IPL 2020: 5 players who might be released due to their high price tag ahead of the auction

#1 Shimron Hetmyer (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Shimron Hetmyer

Shimron Hetmyer is one of the exciting young prospects from the Caribbean Islands. The 2016 U19 World Cup-winning skipper made his mark in the CPL 2018 with his explosive knocks throughout the season. In 12 matches, he accumulated 440 runs, including a century and two fifties with a tremendous strike rate of 148.14.

Soon, he made his debut in the international arena and started to perform well for West Indies. In particular, he scored a blitzkrieg century against India in the five-match ODI series that preceded the IPL auction. As a result, his price tag went high, and he was bought by RCB for a considerable sum of INR 4.2 crore.

However, Hetmyer failed to set the IPL stage on fire in his debut season. He managed to score only 90 runs in his five games, with 73 of them coming in a single game. Since Hetmyer's form has taken a massive hit in the last few months, we can expect RCB to release him ahead of the auction to increase their purse value.