The Indian T20 League mini-auction is all set to take place on 23rd December, 2022 at Kochi. Ahead of the auction, all 10 franchises have released the list of players they’ve released and retained. There were several big names which were released by the franchises owing to their lacklustre performance in the last season of the T20 extravaganza. Not all of the releases, went down well with the fans who criticised the franchises for the poor treatment of the stars. On that note, let’s take a look at the top five shocking player releases ahead of the Indian T20 League mini-auction 2023:
Dwayne Bravo, Chennai
Dwayne Bravo (Source: Twitter)
The second most successful franchise in the history of Indian T20 League decided to part ways with their star allrounder Dwayne Bravo. Bravo was bought by Chennai in 2011 and the West Indian has been an integral part of the squad ever since then. He was a part of the three successful campaigns of the franchise in 2011, 2018 and 2021.
Bravo was the first player to win two purple caps in the history of the league having grabbed the award in 2013 and 2015. He also jointly holds the record for most wickets in a single season of the league i.e 32 along with Harshal Patel. Chennai’s decision to part ways with the legendary all-rounder didn’t go down well with the fans who will miss Bravo’s dancing celebrations on the field.
