IPL 2020: Predicted XI of the eight franchises

After the postponement of the ICC T20 World Cup, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) didn’t waste a lot of time in announcing the dates of the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The mega 20-overs tournament will commence on 19th September and the final match is scheduled to be played on 10th November.

The matches will take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to the COVID-19 situation in India. It has nearly been nine months since the auction took place in December 2019. A lot of key players were retained by their sides while some big names like Glenn Maxwell and Trent Boult will be representing a new franchise this time around.

On one hand, teams like Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) were quiet for the most part of the auction while on the other hand, teams like Delhi Capitals (DC), Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) were very busy during the proceedings.

Here we take a look at the predicted line-up of all the 8 teams:

1. Rajasthan Royals:

Jos Buttler (WK), Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson, Steve Smith (C), Ben Stokes, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat, Ankit Rajpoot.

2. Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Jonny Bairstow (WK), David Warner (C), Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddharth Kaul.

3. Chennai Super Kings:

Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (C and WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Piyush Chawla.

4. Kolkata Knight Riders:

Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (C and WK), Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav.

5. Mumbai Indians:

Quinton de Kock (WK), Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, James Pattinson

6. Kings XI Punjab:

KL Rahul (C and WK), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Glenn Maxwell, Mandeep Singh, Deepak Hooda, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mohammad Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sheldon Cottrell, Ishan Porel.

7. Delhi Capitals:

Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (C), Shimron Hetmyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), Marcus Stoinis, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma.

8. Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Aaron Finch, Parthiv Patel (WK), Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Dale Steyn, Yuzvendra Chahal.