IPL 2022 mega auction being held in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13

[MenInG]

IPL TEAMS - SQUADS AND FUNDS REMAINING

Here is the full list of players sold and unsold in IPL 2022 Mega Auction:

DAY 2

98) Aiden Markram - Sunrisers Hyderabad - Rs 2.6 Crore

99) Ajinkya Rahane - Kolkata Knight Riders - Rs 1 crore.

100) Dawid Malan - Unsold

101) Mandeep Singh - Delhi Capitals - Rs 1.1 Crore

102) Marnus Labuschagne - Unsold

103) Saurabh Tiwary - Unsold

104) Eoin Morgan - Unsold

105) Aaron Finch - Unsold

106) Cheteshwar Pujara - Unsold

107) Liam Livingstone - Punjab Kings - Rs 11.5 Crore

108) Dominic Drakes - Gujarat Titans - Rs 1.1 Crore

109) James Neesham - Unsold

110) Jayant Yadav - Gujarat Titans - Rs 1.70 Crore

111) Vijay Shankar - Gujarat Titans - Rs 1.40 Crore

112) Chris Jordan - Unsold

113) Odean Smith - Punjab Kings - Rs 6 Crore

114) Marco Jansen - Sunrisers Hyderabad - Rs 4.20 Crore

115) Shivam Dube - Chennai Super Kings - Rs 4 Crore

116) K Gowtham - Lucknow Super Giants - Rs 90 Lakh

117) Ishant Sharma - Unsold

118) Khaleed Ahmed - Delhi Capitals - Rs 5.25 Crore

119) Dushmantha Chameera - Lucknow Super Giants - Rs 2 Crore

120) Lungi Ngidi - Unsold

121) Chetan Sakariya - Delhi Capitals - Rs 4.20 Crore

122) Sandeep Sharma - Punjab Kings - Rs 50 Lakh

123) Navdeep Saini - Rajasthan Royals - Rs 2.60 Crore

124) Sheldon Cottrell - Unsold

125) Jaydev Unadkat - Mumbai Indians - Rs 1.30 Crore

126) Nathan Coulter-Nile - Unsold

127) Mayank Markande - Mumbai Indians - Rs 65 Lakh

128) Tabraiz Shamsi - Unsold

129) Qais Ahmad - Unsold

130) Shahbaz Nadeem - Lucknow Super Giants - Rs 50 Lakh

131) Maheesh Theekshana - Chennai Super Kings - Rs 70 Lakh

132) Karn Sharma - Unsold

133) Ish Sodhi - Unsold

134) Piyush Chawla - Unsold

135) Virat Singh - Unsold

136) Himmat Singh - Unsold

137) Sachin Baby - Unsold

138) Harnoor Singh - Unsold

139) Himanshu Rana - Unsold

140) Rinku Singh - Kolkata Knight Riders - Rs 55 Lakh

141) Manan Vohra - Lucknow Super Giants - Rs 20 Lakh

142) Ricky Bhui - Unsold

143) Lalit Yadav - Delhi Capitals - Rs 65 Lakh

144) Ripal Patel - Delhi Capitals - Rs 20 Lakh

145) Yash Dhull - Delhi Capitals - Rs 50 Lakh

146) N Tilak Varma - Mumbai Indians - Rs 1.70 Crore

147) Mahipal Lomror - Royal Challengers Bangalore - Rs 95 Lakh

148) Anukul Roy - Kolkata Knight Riders - Rs 20 Lakh

149) Darshan Nalkande - Gujarat Titans - Rs 20 Lakh

150) Vicky Ostwal - Unsold

151) Sanjay Yadav - Mumbai Indians - Rs 50 Lakh

152) Raj Angad Bawa - Punjab Kings - Rs 2 Crore

153) Rajvardhan Hangargekar - Chennai Super Kings - Rs 1.5 Crore

154) Vasu Vats - Unsold

155) Yash Thakur - Unsold

156) Arzan Nagwaswalla - Unsold

157) Yash Dayal - Gujarat Titans - Rs 3.2 Crore

158) Simarjeet Singh - Chennai Super Kings - Rs 20 Lakh

159) Mujtaba Yousuf - Unsold

160) Kuldeep Sen - Unsold

161) Akash Singh - Unsold

162) Finn Allen - Royal Challengers Bangalore - Rs 80 Lakh

163) Devon Conway - Chennai Super Kings - Rs 1 Crore

164) Alex Hales - Unsold

165) Evin Lewis - Unsold

166) Karun Nair - Unsold

167) Rovman Powell - Delhi Capitals - Rs 2.8 Crore

168) Jofra Archer - Mumbai Indians -Rs 8 Crore

169) Rassie van der Dussen - Unsold

170) Charith Asalanka - Unsold

171) Rishi Dhawan - Punjab Kings - Rs 55 Lakh

172) George Garton - Unsold

173) Dwayne Pretorius - Chennai Super Kings - Rs 50 Lakh

174) Sherfane Rutherford - Royal Challengers Bangalore - Rs 1 Crore

175) Daniel Sams - Mumbai Indians - Rs 2.6 Crore

176) Mitchell Santner - Chennai Super Kings - Rs 1.9 Crore

177) Romario Shepherd - Sunrisers Hyderabad - Rs 7.75 Crore

178) Rahmanullah Gurbaz - Unsold

179) Ben McDermott - Unsold

180) Glenn Phillips - Unsold

181) Jason Behrendorff - Royal Challenegers Bangalore - Rs 75 Lakh

182) Nathan Ellis - Unsold

183) Fazalhaq Farooqi - Unsold

184) Siddarth Kaul - Unsold

185) Obed McCoy - Unsold

186) Tymal Mills - Mumbai Indians - Rs 1.5 Crore

187) Adam Milne - Chennai Super Kings - Rs 1.90 Crore

188) Reece Topley - Unsold

189) Andrew Tye - Unsold

190) Sandeep Warrier - Unsold

191) Tanmay Agarwal - Unsold

192) Tom Kohler-Cadmore - Unsold

193) Subhranshu Senapati - Chennai Super Kings - Rs 20 Lakh

194) Apoorv Wankhede - Unsold

195) Atharva Ankolekar - Unsold

196) Tim David - Mumbai Indians - Rs 8.25 Crore

197) Pravin Dubey - Delhi Capitals - Rs 50 Lakh

198) Prerak Mankad - Punjab Kings - Rs 20 Lakh

199) Suyash Prabhudessai - Royal Challengers Bangalore - Rs 30 Lakh

200) Ramandeep Singh - Unsold

201) B Sai Sudharsan - Unsold

202) Atharva Taide - Unsold

203) Prashant Chopra - Unsold

204) Dhruv Jurel - Unsold

205) Aryan Juyal - Unsold

206) Vaibhav Arora - Punjab Kings - Rs 2 Crore

207) Mukesh Choudhary - Chennai Super Kings - Rs 20 Lakh

208) Rasikh Dar - Kolkata Knight Riders - Rs 20 Lakh

209) Ben Dwarshuis - Unsold

210) Pankaj Jaswal - Unsold

211) Mohsin Khan - Lucknow Super Giants - Rs 20 Lakh

212) Chama Milind - Royal Challengers Bangalore - Rs 25 Lakh

213) Mayank Yadav - Unsold

214) Tejas Baroka - Unsold

215) Yuvraj Chudasama - Unsold

216) Prashant Solanki - Chennai Super Kings - Rs 1.20 Crore

217) Midhun Sudhesan - Unsold

218) Martin Guptill - Unsold

219) Bhanuka Rajapaksa - Unsold

220) Roston Chase - Unsold

221) Ben Cutting - Unsold

222) Pawan Negi - Unsold

223) Sean Abbott - Sunrisers Hyderabad - Rs 2.40 Crore

224) Alzarri Joseph - Gujarat Titans - Rs 2.40 Crore

225) Dhawal Kulkarni - Unsold

226) Riley Meredith - Mumbai Indians - Rs 1 Crore

227) Kane Richardson - Unsold

228) Rahul Buddhi - Unsold

229) Laurie Evans - Unsold

230) Ayush Badoni - Lucknow Super Giants - Rs 20 Lakh

231) Aneeshwar Gautam - Ryal Challengers Bangalore - Rs 20 Lakh

232) Benny Howell - Unsold

233) Hayden Kerr - Unsold

234) Saurabh Kumar - Unsold

235) Shams Mulani - Unsold

236) Dhruv Patel - Unsold

237) Atit Sheth - Unsold

238) David Wiese - Unsold

239) Baba Indrajith - Kolkata Knight Riders - Rs 20 Lakh

240) Kennar Lewis - Unsold

241) BR Sharath - Unsold

242) Sushant Mishra - Unsold

243) Chamika Karunaratne - Kolkata Knight Riders - Rs 50 Lakh

244) David Willey - Unsold

245) Blessing Muzarabani - Unsold

246) R Samarth - Sunrisers Hyderabad - Rs 20 Lakh

247) Abhijeet Tomar - Kolkata Knight Riders - Rs 40 Lakh

248) Pradeep Sangwan - Gujarat Titans - Rs 20 Lakh

249) Kaushal Tambe - Unsold

250) Mukesh Kumar Singh - Unsold

251) Pratham Singh - Kolkata Knight Riders - Rs 20 Lakh

252) Writtick Chatterjee - Punjab Kings - Rs 20 Lakh

253) Ninad Rathva - Unsold

254) Hrithik Shokeen - Unsold

255) Shashank Singh - Sunrisers Hyderabad - Rs 20 Lakh

256) Kyle Mayers - Lucknow Super Giants - Rs 50 Lakh

257) Amit Ali - Unsold

258) Karan Sharma - Lucknow Super Giants - Rs 20 Lakh

259) Baltej Dhanda - Punjab Kings - Rs 20 Lakh

260) Saurabh Dubey - Sunrisers Hyderabad - Rs 20 Lakh

261) Lalit Yadav - Unsold

262) Mohammed Arshad Khan - Mumbai Indians - Rs 20 Lakh

263) Ansh Patel - Punjab Kings - Rs 20 Lakh

264) Ashok Sharma - Kolkata Knight Riders - Rs 55 Lakh

265) Ashutosh Sharma - Unsold

266) Arunay Singh - Rajasthan Royals - Rs 20 Lakh

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Charu Sharma looks so tired..poor guy.

Why cant they have 2 auctioneer?

He had guests at home and Charu Sharma had not even tuned in to the television set when he got a call from Brijesh Patel on Saturday (February 12) afternoon. "Put on your shoes and come here," the chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) mentioned on the phone. "There is an emergency." He did not know why but agreed to rush there.

"I live next door, not very far from the hotel," he recalled "When I reached, I was told what had happened to Hugh Edmeades - the original IPL auctioneer from England, who fell off the dais due to Postural Hypotension. I said 'fine, let's do it. We had a 15-minute session. I inquired about what all had been conducted and what was left to do. The IPL officials then asked me if the break should be extended. I said 'don't'. I had some fun."

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Lucknow and PBKS have a really strong squad. On paper they look a class above rest.

Punjab always pick good players, Last two season also they had strong team.
KL single handedly destroyed Punjab chances, he himself plays 10 overs selfish batting, tactically inept and clusess captain.

Punjab left him, now he will destroy Lucknow.

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Matthew Wade got unsold. Looks like smashing Shaheen for sixes in the World T20 was not enough for franchise out there.

Now Matthew Wade sold to Gujarat Titans at 2.40cr.

 

[Thanos]

Now Matthew Wade sold to Gujarat Titans at 2.40cr.

They didn't buy any WK earlier and now bought both Saha and Wade.

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Hugh Edmeades is back

 

[Cover Drive Six]

It's officially over
Rajasthan Royals still need 4 overseas players, unbelievable.

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Arjun Tendulkar sold to Mumbai Indians for 30 Lakh. )

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Kids who haven't achieved anything in their life yet but bidding for many achievers who came from humble background.

Show off dolls.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Punjab look the strongest to me on paper.

 

[MenInG]

Here is the full squad list of all the IPL teams as per players sold in IPL auction 2022

Punjab Kings:

Mayank Agarwal

Liam Livingstone

Kagiso Rabada

Shahrukh Khan

Shikhar Dhawan

Jonny Bairstow

Odean Smith

Rahul Chahar

Arshdeep Singh

Harpreet Brar

Prabhsimran Singh

Sandeep Sharma

Ishan Porel

Jitesh Sharma

Raj Angad Bawa

Rishi Dhawan

Prerak Mankad

Vaibhav Arora

Writtick Chatterjee

Baltej Dhanda

Ansh Patel

Nathan Ellis

Atharva Taide

Bhanuka Rajapaksa

Benny Howell

SunRisers Hyderabad:

Kane Williamson

Nicholas Pooran

Washington Sundar

Rahul Tripathi

Abhishek Sharma

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Marco Jansen

Abdul Samad

T Natarajan

Kartik Tyagi

Umran Malik

Aiden Markram

Shreyas Gopal

Priyam Garg

Jagadeesha Suchith

Romario Shepherd

Sean Abbott

R Samarth

Shashank Singh

Saurabh Dubey

Vishnu Vinod

Glenn Phillips

Fazalhaq Farooqi

Rajasthan Royals:

Sanju Samson

Prasidh Krishna

Jos Buttler

Shimron Hetmyer

Trent Boult

Devdutt Padikkal

Yuzvendra Chahal

Ravichandran Ashwin

Yashasvi Jaiswal

Riyan Parag

Navdeep Saini

KC Cariappa

Obed Mccoy

Kuldeep Sen

Karun Nair

Dhruv Jurel

Tejas Baroka

Kuldip Yadav

Shubham Garhwal

James Neesham

Nathan Coulter-Nile

Rassie Van Der Dussen

Daryl Mitchell

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Virat Kohli

Glenn Maxwell

Harshal Patel

Wanindu Hasaranga

Josh Hazlewood

Faf du Plessis

Mohammed Siraj

Dinesh Karthik

Anuj Rawat

Shahbaz Ahmed

Akash Deep

Mahipal Lomror

Finn Allen

Sherfane Rutherford

Jason Behrendorff

Suyash Prabhudessai

Chama Milind

Aneeshwar Gautam

Karn Sharma

Siddharth Kaul

Mumbai Indians:

Rohit Sharma

Ishan Kishan

Jasprit Bumrah

Suryakumar Yadav

Kieron Pollard

Dewald Brevis

Murugan Ashwin

Basil Thampi

Tilak Varma

Sanjay Yadav

Daniel Sams

Jofra Archer

Tymal Mills

Tim David

Riley Meredith

Mohd. Arshad Khan

Anmolpreet Singh

Ramandeep Singh

Rahul Buddhi

Hrithik Shokeen

Arjun Tendulkar

Aryan Juyal

Chennai Super Kings:

Ravindra Jadeja

Deepak Chahar

MS Dhoni

Moeen Ali

Ambati Rayudu

Ruturaj Gaikwad

Dwayne Bravo

Shivam Dube

Robin Uthappa

Tushar Deshpande

KM Asif

Rajvardhan Hangargekar

Simarjeet Singh

Devon Conway

Dwaine Pretorius

Mitchell Santner

Adam Milne

Subhranshu Senapati

Mukesh Choudhary

Prashant Solanki

C Hari Nishaanth

N Jagadeesan

Chris Jordan

K Bhagath Varma

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Shreyas Iyer

Andre Russell

Nitish Rana

Venkatesh Iyer

Varun Chakaravarthy

Shivam Mavi

Pat Cummins

Sunil Narine

Ajinkya Rahane

Sheldon Jackson

Anukul Roy

Rasikh Dar

Baba Indrajith

Chamika Karunaratne

Abhijeet Tomar

Pratham Singh

Ashok Sharma

Sam Billings

Alex Hales

Tim Southee

Ramesh Kumar

Mohammad Nabi

Umesh Yadav

Delhi Capitals:

Rishabh Pant

Shardul Thakur

Axar Patel

Prithvi Shaw

Mitchell Marsh

Anrich Nortje

David Warner

Khaleel Ahmed

Chetan Sakariya

Srikar Bharat

Kuldeep Yadav

Mustafizur Rahman

Mandeep Singh

Kamlesh Nagarkoti

Ashwin Hebbar

Sarfaraz Khan

Lalit Yadav

Ripal Patel

Yash Dhull

Rovman Powell

Pravin Dubey

Lungisani Ngidi

Tim Seifert

Vicky Ostwal

Lucknow Super Giants:

KL Rahul

Avesh Khan

Marcus Stoinis

Jason Holder

Krunal Pandya

Mark Wood

Quinton de Kock

Deepak Hooda

Manish Pandey

Ravi Bishnoi

Dushmantha Chameera

Krishnappa Gowtham

Ankit Rajpoot

Mohsin Khan

Ayush Badoni

Kyle Mayers

Karan Sharma

Evin Lewis

Mayank Yadav

Gujarat Titans:

Rashid Khan

Hardik Pandya

Lockie Ferguson

Rahul Tewatia

Shubman Gill

Mohammed Shami

Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore

Abhinav Manohar

Jason Roy

Jayant Yadav

Vijay Shankar

Dominic Drakes

Noor Ahmad

Darshan Nalkande

Yash Dayal

Alzarri Joseph

Pradeep Sangwan

David Miller

Wriddhiman Saha

Matthew Wade

 

[sindhiboy]

Finally Rassie gets bought at the last moments, rajasthan royals played it really smart this auction.

Happy for Alex Hales , he really deserved an ipl contract.


Jason Roy going for only 2 crore is astonishing

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Lots of Sri Lankans got picked this time which is something that hasn't happened for years. Wonder if it is because they all had a really low base price.

 

[Ab Fan]

Yes Rajasthan played it pretty smart. They knew if they go for Rassie or a couple of other players earlier, they will either lose them or end up paying a lot more as other franchise will also bid just to make sure they don't get him cheaply.

But picking him in final round means only limited price were left for others also to bid and hence it is easier to buy at lesser price. Guess KKR and Gujarat Lions also did the same.

 

[leonidas_alexandar]

UNSOLD PLAYERS (not a comprehensive list)

Colin Munro
Scott Kuggeleign
Moises Henriques
Akeal Hosein
Blessing Muzarabani
David Wiese
Kane Richardson
Roston Chase
Ben Cutting
Martin Guptill
Ben Dwarshuis
Andrew Tye
Ben Mcdermott
Charith Asalanka
Piyush Chawla
Ish Sodhi
Qais Ahmed
Sheldon Cottrell
Ishant Sharma
Cheteshwar Pujara

Aaron Finch
Eoin Morgan
Marnus Labuschagne
Dawid Malan
Adam Zampa
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Adil Rasheed
Shakib Al Hassan
Steven Smith
Suresh Raina
Tabraiz Shamsi

Sandeep Lamichhane
Amit Mishra
Imran Tahir

 

[leonidas_alexandar]

Some big names (not necessarily recent performances) went unsold.

 

[Rajdeep]

Lots of Sri Lankans got picked this time which is something that hasn't happened for years. Wonder if it is because they all had a really low base price.

Yes and also availability.

Plus there are 3 SL coaches spread across teams - Sanga (Rajasthan), Mahela (Mumbai) and Murali (CSK). They must have some inputs on SL players.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

So many of the IPL team looks unbalanced. So many average players made the list and will play a leading role in the team. Before going 10 teams IPL should have changed foreign quota to 5 and allowed Pakistani players in the team.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Yes and also availability.

Plus there are 3 SL coaches spread across teams - Sanga (Rajasthan), Mahela (Mumbai) and Murali (CSK). They must have some inputs on SL players.

Probably explains the abundance of New Zealanders at CSK too

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

UNSOLD PLAYERS (not a comprehensive list)

Colin Munro
Scott Kuggeleign
Moises Henriques
Akeal Hosein
Blessing Muzarabani
David Wiese
Kane Richardson
Roston Chase
Ben Cutting
Martin Guptill
Ben Dwarshuis
Andrew Tye
Ben Mcdermott
Charith Asalanka
Piyush Chawla
Ish Sodhi
Qais Ahmed
Sheldon Cottrell
Ishant Sharma
Cheteshwar Pujara

Aaron Finch
Eoin Morgan
Marnus Labuschagne
Dawid Malan
Adam Zampa
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Adil Rasheed
Shakib Al Hassan
Steven Smith
Suresh Raina
Tabraiz Shamsi

Sandeep Lamichhane
Amit Mishra
Imran Tahir

Is anyone really surprised though that Pujara went unsold?

 

[MenInG]

Here is the entire list of 203 players sold during two busy days of the mega-auction hosted in Bengaluru.

Shikhar Dhawan (Punjab Kings) – ₹8.25 Crore
Ravichandran Ashwin (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹5 Crore
Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹7.25 Crore
Kagiso Rabada (Punjab Kings) – ₹9.25 Crore
Trent Boult (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹8 Crore
Shreyas Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹12.25 Crore
Mohammed Shami (Gujarat Titans) – Rs. 6.25 Crore
Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹7 Crore
Quinton de Kock (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹6.75 Crore
David Warner (Delhi Capitals) – ₹6.25 Crore
Manish Pandey (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹4.60 Crore
Shimron Hetmyer (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹8.50 Crore
Robin Uthappa (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹2 Crore
Jason Roy (Gujarat Titans) – ₹2 Crore
Devdutt Padikkal (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹7.75 Crore
Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹4.40 Crore
Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹8 Crore
Jason Holder (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹8.75 Crore
Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹10.75 Crore
Deepak Hooda (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹5.75 Crore
Wanindu Hasaranga (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹10.75 Crore
Washington Sundar (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹8.75 Crore
Krunal Pandya (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹8.25 Crore
Mitchell Marsh (Delhi Capitals) – ₹6.50 Crore
Ambati Rayudu (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹6.75 Crore
Ishan Kishan (Mumbai Indians) – ₹15.25 Crore
Jonny Bairstow (Punjab Kings) – ₹6.75 Crore
Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹5.50 Crore
Nicholas Pooran (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹10.75 Crore
T Natarajan (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹4 Crore
Deepak Chahar (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹14 Crore
Prasidh Krishna (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹10 Crore
Lockie Ferguson (Gujarat Titans) – ₹10 Crore
Josh Hazlewood (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹7.75 Crore
Mark Wood (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹7.50 Crore
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹4.20 Crore
Shardul Thakur (Delhi Capitals) – ₹10.75 Crore
Mustafizur Rahman (Delhi Capitals) – ₹2 Crore
Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals) – ₹2 Crore
Rahul Chahar (Punjab Kings) - ₹5.2 Crore
Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹6.50 crore
Priyam Garg (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹20 Lakh
Abhinav Sadarangani (Gujarat Titans) – ₹2.60 Crore
Dewald Brevis (Mumbai Indians) – ₹3 Crore
Ashwin Hebbar (Delhi Capitals) – ₹20 Lakh
Rahul Tripathi (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹8.50 crore
Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹3.80 Crore
Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹6.50 Crore
Sarfaraz Khan (Delhi Capitals) – ₹20 Lakh
Shahrukh Khan (Punjab Kings) – ₹9 Crore
Shivam Mavi (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹7.25 Crore
Rahul Tewatia (Gujarat Titans) – ₹9 Crore
Kamlesh Nagarkoti (Delhi Capitals) – ₹1.1 Crore
Harpreet Brar (Punjab Kings) – ₹3.8 Crore
Shahbaz Ahmed (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹2.4 Crore
KS Bharat (Delhi Capitals) – ₹2 Crore
Anuj Rawat (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹3.4 Crore
Prabhsimran Singh (Punjab Kings) – ₹60 Lakhs
Sheldon Jackson (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹60 Lakhs
Jitesh Sharma (Punjab Sharma) – ₹20 Lakh
Basil Thampi (Mumbai Indians) – ₹30 Lakh
Kartik Tyagi (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹4 Crore
Akashdeep (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹20 Lakh
KM Asif (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹20 Lakh
Avesh Khan (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹10 Crore
Ishan Porel (Punjab Kings) – ₹25 Lakh
Tushar Deshpande (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹20 Lakh
Ankit Rajpoot (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹50 Lakh
Noor Ahmad (Gujarat Titans) – ₹30 Lakh
Murugan Ashwin (Mumbai Indians) – ₹1.60 Crore
KC Cariappa (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹30 Lakh
Shreyas Gopal (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹75 Lakh
Jagadeesha Suchith (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹20 Lakh
R Sai Kishore (Gujarat Titans) – ₹3 Crore
Day 2

Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹2.6 Crore
Ajinkya Rahane (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹1 Crore
Mandeep Singh (Delhi Capitals) – ₹1.1 Crore
Liam Livingstone (Punjab Kings) – ₹11.5 Crore
Dominic Drakes (Gujarat Titans) – ₹1.1 Crore
Jayant Yadav (Gujarat Titans) – ₹1.7 Crore
Vijay Shankar (Gujarat Titans) – ₹1.4 Crore
Odean Smith (Gujarat Titans) – ₹6 Crore
Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹4.2 Crore
Shivam Dube (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹4 Crore
Krishnappa Gowtham (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹90 Lakh
Khaleel Ahmed (Delhi Capitals) – ₹5.2 Crore
Dushmantha Chameera (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹2 Crore
Chetan Sakariya (Delhi Capitals) – ₹4.2 Crore
Sandeep Sharma (Punjab Kings) – ₹50 Lakh
Navdeep Saini (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹2.6 Crore
Jaydev Unadkat (Mumbai Indians) – ₹1.3 Crore
Mayank Markande (Mumbai Indians) – ₹65 Lakh
Shahbaz Nadeem (Lucknow Super Giants – ₹50 Lakh
Maheesh Theekshana (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹70 Lakh
Rinku Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹55 Lakh
Manan Vohra (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹20 Lakh
Lalit Yadav (Delhi Capitals) – ₹65 Lakh
Ripal Patel (Delhi Capitals) – ₹20 Lakh
Yash Dhull (Delhi Capitals) - ₹50 Lakh
N Tilak Verma (Mumbai Indians) – ₹1.7 Crore
Mahipal Lomror (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹95 Lakh
Anukul Roy (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹20 Lakh
Darshan Nalkande (Gujarat Titans) – ₹20 Lakh
Sanjay Yadav (Mumbai Indians) – ₹50 Lakh
Raj Angad Bawa (Punjab Kings) – ₹2 Crore
Rajvardhan Hangargekar (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹1.5 Crore
Yash Dayal (Gujarat Titans) – ₹3.2 Crore
Simranjeet Singh (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹20 Lakh
Finn Allen (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹80 Lakh
Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹1 Crore
Rovman Powell (Delhi Capitals) – ₹2.8 Crore
Jofra Archer (Mumbai Indians) – ₹8 Crore
Rishi Dhawan (Punjab Kings) – ₹55 lakh
Dwaine Pretorius (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹50 Lakh
Sherfane Rutherford (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹1 Crore
Daniel Sams (Mumbai Indians) – ₹2.6 Crore
Mitchell Santner (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹1.9 Crore
Romario Shepherd (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹7.7 Crore
Jason Behrendorff (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹75 Lakh
Obed Mccoy (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹75 Lakh
Tymal Mills (Mumbai Indians) – ₹1.5 Crore
Adam Milne (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹1.9 Crore
Subhranshu Senapati (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹20 lakh
Tim David (Mumbai Indians) – ₹8.2 Crore
Pravin Dubey (Delhi Capitals) – ₹50 Lakh
Prerak Mankad (Punjab Kings) – ₹20 Lakh
Suyash Prabhudessai (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹30 Lakh
Vaibhav Arora (Punjab Kings) – ₹2 Crore
Mukesh Choudhary (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹20 Lakh
Rasikh Dar (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹20 Lakh
Mohsin Khan (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹20 Lakh
Chama Milind (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹25 Lakh
Sean Abbott (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹2.4 Crore
Alzarri Joseph (Gujarat Titans) – ₹2.4 Crore
Riley Meredith (Mumbai Indians) – ₹1 Crore
Ayush Badoni (Lucknow Super Giants – ₹20 Lakh
Aneeshwar Gautam (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹20 Lakh
Baba Indrajith (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹20 Lakh
Chamika Karunaratne (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹50 Lakh
R Samarth (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹20 Lakh
Abhijeet Tomar (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹40 Lakh
Pradeep Sangwan (Gujarat Titans) – ₹20 Lakh
Pratham Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹20 Lakh
Writtick Chatterjee (Punjab Kings) – ₹20 Lakh
Shashank Singh (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹20 Lakh
Kyle Mayers (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹50 Lakh
Karan Sharma (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹20 Lakh
Baltej Dhanda (Punjab Kings) – ₹20 Lakh
Saurabh Dubey (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹20 Lakh
Mohd. Arshad Khan (Mumbai Indians) – ₹20 Lakh
Ansh Patel (Punjab Kings) – ₹20 Lakh
Ashok Sharma (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹55 Lakh
Anunay Singh (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹20 Lakh
David Miller (Gujarat Titans) – ₹3 Crore
Sam Billings (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹2 Crore
Wriddhiman Saha (Gujarat Titans) – ₹1.9 Crore
Matthew Wade (Gujarat Titans) – ₹2.4 Crore
C Hari Nishanth (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹20 Lakh
Anmolpreet Singh (Mumbai Indians) – ₹20 Lakh
N Jagadeesan (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹20 Lakh
Vishnu Vinod (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹50 Lakh
Chris Jordan (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹3.6 Crore
Lungi Ngidi (Delhi Capitals) – ₹50 Lakh
Karn Sharma (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹50 Lakh
Kuldeep Sen (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹20 Lakh
Alex Hales (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹1.5 Crore
Evin Lewis (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹2 Crore
Karun Nair (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹1.4 Crore
Glenn Phillips (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹1.5 Cr
Tim Seifert (Delhi Capitals) – ₹50 Lakh
Nathan Ellis (Punjab Kings) – ₹75 Lakh
Fazalhaq Farooqi (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – ₹50 Lakh
Ramandeep Singh (Mumbai Indians) – ₹20 Lakh
Atharva Taide (Punjab Kings) – ₹20 Lakh
Dhruv Jurel (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹20 Lakh
Mayank Yadav (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹20 Lakh
Tejas Baroka (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹20 Lakh
Bhanuka Rajapaksa (Punjab Kings) – ₹50 Lakh
Gurkeerat Singh (Gujarat Titans) – ₹50 Lakh
Tim Southee (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹1.5 Crore
Rahul Buddhi (Mumbai Indians) – ₹20 Lakh
Benny Howell (Punjab Kings) – ₹40 Lakh
Kuldip Yadav (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹20 Lakh
Varun Aaron (Gujarat Titans) – ₹50 Lakh
Ramesh Kumar (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹20 Lakh
Hrithik Shokeen (Mumbai Indians) – ₹20 Lakh
K Bhagath Verma (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹20 Lakh
Arjun Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians) – ₹30 Lakh
Shubham Garhwal (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹20 Lakh
Mohammad Nabi (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹1 Crore
Umesh Yadav (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹2 Crore
James Neesham (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹1.5 Crore
Nathan Coulter-Nile (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹2 Crore
Vicky Ostwal (Delhi Capitals) – ₹20 Lakh
Rassie van der Dussen (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹1 Crore
Daryl Mitchell (Rajasthan Royals) – ₹75 Lakh
Siddharth Kaul (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹75 Lakh
B Sai Sudharsan (Lucknow Super Giants) – ₹20 Lakh
Aryan Juyal (Mumbai Indians) – ₹20 Lakh
Luvnith Sisodia (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹20 Lakh
Fabian Allen (Mumbai Indians) – ₹75 Lakh
David Willey (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – ₹2 Crore
Aman Khan (Kolkata Knight Riders) – ₹20 Lakh
Prashant Solanki (Chennai Super Kings) – ₹1.2 Crore

 

[Marathonrunner]

Nice team selection by MI. They went pretty good in last phase to pick up Meredith, Mills and David. All good T20 performers.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Pant and Pandya have been paid 16 crores by their franchise

This explains why they save their best for IPL only especially Pandya who is an average player.

 

[RajBan]

This explains why they save their best for IPL only especially Pandya who is an average player.

The bigger problem is the guy's attitude sucks. Can manage with an average cricketer if that guy is hardworking, honest and humble. This guy is an entitled brat with more failures than success and a really bad role model for any young cricketer.

 

[Cricfan4eva]

Chennai virtually with the same squad as the one they won last year in + have made upgrades.

Conway > Faf (Faf was great for us, but sadly he's nearing the end)

Milne > Ngidi (Milne is faster and will definitely be better than Ngidi at the death)

S Dube is a great addition that gives us firepower + batting depth + extra bowling option

All in all, a great auction for CSK. Others might look better on paper, but this is a proven team with great additions.

R Gaikwad
D Conway
M Ali
A Rayudu
S Dube
R Jadeja
MS Dhoni
D Chahar
C Jordan
A Milne/Theekshana
KM Asif/Simarjeet/Deshpande

 

[CricketAnalyst]

Here is the entire list of 203 players sold during two busy days of the mega-auction hosted in Bengaluru.

Interesting to see IPL following Pakistani trend and also branching out into tennis ball superstars. Ramesh Kumar drafted for KKR is a tennis ball star known as Narine Jalalabad famous for hitting 50 in 10 balls in a tennis ball tournament. He's in after a private trial for KKR.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

The bigger problem is the guy's attitude sucks. Can manage with an average cricketer if that guy is hardworking, honest and humble. This guy is an entitled brat with more failures than success and a really bad role model for any young cricketer.

Yeah and he is still earning in millions. Upcoming youngsters will most likely follow his career path.

 

[MenInG]

Several top Indian and international stars went under the hammer in the two-day IPL Auction in Bangalore for the 15th season of the Indian Premier League.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction stayed true to its nature of changing lives and fortunes forever. Across two days in Bangalore, a total of 204 players were bought at the auction for a combined price of INR 550 Crore (approximately USD 73 million).

While there were several players for whom the franchises splashed the cash and beat off intense bidding wars to acquire their services, there were some smart bargain buys that could prove to be difference-makers in the upcoming IPL season.

In this article, we take a look at the highly-ranked players in the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Rankings that were bought at bargain prices.

Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan)
Auction Price: Bought by Kolkata Knight Riders at base price of INR 1 Crore
ICC T20I Rankings: #1 for all-rounders

Kolkata Knight Riders snapped up the services of the top-ranked ICC all-rounder on day two of the auction after he went unsold on day one.

Apart from a blip in October 2021, The Afghanistan star has been ruling the roosts in the ICC T20I all-rounders Rankings since November 2019. He led Afghanistan in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup where they in with the chance to qualify for the semi-finals until their very last Super 12 game against New Zealand.

Since the start of last year, Nabi has scored 207 in 11 T20Is at an average of 29.57 and strike rate of 128.57. He has been handy with the ball as well, picking up four wickets in an economy of 8.08.

Even at 37 years of age, Nabi is a game-changer with both the bat and ball. A globetrotter in franchise cricket, the Afghan star will bring also a wealth of experience to his new IPL side.

Aiden Markram (South Africa)
Auction Price: Bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 2.6 Crore
ICC T20I Rankings: #3 for batters, #9 for all-rounders

Aiden Markram sparked a short bidding war between three teams for his services and eventually, it was Sunrisers Hyderabad who bought him for INR 2.6 Crore.

Despite making his T20I debut in 2019, he only played three matches in the next two years and it was only in 2021 that he became a permanent fixture in the Proteas line-up. Ranked 159th in the ICC Rankings for batters in April 2021, he has quickly climbed the charts and now occupies a top 10 spot in the all-rounders' Rankings as well.

He was South Africa's second-highest run-getter in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup with 162 runs at an average of 54 and a strike rate of 145.94. He has even been handy with the ball of late, making him an attractive all-round package for the T20 format.

Devon Conway (New Zealand)
Auction Price: Bought by Chennai Super Kings at base price of INR 1 Crore
ICC T20I Rankings: #7 for batters

Acquired at a base price of INR 1 Crore by Chennai Super Kings, New Zealand's Devon Conway has been regarded as one of the smartest buys of the auction.

Devon Conway made his T20I debut only in November 2020 and his stocks have only continued to rise ever since. In 20 matches, he has 602 runs at an average of 50.16 and strike rate of 139.35.

He played a vital role in New Zealand's run into the finals of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, scoring 129 runs in difficult conditions. He was unfortunate to injure himself in the semi-final and was ruled out of the grand finale, which the Kiwis lost.

Devon Conway offers a lot of flexibility in the batting order and can slot in at any of the top five positions. He can also double up as a wicket-keeper, if need be, as he did for New Zealand in the T20 World Cup.

Rassie van der Dussen (South Africa)
Auction Price: Bought by Rajasthan Royals for at base price of INR 1 Crore
ICC T20 Rankings: #8 for batters

Rassie van der Dussen was bought by Rajasthan Royal in the accelerated auction at base price in the last few minutes of the auction on day two, after he went unsold on day one.

Rassie made his Proteas debut for South Africa in 2018 and has quickly become a vital cog of the Proteas T20I machinery. In 34 matches, he has 933 runs at an average of 38.87 and a strike rate of 130.85. He was South Africa's leading run-scorer in the 2021 Men's World Cup with 177 runs and a high score of 94* that came against England.


Slotting in the middle-order, the Proteas star can drop the anchor and accelerate at will. With several explosive batters around him, he could be the player who holds the batting line-up together.

Jason Roy (England)

Auction Price: Bought by Gujarat Titans at base price of INR 2 Crore
ICC T20I Rankings: #15 for batters

New IPL franchise Gujarat Titans got one of the most explosive openers in the game currently, Jason Roy, at a bargain price of INR 2 Crore.

Watch how Jason Roy became a Match Hero for England against Sri Lanka in Match 29 of the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016.
The hard-hitting English star has been a pivotal part of England's white-ball dominance in the last few years. In T20Is, he has scored 1446 runs in 58 matches, striking at a whopping 143.45. He played a big role in England's run into the semi-finals of the 2021 World Cup but missed his services after he was injured in the final Super 12 game.

Capable of hitting the ball out of the park from ball one, Roy is someone who can take the game away from the opposition within the first few overs. With vast experience on his side, Roy could make the new IPL franchise a force to be reckoned with.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2486270

 

[cricketjoshila]

The purse this year was 12mn. Hopefully if we have a mega tv rights deal, the purse will go to 15mn next year.

 

[MenInG]

Several top Indian and international stars went under the hammer in the two-day IPL Auction in Bangalore over the weekend, ahead of the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League.

The IPL Auction stayed true to its nature of changing lives and fortunes. Across two days in Bangalore, a total of 204 players were bought at the auction for a combined price of INR 550 Crore (approximately USD 73 million).

While there were several players who turned out to be quite the bargain picks at the auction table, a few players sparked intense bidding wars among the ten franchises who were quite willing to splash the cash.

In this article, we take a look at the lower-ranked players in the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Rankings that were bought at high prices.

Only players with more than 10 T20I appearances, and a ranking lower than 25, have been considered for the list.

Among the marquee set of players, Warner fetched a big price in the IPL auctions, although it is a measure of Warner's quality and accomplishments that it was still considered a bargain. When Warner's name came up, it sparked a bidding war between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, with the latter eventually winning the rights to his services.

Warner has had an impressive career in the IPL but struggled in the previous edition. In eight innings, he could only notch up 195 runs at an average of 24.37 and a strike-rate of 107.73.

The Australian though managed to regain his best form at the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World World Cup, where he was named the Player of the Tournament for playing some crucial knocks as his side were crowned the champions. He scored 289 runs at 48.16, striking at 146.70.

Even at the age of 35, Warner's wealth of experience and fearsome striking ability will make him a risk worth taking for the Capitals. Along with Prithvi Shaw, he could form the most exciting opening pair in the tournament, and the chance to work under Ricky Ponting will surely be an added bonus.

Liam Livingstone (England)

Auction Price: Bought by Punjab Kings at INR 11.5 crore from a base price of 1 crore

Though bought primarily as an all-rounder who could chip in a few overs of spin with the ball, Liam Livingstone will be expected to do the damage with the bat, where he will act as a finisher for Punjab Kings.

Livingstone is still finding his footing in the England T20I set-up, moving in and out of the side – a fact reflecting his ranking of 72 among all-rounders – but his potential to strike a clean hit is unquestionable.

In 2021, Livingstone was impressive whenever he was given a chance in the England T20I side. He notched up 236 runs in 12 matches at an average of 33.71 and a strike-rate of 177.44 with one century. He also picked up eight wickets.

He also impressed in the maiden edition of The Hundred, where he was adjudged the Player of the Tournament for scoring 348 runs and picking up five wickets.

Livingstone sparked an intense bidding war with no less than five franchises throwing their hat in the ring for his services. Eventually, Punjab Kings had their man. He was the most expensive overseas purchase in the 2022 auction.

Shimron Hetmyer (West Indies)

Auction Price: Bought by Rajasthan Royals at INR 8.5 crore from a base price of 1.5 crores

Shimron Hetmyer once again sparked interest from franchises in his services despite his career so far blowing hot and cold.

In 2021, he played 15 T20Is, scoring 287 runs at 26.09 and striking at 121.09 with two fifties. Overall, he played 42 T20Is with 666 runs to his name at a strike-rate of 118.72.

In the IPL, Hetmyer has previously represented Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals, but has struggled for consistency. He averages 25.85 in the tournament and has scored 517 runs in 31 matches.

But his potential to clear the ropes at will is there for all to see which has led to Rajasthan investing heavily in him in order to make him a cornerstone of their middle-order. They eventually beat off Delhi Capitals, who were quite keen to bring him back to the franchise, shelling out a big amount from their purse.

Romario Shepherd (West Indies)

Auction Price: Bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad at INR 7.75 crore from a base price of 75 lakh.

Since making his international debut in 2020, Shepherd has impressed one and all with his all-round abilities. Impressive with the ball and able to deliver some big blows down the order, Shepherd can be a real game-changer on his day.

This perhaps explains why four franchises were interested in his services during the accelerated auctions with Sunrisers Hyderabad eventually beating Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings for his services.

IPL Auction High JumpsIPL Auction High Jumps
In 44 T20 matches, Shepherd has scored 315 runs striking at 161.53 while also claiming an impressive 53 wickets at 21.18. On the international stage, Shepherd has played 14 matches, aggregating 117 runs and picking up 12 wickets.

He is very much a part of West Indies' plan as they rebuild their T20 unit and the series against India will be a big opportunity for the Guyanese all-rounder to showcase why the franchises were willing to go big to procure his services.

Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand)

Auction Price: Bought by Gujarat Titans at INR 10 crores from a base price of 2 crores
ICC T20I Ranking: #62 for bowlers

With pace to burn, Lockie Ferguson was a player who was on the shortlist of many franchises. Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants were all interested in his services but it was the new side Gujarat Titans who eventually got their man.

The reasoning behind going big for Ferguson is quite simple – he bowls at an express pace mixed in with clever variations and is a proven wicket-taker both at the international and franchise cricket level.

But he has had some bad luck with injuries which also makes him a gamble at such a high price. He has played 15 T20Is for New Zealand and picked up 24 wickets at a brilliant average of 15.40. The number of matches would have been quite higher if not for a series of unfortunate injuries, and it's also meant he's ranked 62 among T20I bowlers.

He has also impressed in the IPL, previously playing for Rising Pune Supergiant and Kolkata Knight Riders. In 22 matches, he has picked up 24 scalps at an economy rate of a shade over 8.

His quality has never been in question. But getting a fit and firing Lockie Ferguson for the 2022 edition of the tournament will be the biggest challenge for the Gujarat Titans in their maiden campaign.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2488300

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

Does anyone have a mathematical equation or physics theory to explain why Eoin Morgan goes from captain of an IPL franchise to being unsold?

 

[cricketjoshila]

Does anyone have a mathematical equation or physics theory to explain why Eoin Morgan goes from captain of an IPL franchise to being unsold?

His poor performance in the IPL.

 

[U$ofA]

Does anyone have a mathematical equation or physics theory to explain why Eoin Morgan goes from captain of an IPL franchise to being unsold?

Performance. You have to perform and perform at a high level. They are not being paid millions to take it easy. The IPL is serious business. The franchises are very unkind and ruthless on non performers.

 

[MenInG]

 

[Cricfan4eva]

Does anyone have a mathematical equation or physics theory to explain why Eoin Morgan goes from captain of an IPL franchise to being unsold?

Except MI-CSK, other franchisees chop and change a lot. KKR love changing captains mid-season as well.

Most of the other franchisees assume overhauling squad year after year, changing captains is solution to their problems. It's not worked, but they still keep doing it.

Morgan had a poor run, but the guy is a proven player and captain to discard him like that.. just shows what kinda planning goes behind the scene, complete harakiri.

 

[Rana]

UNSOLD PLAYERS (not a comprehensive list)

Colin Munro
Scott Kuggeleign
Moises Henriques
Akeal Hosein
Blessing Muzarabani
David Wiese
Kane Richardson
Roston Chase
Ben Cutting
Martin Guptill
Ben Dwarshuis
Andrew Tye
Ben Mcdermott
Charith Asalanka
Piyush Chawla
Ish Sodhi
Qais Ahmed
Sheldon Cottrell
Ishant Sharma
Cheteshwar Pujara

Aaron Finch
Eoin Morgan
Marnus Labuschagne
Dawid Malan
Adam Zampa
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Adil Rasheed
Shakib Al Hassan
Steven Smith
Suresh Raina
Tabraiz Shamsi

Sandeep Lamichhane
Amit Mishra
Imran Tahir

Just imagine injecting all of these players in the current PSL

The tournament would be the most stellar in its history

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

So Jason Roy has pulled out of IPL league, a lesson for those who said Roy is playing PSL to get auctioned in IPL.

 

[MenInG]

The 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to begin on March 26, with the final slated for May 29. The 65-day extravaganza is set to feature 10 teams with 74 matches to be played. With two new teams entering the cash-rich league starting with the 15th edition; both the matches and the window has increased and faced criticism from a few journalists and former cricketers.

While the league has been on target of the former cricketers', especially after England's Ashes debacle, a journalist took a dig at the league saying that this time the IPL window will be taking 1/6th of the year.

Talking about the criticism the IPL has faced in the last few months in detail on his YouTube channel, Team India and Rajasthan Royals off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said that the major disadvantage the franchises will face this year will be the availability of the players given the extension of the time window of the league. Players of countries like Australia, South Africa, Bangladesh, England will be involved in the matches for their respective teams and will arrive at least 10 days after the start of the league.

However, he said that a few nations schedule their international fixture keeping IPL in mind. However, since the IPL is kicking off on March 26 this year in place of April 8/9 (as usual), many teams will be suffering because of this.

"But mostly, South Africa, Australia, England, and New Zealand, schedule their international games based on IPL fixtures. This year, New Zealand are not having any international matches during IPL.

“Lawrence Booth (English journalist) had tweeted about IPL fixtures saying it takes almost one-third (one-sixth) of the year. Even the English Premier League happens and almost has a six-month window. The players will have more gaps between matches and they will have only one or two matches per week. Of course, cricket getting to that stage will always remain a huge question mark. But IPL as a league has all the potential to take cricket into that stage for sure. And all the cricket viewers, cricket nations, stakeholders know this already,” said Ashwin.

After England's 4-0 drubbing against Australia in the 2021/22 Ashes series, many cricketers such as Michael Atherton, David Gower slammed IPL as one of the reasons for Joe Root and Co.'s lacklustre performance Down Under.

Taking the example of the Premier League clashing with other football leagues, Ashwin said that in cricket there windows are getting shortened by each day with the increase in the number of the leagues around the world and called the criticism of the league time and again unnecessary.

"Whereas in cricket, we have a 50-over World Cup, World Test Championship, T20 World Cup, and add to that, we need to have windows for all these leagues as well, like IPL, PSL, T10 league, CPL, BBL, etc. In England, they have Hundred-ball competition and add to that, they have a T20 Blast as well. There are so many leagues being started every year.

“IPL has been under the radar for so many years now. Suddenly, some ex-cricketer will say something bad about IPL without any reason. Imagine the situation in 2008 or 2010. There were only 20-25 cricketers who would be in the Indian setup for representing Team India,” said Ashwin.

Talking about his experience when he started off in the IPL, the 35-year old said, "Even when I started, my parents and grandparents asked me if cricket will help me to support financially. Only 15-20 or 25 cricketers will get opportunities in a 10-year span. But now, because of the IPL, at least 75-80 Indian cricketers are getting opportunities every year."

Ashwin, after playing for the Chennai Super Kings, Rising Pune Supergiants, Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals will feature in the league for his fifth franchise after RR signed him for INR 5 crore at the mega auction last month.

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports...rmer-cricketers-slamming-ipl-article-89937837