IPL 2020 News: Worst released player of all IPL teams ahead of IPL 2020 auction

Rajasthan Royals

Having released the most (12) players yesterday, Rajasthan Royals have also hinted at wholesome changes for IPL 2020. Their list of released overseas players include Australia batsman Ashton Turner, West Indies fast bowler Oshane Thomas, New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi and England all-rounder Liam Livingstone.

In the four matches that Thomas had played in IPL 2019, he had dismissed five batsmen at an average of 15.80, an economy rate of 7.90 and a strike rate of 12. Having also done well for Jamaica Tallawahs in CPL 2019, it was expected that RR would bank on the speedster.

In six matches in IPL 2019, Thomas picked nine wickets at an average of 31, an economy rate of 11.62 and a strike rate of 16.

Chennai Super Kings

It is worth mentioning that much like Hyderabad Chennai Super Kings also released a minimum of five players. It is really difficult to pick out one player whom CSK shouldn’t have released for all their released players either didn’t play for them in IPL 2019 or haven’t been playing as well in this format in other T20 leagues.

If still one has to name a player which Super Kings could have retained, it would be one out of the English pair of wicket-keeper batsman Sam Billings and all-rounder David Willey.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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