IPL 2021 Auction: Sourav Ganguly says, CSK and KKR need to buckle up at the auctions-Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly has sent out a strong message to two IPL franchise days ahead of the IPL 2021 auction. Speaking to Star Sports, Dada said that Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders are the two teams that need to do their best in the IPL auction on February 18. The two teams had a dismal performance in the last edition of IPL, held in UAE.
Both CSK and KKR need to bolster their benches and fill loopholes in the upcoming IPL 2021 auction.
Chennai Super Kings
Retained Players: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore
Released Players: Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Monu Singh, Shane Watson
CSK will miss the services of their star batsman Shane Watson and need a strong player at the top. Bhajji and Chawla’s absence might give way for a new spinner to be a part of the CSK setup.
CSK Purse: Rs 19.90 crore
Available slot: 6
Overseas slot: 1
Retained Players: Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Tim Seifert
Released Players: Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton
KKR need a strong player at the top and a couple of good middle-order batsmen to prevent a collapse that is highly dependent on the services of Dinesh Karthik and skipper Eoin Morgan.
KKR purse: Rs 10.75 crore
Available slot: 8
Overseas slot: 2
IPL 2021 Auction: From Dawid Malan to Moises Henriques, KKR might bid for these five players
While Chennai (Three-time champion) had last won the IPL title in 2018, KKR (two-time champion) achieved glory in IPL 2014.
The IPL 2021 auction will kick off at 3 PM on Star Sports (February 18).