Chris Lynn, David Miller, Jaydev Unadkat and Chris Morris were among the 71 players released by their respective franchisees on Friday ahead of next month's IPL 2020 auction. Friday was the deadline for releasing, trading and retaining players. A total of 127 players have been retained including 35 foreigners.
Lynn, the big-hitting Australian opener, was released by Kolkata Knight Riders after five fruitful seasons when he got the team off to a flying start on umpteen occasions. Kings XI Punjab go into the auction on Dec.19 with a purse of Rs.42.70 crore, the biggest among the eight teams after they released eight players including South Africa's David Miller, Englishman Sam Curran and mystery Tamil Nadu spinner Varun Chakravarthy. Miller went on to become one of the batting mainstays for Kings XI Punjab over the past eight seasons, scoring 1850 runs in 79 games at a strike rate of 138.78.
