IPL 2021: Updated Squads Of All The 8 Teams After Withdrawals And Replacements For The UAE Leg

IPL 2021: Updated Squads Of All The 8 Teams After Withdrawals And Replacements For The UAE Leg. The much-awaited second phase of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 is just a few days away. The marquee tournament is scheduled to begin on September 19 with a high-profile clash between two of the favorites to win the tournament; MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings ( CSK ) and Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians.

Notably, all the remaining matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 are scheduled to take place in United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to the Covid-19 scare in India. Previously, fans were able to witness 29 nail-biting encounters between the teams in the first phase of the tournament in India, However unfortunately the tournament was suspended after the virus spread across various IPL teams.

When the first phase of the Indian Premier League ended Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals were at the top of the points table with 6 victories in 8 games. Meanwhile, following them on the standings were MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) with 10 points each. The number 4 spot was occupied by Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians. Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Sunrisers Hyderabad were placed at 5,6,7, and 8 respectively.

In the UAE leg of IPL 2021, several players have pulled out of the tournament and Franchises have bought several new players as replacements. In this article, you will get to know who are the replacement players and how the squad of all the 8 teams looks like heading into the second half of the marquee T20 league.

IPL 2021: Updated Squads Of All The 8 Teams After Withdrawals And Replacements For The UAE Leg

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Team Delhi Capitals have made one forced change for the second phase of the Indian Premier League 2021. English all-rounder Chris Woakes has decided to pull out of the second phase of the Indian Premier League 2021 UAE Leg. Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals have bought Australian all-rounder Ben Dwarshuis as Woakes replacement.

Full Squad For IPL 2021

Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Anrich Nortje, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Lukman Hussain Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Pravin Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Ben Dwarshuis.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side has so far made no change heading into the second phase of the tournament. All the Chennai Super Kings ( CSK ) signed players will be providing their services to the franchise in the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League 2021.

Full Squad For IPL 2021

MS Dhoni (C), Ambati Rayudu, C Hari Nishanth, Cheteshwar Pujara, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Harisankar Reddy, Imran Tahir, Josh Hazlewood, K Bhagath Varma, K Gowtham, Karn Sharma, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Narayan Jagadeesan, R Sai Kishore, Ravindra Jadeja, Robin Uthappa, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Suresh Raina.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Team Royal Challengers Bangalore had an amazing outing in the first phase of the tournament. They would like to continue the same run in the second phase of the marquee T20 league and once again the Virat Kohli-led franchise will have an eye on winning their first-ever IPL cup.

Notably, RCB has made plenty of changes for the second phase of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 as in total 5 players have either pulled out or suffered an injury. Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera have replaced Adam Zampa and Daniel Sams. Meanwhile, Tim David and George Garton have replaced Finn Allen and Kane Richardson. And Akash Deep has come in as a replacement for Washington Sundar.

Full Squad For IPL 2021

Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddin, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian, Suyesh Prabhudessai, KS Bharat, Tim David, Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Deep, George Garton.

Mumbai Indians (MI)

The Defending Champions Mumbai Indians is also one of the franchises that have made no change heading into the marquee event as all their players will be available for selection during the United Arab Emirates leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. Meanwhile, the Rohit Sharma-led franchise will once again have an eye on lifting the trophy, for the 6th time and completing the hat-trick.

Full Squad For IPL 2021

Rohit Sharma ( C )Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Mohsin Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Trent Boult, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neeshan, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar.

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Rajasthan Royals ( RR )

Rajasthan Royals is one franchise that has faced a huge blow in the absence of some of the top players. The biggest investments of the franchise, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, and Jofra Archer won’t be providing their services to the team.

As Buttler has withdrawn his name from the tournament. Jofra Archer is injured and ruled out for an entire year and Ben Stokes is on a break to focus on his mental well-being. Also, Andrew Tye will be missing the second phase of the Indian Premier League 2021.

Rajasthan Royals have added Evin Lewis as Jos Buttler’s replacement, Tabraiz Shamsi as Andrew Tye’s replacement, Oshane Thomas as Ben Stokes’s replacement, and Glenn Phillips as Jofra Archer’s replacement.

Full Squad For IPL 2021

Sanju Samson ( C ), Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahim, Chetan Sakariya, K.C. Cariappa, Kuldip Yadav, Liam Livingstone, Akash Singh, Glenn Phillips, Tabraiz Shamsi, Oshane Thomas, Evin Lewis.

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

The KL Rahul-led franchise made a huge investment in the Australian Pacers Riley Meredith ( 8 crores) and Jhye Richardson (14 crores). However, both of them were unable to justify their price and had only a decent run in the India leg of the Indian Premier League. Meanwhile both the players will not be providing their services to Punjab Kings in the second phase of the event. Also, the number one ranked T20I batter Dawid Malan has pulled out just a few days before the tournament.

Meanwhile, Jhye Richardson has been replaced by Adil Rashid, Riley Meredith has been replaced by Nathan Ellis and Aiden Markram has come in as Dawid Malan replacement

Full Squad For IPL 2021

KL Rahul (C), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Moises Henriques, Shahrukh Khan, Pratyush Singh, Jalaj Saxena, Nathan Ellis, Adil Rashid, Aiden Markram.

Kolkata Knight Riders ( KKR )

The Eoin Morgan-led franchise had a miserable run in the first phase of the Indian Premier League ( IPL ) 2021 despite having champion players in the team. They will be hoping for a better outcome in the UAE leg of the tournament.

Notably, the fierce Australian pacer Pat Cummins will not be available for selection in the second phase of the Indian Premier League 2021 as he has withdrawn his name to spend some time with his family. Meanwhile, The veteran Kiwi Pacer Tim Southee has come in as a replacement for Cummins.

Full Squad For IPL 2021

Eoin Morgan ( C ), Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Pawan Negi, Tim Seifert, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Tim Southee.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Team Sunrisers Hyderabad performed terribly in the India leg of the Indian Premier League 2021. Previously they were entering the tournament as favorites to win the championship.

However, everything was messed up in the team, as they faced back-to-back losses and were placed at the 8th spot in the points table when the tournament got suspended. Notably, they were able to win only 1 game out of 7 matches in the league. Also, David Warner was removed from captaincy and Kane Williamson was made captain.

Meanwhile, The explosive wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow won’t be providing his services to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second phase of the Indian Premier League 2021. So Sherfane Rutherford has been bought by the franchise as Bairstow’s replacement.

Full Squad For IPL 2021

Kane Williamson, David Warner, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Jagadeesha Suchith, Sherfane Rutherford.

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