Rating the IPL teams based on their player-releases ahead of IPL 2020 Auction
Some franchises did better than the others.
6. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – 6/10
The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) disappointed the most with their choices. They might have released 12 players from their squad. But the question is whether they’d be able to acquire the kind of players they want with the purse that they have. AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali are the only two overseas options left for them now.
More than Shimron Hetmyer or Marcus Stoinis, Colin de Grandhomme could be a costly miss. They haven’t utilised the New Zealand all-rounder really well and there is now a huge void in the middle-order should they not get the kind of replacements who can make up for these players. There could be a few concerns around the injuries with Nathan Coulter-Nile.
But he could possibly be a solution to their bowling woes and this release didn’t make much sense. Same goes with Dale Steyn as well who was roped in as a replacement in IPL 2019. Moreover, the franchise’s choice to retain players like Pawan Negi, Mohammed Siraj and a couple of others have surely raised many eyebrows.
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