IPL 2023 Auction: 5 Tamil Nadu Players CSK Can Target

IPL 2023 Auction: 5 Tamil Nadu Players CSK Can Target. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head into the IPL 2023 auction with a remaining purse of 20.45 crores looking to fill up seven available slots. The franchise retained 18 players including Ravindra Jadeja after much deliberation. MS Dhoni will lead probably for one last time and Dwayne Bravo will join the side as a bowling coach after his IPL retirement. 

Every franchise has a total salary cap of Rs. 95 crores in the auction. During the retentions, the 10 teams retained 163 players in their squad. Now, there are 87 slots available overall during IPL 2023 auction. SRH has the highest remaining purse with over 40 crores in their bank and KKR with 7.05 crores has the least purse remaining heading into the auction. 

The IPL 2023 auction will be held in Kochi on December 23. A total of 991 players are set to go under the hammer in the upcoming auction. There are 714 Indian players and 277 overseas players in total. 21 players have registered themselves for a base price of 2 crores all of whom are overseas players. 

Chennai is one of the states will a lot of cricketing talent and potential. The Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) has brought out a lot of local talent who are now dreaming to play for Chennai in the upcoming season. In this article, we take a look at five players CSK can target in IPL 2023. 

IPL 2023 Auction: 5 Tamil Nadu Players CSK Can Target

Narayan Jagadeesan 

The Tamil Dadu keeper-batsman should be one of CSK’s premier targets in the upcoming auction. He is fresh off a terrific Vijay Hazare Trophy for his stateside scoring 830 runs in 8 innings averaging 138.33. The right-hander will give CSK the option of playing an Indian keeper batsman in the XI. The cricketer was released by CSK just before his exploits in the domestic tournament. Seeing his potential and capability, they should buy him back. 

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Hari Nishaanth

Hari Nishaanth is another Tamil Nadu cricketer Tamil Nadu can look to rope in. He is a top-order batter and also bowls right-arm off-spin. Like Jagadeeshan, Nishant has been in and around the domestic circuit for a number of years but has not played in the IPL. He has just played one FC game, 8 List A, and 30 T20s for Tamil Nadu.

Baba Indrajith 

Baba played three matches in IPL 2022 for KKR. The franchise has released him ahead of the next auction. The right-hander is a keeper-batsman and can bat at the top for Chennai. Though Ruturaj Gaikwad is a more established opener for the franchise, Indrajith gives them a good backup option. 

Murugan Ashwin

Ashwin was released by Mumbai Indians ahead of the IPL 2023 auction. The young leggie has played for a number of franchises in the IPL. He played nine games for Mumbai Indians picking up nine wickets at an average of 25.33. On the turning track at Chepauk, he can be a handful with MS Dhoni behind the stumps for support.

Sandeep Warrier

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