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IPL 2021: How are complete squads shaping up after auction?

The mini-player auction for Indian Premier League 2021 turned out to be a historic one as numerous records were shattered. Chris Morris became the most expensive player in the history of the tournament after signing for Rajasthan Royals for Rs 16.25 crores, while Chennai Super Kings broke the record for the most expensive uncapped player by signing Krishnappa Gowtham for Rs 9.25 crores.

There were many high-profile expensive players in the first half of the auction. As of now, here are the complete squads of teams after the auction. Since the trade window will reportedly once again open on February 19, further changes in the final squad list could take place.

Chennai Super Kings

Chennai was in the market to add two spin bowling all-rounders on Thursday. After missing out on Glenn Maxwell, they ended up with Moeen Ali and Krishnappa Gowtham. The surprise pick for the team was Cheteshwar Pujara, while they had also traded Robin Uthappa with Rajasthan Royals before the auction in the straight cash deal.

MS Dhoni (C)Suresh RainaAmbati Rayudu
KM AsifDeepak ChaharDwayne Bravo
Faf du PlessisImran TahirNarayan Jagadeesan
Karn SharmaLungi NgidiMitchell Santner
Ravindra JadejaRuturaj GaikwadShardul Thakur
Josh HazlewoodR Sai KishoreSam Curran
Robin UthappaMoeen AliK Gowtham
Cheteshwar PujaraM Harisankar ReddyK. Bhagath Varma
C Hari Nishanth

 

Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals broke the IPL record for the most expensive player on Thursday to sign Chris Morris. They also made some astute buys such as Mustafizur Rahman, Shivam Dube, and Liam Livingstone to improve the depth of the squad.

Sanju Samson (c)Ben StokesJofra Archer
Jos ButtlerRiyan ParagShreyas Gopal
Rahul TewatiaMahipal LomrorKartik Tyagi
Andrew TyeJaydev UnadkatMayank Markande
Yashasvi JaiswalAnuj RawatDavid Miller
Manan VohraShivam DubeChris Morris
Mustafizur RahmanChetan SakariyaKC Cariappa
Liam LivingstoneKuldip YadavAkash Singh

 

Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings were expected to spend big on Thursday since they had the biggest purse going into this auction. They improved the bowling department by bringing in Australian duo Jhye Richardson and Riley Meredith. Shahrukh Khan was bought for big money to improve the lower middle order, while astute buys such as Dawid Malan, Fabian Allen, and Moises Henriques improves their overseas options.

KL Rahul (c)Chris GayleMayank Agarwal
Nicholas PooranMandeep SinghSarfaraz Khan
Deepak HoodaPrabhsimran SinghMohammed Shami
Chris JordanDarshan NalkandeRavi Bishnoi
Murugan AshwinArshdeep SinghHarpreet Brar
Ishan PorelDawid MalanJhye Richardson
Shahrukh KhanRiley MeredithMoises Henriques
Jalaj SaxenaUtkarsh SinghFabian Allen
Saurabh Kumar

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore focussed on improving the middle order by signing Glenn Maxwell for Rs 14.25 crores. They also flexed their purse to sign Kyle Jamieson and Daniel Christian. In terms of Indian players, they managed to sign Mohammed Azharuddeen for a bargain price after his recent exploits in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T-20 tournament.

Virat Kohli (c)AB de VilliersYuzvendra Chahal
Devdutt PadikkalWashington SundarMohammed Siraj
Navdeep SainiAdam ZampaShahbaz Ahmed
Josh PhilippeKane RichardsonHarshal Patel
Pavan DeshpandeDaniels SamsGlenn Maxwell
Sachin BabyRajat PatidarMohammed Azharuddeen
Kyle JamiesonDaniel ChristianSuyash Prabhudessai
K.S.Bharat

 

Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals won the race for Steven Smith by getting him for Rs 2.2 crores. They also brought back Sam Billings to the team for his base price of Rs 2 crores and improved the Indian bowling department by getting Umesh Yadav for Rs 1 crore. The Delhi-based franchise spent a major share of their budget to sign Tom Curran to add more quality to the already brilliant overseas bowling unit.

Shreyas Iyer (c)Ajinkya RahaneAmit Mishra
Avesh KhanAxar PatelIshant Sharma
Kagiso RabadaPrithvi ShawRavichandran Ashwin
Rishabh PantShikhar DhawanLalit Yadav
Marcus StoinisShimron HetmyerAnrich Nortje
Steve SmithUmesh YadavRipal Patel
Vishnu VinodLukman MeriwalaM Siddarth
Tom CurranSam Billings

 

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians had a quiet auction as they retained the majority of the squad. The defending champions were eager to sign Chris Morris, but lack of funds forced them to step back in the bidding war. Mumbai bought back Nathan Coulter-Nile for Rs 5 crores and Adam Milne for Rs 3.4 crores to improve the bowling unit. Piyush Chawla was the pick of the Indian players they signed in this auction.

Rohit Sharma (c)Aditya TareAnmolpreet Singh
Anukul RoyDhawal KulkarniHardik Pandya
Ishan KishanJasprit BumrahJayant Yadav
Kieron PollardKrunal PandyaQuinton de Kock
Rahul ChaharSuryakumar YadavChris Lynn
Mohsin KhanSaurabh TiwaryTrent Boult
Adam MilneNathan Coulter-NilePiyush Chawla
James NeeshamYudhvir CharakMarco Jansen
Arjun Tendulkar

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers Hyderabad had the quietest auction as they had a small purse to spend. In the second half of the auction, they picked up Kedar Jadhav and Mujeeb-ur-Rahman at their base prices.

David Warner (c)Abhishek SharmaBasil Thampi
Bhuvenshwar KumarJonny BairstowKane Williamson
Manish PandeyMohammad NabiRashid Khan
Sandeep SharmaShahbaz NadeemShreevats Goswami
Siddarth KaulKhaleel AhmedT Natarajan
Vijay ShankarWriddhiman SahaAbdul Samad
Mitchell MarshPriyam GargVirat Singh
Jagadeesha SuchithKedar JadhavMujeeb-ur-Rahman

 

Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders decided to bring Shakib-Al-Hasan back to the franchise for Rs 3.2 crores. In the final round of the auction, they picked up Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, and Harbhajan Singh at their prices to improve the depth of the squad.

Eoin Morgan (c)Dinesh KarthikAndre Russell
Kamlesh NagarkotiKuldeep YadavLockie Ferguson
Nitish RanaPrasidh KrishnaRinku Singh
Sandeep WarrierShivam MaviShubman Gill
Sunil NarinePat CumminsRahul Tripathi
Tim SiefertVarun ChakravarthyShakib Al Hasan
Sheldon JacksonVaibhav AroraKarun Nair
Harbhajan SinghBen CuttingVenkatesh Iyer
Pawan Negi

 

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