Considering its the year 2020, and the format is...20-20, I figured we mas well call this the IPL T20 thread.
So auctions took place earlier than expected and most of the teams have now been selected, here's a look at some of the team changes:
Mumbai Indians
The reigning champions have retained a majority of their 2019 squad, including Rohit Sharma, the Pandya brothers, Japrit Bumrah, Quinton de Kock, Lasith Malinga, Kieron Polard, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Anmolpreet Singh, Jayant Yadav, Aditya Tare and Anukul Roy.
Sherfane Rutherford and Trent Boult were sold to Mumbai by Delhi Capitals for a combined total of 4.2 crore (42 million rupees). Additionally, Dhawal Kulkarni has returned to Mumbai for 75 Lakhs (7.5 million rupees) from Rajasthan. In exchange, they sold Mayank Markande for 20 lakh to DC and Siddesh Lad for 20 lakh to KKR.
At the Auction, Mumbai only purchased 6 playes, the most expensive being the Aussie Batsman Chris Lynn at 2 crore, with Nathan coulter-nile returning to the squad for 1 crore and Saurabh Tiwary returning for 50 lakh. Mumbai purchased 3 uncapped players in the form of Mohsin Khan, DigvijayDeshmukh and Prince Balwant Rai.
Mumbai also released the following players: Evin Lewis, Barinder Sran, Ben Cutting, Jason Behrendorff, Yuvraj Singh, Adam Milne, Pankaj Jiaswal, Rasikh Salam, Alzarri Joseph and Beuran Hendricks.
More to follow