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The IPL 2019 auction is upon us and teams are busy figuring out their prospective buys for the season. On November 1, each team sent in a list of players they want to release and retain ahead of the auction.
Over 50 players were released from each team, including big names like Yuvraj Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Gautam Gambhir, and Brendon McCullum, to name a few.
With the auction coming up next month, each team has a certain number of spots available in their team and only a certain number of foreigners they can bid for in the auction.
In this article, we take a look at how many overseas players each team can pick ahead of the auction.
#1 Chennai Super Kings
The defending champions were the least active on the transfer deadline day, releasing just 3 players, including 1 foreigner in the form of Mark Wood.
However, with David Willey already in the side, CSK are not allowed to bid on any more foreigners.
Available slots: 2 Indian, 0 Overseas.
Here is the squad so far: MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, Shane Watson, Shardul Thakur, Ambati Rayudu, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Faf Du Plessis, Sam Billings, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Lungisani Ngidi, Asif KM, N Jagadeesan, Monu Singh, Dhruv Shorey, Chaitanya Bishnoi, David Willey, Mitchell Santner.
#2 Sunrisers Hyderabad
Last year's runners-up, the Sunrisers Hyderabad, released a few big players, namely Chris Jordan, Carlos Brathwaite, and Wriddhiman Saha.
Shikhar Dhawan too left the squad and joined the Delhi Daredevils and in return, they received Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem, and Abhishek Sharma.
They will be allowed to go for 2 foreigners in the upcoming auction.
Available slots: 5; Indian 3, Overseas 2
Squad: Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Khaleel Ahmed, Yusuf Pathan, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Shakib Al Hasan
#3 Mumbai Indians
Prior to releasing many players from their squad, the Mumbai Indians purchased the services of Quinton de Kock from the Royal Challengers Bangalore. They released four foreigners, namely JP Duminy, Pat Cummins, Mustafizur Rahman, and Akila Dananjaya.
However, they will be allowed to go for just one overseas player in the auction. They will look to get back to winning ways next season after finishing fifth on the table this year.
Available slots: 7; Indian 6, Overseas 1
Retained: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff.
#4 Rajasthan Royals
The Royals, who finished fourth on the table last season, released quite a few foreigners from their side, including the likes of D'Arcy Short, Ben Laughlin, and Heinrich Klaasen.
They have 9 slots available for the upcoming auction and will be allowed to pick three foreigners in their side. It will be interesting to see who they go for.
Available slots: 9; Indian 6, Overseas 3
Retained: Ajinkya Rahane, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S. Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mahipal Lomror.
#5 Delhi Daredevils
The Delhi Daredevils, who finished at the bottom of the table last season, made a big decision by deciding to release Gautam Gambhir and Glenn Maxwell. Gambhir was the captain of the side at the beginning of last season but stepped down from the role after a few losses.
They will be allowed to pick 3 foreigners in the side for the auction and have Rs. 25.50 crore left with them.
Available slots: 10; Indian 7, Overseas 3
Retained: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent Boult
#6 Royal Challengers Bangalore
The Royal Challengers Bangalore did not live up to expectations last season as they failed to qualify for the playoffs and finished 6th on the table.
After trading Quinton de Kock to the Mumbai Indians, they released a few more foreigners, namely Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, and Chris Woakes. They will be allowed to go for 2 foreigners in the auction.
Available slots: 10; Indian 8, Overseas 2
Retained: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya.
#7 Kolkata Knight Riders
The Kolkata Knight Riders retained only three foreigners this year, namely Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, and Chris Lynn. Overall, out of the 21 players in the squad last year, 13 were retained.
They finished third on the table last season.
They will be allowed to pic 5 overseas players in the upcoming auction.
Available slots: 12; Indian 7, Overseas 5
Retained: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti
#8 Kings XI Punjab
The Punjab based franchise did not have a great time last season as they finished seventh on the table.
They made a few big decisions, having let go of Yuvraj Singh, Aaron Finch, and Axar Patel. They also released the likes of Manoj Tiwary and Mohit Sharma. Overall, they released 11 players.
They will be allowed to pick 4 overseas players in the auction. They also have the maximum amount remaining with them in their purse.
Available slots: 15; Indian 11, Overseas 4
Retained: Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller, and Ravichandran Ashwin
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