs in four games. The final Released Players list by DC is given below.
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DC Players Retained: Delhi Capitals Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly has already confirmed that Pant will make a return in IPL 2024. His return would boost DC’s chances as the franchise retained its best crop of talents for the new season. The final list of players retained by DC is given below:
BCCI has increased the purse value for franchises by INR 5 crores, raising it from the existing INR 95 crores. DC are expected to invest on getting a good batting lienup, an issue that was a pressing concern last season.
DC Remaining purse: Delhi Capitals have a remaining value of INR 28.95 crore and 9 slots to fill, out of which 5 are overseas.
The return of Rishabh Pant will be a major boost to DC’s chances of lifting their first-ever IPL trophy. The franchise has missed him evidently in the last season. Along with that, DC will seek to revamp their squad after letting go eleven players and make the necessary changes in the upcoming auction to become a formidable side.
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