The Chennai Super Kings, led by Dhoni, clinched the trophy for the 4th time as the second part of the 2021 IPL series was being held in the United Arab Emirates.
Following this, there is already a lot of anticipation about next year’s IPL series. The most important reason for this is that two new teams, Lucknow and Ahmedabad, have been added to the IPL series. Not only that, the current 8 IPL teams had released the list of retained players under the BCCI rules at the end of November.
Of these, defending champions CSK retained 4 players, namely Dhoni, Jadeja, Ruthraj and Moin Ali. With a total of 10 teams taking part in the next IPL season, expectations have already been raised as to which teams will pick which players in the pre-match auction. There will definitely be stiff competition between all the teams to recruit many young players and the best players.
In particular, the strong Chennai team, the Chennai Super Kings, which players are planning to bid on, there is already a lot of curiosity among the fans. In this situation, it has been reported that CSK will show more initiative to take four players in the team, which has created high expectations among CSK fans.
In 2021, Indian captain Shikhar Dhawan, who played for the Delhi Capitals, was the fourth highest run scorer with 587 runs. It is said that the Chennai team may target him in this auction. Ruthuraj Kejriwal, a youngster, has been playing for the Chennai team for the last two seasons and is showing great form. With this, he was also included in the Indian team.
Duplessis, another starter from the Chennai team, has been dropped from the squad and reports suggest that Dhawan may try to replace him. Apart from this, it is said that the Chennai team will target 3 Tamil Nadu players. The three are Indian spinners Ravichandran Ashwin, Washington Sundar and Shahrukhkhan.
In this, Aswin, who has already played for the Chennai team, has been the most important reason for the Chennai team to win in many matches. If he comes back to Chennai team will definitely add more strength to the team. Asked if he would be playing for Chennai again, Aswin recently said that he was more interested in playing for Chennai but that the auction would decide whether I would play.
Washington Sunder has been showing a great all-rounder in recent matches. Sunder, who played for Bangalore in the 2021 IPL, was ruled out with the first half due to injury.
Shah Rukh Khan, another Tamil Nadu player, made his debut for Punjab in the IPL. He played in the middle order and was instrumental in helping the Tamil Nadu team win the recently concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. When the Tamil Nadu team needed 5 runs to win the last ball, he hit a six and was much noticed in the cricket circle.
With Chennai aiming for top-notch batsmen, spinners, all-rounders and middle-order batsmen, there is no doubt that Chennai will be a strong team this time around, even if it bids.
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