IPL Auction 2020: One player each team should have retained

Kings XI Punjab- Andrew Tye

Andrew Tye. (Image Courtesy: IPLT20.com)

After another dour season, Kings XI Punjab went for a revamp, letting go of nine players ahead of the auction including skipper R Ashwin. This list included Sam Curran, mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy and IPL 2018's Purple Cap winner Andrew Tye. KXIP were justified in releasing the Aussie pacer as he had a poor 2019 season picking up just 3 wickets from 6 matches at a poor economy rate.

But they must have practised some patience because Tye has impressed in all the other T20 leagues. He has picked up 194 wickets from just 142 T20 matches and is a real T20 specialist. Currently undergoing rehab after an elbow surgery, Tye did very well in the Vitality T20 Blast and was a key figure in the Australian T20I setup.

Also, Punjab doesn't have another death bowler in the side and should fight it out among the other teams to sign one. His variations and slower ones have always deceived the batsmen and Punjab should've held on to him as he could have changed their season as he did in 2018.