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The IPL Mega Auction took place on 24 and 25 November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 7 teams bought 22 to 25 players, while the teams of Bengaluru, Kolkata and Hyderabad could buy only 20-21 players. The teams of PBKS, DC and RCB, which came with the biggest purse, looked almost perfect.
Delhi bought big players at low prices, whereas KKR could not buy any captain. The finishing of Mumbai, Rajasthan and Hyderabad is not weak. Whereas the top-4 of Lucknow and Kolkata looked weak. Due to the impact player rule in IPL, 12 players play in the match, hence less all-rounders were bought this time.
Know the strength-weakness and possible-12 of your favorite IPL teams in the story.
1. Chennai Super Kings: Spin department strong, Dhoni’s partner did not buy the finisher.
- Strength: Strengthened the core by buying old players like Conway, Rachin, Ashwin, Karan. Noor, Jadeja and Ashwin are making the spin department very strong. Bought 9 all-rounders, out of which 5 will also be a part of the playing-12. The team’s backup is also strong.
- Weakness: 42 year old Dhoni is the only finisher. Curan, Jadeja and Ashwin are weak as finishers. Even in the pace bowling department, there are no proper players to support Pathirana. Invested more money on young pacers, which could prove risky.
Possible-12: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Shivam Dubey, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Khalil Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Mathish Pathirana.
Extra: Rachin Ravindra (₹4 crore), Anshul Kamboj (₹3.40 crore), Gurjapaneet Singh (₹2.20 crore), Nathan Ellis (₹2 crore), Jamie Overton (₹1.50 crore), Vijay Shankar (₹1.20 crore), Vansh Bedi (₹55 lakh), Ramakrishna Ghosh (₹30 lakh), Sheikh Rashid (₹30 lakh), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (₹30 lakh), Swastik Chikara (₹30 lakh), Shreyas Gopal (₹30 lakh), Mukesh Choudhary (₹30 lakh), Andre Siddharth (₹30 lakh).
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2. Mumbai Indians: Batting and bowling strong, lack of finisher
- Strength: Due to having an Indian international player, the team’s top order batting is strong. Bumrah, Boult and Chahar are strengthening the pace bowling. Santner and Ghazanfar fit in the spin department.
- Weakness: There is no finisher in the team to support Hardik. Young Robin Minz will be at number-7, if he flops then the team’s finishing will be very weak. There is no backup Indian wicketkeeper either.
Possible-12: Rohit Sharma, Will Jacques, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Naman Dheer, Hardik Pandya (captain), Robin Minz (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Allah Ghazanfar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
Extra: Ryan Rickelton (₹1 crore), Reece Topley (₹75 lakh), Lizard Williams (₹75 lakh), Karn Sharma (₹50 lakh), Bevan Jacobs (₹50 lakh), Tripurna Vijay (₹50 lakh), Raj Angad Bava (₹30 lakh), V Satyanarayana (₹30 lakh), Ashwani Kumar (₹30 lakh), Arjun Tendulkar (₹30 lakh), KL Srijith (₹30 lakh).
3. Kolkata Knight Riders: Captain not bought, finishing very strong
- Strength: Top class finishers present from numbers 4 to 7. If Narine opens, there is also an option to increase the bowling. Chakraborty, Harshit, Nortya and Vaibhav are also making the bowling strong.
- Weakness: The captain was not bought, Punjab bought the previous captain Shreyas. A lot of money was spent on Venkatesh, but it is difficult to fit him in the playing-11. Due to his presence the top order of the team is becoming weak.
Possible-12: Quinton de Kock (WK), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Enrique Nortya, Varun Chakraborty, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande.
Extra: Spencer Johnson (₹2.80 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (₹2 crore), Moeen Ali (₹2 crore), Rovman Powell (₹1.50 crore), Ajinkya Rahane (₹1.50 crore), Manish Pandey (₹75 lakh), Umran Malik (₹75 lakh), Anukul Roy (₹40 lakh), Lavneeth Sisodia (₹30 lakh).
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4. Sunrisers Hyderabad: Batting-bowling strong, finishing a bit weak
- Strength: Top-5 batsmen are very explosive, last season with their help the best score of IPL was made. Bowling has also been strengthened by purchasing Harshal and Shami.
- Weakness: Finishing options after Klaasen are weak. There are players like Manohar, Mendis, Nishant, but they are not able to increase the strength of the team.
Possible-12: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Kamindu Mendis, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (c), Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Mohammed Shami, Jaydev Unadkat.
Extra: Adam Zampa (₹2.40 crore), Simarjeet Singh (₹1.50 crore), Ishan Malinga (₹1.20 crore), Brayden Carse (₹1 crore), Zeeshan Ansari (₹40 lakh), Aniket Verma (₹30 lakh), Atharva Tayde (₹30 lakh), Sachin Baby (₹30 lakh), Nishant Sindhu (₹30 lakh).
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5. Royal Challengers Bangalore: Did not buy big names, created a balanced team; Captain not decided
- Strength: Big names like Maxwell, Pant, Rahul, Shreyas were not bid. Bought T20 specialists like Salt, Livingston, Jitesh, Krunal. Bhuvneshwar, Dayal and Rasikh are strengthening the bowling.
- Weakness: Suyyash Sharma can be risky as a wrist spinner. After releasing Du Plessis, even the captain was not bought. The spin department is a bit weak.
Possible-12: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Krunal Pandya, Liam Livingston, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Swapnil Singh/Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salaam, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
Extra: Jacob Bethel (₹2.60 crore), Devdutt Padikkal (₹2 crore), Nuwan Thushara (₹1.60 crore), Lungi Ngidi (₹1 crore), Romario Shepherd (₹1.50 crore), Swapnil Singh (₹50 lakh), Manoj Bhandge (₹30 lakh), Abhinandan Singh (₹30 lakh).
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6. Delhi Capitals: Batting-bowling strong; Finishing depends on Indians
- Strength: Delhi made the smartest purchase in the auction. The team bought players like Rahul, Starc, Natarjan, Ashutosh at low prices. Both batting and bowling departments are strong.
- Weakness: The responsibility of finishing will be on Ashutosh and Akshar. No foreigner was bought in this position, if the Indian player flops then the team may face problems here.
Possible-12: Jack Fraser-Magerk, KL Rahul (wk), Sameer Rizvi/Abhishek Porel, Harry Brook, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Thangarasu Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar.
Extra: Faf du Plessis (₹2 crore), Dushmantha Chameera (₹75 lakh), Donovan Ferreira (₹75 lakh), Karun Nair (₹50 lakh), Vipraj Nigam (₹50 lakh), Madhav Tiwary (₹40 lakh), Ajay Mandal (₹30 lakh), Manwanth Kumar (₹30 lakh), Darshan Nalkande (₹30 lakh).
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7. Punjab Kings: Bought the most expensive players, but made the team strong
- Strength: Bought stable captain as Shreyas. Finishing became very strong with Vadhera, Maxwell, Stoinis. Arshdeep, Chahal and Yanson are also strengthening the bowling.
- Weakness: Maxwell has been a flop in the IPL for the last few years, Ferguson also proves to be expensive at times. Bought 3 such players from Australia, who have not been able to prove themselves in India.
Possible-12: Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Yanson, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lockie Ferguson.
Extra: Azmatullah Umarzai (₹2.40 crore), Josh Inglis (₹2.40 crore), Vijaykumar Vyshak (₹1.80 crore), Yash Thakur (₹1.60), Aaron Hardy (₹1.25 crore), Vishnu Vinod (₹95 lakh), Kuldeep Sen ( ₹80 lakh), Xavier Bartlett (₹80 lakh), Harnoor Pannu (₹30 lakh), Suryansh Shegde (₹30 lakh), Payla Avinash (₹30 lakh), Praveen Dubey (₹30 lakh), Musheer Khan (₹30 lakh).
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8. Lucknow Supergiants: Top order weak, finishers strong
- Strength: Pooran, Miller, Shahbaz and Samad are strengthening the finishing. Pant plays fast in IPL, which is also strengthening the middle order.
- Weakness: Marsh and Markram are out of form in T20, if both of them do not play then Lucknow will be under pressure from the powerplay itself. The fitness of Mohsin and Mayank will also be a concern for the team.
Possible-12: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (wk), Nicholas Pooran, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan/Akash Deep.
Extra: M Siddharth (₹75 lakh), Matthew Bretzky (₹75 lakh), Shamar Joseph (₹75 lakh), Akash Singh (₹30 lakh), Prince Yadav (₹30 lakh), Aryan Juyal (₹30 lakh), Yuvraj Chaudhary (₹30 lakh), Himmat Singh (₹30 lakh), Rajvardhan Hungergekar (₹30 lakh), Arshin Kulkarni (₹30 lakh), Digvesh Singh (₹30 lakh).
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9. Gujarat Titans: Middle order weak, bowling-finishing strong
- Strength: With the arrival of Butler, the opening became stronger and a strong wicket-keeping option was also available. Finishing and bowling have become stronger.
- Weakness: Sudarshan and Lomror are risky options in the middle order. Siraj, Rabada and Sundar prove to be expensive at times.
Possible-12: Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Washington Sundar, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
Extra: Sherfane Rutherford (₹2.60 crore), Gerald Coetzee (₹2.40 crore), Sai Kishore (₹2 crore), Arshad Khan (₹1.30 crore), Gurnoor Brar (₹1.30 crore), Ishant Sharma (₹75 lakh), Jayant Yadav ( ₹75 lakh), Karim Janat (₹75 lakh), Kumar Kushagra (₹65 lakh), Kulwant Khejroliya (₹30 lakh), Anuj Rawat (₹30 lakh), Manav Suthar (₹30 lakh).
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10. Rajasthan Royals: Finishing is weak, not even backup players; batting-bowling strong
- Strength: Retained the batsmen, made the batting even stronger by purchasing Nitish Rana and Shubham Dubey. Hasaranga, Archer, Farooqui and Sandeep Sharma are strengthening the bowling department.
- Weakness: There are no good finishers to support Hetmyer. There is also no strong backup for injured and out of form players.
Possible-12: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (captain and wicketkeeper), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasranga, Joffra Archer, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma.
Extra: Mahish Teekshana (₹4.40 crore), Kwena Mafaka (₹1.50 crore), Akash Madhwal (₹1.20 crore), Vaibhav Suryavanshi (₹1.10 crore), Yudhveer Singh Charak (₹35 lakh), Kunal Rathore (₹30 lakh), Ashok Sharma (₹30 lakh), Karthikeya Singh (₹30 lakh).
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Pant sold the most expensive in mega auction IPL mega auction is going on in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The first day of auction took place on Sunday. In this, the franchise spent Rs 467.95 crore on 72 players. During this period, IPL remained in the top trends. See Google Trends below…
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72 players sold on the first day, franchise spent a total of Rs 467.95 crore
84 players were auctioned on the first day of the IPL mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Sunday. 10 teams bought 72 players and spent Rs 467.95 crore on them. The biggest bid was placed on Rishabh Pant. He was bought by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for Rs 27 crore. Pant has become the most expensive player in IPL history. Shreyas Iyer has come at second place, who has been bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore.
