The biggest T20 league in the world, Dream 11 IPL, will start from the 19th of September. We can see all kinds of players here, like from one of the greatest to the players who are just starting their careers and getting to share dressing rooms. This year the sponsor of the IPL will be the fantasy sports app Dream11 who had won the bid for 222 crores.
With the Indian team’s success in the T20 World Cup 2007, the T20 format became very popular in India, which led to IPL, and since 2008 it has been celebrated like a festival every summer. Every season has been no less of a thriller, and this year it would be the 13th edition of IPL.
Due to the Corona Virus pandemic and the lockdown, it almost seemed impossible that IPL was likely to happen. But the IPL committee came up with a solution of playing the IPL in UAE as they did in 2014 amidst elections. All the teams will be staying in a Bio-Secure Bubble, and there are fines if anyone breaches the bubble.
What’s new this season?
- An entire season of IPL would be played outside of India, and this is the 2nd time it is happening as it had happed in the second season where India played in South Africa due to India’s elections.
- The team franchises are entirely responsible for creating their bio-secure bubbles and also responsible for a player’s safety.
- The matches will be played in closed doors that means there will be no audience.
- The fantasy sports app Dream11 is going to be the sponsor for this season.
Venues:
All the matches will be played in UAE following the restriction laid by the BCCI due to the COVID-19 situation.
The venues have been decided as:
- Abu Dhabi
- Sharjah
- Dubai
Schedule:
The schedule of this year’s IPL matches is not yet released, and there has been a lot of delays. BCCI has not specified the reason for these delays.
Dream11 IPL 2020 Teams:
Mumbai Indians:
- The four-time title winner and defending champions, Mumbai Indians, have the right mix of International players and young talent.
- They have surplus players in each department who are capable of playing match-winning knocks.
- They were also decent in this year’s auction and bought good International and local players.
Squad:
Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Anmolpreet Singh, Jayant Yadav, Aditya Tare, Anukul Roy, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan, Sherfane Rutherford, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Chris Lynn, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai Singh.
Retained Players:
- They retained all the core team players who have been performing for Mumbai Indians consistently in every season.
- They retained a total of 15 players:
Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Anmolpreet Singh, Jayant Yadav, Aditya Tare, Anukul Roy, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan.
Released Players:
- They let go of many big names like Yuvraj Singh, Evin Lewis, Ben Cutting and, Alzarri Joseph.
- The release of Ben Cutting was a little surprising as he had performed well for MI in past seasons.
- They released a total of 10 players:
Evin Lewis, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff, Beuran Hendricks, Ben Cutting, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Rasikh Salam, Pankaj Jaswal, Alzarri Joseph.
Traded out Players:
- Two players were traded out, spinner Mayank Markande and batsmen Siddesh Lad.
- Mayank Markande had performed well in previous seasons, picking up wickets consistently but got traded.
Traded in Players:
- All-rounder Sherfane Rutherford and the bowlers Trent Boult and Dhawal Kulkarni were traded in this year.
- The bowling department, which was already very good, has become more robust and looks very dangerous.
Newly bought players:
- Mumbai bought a couple of outstanding players like Chris Lynn and Nathan Coulter-Nile.
- They bought a total of 6 players:
Chris Lynn, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai Singh.
Chennai Super Kings:
- The most successful team after MI and a three-time title winner, Chennai Super Kings, is also called the Daddies army as most of the players are over the age of 30.
- They have got many experienced players on their side and have performed well from the past seasons.
- Despite having good spinners in the squad, they repurchased spinners in this year’s auction.
Squad:
MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Lungi Ngidi, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Narayan Jagadeeshan, Harbhajan Singh, KM Asif, Shardul Thakur, Shane Watson, Imran Tahir, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar, Monu Kumar, Karn Sharma, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Piyush Chawla, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Josh Hazlewood.
Retained Players:
- They have retained most of their squad, barring a few players.
- They retained a total of 19 players:
MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Lungi Ngidi, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Narayan Jagadeeshan, Harbhajan Singh, KM Asif, Shardul Thakur, Shane Watson, Imran Tahir, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar, Monu Kumar, Karn Sharma, Dwayne Bravo.
Released Players:
- Wicket-keeper batsmen Sam Billings who had played a couple of match wings, and all-rounder David Willey were the foreign players who were released.
- Bowler Mohit Sharma, who had played many seasons for CSK, was also released this year.
- They released only five players:
Sam Billings, David Willey, Mohit Sharma, Dhruv Shorey and, Chaitanya Bishnoi.
Traded Players:
- CSK did not trade any players this season.
Newly bought players:
- They did a decent job buying new players, as they bought a couple of spinners and a couple of fast bowlers.
- The exciting buy was of Josh Hazlewood and Sam Curran in this year’s auction.
- They bought only four players:
Sam Curran, Piyush Chawla, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Josh Hazlewood.
Update:
Suresh Raina has announced that he would not be playing this year’s IPL season as he was concerned over the increasing cases in the CSK’s camp.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
- Kolkata Knight Riders are a two-time title winner and have performed consistently in every season of IPL.
- Besides having outstanding International players, they also have many young talented players in the squad who can win the matches for them.
- KKR was the most talked team in this year’s auction as they bought right-arm fast bowler Pat Cummins for a whopping amount of 15.50 Crores.
Squad:
Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Harry Gurney, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Siddhesh Lad, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Tom Banton, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, M Siddhartha, Nikhil Naik, Chris Green, Pravin Tambe.
Retained Players:
- Most of the young players and a few senior players like Dinesh Karthik, Andre Rusell and, Sunil Narine were retained.
- They retained only 13 players:
Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Harry Gurney, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi.
Released Players:
- They released many players who had played many seasons for Knight Riders.
- The release of Robin Uthappa, Piyush Chawla and, Chris Lynn was the most surprising.
- They released a total of 10 players:
Chris Lynn, Carlos Brathwaite, Robin Uthappa, Piyush Chawla, Nikhil Naik, KC Cariappa, Joe Denly, Srikant Munde, Yarra Prithviraj, Anrich Nortje.
Traded out Players:
- They did not trade out any players.
Traded in Players:
- Former Mumbai Indians batsman Siddesh Lad was traded in by KKR.
Newly bought players:
- They bought Australian player Pat Cummins for 15.50cr and has become the most expensive foreign player.
- Apart from him, they bought England limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan and opening batsman Tom Banton.
- They also bought a few good Indian players.
- They bought a total of 9 players:
Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Tom Banton, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, M Siddhartha, Nikhil Naik, Chris Green, Pravin Tambe.
Royal Challengers Banglore:
- Royal Challengers Banglore has a huge fan base as it is lead by one of the best batsman and Indian team captain Virat Kohli.
- Even though they had many star players in their squad in the previous seasons, they could not win the IPL trophy.
- They appear to be a balanced side this time and have a perfect chance of winning this year’s IPL title.
Squad:
Virat Kohli, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parthiv Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini, AB de Villiers, Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pawan Deshpande, Joshua Philippe, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Kane Richardson.
Retained Players:
- They retained all the core Indian players and only one foreign player, AB de Villiers.
- RCB retained a total of 13 players:
Virat Kohli, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parthiv Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini, AB de Villiers.
Released Players:
- They let go of many foreign players and some uncapped Indian players.
- Many big players like Marcus Stoinis, Tim Southee, Colin de Grandhomme, and Nathan Coulter-Nile, most of the all-rounders, were released this year.
- They released a total of 13 players:
Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Akshdeep Nath, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Colin de Grandhomme, Prayas Ray Barman, Tim Southee, Shaheershah PH, Kulwant Khejroliya, Himmat Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Milind Kumar.
Traded Players:
- RCB did not trade any players this season.
Newly bought players:
- They bought some outstanding players in all the departments to bring a balance to the squad.
- Some of the big names are Dale Steyn, Aaron Finch and, Chris Morris.
- They bought a total of 8 players:
Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pawan Deshpande, Joshua Philippe, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Kane Richardson.
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
- Sunrisers Hyderabad has also been one of the most formidable contenders in the history of IPL, and they have won the title one time.
- They always had an excellent local talent supported by the International Players.
- This year’s auction was straightforward for the Sunrisers as they bought mostly uncapped players and two foreign players.
Squad:
Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Thangarasu Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Mitchell Marsh, Bavanaka Sandeep, Fabian Allen, Abdul Samad, Sanjay Yadav.
Retained Players:
- They retained almost the entire squad except for few International players.
- SRH retained a total of 18 players:
Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Thangarasu Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha.
Released Players:
- They released only five players, most of them who were International players.
- Shakib Al Hasan might have been released as he was banned for two years by ICC last year after World Cup.
- Martin Guptill and Yousuf Pathan looked out of form, so that would have been the reason that they were released.
- They released 5 players:
Deepak Hooda, Martin Guptill, Ricky Bhui, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan.
Traded Players:
- SRH did not trade any players this season.
Newly bought players:
- They had the most straightforward yet most surprising auction because they did not buy any big players.
- All the players were young Indian uncapped emerging players.
- Only Fabian Allen and Mitchell Marsh were the famous players among all the newly added players.
- They bought a total of 7 players:
Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Mitchell Marsh, Bavanaka Sandeep, Fabian Allen, Abdul Samad, Sanjay Yadav.
Rajasthan Royals:
- Rajasthan Royals were the title winners of the 1st season of IPL, and since then, they haven’t impressed much with their performance.
- They always had good players, but they couldn’t make it through to the playoffs.
- Royals had an exciting auction as they released many players and again bought them and bought some excellent Indian players.
Squad:
Steve Smith, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mahipal Lomror, Varun Aaron, Manan Vohra, Robin Uthappa, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Akash Singh, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Oshane Thomas, Anirudha Joshi, Andrew Tye, Tom Curran.
Retained Players:
- They retained only 11 players and let go of the remaining squad.
- Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Jos Butler, Jofra Archer and, Sanju Samson were the big names that were retained.
- RR retained 11 players:
Steve Smith, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mahipal Lomror, Varun Aaron, Manan Vohra.
Released Players:
- They released as many as 12 players from the squad, but they again bought some of those auction players.
- The release of players like Ajinkya Rahane, Liam Livingstone, and Ish Sodhi was surprising because they had performed consistently for the team in the past seasons.
- They released players were:
Ashton Turner, Oshane Thomas, Shubham Ranjane, Prashant Chopra, Ish Sodhi, Aryaman Birla, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Tripathi, Stuart Binny, Liam Livingstone, Sudheshan Midhun, Ajinkya Rahane.
Traded Players:
- RR did not trade any players this season.
Newly bought players:
- They bought two players from the list of released players.
- RR bought some excellent players like Robin Uthappa, David Miller, Oshane Thomas, Andrew Tye, Tom Curran, and bought young uncapped Indian players like Yashasvi Jaiswal and Kartik Tyagi. They were brilliant in the U-19 World Cup.
- They bought a total of 11 players:
Robin Uthappa, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Akash Singh, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Oshane Thomas, Anirudha Joshi, Andrew Tye, Tom Curran.
Kings XI Punjab:
- Kings XI Punjab played brilliantly in some of the seasons and almost went on to win the trophy in one of the seasons.
- In most of the seasons, they have not performed well and were eliminated in the group stage.
- They are yet to win the IPL title, and this year under the captaincy of KL Rahul, things might change for Kings XI.
Squad:
KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Mohammed Shami, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb your Rahman, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Hardus Viljoen, Darshan Nalkande, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, James Neesham, Prabhsimran Singh, Chris Jordan, Tanjinder Dhillon, Ravi Bishnoi, Ishan Porel, Sheldon Cottrell.
Retained Players:
- They have retained most of their core team except a few Indian players.
- KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Mohammad Shami and, Mayank Agarwal are the top players who were retained this year.
- KXIP have retained a total of 13 players:
KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Mohammed Shami, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb, your Rahman, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Hardus Viljoen, Darshan Nalkande, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin.
Released Players:
- They released mostly foreign players and three uncapped Indian players.
- Nothing was surprising as the players who were released were not performing well for KXIP.
- A total of 7 players were released:
Varun Chakravarthy, Andrew Tye, Sam Curran, Simran Singh, David Miller, Moises Henriques, Agnivesh Ayachi.
Traded out Players:
- KXIP had some very shocking trades as Ravichandran Ashwin, who was the team captain last season, was traded out.
- The other three were also Indian players who were traded out.
- A total of 4 players were traded:
Ravichandran Ashwin, Jagdeesha Suchith, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ankit Rajpoot.
Newly bought players:
- They have bought some excellent International players like Glenn Maxwell, Chris Jordan, Sheldon Cottrell and, James Neesham.
- Two young Indian players Ravi Bishnoi and Ishan Porel, who are very talented, were also bought in this auction.
- There were a total of 9 players bought this year:
Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, James Neesham, Prabhsimran Singh, Chris Jordan, Tanjinder Dhillon, Ravi Bishnoi, Ishan Porel, Sheldon Cottrell.
Delhi Capitals:
- Delhi Capitals have been the unluckiest team because they had good players in almost every season but couldn’t win the title.
- They have an excellent team of young players and also a few senior International players.
- With the trades and auction this year, they appear to be a strong team, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if they go on to win the title.
Squad:
Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane, Keemo Paul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Jason Roy, Alex Carey, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Sharma.
Retained Players:
- They have mostly retained the young players from both India and foreign countries.
- They have tried to maintain the composition of the team without disturbing it much.
- DC retained 12 players:
Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane, Keemo Paul.
Released Players:
- They let go of few Indian uncapped players as they were not getting many chances and would mostly be on the bench.
- The most surprising among the released players was Chris Morris and Colin Munro, who appeared to be in good form.
- A total of 9 players were released:
Colin Ingram, Colin Munro, Manjot Kalra, Hanuma Vihari, Chris Morris, Jalaj Saxena, Ankush Bains, Nathu Singh, Bandaru Ayyappa.
Traded out Players:
- They traded out three players, out of whom two were foreign players.
- The most surprising trade was of Trent Boult because he is the bowler who could pick up wickets both in starting and death overs.
- The other two players were Sherfane Rutherford and Rahul Tewatia.
Traded in Players:
- They made outstanding trades as they got two big Indian players, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane.
- Both these players will bring a lot of experience to this young side.
Newly bought players:
- They had a delicious auction this year as they bought foreign players in all the departments.
- Mohit Sharma was also bought in this auction by DC.
- A total of 8 players were bought this year:
Jason Roy, Alex Carey, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Sharma.
Update:
Delhi Capitals have announced Anrich Nortje and Daniel Sams as the replacement of Chris Woakes and Jason Roy, who had opted from this year’s IPL.
Dream11 IPL 2020 Live Streaming:
- Star Sports will be telecasting the Dream11 Indian Premier League 2020 in India, and the OTT platform Hotstar will also be telecasting the IPL.
- Star India bought the rights of IPL broadcasting for a considerable amount of 16,437.50 cr.
- UK viewers will be able to watch all the matches on Sky Sports.
- SuperSport will telecast the live coverage of IPL 13 in South Africa, and the Australian fans can watch the matches on Yupp Tv and Fox Cricket.
- Bangladesh people can watch live matches on Gazi TV.
- Willow Tv will be telecasting the live coverage in the United States and Canada.
