Right now the T20 World Cup is going on and all the teams are competing against each other. The Indian team has also started its winning campaign by winning its first match against Pakistan. Meanwhile, IPL teams are busy in their preparations. The special thing is that the final match of the T20 World Cup 2022 will be played on November 13 and after that by November 15, all the IPL teams have to submit the list of their retained and released players to the BCCI. There is not much time left in this now, only about 20 days. In such a situation, all the teams have started making their list. Along with this, some names are also coming out, which the teams may release from their squads.
Delhi Capitals may release Shardul Thakur
Meanwhile, some names have also surfaced from Delhi Capitals. It is learned that the Delhi Capitals team is thinking of releasing Team India all-rounder Shardul Thakur. A Cricbuzz report states that Delhi team may release Shardul Thakur. Shardul Thakur is currently in Australia with the Indian team, who is playing the World Cup, he is not in the main team but has been included in the team as a standby.
Delhi Capitals had included Shardul Thakur in their team in the IPL 2022 Mega Auction by paying Thakur more than Rs 10 crore, but there are reports that now the team does not seem to be satisfied with his performance.
Shardul Thakur played 14 matches for his team in IPL 2022 and took 15 wickets, but in terms of runs, he could score only 150 runs for his team during this period. Prior to Delhi Capitals, Shardul Thakur was playing for MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings i.e. CSK, but he was released and was taken by Delhi Capitals by paying a hefty amount in the auction.
KS Bharat and Mandeep Singh also in danger of release
It is not that Delhi Capitals are completely disillusioned with Shardul Thakur, but it is being told that he will be released and when he comes up for auction again, he will be required to re-team at a lower cost. Will try The Cricbuzz report states that not only Shardul Thakur, the team is also planning to release wicket-keeper batsmen KS Bharat and Mandeep Singh.
KL Bharat was picked up by Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 crore and Mandeep Singh for Rs 1.10 crore. Although the special thing is also that KS Bharat did not get a chance to play for his team, because the captain of the team is Rishabh Pant, who himself also does wicket-keeping, while if we talk about Mandeep Singh, then he has to play three matches. Got a chance and he was able to contribute only 18 runs.
