Robin Uthappa traded to CSK ahead of IPL 2021 auction -

Ahead of IPL 2021 auction, Rajasthan Royals have traded Robin Uthappa to Chennai Super Kings in all cash deal for the upcoming cash rich league. Uthappa who played 196 runs in 12 matches in the last edition of Indian Premier League.

However it will be the sixth franchise for Karnataka born wicketkeeper-batsman in IPL history till date. His journey started for Mumbai Indians in 2008 and later joined RCB for the second and third season of IPL. Then Pune Warriors India bagged him for 2011,2012 and 2013 seasons. He was later acquired by Kolkata Knight Riders for six seasons from 2014 to 2019. In 2020, he was a part of the RR team.

His trade news was shared by CSK on his official Twitter handle

“Robin is our newest Bat-Man! Welcoming you with #Yellove Vanakkam”.

Robin is our newest Bat-Man! Welcoming you with #Yellove Vanakkam @robbieuthappa! #WhistlePodu 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/MYVpwvV2ZG

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) January 21, 2021

The Chennai based franchise has a purse of 22.9 crores left in the armory going ahead of IPL 2021 auction.They have a total of seven slots available for the mini-auction with one being the overseas slot. With Robin Uthappa joining the franchise, it would be interesting to see who keeps the wickets. Interestingly, the franchise released Kedar Jadhav for the upcoming edition.

Let’s have a look at the list of all CSK players who have been retained and released by Yellow army ahead of IPL 2021 auction described below

Retained Players:

Narayan Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Sai Kishore.

Released Players:

Kedar Jadhav, Piyush Chawla, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Shane Watson, Monu Kumar.

Purse Available: 22.9 crores.

CSK had a bad season in last edition of IPL 2020 where for the first time they were unable to reach at the playoffs for all the IPL season held till date.

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