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After 10 years, the IPL carousel had a full reboot in Bengaluru on the weekend during the auction for the 11th edition.
After 10 years, the IPL carousel had a full reboot in Bengaluru on the weekend during the auction for the 11th edition.
After hectic bidding, frantic phone calls, and occasional chiding from the auctioneer, the eight teams are all stacked up ready to take part in the biggest domestic cricket league of the world. From bizarre to business-like decisions, from emotional buying to curt rejections of old favourites, we witnessed everything during the sale of 170 players who alongside 17 pre-retained stars will take part in IPL 11.
In the final analysis, RCB, SRH, CSK, MI and DD managed to build formidable units. RR and KXIP showed lot of intent but missed out some key tricks. KKR was the clear under-performer in the auction and while cricket is a funny game, it would be extremely difficult for SRK's unit to be competitive.
So far KKR and KXIP haven't announced their captains.
Here's the full squad
Delhi Daredevils (DD): Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Shami, Prithvi Shaw, Trent Boult, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Naman Ojha, Abhishek Sharma, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Daniel Christian, Gurkeerat Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Sayan Ghosh, Sandeep Lamichhane, Chris Morris, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant
Rating: 8.5/10
Analysis: Delhi Daredevils build strong line-up, slightly lacking in foreign batting power
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Bhuvneshwar Kumar, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Wriddhiman Saha, Shikhar Dhawan, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Chris Jordan, Manish Pandey, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Bipul Sharma, Sachin Baby, Sandeep Sharma, Carlos Brathwaite, Mehdi Hasan, Deepak Hooda, Billy Stanlake, Ricky Bhui, Basil Thampi, Tanmay Agarwal, Rashid Khan, Natarajan, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammad Nabi
Rating: 8/10
Analysis: SRH get the near perfect mix with loads of quality all-rounders
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): Yuvraj Singh, R Ashwin, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, David Miller, Mayank Agarwal, Mujeeb Zadran, Manzoor Dar, Marcus Stoinis, Pardeep Sahu, Manoj Tiwary, Andrew Tye, Akshdeep Nath, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Sran, Ankit Rajpoot, Ben Dwarshuis, Mayank Dagar, Axar Patel
Ratings: 7/10
Analysis: Rock-solid batting line-up for KXIP, bowling weak in comparison
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Shane Watson, M Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Billings, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Mark Wood, Jagadeesan Narayan, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dhruv Shorey, Kshitiz Sharma, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Monu Kumar, Kanishk Seth, Asif KM
Ratings: 9/10
Analysis: Banking on nostalgia, CSK pick senior players to build experienced unit
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Mitchell Johnson, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Mitchell Starc, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Javon Searles, Ishank Jaggi, Cameron Delport, Chris Lynn, Vinay Kumar, Apoorv Wankhade, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh
Rating: 4/10
Analysis: Underwhelming performance from KKR, firepower missing in batting
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Ajinkya Rahane, Steven Smith, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson, Aryaman Birla, Midhun S, Stuart Binny, Dhawal Kulkarni, Darcy Short, Ben Laughlin, Jatin Saxena, Shreyas Gopal, Anureet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Ankit Sharma, Gowtham Krishnappa, Rahul Tripathi, Prashant Chopra, Dushmantha Chameera, Jofra Archer, Zahir Khan, Mahipal Lomror
Rating: 7/`10
Analysis: RR get impact players, but fall short of quality Indian batting and spinning options
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Brendon McCullum, Tim Southee, Chris Woakes, Parthiv Patel, Umesh Yadav, Quinton de Kock, Manan Vohra, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Moeen Ali, Sarfaraz Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mandeep Singh, Aniruddha Joshi, Pavan Deshpande, Yuzvendra Chahal, Aniket Choudhary, Murugan Ashwin, Pawan Negi, Colin de Grandhomme, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj
Rating: 9.5/10
Analysis: With good Indian picks, Kohli’s RCB is the team to beat
Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Kieron Pollard, JP Duminy, Krunal Pandya, Pat Cummins, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Tajinder Singh, Mayank Markande, Mohsin Khan, Ben Cutting, Jason Behrendorff, Pradeep Sangwan, Mustafizur Rahman, Aditya Tare, Saurabh Tiwary, Siddhesh Lad, Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Akila Dananjaya, Ishan Kishan, Sharad Lumba, MD Nidheesh
Rating: 9/10
Analysis: Mumbai Indian assemble formidable squad capable of retaining trophy
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