16th IPL The 20-over cricket tournament will be held in April-May next year. In turn, 10 teams retained a total of 163 players. 85 soldiers were released. In this situation, the IPL has to fill the places of the players who have been dropped. The mini auction for the players will be held today (Friday) at Nakshatra Hotel in Kochi, Kerala.
A total of 405 players have been included in the auction list including 273 Indians and 132 foreigners. Out of these, a total of 87 players, including a maximum of 30 foreigners, will be selected in the auction.
The name of Mayank Agarwal, who was the captain of the Punjab team last year, is also included in this list. The team management released him who was performing well for the Punjab team and shocked everyone. Shikhar Dhawan has been appointed as the new captain of the team.
In this case, Kiri Gayle, who played for the Punjab team, has expressed his opinion about the release of Mayank Agarwal. He said in this regard,
Mayank will definitely be picked in the IPL auction. I will be very disappointed if he is not selected. Because he is an action player.
It is disappointing that he was not retained by the team despite his sacrifices for Punjab. But I think other teams will buy him for more money. He is an amazing player.
The Punjab team changes players frequently. This is ridiculous. How can you choose a permanent playing eleven if you are changing players frequently? Sometimes they go with the same team, but often the players are not comfortable.
Players will feel the pressure when they get a place in the playing eleven. The IPL is already very stressful and if you put more pressure on them you won’t see them play well.
This is what he said.