Anrich Nortje: Mega auction will be challenging

Pravin Amre. Pic/Suresh Karkera

With a set of four core players already retained, Delhi Capitals will look to pick cricketers who can add more balance to the squad, says assistant coach Pravin Amre, who is expecting a lot of competition in the IPL auction on Saturday.

The IPL auction is scheduled to take place here on February 12 and 13. The Delhi Capitals have retained four players - wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, spinner Axar Patel, opener Prithvi Shaw and South African pacer Anrich Nortje. "As coaches, we always want a balanced team, we want that core," Amre was quoted as saying in a media release.

"The best thing we have done is that we have kept four key players in our squad, we've got a top-order batsman, we've got a wicketkeeper-batsman, we have got an all-rounder, and a quick bowler, so we have done the basics right. "Now, we want to get seven players, who can give us more balance basically, that's our important goal, and that's the challenge, to be honest," he added.

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