IPL auction 2024 Highlights: Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Daryl Mitchell rake in massive amounts
IPL Auction 2024 Live: The auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) is scheduled to take place on December 19 in Dubai. It will be the first time the bidding war will be held outside India as the gulf city gears up for the mega day. 10 IPL teams, 77 slots and 330 players (3 will not be part of IPL 2024) - that's the numbers you have ahead of the auction starts. Lots of big names up for grabs. World Cup winners - Travis Head, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood would go under the hammer. Other impressive stars including Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur and Daryl Mitchell will also tempt the franchises to break bank for them.Gujarat Titans are coming into this auction with the biggest purse of INR 38.15 crore, while Lucknow Super Giants have the smallest purse with INR 13.15 crore in their pocket. Kolkata Knight Riders have the most available slots with them as they made huge changes to their squad at the time of the retention deadline. They can pick as many as 12 players and have INR 32.7 crore with them. CSK, LSG and SRH have to pick the least players - 6 at the bidding war.