Mahendra Singh Dhoni was back at his ‘spiritual home’ Chennai Super Kings. He will be joined by Suresh Raina and Jadeja. while Royal Challengers Bangalore retained India captain Virat Kohli and in a surprising way Sarfaraz Khan. RCB also retained AB Devillers.
Mumbai Indians had the league’s most successful captain Rohit Sharma back in their stable as most of the retentions happened on expected lines.Other two players retained by the team are Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah.
Current Australia skipper Steve Smith was Rajasthan Royals’ only pick while his deputy David Warner remains with Sunrisers Hyderabad along with pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
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“It was a great opportunity to retain some players. We want to pick impact players who can take team forward. Warner and Bhuvaneshwar are impact players and impact is the right word for SRH,” team mentor VVS Laxman said after the retention process got over.
One of the notable names not to be retained is long-time Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir, who is now back in the auction pool with West Indians Sunil
Narine and Andre Russell being the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned franchise’s two picks.There is also rumour that Gambir wants to join delhi, his home town.
Other teams and picks are as follows:-
Kings XI Punjab – Axar Patel
Delhi Daredevils – Rishab Pant, Chriss Morris, Shreyas Iyer
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