IPL 2021: Potential eleven of every IPL teams

In 2007, BCCI decided to start a premier league with cricketers from different international teams playing together. Hence Indian Premier League was established. 8 teams play in IPL and the names of the teams are based on different Indian cities. On 18th April 2008, the first match of IPL took place between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Night Riders at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. The 2021 IPL got postponed and had to be rescheduled due to the rise in the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

Also the bio-bubble was broken at that time. The United Arab Emirates is hosting the second leg of IPL 2021. The most popular league of the world will resume from 19th September onwards. The opener match of the second leg of IPL will be CSK vs MI on 19th September. Before the second leg of IPL 2021 starts, SportzPoint.com takes a look at the potential eleven of each teams.

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Potential eleven of each IPL teams :

#1. Delhi Capitals (DC)

In recent times, the most improved team in the Indian Premier League(IPL) is Delhi Capitals. Rishabh Pant was captaining the side in the absence of Shreyas Iyer and will also continue in the UAE leg. DC is yet to win a title of IPL. However, the team is currently leading the points table of IPL 2021. Let's take a look at the potential eleven of Delhi Capitals (DC).

Potential eleven of  Delhi Capitals :
Shikhar Dhawan
Prithvi Shaw
Steve Smith
Shreyas Iyer
Rishabh Pant ( C & wk)
Marcus Stoinis
Axar Patel
Amit Mishra
Kagiso Rabada
Avesh Khan
Anrich Norje

Bench : Ajinkya Rahane, Shimron Hetmyer, Sam Billings (wk), Lukman Meriwala, Praven Dubey, Vishu Vinod(wk), Chris Woakes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Tom Curran, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Lalit Yadav, Ripon Patel.

#2. Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

One of the most successful teams in IPL history is Chennai Super Kings(CSK). The team is leading by none other than our former Indian captain MS Dhoni, aka Thala. CSK has won a total of three titles(2010,2011,2018) in 11 seasons. Chennai has qualified each time for the playoffs except last year(2020). However, the team is currently at the second spot in the points table of IPL 2021. Let's take a look at the potential eleven of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) .

Potential eleven of Chennai Super Kings :
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Faf du Plessis
Moeen Ali
Suresh Raina
Ambati Rayudu
Ravindra Jadeja
Sam Curran
MS Dhoni (C & wk)
Deepak Chahar
Shardul Thakur
Imran Tahir

Bench : Cheteswar Pujara, Hari Nishanth, Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Bhagath Varma, Narayan Jagadeesan, Robin Uthappa, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, KM Asif, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Harishankar Reddy.

#3. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) is the most unluckiest team of IPL. The team is currently at third position of the points table of IPL 2021. However, RCB has qualifies two times for the finals of IPL, but they can not get over the line both times. Let's take a look at the potential eleven of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

Potential eleven of Royal Challenges Bangalore :
Devdutt Paddikal
Virat Kohli (C)
Rajat Patidar
Gleen Maxwell
AB de Villiers (wk)
Wahindu Hasaranga
Shahbaz Ahmed
Kyle Jamieson
Harshal Patel
Yuzvendra Chahal
Mohammed Siraj

Bench : Mohammed Azharuddin, KS Bharat, Tim David, Dushmantha Chameera, Suyesh Prabhudessai, Sachin Baby, Pavan Deshpande, Navdeep Saini, Akash Deep, Dan-Christian.

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#4. Mumbai Indians (MI)

The most successful team of Indian Premier Leagues history is Mumbai Indians(MI). MI has already crowned with five titles(2013,2015,2017,2019,2020) and they are now in the hunt for another one. However, the team is currently at the fourth spot in the points table of IPL 2021. Let's take a look at the potential eleven of Mumbai Indians (MI).

Potential eleven of Mumbai Indians :
Rohit Sharma (C)
Quinton de Kock (wk)
Suryakumar Yadav
Ishan Kishan
Kieron Pollard
Hardik Pandya
Krunal Pandya
Rahul Chahar
Marco Jensen
Jasprit Bumrah
Trent Boult

Bench : Saurabh Tiwari, Chris Lynn, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, James Neesham, Piyush Chawla, Jayant Yadav, Arjun Tendulkar, Aditya Tare, Mohsin Khan, Dhawal Kulkarni, Nathan Coulter-nile, Adam Milne, Yudhvir Singh.

#5. Rajasthan Royals (RR)

One of the most emerging team of IPL is Rajasthan Royals(RR) for sure. RR is currently at the fifth spot of the points table. Rajasthan Royals has won a title in the inauguration season in 2008. However, the team is currently at the fifth spot in the points table. Let's take a look at the potential eleven of Rajasthan Royals (RR).

Potential eleven of Rajasthan Royals :
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Glenn Phillips
Sanju Samson ( C & wk)
Liam Livingstone
David Miller
Riyan Parag
Rahul Tewatia
Chris Morris
Shreyas Gopal
Jaydev Unadkat
Chetan Sakariya

Bench : Manan Vohra, Mahipal Lomror, Shivam Dube, Evin Lewis, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Mayank Markande, Mustafizur Rahman, KC Kariappa, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh, Oshane Thomas.

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#6. Punjab Kings (PBKS)

KL Rahul lead Punjab kings are one of the most unpredictable team of Indian Premier League. PBKS is currently at the sixth spot of the points table. Punjab is yet to win a title till now as they lost against KKR in the finals of IPL 2014. However, the team is currently at the sixth spot in the points table of IPL 2021. Let's take a look at the potential eleven of Punjab Kings (PBKS).

Potential eleven of Punjab Kings :
KL Rahul ( C & wk)
Mayank Agarwal
Chris Gayle
Moises Henriques
Deepak Hooda
Shahrukh Khan
Chris Jordan
Harpreet Brar
Rilley Meredith
Ravi Bishnoi
Mohammad Shami

Bench : Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Jajaj Saxena, Fabian Allen, Jhye Richardson Saurabh Kumar, Nicholas Pooran, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Darshan Narkhande, Murugan Ashwin, Ishan porel, Arshdeep Singh, Utkarsh Singh

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#7. Kolkata Night Riders (KKR)

Kolkata Night Riders is currently in trouble as they have to win all of the matches they will play, only one they can lose. Knight Riders has won two titles(2012,2014) so far in the league. The team is owned by the king khan of bollywood. However, the team is currently at the seventh spot in the points table. Let's take a look at the potential eleven of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

Potential eleven of Kolkata Knight Riders :
Subhman Gill
Nitish Rana
Rahul Tripathi
Eoin Morgan (C)
Sunil Narine
Andree Russel
Dinesh Karthik (wk)
Shivam Mavi
Lockie Ferguson
Prasidh Krishna
Varun Chakravarthy

Bench : Rinku Singh, Karun Nair, Venkatesh Iyer, Shakib Al Hasan, Ben Cutting, Pawan Negi, Tim Seifert, Sheldon Jackson, Kuldeep Yadav, Tim Southee, Sandeep Warrior, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vaibhav Arora, Harbhajan Singh.

#8. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Sunrisers Hyderabad is currently at do or die position of the game. SRH has to win all of their remaining matches and reached the mark of 16 points to confirmed a spot. Although, they had already won in 2016 by beating RCB. However, the team is currently at the eight and last spot in the points table of IPL 2021. Let's take a look at the potential eleven of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).

Potential eleven of Sunrisers Hyderabad :
David Warner
Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
Manish Pandey
Kane Williamson(C)
Vijay Shankar
Kedar Jadhav
Mohammed Nabi
Abdul Samad
Rashid Khan
Bhuvneswar Kumar
Sandeep Sharma
T Nataranjan

Bench : Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Jason Roy, Abhishek Sharma, Jason Holder, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Basil Thampi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Jagadesha Suchirh, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

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Note : This is just a potential eleven of each team. However, the actual playing XI of each team can be changed so as the squads also.

N.B : The stats are accurate as of 11/09/2021.