IPL 2024 squad analysis: Chaos at Mumbai, Gujarat weakened, question mark over Dhoni

The Indian Premier League is back, so that means everything else in the world of cricket will come to a stop.

Such is the might of the T20 league that everything else revolves around it, be it the international calendar, player contracts or national commitments.

Australia's all-format champion Mitchell Starc and his captain Pat Cummins recently landed the biggest contracts in history, underscoring the financial pull the tournament wields.

But there is more to the tournament. Make it in the IPL, and you are almost guaranteed to be fast-tracked into international duty. And this time, the spotlight will shine even brighter on the best players as the T20 World Cup starts just a week after the IPL ends.

So as we prepare for IPL 2024, which begins on March 22 and concludes on May 26, we take a closer look at the 10 teams.

SQUAD

Openers: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rachin Ravindra

Middle order: MS Dhoni (captain, wk), Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Avanish Aravelly, Shaik Rasheed, Sameer Rizvi

All-rounders: Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Nishant Sindhu

Spinners: Mitchell Santner, Maheesh Theekshana, Prashant Solanki

Fast bowlers: Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana, Shardul Thakur, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh

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