The recently concluded IPL auction was titled “mega” auction, as all the teams could only retain 2-3 players and they needed to build their team from the scratch. Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans were the two new teams which were added to the IPL, making it a 10 team affair.
Team had their strategies set going into the mega auction and all the franchise owners went berserk to get their desired player to make their team a force to reckon with going into the IPL season which starts from April.
Over the two days, 204 (137 Indians and 67 overseas) of the 296 players who went under the hammer earned a bid, but the remaining 93 failed to, with all franchise’ combined spending over INR 551 crore. Ishan Kishan ended up being the costliest buy for 15.25 crore rupees to Mumbai Indians while Avesh Khan became the most expensive uncapped player as he was acquired by Lucknow Super Giants for a price tag of 10 crore rupees.
As the squads of all the teams have been finalized after a fierce auction, we take a look at the squads and Digitalsporty’s predicted playing 11 of the team’s.
Chennai Super Kings
Squad– Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, N Jagadeesan, Hari Nishaanth, Subhranshu Senapati, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Bhagath Varma, Prashant Solanki, Chris Jordan, Dwaine Pretorius, Devon Conway, Adam Milne, Mitchell Santner.
Predicted playing 11– RuturajGaikwad, DevonConway, MoeenAli, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, ShivamDubey, DwayneBravo, DeepakChahar, AdamMilne, TusharDeshpande
Mumbai Indians
Squad- Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Kieron Pollard, Jasprit Bumrah, M Ashwin, Basil Thampi, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Sanjay Yadav, Ramandeep Singh, Aryan Juyal, Arjun Tendulkar, Tilak Varma, Hrithik Shokeen, Rahul Buddhi, Arshad Khan, Tymal Mills, Jofra Archer, Fabian Allen, Daniel Sams, Anmolpreet Singh, Tim David, Riley Meredith.
Predicted playing 11- Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, SuryaKumar Yadav, Tim David , Kieron Pollard, Sanjay Yadav/ Tilak Varma, Daniel Sams, Mayank Markande/ Murugan Ashwin, Tymal Mills, Jasprit Bumrah, Unadkat/Thampi
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Squad- Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, J Suchith, Shreyas Gopal, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Saurabh Dubey, Shashank Singh, Sean Abbott, R Samarth, J Suchith, Romario Shepherd, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Predicted playing 11- Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Kane Williamson(C), Nicholas Pooran(WK), Abdul Samad, Romario Shepherd, Washington Sundar, Shreyas Gopal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natrajan, Umran Malik
Delhi Capitals
Squad– David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, KS Bharat, Mandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Ashwin Hebbar, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal, Lungi Ngidi, Tim Seifert, Praveen Dubey, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav.
Predicted playing 11– Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, KS Bharat, Rishabh Pant, Mitchel Marsh, Mandeep singh, Aksar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Squad– Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Suyash Prabhudesai, Luvnith Sisodia, Aneeshwar Gautam, Jason Behrendorff, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Siddarth Kaul, Chama Milind, Mahipal Lomror, Sherfane Rutherford, Finn Allen.
Predicted playing 11- Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat/S Prabhudesai, Dinesh Karthik, W Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Josh Hazlewood.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Squad- Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Sam Billings, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Salam, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Aman Khan, Ramesh Kumar, Ashok Sharma, Tim Southee, Alex Hales, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, B Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne.
Predicted playing 11– Alex Hales, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Sheldon Jackson, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakraborty, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav
Punjab Kings
Squad– Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh, Odean Smith, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Sandeep Sharma, Atharva Taide, Vaibhav Arora, Ansh Patel, Raj Angad Bawa, Benny Howell, Rishi Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Baltej Singh, Writtick Chatterjee, Nathan Ellis, Prerak Mankad.
Predicted playing 11– Mayank Agarwal, Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Shahrukh Khan, Raj Bawa, Odean Smith, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Rajasthan Royals
Squad– Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, KC Cariappa, Navdeep Saini, Tejas Baroka, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldip Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, James Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Karun Nair, Obed McCoy.
Predicted playing 11– Jos buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt padikkal, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, James Neesham, Ravi Ashwin, Trent Noult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzi Chahal
Lucknow Super Giants
Squad- KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, K Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Dushmantha Chameera, Ankit Rajpoot, Shahbaz Nadeem, Manan Vohra, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Kyle Mayers, K Gowtham, Evin Lewis.
Predicted playing 11– KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi
Gujarat Titans
Squad- Shubman Gill, Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhinav Manohar, Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Tewatia, Dominic Drakes, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Alzarri Joseph, Pradeep Sangwan, David Miller, Matthew Wade, Gurkeerat Singh, B Sai Sudharshan.
Predicted playing 11– Shubman Gill, Jason Roy, Matthew Wade (WK), Hardik Pandya, Vijay Shankar, Gurkeerat Mann, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami, R. Sai Kishore
