Former Indian opener feels Bangalore, Kolkata, Rajasthan will do window shopping in Indian T20 League auction
Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra believes that the Bangalore franchise, Rajasthan franchise and Kolkata franchise are the teams that won’t go into a bidding war during the Indian T20 League 2023 auction. A total of 405 players will go under the hammer as the 10 franchises look to fill the 87 vacant spots in the Indian T20 League mini-auction scheduled to be held in Kochi on Friday.
Chopra feels that these teams have very little purse to afford any star player, and will be keen to fill in the gaps in their squad more than anything else. Rajasthan have a remaining purse of INR 13.2 crore, while Bangalore (INR 8.75 crore) and Kolkata (INR 7.05 crore) have even lesser in their kitty.
“Bangalore, Rajasthan and Kolkata don’t have to do much shopping. They will just do a bit of window shopping and even if they wish to buy someone, they can’t because they just don’t have the budget,” said Chopra on his Youtube Channel.
The 45-year-old also feels all-rounders will go for a huge price in the Indian T20 League 2023 auction. There are surely many star overseas all-rounders like Sam Curran, Cameron Green, and Ben Stokes on the priority list of many teams.
All-rounders are going to have a field day in the auction: Aakash Chopra
However, there will also be a few uncapped all-rounders, who may interest multiple teams and go for a huge sum.
“Other teams will probably splurge huge sums while filling bigger holes, but I feel all-rounders are going to have a field day in the auction,” he added.
Bangalore retained players: Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Siddharth Kaul, Suyash Prabhudessai, David Willey, Faf Du Plessis, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Hazlewood, Wanindu Hasaranga.
Rajasthan retained players: Sanju Samson, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, K.C Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Obed Mccoy, Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult.
Kolkata retained players (with trades): Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Lockie Ferguson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee.
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