Steve Smith, Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell have been released by their IPL franchises.
Cricket by Jai Bednall 21st Jan 2021 5:32 AM Steve Smith has been relieved of another captaincy job, Aaron Finch has exited his eighth IPL franchise and Glenn Maxwell paid the price for a poor season as Australia s cricketers were handed more pain from India overnight. The star trio were the highest profile releases as teams in the world s premier T20 cricket competition positioned themselves for the player auction ahead of next season. Big spenders Rajasthan Royals confirmed they will not be keeping Smith for this year s contest in a second blow this week to the star batsman after he was in the Australian side beaten by India in a Test series.