The build to the upcoming IPL 2020 started with the closing of trading window on Friday. All the teams finalized their retained and released players to finalize their team going into the IPL auction next month in Kolkata.
Royal Challengers Bangalore had a poor outing ever since they reached the finals of 2016 IPL where they lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad. The Bengaluru based franchise released 12 players which is the most by any team this year. They will have slots to fill for the overseas players as they have released some power hitters like Shimron Hetmyer, Colin de Grandhomme, Marcus Stoinis and Heinrich Klaasen.
Kings XI Punjab released 7 players but they are left with the maximum amount in their purse and are expected to go full monty in the auction. The most consistent teams like Sunrisers Hyderabad, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have retained their core team and they are now left with a purse of under 20 crores only.
2 times champions Kolkata Knight Riders may also build their team from scratch as they have released 11 players alongside Rajasthan Royals.
Full squad ahead of 2020 IPL auction
Delhi Capitals (DC): Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, Prithvi Shaw, Ravi Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Sandeep Lamichhane, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer.
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Krishnappa Gowtham, Hardus Viljoen, Harpreet Brar, Jagadeesha Suchith, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Murugan Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Harry Gurney, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha.
Mumbai Indians (MI): Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Rohit Sharma, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult.
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Ankit Rajpoot, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Steve Smith, Varun Aaron.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Narayan Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Monu Singh, MS Dhoni, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shane Watson, Shardul Thakur, Suresh Raina.
