IPL 2021 Players auction: Chennai Super Kings all set to release Kedar Jadhav for IPL 2021

IPL 2021 mini-auction – CSK to release Kedar Jadhav: Kedar Jadhav is all set to lose his contract with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ahead of the Indian Premier League 2021 mini-auction. As per the information available with InsideSport, CSK aren’t considering Jadhav to be part of their plans moving ahead and will release his from his contract worth whopping Rs 7.8 crore. It is worth noting that the new Governing Council of the IPL held a virtual meeting on Monday post which BCCI opened trading window and told teams to release players by Jan 20th.

35 year Jadhav had a horrendous IPL 2020 and source close to CSK told InsideSport, it will cost him IPL 2021 contract.

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“Jadhav was not in best of form in IPL 2020. He was also struggling with his fitness. CSK will move on from Jadhav in IPL 2021, everyone in the team management feels that it will be prudent to take this hard call and invest in future,” said the source close to CSK management.

IPL 2021: Jadhav to lose his contract due to his dismal show in IPL 2020

While CSK have already made a decision of getting rid of Jadhav, it should be noted that the all-rounder was in horrible form in IPL 2020.

It was a pain to watch CSK’s lower order batsman Jadhav bat in IPL 2020. Given his role, the 35-year old had to bat at a high rate from the start, which he failed to do. His unbeaten seven from 12 balls during the 10-run defeat to Kolkata encapsulates his season.

Overall, he scored 62 runs in eight games at a terrible strike rate of 93.93. Notably, he didn’t hit a single six in IPL 13.

IPL 2021 auction date: IPL 2021 mini-auctions likely to be held on 11th February

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction is likely to be held on February 11. Before that the IPL franchises will have to decide on the list of their retained and released players. The deadline as per the information available with InsideSport is January 20th. The eight IPL will decide on the list of retained and released players by this deadline. The IPL Governing Council is yet to decide on the venue of the auction.

Other than this, IPL GC will also take some time to decide whether IPL 2021 will take place in India or once again it will be played at a foreign location. According to the info available with InsideSport, the IPL GC headed by Brijesh Patel has decided that they will wait to see the situation during Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 before deciding on the venue of IPL 2021.

Meanwhile, BCCI is likely to release the tenders for the two new IPL teams in April. The Indian cricket board had last month announced that there will be addition of new teams in IPL 2022. As per the information available with InsideSport, the base price for the new IPL teams will be nothing less than 1500 cr.

“Nothing has been officially discussed about the base price as yet. But during the BCCI AGM we discussed the matter informally. Ownership of IPL team is now a very prized asset and we feel the base price for the new IPL team will be nothing less than 1500 CR or probably more,” a BCCI official told InsideSport.

IPL 2021: When will IPL 14 begin?

BCCI is yet to announce the dates for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 14th edition. However, the latest England tour of India schedule has given a hint of when it IPL 2021 can start from. The IPL 2021 will most likely start in the 2nd week of April.

IPL 2019 started on 23rd March and vis a vis – IPL 2021 will be delayed by minimum 2 weeks owing to the two-month-long England tour of India which will conclude on March 28th.

The BCCI had last month announced the dates for India’s four-Test, five T20I and three ODI series against England. The two-month-long series begins from February 5 in Chennai for the first Test. The longest-format of the game ends on March 8.

It will be followed by T20I series which is scheduled from March 12 to 20. Following this, India and England play the ODI series which ends on March 28.

After this long and hectic series, it is likely that the players would want a small break before joining their respective IPL franchises for IPL 2021. Even franchises will also want their star players to fulfil commercial commitments with sponsors.

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