'The focus for Hyderabad should probably be on...' - Former Indian Cricketer reveals what Hyderabad needs to do in the auction

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Aakash Chopra, a former Indian cricketer, believes that having the largest purse does not automatically give Hyderabad an advantage over rival teams in the Indian T20 League 2023 auction unless they use it wisely. According to Chopra, Hyderabad's core group of players lacks sufficient batting strength.

He believes they may make a strong effort to acquire both star all-rounders Ben Stokes and Cameron Green for this reason. Stokes will give the middle-order stability, and Green can open with the same explosiveness he displayed against India.

"The focus for Hyderabad should probably be on getting both Ben Stokes and Cameron Green. If not Green, then they might go hard for Curran. They have a lot of money but they will need to spend it wisely, or else there's no point," he said in a video published on his YouTube channel.

Rashid Khan's high-calibre spin during his tenure with the team, in Aakash Chopra's opinion, was not adequately replaced. Washington Sundar is available to them, but they have also released leg spinner Shreyas Gopal and left-arm spinner Jagadeesa Suchith. Additionally, Chopra listed a few spinners that the team might want to look at in the 2023 auction.

"Ever since they let Rashid Khan go, spinners have been a problem. They can go for Sikandar Raza, or Indian options like Amit Mishra and Piyush Chawla," he added.

Hyderabad Retained players

Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Kartik Tyagi, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Released players

Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Jagadeesha Suchith, Priyam Garg, Ravikumar Samarth, Romario Shepherd, Saurabh Dubey, Sean Abbott, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod