IPL 2019 Auction: 8 Suggestions for the 8 Teams

Video Editor: Puneet Bhatia

Cameraperson: Nitin Chopra

346 players, vying for a maximum of 70 available slots, with a potential Rs 145 crore set to be dished out.

It’s that time of the year when cricketers turn commodities and go under the hammer – and for one whole day, it’s perfectly acceptable!

Chennai Super Kings have virtually no spots to fill, Kings XI Punjab don’t even have eleven players, the Delhi franchise has a new identity: here’s all you need to know ahead of the IPL 2019 auction in Jaipur on Tuesday, 18 December.

Delhi Capitals

• Auction Purse: Rs 25.50 crore
• Players in Squad: Total 15, Overseas 5
• Spots to Fill: Total 10, Overseas 3
• Transfers In: Shikhar Dhawan
• Major Released Players: Gautam Gambhir, Glenn Maxwell, Jason Roy, Mohammed Shami
• Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Harshal Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Sandeep Lamichhane, Avesh Khan
• Needed at IPL 2019 Auction: Options to bat at 5/6/7, experienced Indian all-rounders, one wicket-keeping back-up, alternatives to South African players (leave on 10 May)

Kings XI Punjab

• Auction Purse: Rs 36.20 crore
• Players in Squad: Total 10, Overseas 4
• Spots to Fill: Total 15, Overseas 4
• Transfers In: None
• Major Released Players: Axar Patel, Yuvraj Singh, Marcus Stoinis
• Retained Players: Chris Gayle, David Miller, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, R Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Andrew Tye, Mujeeb ur Rahman
• Needed at IPL 2019 Auction: Excessive buying across most departments – Indian batsmen, overseas batsmen, Indian all-rounders, overseas all-rounders, domestic fast bowlers, back-up spin bowlers

Kolkata Knight Riders

• Auction Purse: Rs 15.20 crore
• Players in Squad: Total 13, Overseas 3
• Spots to Fill: Total 12, Overseas 5
• Transfers In: None
• Major Released Players: Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson
• Retained Players: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna
• Needed at IPL 2019 Auction: At least two quality batsmen, reliable top-order back-up for Chris Lynn, wicket-keeping back-up, strength in fast-bowling department

Royal Challengers Bangalore

• Auction Purse: Rs 18.15 crore
• Players in Squad: Total 15, Overseas 6
• Spots to Fill: Total 10, Overseas 2
• Transfers In: Marcus Stoinis
• Major Released Players: Quinton de Kock, Brendon McCullum, Chris Woakes
• Retained Players: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Moeen Ali, Colin de Grandhomme, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Nathan Coulter-Nile
• Needed at IPL 2019 Auction: Several quality batsmen (only three recognised batsmen in the squad), utility overseas options, domestic bowling back-ups

Rajasthan Royals

• Auction Purse: Rs 20.95 crore
• Players in Squad: Total 16, Overseas 5
• Spots to Fill: Total 9, Overseas 3
• Transfers In: None
• Major Players Released: Jaydev Unadkat, D’Arcy Short
• Retained Players: Steven Smith, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Ajinkya Rahane, K Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mahipal Lomror
• Needed at IPL 2019 Auction: Back-ups for English/Australian players in first-choice XI, fast bowlers, experienced all-rounders, back-up Indian batsmen

Sunrisers Hyderabad

• Auction Purse: Rs 9.70 crore
• Players in Squad: Total 20, Overseas 6
• Spots to Fill: Total 5, Overseas 2
• Transfers In: Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem
• Major Released Players: Shikhar Dhawan, Carlos Brathwaite, Alex Hales
• Retained Players: David Warner, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Shakib al Hasan, Billy Stanlake, Kane Williamson, Mohammad Nabi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Basil Thampi, Deepak Hooda
• Needed at IPL 2019 Auction: Domestic top-order batsmen, quality option to bat at 6/7, experienced all-rounders as back-up for Shakib al Hasan (15 April cut-off for Bangladesh players)

Mumbai Indians

• Auction Purse: Rs 11.15 crore
• Players in Squad: Total 18, Overseas 7
• Spots to Fill: Total 7, Overseas 1
• Transfers In: Quinton de Kock
• Major Released Players: Mustafizur Rahman, Pat Cummins, JP Duminy
• Retained Players: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff
• Needed at IPL 2019 Auction: 1-2 quality batsmen (Indian or overseas), back-up domestic batsmen/all-rounders, at least 1-2 domestic bowling options (preferably pacers)

Chennai Super Kings

• Auction Purse: Rs 8.40 crore
• Players in Squad: Total 23, Overseas 8
• Spots to Fill: Total 2, Overseas 0
• Transfers In: None
• Players Released (All): Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth, Kshitiz Sharma
• Retained Players: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, M Vijay, Shane Watson, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Dwayne Bravo, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Sam Billings, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi
• Needed at IPL 2019 Auction: Really? (Could do with bringing younger legs, or back-ups to South African players departing by 10 May for the World Cup)