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Post 2010, the Indian Premier League has had two virtual ever-presents towards the bottom of the pile in Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils (now renamed to Delhi Capitals). Between them, one out of Punjab and Delhi have finished with the wooden spoon in seven of the last nine seasons – in 2018, they finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
Unsurprisingly, they are the two franchises most prone to overhauling their squads too. While Delhi have gone for a change in nomenclature, Punjab are attempting a radical sweep of their roster – with 15 spots unfilled, KXIP will be the busiest team at the IPL 2019 Auction.
In: Mandeep Singh
Out: Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Aaron Finch, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Sran, Yuvraj Singh, Ben Dwarshuis, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Manzoor Dar.
(Matches played by released players in IPL 2018: 55)
Retained: Chris Gayle, David Miller, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, R Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Andrew Tye, Mujeeb ur Rahman.
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