The IPL's released list showcases a mix of high-profile players and domestic talent.

The IPL franchises talk about refreshing the squad and course correction. The released list is where you see what that actually means. This is the scrapheap the IPL creates every season - big reputations, high price tags, out-of-form stars, and blocked domestic talent suddenly tossed into the same basket.

But the scrapheap can quietly turn into a full-strength XI that could walk into most dressing rooms and ask some uncomfortable questions.

At the top, Quinton de Kock leads this team as the captain and will also take up the wicketkeeper role. A left-handed enforcer who can take down the power play when he is in rhythm.

Beside him is Mayank Agarwal, the Indian anchor who can ride out the new ball, rot

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