IPL 2021: All the changes teams have done before restart of season – Firstcricket News, Firstpost
The IPL 2021 is set to resume from 19 September in UAE after being suspended in May midway due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the bio-bubble. The remainder of the cash-rich T20 league will be closely followed by the T20 World Cup and that has led to a number of players pulling out of IPL 2021.
We take a look at the squad changes for each of the eight IPL franchises.
Chennai Super Kings
CSK has made no change to their squad so far.
Squad: MS Dhoni (captain), Ambati Rayudu, C Hari Nishanth, Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara, Deepak Chahar, Harisankar Reddy, K Bhagath Varma, K Gowtham, Karn Sharma, KM Asif, Narayan Jagadeesan, R Sai Kishore, Ravindra Jadeja, Robin Uthappa, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Josh Hazlewood, Moeen Ali and Sam Curran.
Delhi Capitals
Out: Chris Woakes, M Siddharth
In: Ben Dwarshuis, Kulwant Khejroliya
Squad: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Lukman Meriwala, Manimaran Siddharth, Praveen Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Ripal Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Umesh Yadav, Vishnu Vinod, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Ben Dwarshuis, Shimron Hetmyer, Sam Billings and Tom Curran.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Out: Pat Cummins
In: Tim Southee
Squad: Eoin Morgan (captain), Dinesh Karthik, Harbhajan Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Karun Nair, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, Pawan Negi, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tripathi, Gurkeerat Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Sheldon Jackson, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravathi, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Ben Cutting, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Seifert and Shakib Al Hasan.
Mumbai Indians
MI have made no changes to their squad so far.
Squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Arjun Tendulkar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Mohsin Khan, Piyush Chawla, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Tiwary, Suryakumar Yadav, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Kieron Pollard, Quinton de Kock, Marco Jansen, Trent Boult, James Neesham, Adam Milne, Chris Lynn and Nathan Coulter-Nile.
Punjab Kings
Out: Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Dawid Malan
In: Nathan Ellis, Adil Rashid, Aiden Markram
Squad: KL Rahul (captain), Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Deepak Hooda, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Jalaj Saxena, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Shami, Murugan Ashwin, Prabhsimran Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Sarfaraz Khan, Saurabh Kumar, Shahrukh Khan, Utkarsh Singh, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Fabian Allen, Nathan Ellis, Moises Henriques, Aiden Markram, Adil Rashid and Chris Jordan.
Rajasthan Royals
Out: Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye
In: Oshane Thomas, Evin Lewis, Tabraiz Shamsi, Glenn Phillips
Squad: Sanju Samson (captain), Akash Singh, Anuj Rawat, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, KC Cariappa, Kuldeep Yadav, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube, Shreyas Gopal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Chris Morris, David Miller, Tabraiz Shamsi, Mustafizur Rahman, Glenn Phillips, Oshane Thomas, Evin Lewis and Liam Livingstone.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Out: Adam Zampa, Finn Allen, Daniel Sams, Kane Richardson, and Washington Sundar
In: Wanindu Hasaranga, Tim David, Dushmanta Chameera, George Garton, and Akash Deep
Squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Harshal Patel, KS Bharat, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Pavan Deshpande, Rajat Patidar, Sachin Baby, Shahbaz Ahmed, Suyash Prabhudessai, Yuzvendra Chahal, Akash Deep, AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, Dan Christian, Kyle Jamieson, Tim David, Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga and George Garton.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Out: Jonny Bairstow
In: Sherfane Rutherford
Squad: Kane Williamson (captain), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Jadhav, Khaleel Ahmed, Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Virat Singh, Wriddhiman Saha, David Warner, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jason Holder, Sherfane Rutherford and Jason Roy.
