IPL Auction 2020: Three released foreign players who will surely get picked

All eight teams of the Indian Premier League have revealed their lists of retained and released players. There were some surprising exclusions from particular teams and there is no doubt that it will all add to the tug of war between the franchises in the IPL auctions. All the teams will have their respective strategies in the forthcoming auctions on which players they should target and which ones they don't need.

A lot of planning is put into place before the auctions and it would be interesting to note which players go to which teams. Meanwhile, there are some foreign players who were released by their respective franchises and they will surely be bid for in the upcoming auctions which will take place in Kolkata on 19th December. We all know what overseas players bring to the table and the franchises will look to get them in their teams. Here are three released foreign players who will almost surely get picked in auctions.

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#1 Chris Lynn

Kolkata Knight Riders must be kicking themselves for releasing the in-form Chris Lynn. The explosive opener blasted a 30-ball 91 after a day when he was released by the Kolkata's think tank. The combative right-hander scored 371 runs in eight innings in the recently concluded Abu Dhabi T10 league. The Australian batsman scored his runs at an average of 53 and a blistering strike rate of 236.30.

Ergo, Chris Lynn was awarded the Player of the tournament and he was instrumental in the success of Maratha Arabians in the league. Lynn has the skills to hit the ground running and teams like Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore who need an opener in their team can bid for him in the auctions. The talisman has scored 1280 runs in 41 IPL matches at an average of 33.68 and a strike rate of 140.66.