The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 auction is set to take place on Friday (December 23) in Kochi.

IPL 2023 Auction Preview: The 10 franchises will firm up their squads after they released a bunch of players ahead of the 16th edition of the IPL. The mini-auction will have a maximum of 87 slots up for grabs, with room for 30 overseas players to feature in the league.

Before the players go under the hammer, here is a look at the full squads of the teams, their remaining purses, and available player slots.

IPL 2023 Auction Preview: Chennai Super Kings

Players released by CSK ahead of the IPL 2023 mini-auction 

Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Adam Milne, Hari Nishaanth, Chris Jordan, Bhagath Varma, KM Asif, Narayan Jagadeesan

CSK IPL 2023 Retained players list

Just as 8 players have been released by Chennai Super Kings, according to the CSK IPL 2023 retained players list, now these 8 players will not be a part of CSK.  That means they will not get a chance to play in the yellow jersey. In the same sequence, the remaining players have been included in the list of retained players by Chennai Super Kings in the middle of CSK IPL 2023 retained players list.

Retained players list MS Dhoni, Devan Kanway, Moin Ali, Shivam Dubey,  Rituraj Gaikwad Ravindra Jadeja. Avanti Rayudu, Mahesh Tikshna, Dwayne Pretorius, Subhranshu Senapati. Mitchell Santner, Mahesh Pathrana, Tushar Deshpande, Rajwardhan Hanjargekar,Mukesh Chaudhary. Prashant Solanki, Deepak Chahar, Simarjeet Singh etc.

Which Players can play in the yellow jersey: Big Prediction For CSK

CSK management mentions that Sam Curran being an ideal choice to replace Dwayne Bravo while going for the Karnataka lad Manish Pandey as the Indian middle-order option.

  • Sam Curran: Sam Curran the key all rounder, the IPL franchises will try to bag him with the hammer also can bid a good amount after the recently concluded ICC T20. His performance in the tournament was on the peak. in Addition to that the can be the Key Player to Start the Ipl 2023.

Sam Curran Batting Stats 

Season Innings Runs Highest SR 4’s 6’s 50’s 100’s
2021 4 56 34 193 5 3 0 0
2020 11 186 52 131 12 12 1 0
2019 8 95 55 172 13 3 1 0

 

Sam Curran Bowling Statistics by IPL Season 

Season Innings Bowled Wickets Balls Runs SR Economy 3W 4W 5W
2021 9 9 198 328 22 9.9394 1 0 0
2020 13 13 252 344 19 8.1905 2 0 0
2019 9 10 198 323 19 9.7879 1 1 0

 

  • Harry Brook: CSK released Robin Uthappa, making a slot empty for a middle-order batter who can accumulate runs at a quick rate.

Speaking of Harry Brook’s numbers in T20Is, the right-handed batter has played 20 games for England and stroked 372 runs. He has an excellent strike rate of 137.78 and with 81 being his best score. Brook has registered himself for the upcoming. Looking at his exceptional current form, it is only a matter of time before multiple franchises find themselves in a tussle to sign the English batter.

IPL Auction 2023 Chennai Super Kings

  • Remaining purse: INR 20.45 crore
  • Total slots available: 7
  • Overseas slots available: 2

IPL 2023 Auction Preview: Chennai Super Kings

  • Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway (NZ).
  • Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati.
  • All-rounders: Moeen Ali (ENG), Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwaine Pretorius (SA), Mitchell Santner (NZ).
  • Bowlers: Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana (SL), Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana (SL).

Also, Dhoni himself has hinted at IPL retirement next year

While Dhoni remains an asset to CSK as a captain and a leader and an inspirational figure in the dressing room, he’s still one of the 11 players. And for that, he needs to make a positive impact to the side with the bat. This has, however, been a slight issue in recent seasons.

The IPL will return to the regular home and away format from next season, and hence Dhoni said he will take that opportunity to say his farewell to the Chennai fans.

“Definitely [I will play IPL 2023]. It’s a simple reason: it will be unfair to not play in Chennai and say thank you [to the fans]. Also, hopefully next year there will be an opportunity where the teams will be travelling so it will be a like thank you to all the different places where we will be playing games at different venues,” ~ MS Dhoni

IPL 2023 Auction Preview: Current CSK squad  

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

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