(Cricket news) The Sunrisers Hyderabad will head into the auction on the 23rd of December  with the biggest purse, having let go of 12 players. The most notable exclusion was Kane Williamson and Nicholas Pooran while several domestic players were also released. SRH are in need of a captain and will most likely target Ben Stokes considering the amount of money they have available. They will also try to sign some big players which they'll be hoping to get hold of. As for Kane Williamson, the journey from getting retained for 14cr ahead of the likes of David Warner and Rashid Khan to getting dropped clearly indicates a problem in the SRH camp which they are looking to rectify in this auction.

Current squad: Fazalhaq Farooqi, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, Aiden Markram, T Natarajan, Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tripathi, Kartik Tyagi

Players released – Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott, Priyam Garg, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Ravikumar Samarth, Saurabh Dubey, Shashank Singh, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod

Sunrisers Hyderabad – Purse available: INR 42.25 crore

CSK have opted to let go of their star West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo who has been a key part of their success in the past. Despite all the controversy whether CSK will retain  Ravindra Jadeja or not, the management have decided to retain the left-handed all-rounder while eight players were released, including the likes of Chris Jordan and Adam Milne. CSK will be looking to get Sam Curran back into their squad after he couldn’t participate in last year's auction due to a shoulder injury. He is going to be one of the players to watch out for in the mini auction on 23rd December after he was named the Player of the Tournament in the recently concluded T20 World Cup

Current squad: MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Chowdhary, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Matheesha Pathirana, Dwaine Pretorius, Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana

Players released – Dwayne Bravo, Adam Milne, Chris Jordan, Robin Uthappa (retired), Narayan Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Hari Nishaanth, Bhagath Varma

Chennai Super Kings – Purse available: INR 20.45 Crore

After a successful one season LSG let go some of their major players, possibly seeking a revamp of the squad. The likes of Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis and Manish Pandey were the biggest players released by LSG. They have retained Mark Wood who didn’t play a single game last season while have let go of Chameera who was brilliant in the fast bowling department. LSG also have the wiggle room to go big for a player since the majority of their side is quite settled.

Current squad: KL Rahul (c), Ayush Badoni, Ravi Bishnoi, Quinton de Kock, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Karan Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Manan Vohra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav

Players released: Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Andrew Tye, Manish Pandey, Ankit Rajpoot, Shahbaz Nadeem

Lucknow Super Giants – Purse available: INR 23.35 crore

Last year’s finalist Rajasthan Royals have let go of Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Rassie van der Dussen along with that 4 domestic players were released as they have freed up some overseas slots. But like the majority of the other teams, they have retained the core of the squad. RR will look to fill up their 4 overseas spots as they need to find bargain buys in the mini auction since they have a little wiggle room to work with a smaller budget.

Current squad: Sanju Samson (c), R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Jos Buttler, KC Cariappa, Yuzvendra Chahal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav

Players released – Daryl Mitchell, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, James Neesham, Corbin Bosch, Karun Nair, Anunay Singh, Shubham Garhwal, Tejas Baroka

Rajasthan Royals – Purse available: INR 13.2 crore

RCB have mostly retained the core of the squad and released only five players. Sherfane Rutherford and Jason Behrendorff who was traded to Mumbai Indians were the two overseas players released from the team. They have a set playing XI as they need backups for the likes of Josh Hazelwood and Glen Maxwell who are a bit injury prone. 

Current squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Shahbaz Ahmed, Finn Allen, Akash Deep, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Dinesh Karthik, Siddarth Kaul, Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, David Willey

Players released – Jason Behrendorff (traded), Sherfane Rutherford, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Luvnith Sisodia

Royal Challengers Bangalore – Purse available: INR 8.75 crore

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