IPL 2019: 5 transfers that could happen in the trade

The mid-season transfer window for the IPL teams was introduced by the Indian Premier League Governing Council in the year 2018. The teams can buy and sell the uncapped players or those who have not played more than two games by the mid-stage of the tournament.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that the last dates for retaining and releasing the players are November 15, 2018. With the last date is just around the corner, the IPL franchises are keenly planning on buying and selling the players in the auction.

The wicketkeeper-batsman from South Africa, Quinton De Kock is all set to become the first transfer of 2019 IPL. He was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last IPL auction for Rs. 2.8 crore and scored 201 runs in 8 games at a decent average of 124.

The three-time IPL champions, Mumbai Indians has released Mustafizur Rahman and Akila Dhananjaya to buy the former RCB player, De Kock. As the franchises are looking to strengthen the team before the 2019 IPL, we can expect a few more transfers from the IPL franchises before the auction takes place in December.

Here are the five transfers that could happen in the Indian Premier League (IPL) trade ahead of the auction.

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#5 Manoj Tiwary to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Manoj Tiwary

Manoj Tiwary is one of the experienced players in the Indian Premier League. The middle-order batsman has an ability to build the partnership and accelerate the innings in the death overs. In the last edition of Indian Premier League, he was bought by Kings XI Punjab for a fee of Rs. 1 crore.

He managed to play five games and scored just 47 runs at an average of 15.86. However, he can get back his form if he plays at middle-order for 4-5 matches. In his IPL career, he has scored 1695 runs in 98 games with a strike-rate of 120.

Though Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has a good batting line-up, they lack an experienced batsman who can bat at middle-order. Along with Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers and Mandeep Singh, Tiwary could strength RCB's middle-order.

#4 Aditya Tare to Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)

Aditya Tare

The Mumbai wicketkeeper-batsman, Aditya Tare could help KXIP to strengthen their middle-order. He also can keep the wickets for his team. They have the explosive top order with the likes of KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, and Mayank Agarwal, but their middle-order batsmen were not up to the mark during the last IPL.

Yuvraj Singh, Manoj Tiwary and David Miller's failures in the middle-order affected KXIP very badly in the second half of the tournament. Aditya Tare, who has been in good form in the domestic circuit, could be the solution for KXIP's middle-order problem.

If Tare keeps the wickets, KXIP will play KL Rahul as a specialist batsman. Tare, who has the ability to hit big sixes, could take advantage of the starts and increase the run-rate in the middle-overs. Aditya Tare at number six could increase KXIP's batting depth.

#3 Carlos Brathwaite to Delhi Daredevils (DD)

Carlos Brathwaite

Chris Morris and Dan Christian's poor form affected Delhi Daredevils' chances of winning the IPL trophy in 2018. The top-order batsmen were in great form but the middle-order players have failed to take advantage of starts and reduced the run-rate in the middle-overs.

Carlos Brathwaite was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad during the last IPL auction in 2018. But, he did not get enough chances to prove his abilities as he played just four games in the last season. However, he could be one of the options Delhi Daredevils can look into for the next season.

So far, he has played 128 T20s across the world and scored 1281 runs with an amazing strike-rate of 150 and taken 119 wickets at an average of 25. Brathwaite, who is also a handy pacer and a brilliant fielder, could destroy any bowling line-up in the world.

#2 Murali Vijay to Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Murali Vijay

The major area of concern for Rajasthan Royals last season was their opening pair. Though they have an explosive player like D'Arcy Short as their opening batsman, he has failed to give Rajasthan Royals the good starts during the last IPL.

The young Australian cricketer, D'Arcy Short was bought by RR franchise after his spectacular performances in the Big Bash League (BBL). But, he failed to live up to the expectation as he scored just 115 runs in seven matches at a poor average of 16.

His poor performance at the top order affected Rajasthan's chances in IPL 2018. On the other hand, Murali Vijay has not got many opportunities last season with CSK. He played just one game and managed to score just 12 before getting dropped from the team management. Vijay, who has scored two hundred in IPL, could be a better opening partner than D'Arcy Short for Jos Buttler.

#1 Tom Curran to Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Tom Curran played for KKR in 2018

The right-arm pacer from England is one of the most exciting bowlers in the world at the moment. He has been in good form for England in the limited-overs format.

He has played two Tests, 10 ODIs and six T20Is and picked up two wickets in Tests, 16 in ODIs and seven in T20Is. In the last edition of Indian Premier League (IPL), he represented KKR and has taken six wickets in five games.

The another England player, Mark Wood, who was a part of CSK last season, was expensive in IPL 2018. Though they have the likes of Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar and Lungi Ngidi in the squad, Curran could be a genuine pacer and also be a handy lower order batsman. Along with Ngidi and Chahar, Curran could make CSK an even more dangerous bowling unit.