IPL 2023: Shardul Thakur and KS Bharat among 5 players to be released by Delhi Capitals

The murmurs were true. Shardul Thakur will be among the 5 players who will be released by Delhi Capitals ahead of the IPL 2023 auction.

The player retention deadline is on November 15 and all teams will announce their list of retained and released players before that.

Shardul Thakur emerged as one of India's key all-rounders and was hence bought by DC ₹10.75 crore in the mega auction ahead of IPL 2022. Though Thakur picked up 15 wickets in 14 matches for Delhi in the last IPL season but he was expensive with his economy rate touching nearly 10. He scored 120 runs, and failed to stamp his authority with the bat as well.

According to reports, Delhi Capitals wanted to trade Shardul to another franchise but they were not able to crack a deal due to his high price tag.

Wicketkeeper-batter KS Bharat and New Zealand wicketkeeper Tim Seifert also are set to be released along with Punjab batter Mandeep Singh and Andhra opener Ashwin Hebbar, a report in PTI read.

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