Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) stand on the contrasting ends of the spectrum as far as glory in the IPL goes. CSK has won the IPL title as many times as RCB has managed to make it to the finals! The trade window has closed and the auction for the 13th season is about a month away. While both the teams did not trade any players in the transfer window, they have let go some of them back into the auction pool.

RCB released a total of 12 players including <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/shimron-hetmyer-spends-some-quality-time-with-girlfriend-and-yuzvendra-chahal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shimron Hetmyer</a> and Marcus Stoinis. Hence AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali are their only two overseas retentions. With the core retained RCB would look to build their team around them. On the other hand, CSK, who lost the final last year, has released 6 players. They have almost all their bases covered and the Chennai management will head into the auction in hunt of an overseas quick.

Here we look at players who will be on the radar of both the teams which may lead to a tussle between them in the auction room.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-366478" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Mitchell-Starc.jpg" alt="Mitchell Starc" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-366478" class="wp-caption-text">Mitchell Starc. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Standing 6 feet 6 inches tall, Mitchell Starc is one of the most lethal fast bowlers in the modern game. He is capable of blowing away any batting line-up with his unadulterated pace. The Sydney-born pacer is a World Cup winner and the leading wicket-taker in two consecutive World Cups.

Starc has played for the Bangalore franchise previously in 2014 and 2015. The left-hander accumulated 34 wickets in two seasons at an economy of 7.17. Starc hasn’t played an IPL game for four years. Last year he pulled out from the auctions as the Australian board wanted their star pacer to be fit and fresh for the World Cup and The Ashes.

RCB has released Dale Steyn, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Tim Southee, hence they would want to gain the services of the Aussie speedster to eliminate their bowling woes and end their title drought. Without many overseas pacers, CSK looked a bit off-color in the pace department last season in their away games, hence they too would desperately want a genuine tearaway pacer.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-322412" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Chris-Jordan.jpg" alt="Chris Jordan" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-322412" class="wp-caption-text">Chris Jordan. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Chris Jordan is one of the first names to be put on England’s T20 team for the World Cup next year. Jordan has picked 54 wickets in 43 T20Is for the Three Lions. Considering he regularly bowls in the death, his economy of 8.5 is fairly imposing. Jordan has been in a brilliant form in 2019. He has scalped 14 wickets in 8 matches with a wicket every 10 balls!

By playing around the globe in different leagues, Jordan has earned the reputation of a T20 specialist. However, he would want to improve his IPL statistics. In his first stint in IPL with RCB in 2016, Jordan picked up 11 wickets in 9 matches but was on the expensive side. He was part of Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018 and didn’t pick a single wicket in 4 games.

The 31-year-old has grown leaps and bounds in the last couple of years. Accumulating experience from the T20 leagues he has added variations to his armour; slower ball, off cutters, leg cutters, hardly misses the yorker. CSK and RCB both would want to gain the facilities of the Barbadian and make him their pace bowling head.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-328835" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sam-Curran.jpg" alt="Sam Curran" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-328835" class="wp-caption-text">Sam Curran. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

Sam Curran burst onto the scene with his all-round skills against India in the Test series last year. He changed the course of the game with his bat and impressed everyone with his swinging deliveries. The 21-year-old was recently selected for the T20 series in New Zealand where he picked 6 wickets at an economy of 8.5.

Kings XI Punjab grabbed Sam for a hefty price of 7.2 crores in the auction last year. He scalped 10 wickets in 9 games including a hat-trick against Delhi Capitals. The left-hander is a handy lower-order batsman as he stroked at 172 including a half-century for KXIP. He has become a red hot commodity as a seam-bowling all-rounder.

It came in as a bit of surprise when Punjab released Sam Curran, maybe they would want to buy him back at a lower price. But the auction pool gives all the teams an opportunity to buy him as well. Especially RCB, who released both Marcus Stoinis and Colin de Grandhomme, could bid for the English all-rounder. CSK will also dive into bidding war for Curran as Watson doesn’t bowl anymore and Dwayne Bravo isn’t getting younger either.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) stand on the contrasting ends of the spectrum as far as glory in the IPL goes. CSK has won the IPL title as many times as RCB has managed to make it to the finals! The trade window has closed and the auction for the 13th season is about a month away. While both the teams did not trade any players in the transfer window, they have let go some of them back into the auction pool.
RCB released a total of 12 players including <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/shimron-hetmyer-spends-some-quality-time-with-girlfriend-and-yuzvendra-chahal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shimron Hetmyer</a> and Marcus Stoinis. Hence AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali are their only two overseas retentions. With the core retained RCB would look to build their team around them. On the other hand, CSK, who lost the final last year, has released 6 players. They have almost all their bases covered and the Chennai management will head into the auction in hunt of an overseas quick.
Here we look at players who will be on the radar of both the teams which may lead to a tussle between them in the auction room.
<h3>1. Mitchell Starc</h3>
<figure id="attachment_366478" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-366478" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-366478" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Mitchell-Starc.jpg" alt="Mitchell Starc" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-366478" class="wp-caption-text">Mitchell Starc. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Standing 6 feet 6 inches tall, Mitchell Starc is one of the most lethal fast bowlers in the modern game. He is capable of blowing away any batting line-up with his unadulterated pace. The Sydney-born pacer is a World Cup winner and the leading wicket-taker in two consecutive World Cups.
Starc has played for the Bangalore franchise previously in 2014 and 2015. The left-hander accumulated 34 wickets in two seasons at an economy of 7.17. Starc hasn’t played an IPL game for four years. Last year he pulled out from the auctions as the Australian board wanted their star pacer to be fit and fresh for the World Cup and The Ashes.
RCB has released Dale Steyn, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Tim Southee, hence they would want to gain the services of the Aussie speedster to eliminate their bowling woes and end their title drought. Without many overseas pacers, CSK looked a bit off-color in the pace department last season in their away games, hence they too would desperately want a genuine tearaway pacer.

<h3>2. Chris Jordan</h3>
<figure id="attachment_322412" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-322412" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-322412" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Chris-Jordan.jpg" alt="Chris Jordan" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-322412" class="wp-caption-text">Chris Jordan. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Chris Jordan is one of the first names to be put on England’s T20 team for the World Cup next year. Jordan has picked 54 wickets in 43 T20Is for the Three Lions. Considering he regularly bowls in the death, his economy of 8.5 is fairly imposing. Jordan has been in a brilliant form in 2019. He has scalped 14 wickets in 8 matches with a wicket every 10 balls!
By playing around the globe in different leagues, Jordan has earned the reputation of a T20 specialist. However, he would want to improve his IPL statistics. In his first stint in IPL with RCB in 2016, Jordan picked up 11 wickets in 9 matches but was on the expensive side. He was part of Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018 and didn’t pick a single wicket in 4 games.
The 31-year-old has grown leaps and bounds in the last couple of years. Accumulating experience from the T20 leagues he has added variations to his armour; slower ball, off cutters, leg cutters, hardly misses the yorker. CSK and RCB both would want to gain the facilities of the Barbadian and make him their pace bowling head.

<h3>3. Sam Curran</h3>
<figure id="attachment_328835" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-328835" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-328835" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sam-Curran.jpg" alt="Sam Curran" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-328835" class="wp-caption-text">Sam Curran. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Sam Curran burst onto the scene with his all-round skills against India in the Test series last year. He changed the course of the game with his bat and impressed everyone with his swinging deliveries. The 21-year-old was recently selected for the T20 series in New Zealand where he picked 6 wickets at an economy of 8.5.
Kings XI Punjab grabbed Sam for a hefty price of 7.2 crores in the auction last year. He scalped 10 wickets in 9 games including a hat-trick against Delhi Capitals. The left-hander is a handy lower-order batsman as he stroked at 172 including a half-century for KXIP. He has become a red hot commodity as a seam-bowling all-rounder.
It came in as a bit of surprise when Punjab released Sam Curran, maybe they would want to buy him back at a lower price. But the auction pool gives all the teams an opportunity to buy him as well. Especially RCB, who released both Marcus Stoinis and Colin de Grandhomme, could bid for the English all-rounder. CSK will also dive into bidding war for Curran as Watson doesn’t bowl anymore and Dwayne Bravo isn’t getting younger either.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) stand on the contrasting ends of the spectrum as far as glory in the IPL goes. CSK has won the IPL title as many times as RCB has managed to make it to the finals! The trade window has closed and the auction for the 13th season is about a month away. While both the teams did not trade any players in the transfer window, they have let go some of them back into the auction pool.
RCB released a total of 12 players including <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/shimron-hetmyer-spends-some-quality-time-with-girlfriend-and-yuzvendra-chahal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shimron Hetmyer</a> and Marcus Stoinis. Hence AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali are their only two overseas retentions. With the core retained RCB would look to build their team around them. On the other hand, CSK, who lost the final last year, has released 6 players. They have almost all their bases covered and the Chennai management will head into the auction in hunt of an overseas quick.
Here we look at players who will be on the radar of both the teams which may lead to a tussle between them in the auction room.
<h3>1. Mitchell Starc</h3>
<figure id="attachment_366478" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-366478" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-366478" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Mitchell-Starc.jpg" alt="Mitchell Starc" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-366478" class="wp-caption-text">Mitchell Starc. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Standing 6 feet 6 inches tall, Mitchell Starc is one of the most lethal fast bowlers in the modern game. He is capable of blowing away any batting line-up with his unadulterated pace. The Sydney-born pacer is a World Cup winner and the leading wicket-taker in two consecutive World Cups.
Starc has played for the Bangalore franchise previously in 2014 and 2015. The left-hander accumulated 34 wickets in two seasons at an economy of 7.17. Starc hasn’t played an IPL game for four years. Last year he pulled out from the auctions as the Australian board wanted their star pacer to be fit and fresh for the World Cup and The Ashes.
RCB has released Dale Steyn, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Tim Southee, hence they would want to gain the services of the Aussie speedster to eliminate their bowling woes and end their title drought. Without many overseas pacers, CSK looked a bit off-color in the pace department last season in their away games, hence they too would desperately want a genuine tearaway pacer.

<h3>2. Chris Jordan</h3>
<figure id="attachment_322412" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-322412" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-322412" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Chris-Jordan.jpg" alt="Chris Jordan" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-322412" class="wp-caption-text">Chris Jordan. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Chris Jordan is one of the first names to be put on England’s T20 team for the World Cup next year. Jordan has picked 54 wickets in 43 T20Is for the Three Lions. Considering he regularly bowls in the death, his economy of 8.5 is fairly imposing. Jordan has been in a brilliant form in 2019. He has scalped 14 wickets in 8 matches with a wicket every 10 balls!
By playing around the globe in different leagues, Jordan has earned the reputation of a T20 specialist. However, he would want to improve his IPL statistics. In his first stint in IPL with RCB in 2016, Jordan picked up 11 wickets in 9 matches but was on the expensive side. He was part of Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018 and didn’t pick a single wicket in 4 games.
The 31-year-old has grown leaps and bounds in the last couple of years. Accumulating experience from the T20 leagues he has added variations to his armour; slower ball, off cutters, leg cutters, hardly misses the yorker. CSK and RCB both would want to gain the facilities of the Barbadian and make him their pace bowling head.

<h3>3. Sam Curran</h3>
<figure id="attachment_328835" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-328835" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-328835" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sam-Curran.jpg" alt="Sam Curran" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-328835" class="wp-caption-text">Sam Curran. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Sam Curran burst onto the scene with his all-round skills against India in the Test series last year. He changed the course of the game with his bat and impressed everyone with his swinging deliveries. The 21-year-old was recently selected for the T20 series in New Zealand where he picked 6 wickets at an economy of 8.5.
Kings XI Punjab grabbed Sam for a hefty price of 7.2 crores in the auction last year. He scalped 10 wickets in 9 games including a hat-trick against Delhi Capitals. The left-hander is a handy lower-order batsman as he stroked at 172 including a half-century for KXIP. He has become a red hot commodity as a seam-bowling all-rounder.
It came in as a bit of surprise when Punjab released Sam Curran, maybe they would want to buy him back at a lower price. But the auction pool gives all the teams an opportunity to buy him as well. Especially RCB, who released both Marcus Stoinis and Colin de Grandhomme, could bid for the English all-rounder. CSK will also dive into bidding war for Curran as Watson doesn’t bowl anymore and Dwayne Bravo isn’t getting younger either.

Both the franchises might need these players in common.

3 Players for whom CSK and RCB might get into a bidding war

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) stand on the contrasting ends of the spectrum as far as glory in the IPL goes.