The IPL Auctions got over few moments back and all the teams had a great time in the auctions. With the squad set, let us take a look at the likely playing XI of each and every IPL team ahead of IPL 2015.
Chennai Super Kings:
Dwayne Smith*
Brendon McCullum*
Suresh Raina
Faf du Plessis*
MS Dhoni
Dwayne Bravo*
Ravindra Jadeja
Irfan Pathan
R Ashwin
Mohit Sharma
Ashish Nehra
Delhi Daredevils:
Quinton de Kock*
Mayank Agarwal
Manoj Tiwary
Yuvraj Singh
JP Duminy*
Kedar Jadhav
Angelo Mathews*
Nathan Counter-Nile*
Amit Mishra
Mohammad Shami
Zaheer Khan
Kings XI Punjab:
Virender Sehwag
Murali Vijay
Wriddhiman Saha
Glenn Maxwell*
David Miller*
George Bailey*
Akshar Patel
Rishi Dhawan
Mitchell Johnson*
Sandeep Sharma
Shivam Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders
Gautam Gambhir
Robin Uthappa
Manish Pandey
Shakib Al Hasan*
Yusuf Pathan
Andre Russell*
Surya Kumar Yadav
Morne Morkel*
Piyush Chawla
Sunil Narine*
Umesh Yadav
Mumbai Indians:
Aaron Finch*
Unmukt Chand
Corey Anderson*
Rohit Sharma
Ambati Rayudu
Kieron Pollard*
Parthiv Patel
Harbhajan Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Mitchell McClenaghan*
Jasprit Bumrah
Rajasthan Royals:
Ajinkya Rahane
Karun Nair
Sanju Samson
Shane Watson*
Steven Smith*
James Faulkner*
Stuart Binny
Rajat Bhatia
Tim Southee*
Dhawal Kulkarni
Pravin Tambe
Royal Challengers Bangalore
S Badrinath
Chris Gayle*
Virat Kohli
Dinesh Karthick
Sarfaraz Khan
AB de Villiers*
Darren Sammy*
Mitchell Starc*
Yuzvendra Chahal
Varun Aaron
Ashok Dinda
Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Warner*
Shikhar Dhawan
Kevin Pietersen*
Naman Ojha
Eoin Morgan*
LR Shukla
Parveez Rasool
Dale Steyn*
Praveen Kumar
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Ishant Sharma.
All the eight teams look strong atleast on paper and this could easily be the most competitive IPL auctions ever.
Player represents the team captain
Player represents the wicket-keeper
*represents the overseas players.