IPL 2023 mini-auction: What's in store for us? (Part-II)

There will be 405 players going under the hammer [Source: Twitter]

The much-awaited IPL 2023 mini-auction is all set to take place on December 23. With a lot of big names set to go under the hammer, we expect a cracking battle between the ten concerned franchises that will go all out to fill the voids in their respective squads. 

In the first part of our analysis, we shed light on the probable targets for Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. 

So, in this piece, we bring you the needs and targets for the rest five teams, that is, Lucknow Super Giants, Gujarat Titans, Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. 

Lucknow Super Giants

Current Squad: KL Rahul (C), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi

Purse Remaining: 23.35 Crores

Needs: Middle Order batters (preferably a left-hander), Seam bowling all-rounders, A backup for injury-prone seamers Mark Wood and Mohsin Khan

Prime targets: Nicholas Pooran, Rilee Rossouw, Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Jason Holder (only if they get him in a lesser price), Reece Topley, Naveen-ul-Haq

Gujarat Titans

Current Squad: Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad

Purse Remaining: INR 19.25 Crores

Needs: A keeper-batter, An express pacer who can bowl at death, Seam bowling all-rounder

Prime targets:  Narayan Jagadeesan, Luvnith Sisodia, Mohammad Azharuddin, Vishnu Vinod, Prerak Mankad, Adam Milne, Riley Meredith, Cameron Green, Chris Jordan, Andrew Tye, Jhye Richardson

Rajasthan Royals

Current Squad: Sanju Samson (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa

Purse remaining: INR 13.2 Crores

Needs: Middle order batters (preferably Indian) and lower middle order all-rounders

Prime Targets: Priyam Garg, Shaik Rasheed, Ricky Bhui, Samarth Vyas, Sanjay Yadav, Akeal Hosein, Jason Holder, Sikandar Raza, Daniel Sams, Sam Curran, Fabian Allen

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Current Squad: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik

Purse Remaining: INR 42.25 Crores

Needs: Indian top order batter (Preferably a captaincy candidate), Indian keeper-batter, Middle order batters (Preferably a left-hander), Wrist Spinners (Can invest in Overseas spinners as they have a good Indian fast bowling unit)

Prime Targets: Mayank Agarwal, Mohammad Azharuddin, Vishnu Vinod, Rilee Rossouw,  Nicholas Pooran (only if they get him in a lower price), Sam Curran, Shakib Al Hasan, Adam Zampa, Adil Rashid, Tabraiz Shamsi

Punjab Kings

Current Squad: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar

Purse Remaining: INR 32.2 Crores

Needs: Backup for Jonny Bairstow (preferably a keeper-batter who can open), Experienced middle order batter (Preferably Indian), Seam bowling all-rounders, Indian seamers

Prime Targets: Narayan Jagadeesan, Phil Salt, Ben McDermott, Manish Pandey, Samarth Vyas, Harry Brook, Kane Williamson, Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Cameron Green, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Rasikh Salam, Shivam Mavi

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