SRH ask fans for their favourite picks at IPL 2021 auction, get hilarious responses

The Indian Premier League 2021 (IPL 2021) auction has been scheduled for February 18, as confirmed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday, January 27. All eight franchises, who recently revealed the list of their retentions, will be looking to boost their line-ups with further additions at the bidding event. Apparently, the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) is one franchise that seems to be taking auction tips from none other than its own fanbase.

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SRH seek advice from fans ahead of IPL 2021 auction

Immediately after the announcement of the IPL auction date, the SRH franchise took to its social media accounts to pose an interesting query for the fans. They asked their fans to mention a player who they want them to go after at the IPL 2021 auction. However, they also added a condition stating that those players should be mentioned without the use of their direct names.

Several SRH fans used this opportunity to leave hilarious responses in the comments section. While some fans shared encoded messages for the franchise, others simply shared pictures of popular Bollywood celebrities who share their names with cricketers. Quite a few fans also urged the franchise to go after Kings XI Punjab’s outbound Glenn Maxwell, by describing him as someone who had a lacklustre IPL season last time only to regain back form later in Australian colours.

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Here is a look at some of the hilarious responses by SRH fans to their IPL 2021 auction advice.

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SRH players retained and released

The SRH franchise released just five cricketers from its squad of the previous edition of the tournament. Sunrisers Hyderabad released Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, B. Sandeep and Y. Prithvi Raj. Meanwhile, they retained as many as 22 players from their previous squad, including captain and star-attraction David Warner. T. Natarajan, who recently made his international debut in all formats in Australia, will also reprise his role in the upcoming season.

Here is a look at all the 22 players retained by the SRH franchise:

David Warner (c), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, T. Natarajan, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddharth Kaul and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

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