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Cricket News: IPL 2021 Updated Squads and Possible Playing XIs | Player replacements in IPL 2021: Updated squads
The cricket festival is back with Indian Premier League 2021 starting its second phase of the tournament in UAE. The tournament was indefinitely postponed in May 2021 and BCCI moved it to the UAE to complete the remaining games and recoup the losses incurred by the organization and the franchises.
For the franchises there have been quite a few changes as players have pulled out due to variety of reasons. But IPL teams have been successful in signing some brilliant replacements and the team managements will be hoping they will see the returns from these new players.
See below for your favourite teams’ squad and a possible playing XI:
IPL 2021 Updated Squads:
Chennai Super Kings
Squad:
| Suresh Raina | Sam Curran |
| MS Dhoni | Ravindra Jadeja |
| Narayan Jagadeeshan | Imran Tahir |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | Robin Uthappa |
| KM Asif | Mooen Ali |
| Karn Sharma | K Gowtham |
| Ambati Rayudu | Cheteshwar Pujara |
| Deepak Chahar | M. Harisankar Reddy |
| Faf Du Plessis | K. Bhagath Varma |
| Shardul Thakur | C Hari Nishaanth |
| Mitchell Santner | R Sai Kishore |
| Dwayne Bravo | Josh Hazlewood |
| Lungi Ngidi |
Players Out:
Players In:
Possible Playing XI: R Gaikwad, F Du Plessis, M Ali, S Raina, A Rayudu, R Jadeja, MS Dhoni, S Curran, S Thakur, D Chahar, I Tahir
Mumbai Indians
Squad:
| Rohit Sharma | Krunal Pandya |
| Aditya Tare | Quinton De Kock |
| Anmolpreet Singh | Rahul Chahar |
| Anukul Roy | Suryakumar Yadav |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | Chris Lynn |
| Hardik Pandya | Mohsin Khan |
| Ishan Kishan | Saurabh Tiwary |
| James Neesham | Trent Boult |
| Marco Jansen | Adam Milne |
| Piyush Chawla | Nathan Coulter-Nile |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Arjun Tendulkar |
| Jayant Yadav | |
| Keiron Pollard |
Players Out:
Players In:
Playing XI: Q De Kock, R Sharma, S Yadav, I Kishan, K Pollard, H Pandya, J Neesham, P Chawla, R Chahar, J Bumrah, T Boult
Delhi Capitals
Squad:
| Shreyas Iyer | Shimron Hetmyer |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Chris Woakes |
| Amit Mishra | Anrich Nortje |
| Avesh Khan | Steve Smith |
| Axar Patel | Umesh Yadav |
| Ishant Sharma | Ripal Patel |
| Kagiso Rabada | Lukman Hussain Meriwala |
| Prithvi Shaw | M Siddharth |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | Tom Curran |
| Rishabh Pant | Sam Billings |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Pravin Dubey |
| Lalit Yadav | Vishnu Vinod |
| Marcus Stoinis |
Players Out: Chris Woakes
Players In: Ben Dwarshius
Playing XI: P Shaw, S Dhawan, S Iyer, R Pant, S Hetmyer, M Stoinis, A Patel, R Ashwin, K Rabada, A Nortje, A Khan
Kolkata Knight Riders
| Dinesh Karthik | Andre Russell |
| Karun Nair | Rahul Tripathi |
| Kamlesh Nagarkoti | Shubman Gill |
| Sheldon Jackson | Sandeep Warrier |
| Ben Cutting, | Varun Chakravarthy |
| Vaibhav Arora | Sunil Narine |
| Shakib al Hasan | Kuldeep Yadav |
| Tim Seifert | Pawan Negi |
| Harbhajan Singh, | Shivam Mavi |
| Eoin Morgan | Venkatesh Iyer |
| Gurkeerat Singh Mann | Prasidh Krishna |
| Lockie Ferguson | Nitish Rana |
Players Out: Pat Cummins
Players In: Tim Southee
Playing XI: N Rana, S Gill, R Tripathi, E Morgan, A Russell, D Karthik, L Ferguson, S Mavi, V Chakravarthy, P Krishna
Rajasthan Royals
Squad:
| Sanju Samson | Shreyas Gopal |
| Riyan Parag | Ben Stokes |
| Mayank Markande | Chetan Sakariya |
| Mustafizur Rahim | Liam Livingstone |
| Glenn Phillips | Kuldip Yadav |
| Akash Singh | Shivam Dube |
| Chris Morris | Manan Vohra |
| K.C. Cariappa | David Miller |
| Anuj Rawat | Yashasvi Jaiswal |
| Jaydev Unadkat | Mahipal Lomror |
| Andrew Tye | Kartik Tyagi |
| Rahul Tewatia |
Players Out: Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler
Players In: Glenn Phillips, Tabraiz Shamsi, Oshane Thomas, Evin Lewis
Playing XI: E Lewis, Y Jaiswal, S Samson, R Parag, L Livingstone, A Rawat, C Morris, R Tewatia, K Tyagi, C Sakaria, M Rahman
Punjab Kings
Squad:
| KL Rahul (c) | Chris Gayle |
| Ishan Porel | Mayank Agarwal |
| Utkarsh Singh | Murugan Ashwin |
| Saurabh Kumar | Dawid Malan |
| Nathan Ellis | Fabian Allen |
| Moises Henriques | Riley Meredith |
| Jalaj Saxena | Shahrukh Khan |
| Harpreet Brar | Jhye Richardson |
| Darshan Nalkande | Arshdeep Singh |
| Ravi Bishnoi | Mohammed Shami |
| Chris Jordan | Prabhsimran Singh |
| Deepak Hooda | Mandeep Singh |
| Sarfaraz Khan | Nicholas Pooran |
Players Out: Riley Meredith, Jhye Richardson, Dawid Malan
Players In: Nathan Ellis, Adil Rashid, Aiden Markram
Playing XI: KL Rahul, M Agarwal, C Gayle, N Pooran, D Hooda, S Khan, C Jordan, N Ellis, A Singh, R Bishnoi, M Shami
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Squad:
| Virat Kohli | AB de Villiers |
| Kyle Jamieson | Yuzvendra Chahal |
| Navdeep Saini | Devdutt Padikkal |
| Rajat Patidar | Harshal Patel |
| Glenn Maxwell | Mohammed Azharuddeen |
| Sachin Baby | Tim David |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | Washington Sundar |
| Pavan Deshpande | Wanindu Hasaranga |
| Mohammed Siraj | Dushmantha Chameera |
| KS Bharat | Suyesh Prabhudessai |
| Dan Christian |
Players Out: Adam Zampa, Daniel Sams, Finn Allenm Kane Richardson, Washington Sundar
Players In: Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Tim David, George Garton, Akash Deep
Playing XI: V Kohli, D Padikkal, G Maxwell, AB DeVelliers, W Hasaranga, S Ahmed, K Jamieson, Y Chahal, H Patel, M Siraj
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Squad:
| Kane Williamson | David Warner |
| Manish Pandey | Virat Singh |
| Shahbaz Nadeem | Khaleel Ahmed |
| Basil Thampi | Rashid Khan |
| Kedar Yadav | Vijay Shankar |
| Jason Roy | Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| Jagadeesha Suchith | Wriddhiman Saha |
| Shreevats Goswami | Sandeep Sharma |
| Jason Holder | T Natarajan |
| Mujeeb ur Rahman | Abhishek Sharma |
| Mohammad Nabi | Priyam Garg |
| Siddharth Kaul | Abdul Samad |
Players Out: Johnny Bairstow
Players In: Sherfane Rutherford
Playing XI: W Saha, D Warner, K Williamson, M Pandey, P Garg, M Nabi, A Samad, R Khan, B Kumar, S Sharma, T Natarajan
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