What the franchises would look for in the IPL 2017 Auction

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7. Delhi Daredevils

Delhi Daredevils IPL 9
Delhi Daredevils. (Photo Source: BCCI)

The franchise hasn’t tasted too much success in the history of the league and they finished 6th on the points table last season. They had a decent first half of the tournament last year but lost the track later and failed to finish amongst the top four. Here is how side looks like with the top players:

Openers: Quinton de Kock (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Sam Billings, Rishabh Pant

Middle Order Batsmen: Jean-Paul Duminy (c), Sanju Samson, Karun Nair

All-rounders: Carlos Brathwaite, Chris Morris

Spinners: Amit Mishra, Jayant Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem

Fast bowlers: Mohammad Shami, Zaheer Khan

What’s required

They have plenty of strength for the opening slot and we might even see Rishabh Pant or Sam Billings batting in the middle order. Duminy, Nair and Samson provide stability to the middle order. Their major concern arises in the all-rounder’s department.

Brathwaite was off-coloured last season and so they might look to buy an Indian all-rounder like Irfan Pathan to cover up for him. They have INR 23.1 crores to spend and can afford to spend on a foreign all-rounder too. They might go for Ben Stokes too, having a room for 4 overseas players. There is also a requirement for a foreign fast bowler and with enough money left, they could look to target some big names.

Having dropped their costly buy Pawan Negi from the last season and the other spinner Imran Tahir, they still have ample fire with Mishra, Jayant and Nadeem as the spinners. Quinton de Kock will be their premier keeper and with Pant in the side, they are assured of a replacement.

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