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So taking off from where we left off in Part-I of my attempt to analyse the business of the 8 IPL franchises at the auction on 19th December and which players in my view were the smart picks for their franchises. Please do read it and bouquets and brickbats are always welcome. Mumbai Indians: - The defending champions Mumbai Indians were very active during the trading window and filled a few gaps in their squad by acquiring the New Zealand left-arm pacer Trent Boult and West Indies all-rounder Sherfane Rutherford , both from the Delhi Capitals and also getting back local boy, the right-arm pacer Dhawal Kulkarni from the Rajasthan Royals, while letting go of Mayank Markande to the Delhi Capitals and also the batsman Siddhesh Lad to the Kolkata Knight Riders. Before the auctions, they did make some big-ticket releases such as that of recently-retired batsman Yuvraj Singh , West Indies opener Evin Lewis and Australian all-rounder Ben Cutting amongst the major names. With ...

So taking off from where we left off in Part-I of my attempt to analyse the business of the 8 IPL franchises at Tuesday’s auction and which players in my view were the smart picks for their franchises. Please do read it and bouquets and brickbats are always welcome. 1.        Mumbai Indians: - o    The 3-time champions didn’t enjoy the best of seasons and failed to make it to the playoffs after losing their last game. A major reason for that could be attributed to the relative level of inexperience of that line-up and also the inconsistent performances by their big stars such as Kieron Pollard, captain Rohit Sharma and also their big-money signing West Indian opener Evin Lewis. This year, they decided to correct this by making a very smart move in acquiring the hard-hitting South African keeper-opener Quinton de Kock from RCB in a pre-auction transfer and in the auctions, they went about in resigning their legendary Sri Lankan pacer Lasit...