Delhi Capitals were the runners-up in the recently concluded IPL 2020.
Cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra has come up with five names that Delhi Capitals (DC) should retain in the IPL 2021. DC managed to reach the final in the IPL 2020 but lost to Mumbai Indians (MI) in a clash for the trophy.
Chopra doesn't see any uncapped players in Delhi worth retaining. DC has a good number of star cricketers and they may go after three of them from India.
“If they have to retain 5 players, 3 Indians and 2 overseas, they don’t have an uncapped player whom they will think of retaining,” said Chopra in a YouTube video.
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Aakash picked Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, and Rishabh Pant as the three Indians to get retained. “I would say, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant as the three Indians although Rishabh Pant did not have a good year but I will definitely retain him and I am pretty sure that the Delhi Capitals will also do that,” said Chopra.
DC has Marcus Stoinis, Kagiso Rabada, and Anrich Nortje to look after ahead of the mega-auction, but they can only retain two overseas players.
“If I have to retain two overseas players, I will be keen to retain Marcus Stoinis and Kagiso Rabada. There could be a toss-up between Marcus Stoinis and Anrich Nortje but I will go with Marcus and try to buy back Nortje in the auction,” said Chopra.
Delhi has some more key players who they may not retain because of limitations but can buy them back in the auction. “The others will have to go. They will be a little sad about players like Prithvi Shaw, Ashwin, and Axar Patel as they are two or three players they may want to keep in the team but I don’t think it will be possible to keep all of them,” said Chopra.