IPL 2023: 5 Players Punjab Kings might release ahead of mini-auction
Punjab Kings faced yet another disappointing campaign in IPL 2022 as they finished sixth on the points table with seven wins in 14 games.
1. Odean Smith
Punjab Kings picked Odean Smith at the mega auction 2022 for a whooping sum of INR six crore to provide balance to the side. The power-hitting all-rounder had a stellar campaign in the Caribbean Premier League 2021 which saw him take 18 wickets and hit 126 runs at a strike rate of 132.63.
The Punjab franchise hoped that the 25-year-old could replicate his CPL performance in the Indian Premier League. But the investment could not bear the expected fruit as he struggled to be consistent with both bat and ball.
In the six games Smith played, he could only manage 51 runs at a strike rate of 115.91. When it comes to bowling, though the Jamaica-born took six wickets in those outings, he leaked runs at an alarming rate of 11.87. Following his mediocre outings, Smith was dropped from the side.
With all-rounders like Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, and Sam Curran expected to feature in the forthcoming auction, Punjab could move past the Caribbean all-rounder and release him in the near future.
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