IPL 2020: 3 players who should have been released for auction

#1 Kedar Jadhav (Chennai Super Kings)

Kedhar Jadhav is the finisher for CSK

Sticking to their policy of retaining most of their squad, CSK released just 6 players ahead of the auction. While most of the picks are well justified, retaining Kedar Jadhav could prove to be detrimental for the Yellow Army.

After being bought for a whopping ₹7.8 Crore and missing the 2018 season due to injury, a lot was expected of him in 2019. But the Maharashtra batsman struggled to make an impact and ended up having a poor season. He scored just 162 runs in 14 matches at a poor strike-rate of 95.85 and again missed the last few games due to injury.

Jadhav's stats indicate that he isn't best suited to the T20 format having scored just 1079 runs in 79 matches at a sub-par average of 22.95. Even in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Jadhav couldn't make too much of an impact and could score only 222 runs averaging 24.66.

While he has done well for India in the ODI format, he has never proved himself in the T20s and he just isn't good enough to feature in every game. With middling performances and age not on his side, CSK should have released Jadhav to free up some cash.