IPL Auction 2024: When the winning team of IPL 2023, Chennai Super Kings, comes in the auction of the new season of IPL, the team can keep many things in mind. Chennai Super Kings has released 8 players from its last season 2023 IPL team. The team still has 19 players, out of which five players are foreigners. The team has a big purse, with the help of which big players can be bought easily. Let us know what will be the team’s strategy in the auction, which players will be retained, which have been released and what are the strengths and weaknesses of the team.
CSK has released these players
CSK has released 8 players from these schools, out of which four are Indians and four are foreign players. India’s Akash Singh Ambati Rayudu, Bhagat Verma and Subharanshu Senapati. The foreign players who have been dropped are Ben Stokes, Dwayne Pretorius, Kyle Jamieson, and Sisanda Magala.
The Full squad before the auction
There are 19 players in the squad of Chennai Super Kings, of which 14 are Indian and 5 are foreign players. India’s squad includes Ajay Mandal, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sheikh Rashid, Shivam Dubey, Simarjeet Singh and Tushar Deshpande. At the same time, the names of foreign players include Devon Conway, Mahesh Theekshana, Mathisha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, and Moeen Ali, who have been retained.
How much money is left with CSK?
The Chennai Super Kings franchise has a remaining purse of Rs 31.4 crore for the IPL 2024 auction. The team has Rs 68.6 crore which will have to be distributed among its retained players. With a purse of Rs 31 crore 40 lakh, CSK can buy a maximum of 6 players, of which 3 can be foreign players.
Only 6 slots left in CSK
CSK is among the few teams who have to buy just 6 players. There is also space for 3 foreign players. If the team has a big purse then they have the power to buy any big player also.
Auction preview, strengths and weaknesses of the team
Chennai Super Kings will not have to wrestle much on the auction table, as they already have the core team and they would like to bid on only a few players. If we talk about the strong side of the team, then it is batting, because batsmen like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, and MS Dhoni are known for scoring a lot of runs.
The team does not have that much strength in bowling, but Deepak Chahar and Tushar Deshpande can be successful. The weak point of the team at the moment is the middle order, as Ambati Rayudu is no longer in it.
Among the players that Chennai Super Kings is going to target in the auction, the first one will be Rachin Ravindra, because his arrival will give the team the balance that it needs. He plays at number three and can also bowl a few overs if needed.
They can also bet on Travis Head and Riley Rousseau, who can play as pure batters. In bowling, the team can bid on Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc. However, the team will also have to look at the budget.
