IPL 2020- Players who could be Released and Available Team Purse

With the IPL trading window set to close, the 8 teams will have to submit their final list of retained players and those who have been released to the Governing Council of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The IPL auctions will take place on the 19^th of December 2019, in Kolkata.

Teams & Players that they could end up Releasing

Mumbai Indians: The Mumbai Indians have a purse of Rs. 3.5 crore and will be looking to scale it up by releasing players like Lasith Malinga, Yuvraj Singh, Ben Cutting, Alzarri Joseph and Jayant Yadav as per speculations.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: RCB have a purse of Rs. 1.8 crore and will want to add more to the kitty. They could release Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Dale Steyn, Tim Southee, Pawn Negi, Colin de Grandhomme and Mohammed Siraj.

Chennai Super Kings: With a purse of just Rs. 3.2 crore, CSK will be looking to release a few players and land new stars. Some of the players who could be released include Mohit Sharma, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Scott Kuggeleijn, KM Asif, Murali Vijay and Sam Billings.

Delhi Capitals: With a purse of Rs. 8.2 crore, Delhi Capitals have a reasonably big kitty for the auctions. However, they could still consider releasing players like Amit Mishra, Colin Ingram, Chris Morris and Hanuma Vihari to free up more room for star acquisitions.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: They have a purse of Rs. 5.3 crore and will naturally release Shakib al Hasan as expected along with other players like Yusuf Pathan, Martin Guptill, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddharth Kaul and Deepak Hooda among other speculated names.

Rajasthan Royals: The Royals have a purse of Rs. 7.15 crore and may look to release a few names in order to bolster up their squad suitably for the 2020 IPL. They may consider releasing Jaydev Unadkat, Stuart Binny, Ashton Turner and Liam Livingstone among others.

Kolkata Knight Riders: KKR has a purse of Rs. 6.5 crore and may look to release a few ageing stars like Piyush Chawla and Robin Uthappa to free up room for new stars ahead of the 2020 IPL. Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Joe Denly and Carlos Brathwaite may also be released by KKR this time around.

Kings XI Punjab: KXIP has an available purse of Rs. 3.7 crore and have already traded their captain Ravichandran Ashwin to the Delhi Capitals. They could also release Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Andrew Tye and Varun Chakravarthy ahead of the IPL 2020 auctions. These are some of the speculated names that franchises may release this year prior to the auctions for IPL 2020 where they will look for adequate replacements.