Analysis of each franchise ahead of IPL 2020 Auction

The IPL Auction 2020 is just two weeks away from now and all the teams are doing the searching for the best players from all around the world on whom they can bid and take that player in their squad for the IPL 2020 Schedule. The list of retained and released players is already shared with the BCCI on 15th November and many names surprised us a lot as either they have been released or either they have been retained. The IPL Auction will be held on 19th December 2019 at Kolkata. 

Let’s have a look at the Purse available with each franchise, one wrong retention and release made by every Franchise and the squad of each franchise ahead of IPL Auction. Let’s begin with the defending champions:

Mumbai Indians

Purse Details

Spent – 71.95 crores, Remaining – 13.05 crores

Players Retained – 18, Overseas- 6; Available Slots – 7, Overseas – 2

MI Squad

Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Kieran Pollard, Quinton de Kock, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Krunal Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Ishan Kishan, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Aditya Tare, Sherfane Rutherford, Jayant Yadav

Wrong Retention: Mitchell McClenaghan

Wrong Release: Alzarri Joseph

Chennai Super Kings

Purse Details

Spent – 70.40 crores, Remaining – 14.60 crores

Players Retained – 20, Overseas- 6; Available Slots – 5, Overseas- 2

CSK Squad

MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Murali Vijay, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shane Watson, Dwayne Bravo, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Monu Kumar, Narayan Jagadeesan, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi

Wrong Retention: Kedar Jadhav

Wrong Release: David Willey

Delhi Capitals

Purse Details

Spent – 57.15 crores, Remaining – ₹27.85 crores

Players Retained – 14, Overseas- 3; Available Slots – 11, Overseas – 5

DC Squad

Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane

Wrong Retention: Axar Patel

Wrong Release: Chris Morris

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Purse Details

Spent – 68 crores, Remaining – 17 crores

Players Retained – 18, Overseas – 6; Available Slots – 7, Overseas – 2

SRH Squad

Kane Williamson, David Warner, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shahbaz Nadeem, Billy Stanlake, Basil Thampi, Thangarasu Natarajan

Wrong Retention: Khaleel Ahmed

Wrong Release: Deepak Hooda

Kolkata Knight Riders

Purse Details

Spent – 49.35 crores, Remaining – 35.65 crores

Players Retained – 14, Overseas – 4; Available Slots – 11, Overseas – 4

KKR Squad

Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Sandeep Warrier, Harry Gurney, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Siddhesh Lad, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh

Wrong Retention: Rinku Singh

Wrong Release: Chris Lynn

Rajasthan Royals

Purse Details

Spent – 56.10 crores, Remaining – 28.90 crores

Players Retained – 14, Overseas – 4; Available Slots – 11 Overseas – 4

RR Squad

Steve Smith, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mahipal Lomror, Varun Aaron, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Ankit Rajpoot

Wrong Retention: Varun Aaron

Wrong Release: Liam Livingstone

Kings XI Punjab

Purse Details

Spent – 42.30 crore,s Remaining – 42.70 crores

Players Retained – 16, Overseas – 4; Available Slots – 9, Overseas – 4

KXIP Squad

KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Sarfaraz Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, K Gowtham, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Arshdeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, M Ashwin, J Suchith, Harpreet Brar, and Darshan Nalkande

Wrong Retention: Hardus Viljoen

Wrong Release: Sam Curran

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Purse Details

Spent – 57.10 crores, Remaining – 27.90 crores

Players Retained – 13, Overseas – 2; Available Slots – 12 Overseas – 6

RCB Squad

Virat Kohli, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini

Wrong Retention: Mohammed Siraj

Wrong Release: Shimron Hetmyer