PBKS vs DC (Image Credits: Twitter)
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IPL 2023 Auction: 3 Delhi Capitals (DC) Players Punjab Kings (PBKS) Can Target. Delhi Capitals who still wait to enlist their name in the IPL winners list ended up in 5th position in the last IPL season-IPL 2022.

Delhi Capitals have won 7 games in the 14 games they played and pushed to 5th position in the IPL 2022 Points Table with a total point of 14. GMR Sports Pvt. Ltd & JSW Sports Pvt Ltd owned team has been inconsistent throughout the IPL 2022 season.

Tata IPL 2023 Trophy
Tata IPL 2023 Trophy. (Photo: IPL)

It is learned that ahead of IPL 2023 auction, all teams are asked to submit their final list of retained players by November 15, 2022. In order to avoid a massive collapse all teams will look to retain their star performers and will release the rest.

It is expected that all teams will retain a maximum of 15 players ahead of the tournament. The likes of Mandeep Singh, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, and Ripal Patel may be released by the franchise before IPL 2023. Shardul Thakur, Tim Seifert, KS Bharat and Ashwin Hebbar might also be released before IPL 2023.

After the IPL 2022 mega auction, the cricket legends weighted Punjab Kings among the probable teams to reach the playoff and even win the IPL trophy. The reason was that they had a very good team comprising a bunch of talented utility players who could single-handedly win matches for the franchise.

Tata IPL 2023 Trophy. (Photo: IPL)
Tata IPL 2023 Trophy. (Photo: IPL)

But, after the IPL league stage finished, the Mayank Agarwal-led team found themselves packing their bags with just 7 wins from 14 matches, finishing the IPL 2022 points table in the 6th position. There will be a lot of brainstorming from now leading up to the 16th edition of the IPL. The likes of Shahrukh Khan, Benny Howell, Sandeep Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, and even IPL 2022 skipper Mayank Agarwal may be released by the franchise.

According to several reports, the Mohali-based franchise is eyeing to release three expensive buys – Mayank Agarwal (INR 12 crore), Shahrukh Khan (INR 9 crore), and Odean Smith (INR 6 crore) – so that they will enter the mini-auction with a big purse.

Mayank Agarwal and Shikhar Dhawan. Photo-IPL
Mayank Agarwal and Shikhar Dhawan. Photo-IPL

Veteran Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan has been confirmed as the new captain of the Punjab Kings (PBKS) franchise for the forthcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Wednesday. Shikhar Dhawan, who was not a part of the Indian T20I World Cup 2022 squad and is considered an ODI specialist and ODI skipper nowadays will replace another opener Mayank Agarwal as the leader of the Punjab-based franchise in the IPL 2023.

IPL 2023 Auction: 3 Delhi Capitals (DC) Players Punjab Kings (PBKS) Can Target

Tim Seifert

Tim Seifert, IPL 2022, Delhi Capitals
Tim Seifert (Image: BCCI)

A wicketkeeper and an aggressive batter, Tim Seifert, is one of the latest entrants in the Delhi Capitals’ unit. The right-hander has so far played 40 T20Is for New Zealand. But he has featured in only 3 IPL games in 2021 and 2022 combined where he has scored only 26 runs. Delhi capitals may not retain him before IPL 2023 mini auctions and Punjab Kings may look to include him in their IPL 2023 playing XI.

Tim Seifert was picked by Delhi Capitals during IPL 2022 auction. The team bought him for his base price of INR 50 lakh. Earlier, Tim Seifert kept a base price of INR 50 lakh for himself in IPL 2022 auction. He was part of the Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2021. He will be a backup option to keepers Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma, and PrabhSimran Singh in Punjab’s IPL 2023 squad.

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