Rishabh Parashar
Day two of the Mega Auction at Bangalore summed up the expected firepower the 15th Season of IPL is brewing. With 204 players sold and INR 5,51,70,00,000 spent by 10 teams, the season is one to watch.
With a change in the auction process, the Mega Auction brought in the element where teams would have to compete for their whole squad before the matches. Due to the new auction process, many teams were completely revamped.
With the conclusion of Mega Auction teams now have their squad ready before the season kick-off. This season highest bid was put in for Ishan Kishan by Mumbai Indians for INR 15.25 Cr followed by Deepak Chahar by Chennai Super Kings for INR 14 Cr. Liam Livingstone earned the highest bid for the overseas player by Punjab Kings for INR 11.50 Cr.
TATA IPL 2022 Squads
Before the Mega Auctions, the eight old teams were given a chance to retain 4 players. Out of 4 players, they were allowed to retain two foreign players and one uncapped player. There was a cap of three on retention of Indian capped players.
After the announcement of retentions from the eight old teams, the new two teams Lucknow Super Giants and Gujrat Titans were given a chance to pick their 3 players from the remaining team pools.
The new teams could also pick only a maximum of two Indian capped, one foreigner and one Indian uncapped player in their list.
Mumbai Indians
Purse entered: INR 48Cr
Purse left: INR 0.10Cr
Players Retained: Rohit Sharma (INR 16Cr), Jasprit Bumrah (INR 12Cr), Surya Kumar Yadav (INR 8Cr) and Kieron Pollard (INR 6Cr)
Biggest Buys: Ishan Kishan (INR 15.25Cr), Tim David (INR 8.25Cr), Jofra Archer (INR 8Cr)
Chennai Super Kings
Purse entered: INR 48Cr
Purse left: INR 2.95Cr
Players Retained: Ravindra Jadeja (INR 16Cr), MS Dhoni (INR 12Cr), Moeen Ali (INR 8Cr) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 6Cr)
Biggest buys: Deepak Chahar (INR 14Cr), Ambati Rayudu (INR 6.75Cr)
Delhi Capitals
Purse entered: INR 47.5Cr
Purse left: INR 0.10Cr
Players Retained: Rishabh Pant (INR 16Cr), Axar Patel (INR 9Cr), Prithvi Shaw (INR 7.5Cr) and Anrich Nortje (INR 6.5Cr)
Biggest buys Shardul Thakur (INR 10.75Cr), Mitchell Marsh (INR 6.5Cr)
Punjab Kings
Purse entered: INR 72Cr
Purse left: INR 3.45Cr
Players Retained: Mayank Agarwal (INR 12Cr) and Arshdeep Singh (INR 4Cr)
Biggest buys: Liam Livingstone (INR 11.5Cr), Kagiso Rabada (INR 9.25Cr), Shahrukh Khan (INR 9Cr)
Kolkata Knight Riders
Purse entered: INR 48Cr
Purse left: INR 0.45Cr
Players Retained: Andre Russel (INR 12Cr), Varun Chakravarthy (INR 8Cr), Venkatesh Iyer (INR 8Cr) and Sunil Narine (INR 6Cr)
Biggest buys: Shreyas Iyer (INR 12.25Cr), Nitish Rana (INR 8Cr)
Rajasthan Royals
Purse entered: INR 62Cr
Purse left: INR 0.95Cr
Players Retained: Sanju Samson (INR 14Cr), Jos Buttler (INR 10Cr) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (INR 4Cr)
Biggest buys: Prasidh Krishna (INR 10Cr), Shimron Hetmyer (INR 8.5Cr)
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Purse entered: INR 68Cr
Purse left: INR 0.10Cr
Players Retained: Kane Williamson (INR 14Cr), Abdul Samad (INR 4Cr) and Gumran Malik (INR 4Cr)
Biggest buys: Nicholas Pooran (INR 10.75Cr), Washington Sundar (INR 8.75Cr), Rahul Tripathi (INR 8.5Cr)
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Purse entered: INR 57Cr
Purse left: INR 1.55Cr
Players Retained: Virat Kohli (INR 15Cr), Glenn Maxwell (INR 11Cr) and MD Siraj (INR 7Cr)
Biggest buys: Harshal Patel (INR 10.75Cr), Wanindu Hasaranga (INR 10.75Cr) Josh Hazlewood (INR 7.75Cr)
Lucknow Super Giants
Purse entered: INR 59.80Cr
Purse left: INR 0Cr
Players Picked: KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis and Ravi Bishnoi
Biggest buys: Avesh Khan (INR 10Cr), Jason Holder (INR 8.75Cr)
Gujarat Titans
Purse entered: INR 52Cr
Purse left: INR 0.15Cr
Players Picked: Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan and Shubhman Gill
Biggest buys: Lockie Ferguson (INR 10Cr), Rahul Tewatia (INR 9Cr) Mohammed Shami (INR 6.25Cr)
Unsold Players
Due to Mega Auction, many teams had to decide to go big for some players and to let go of some of them, due to the limited budget many big names went unsold. Here are some big names which were left out this season.
- Suresh Raina (Base price of Rs 2Cr)
- Steve Smith (Base price of Rs 2Cr)
- Shakib Al Hasan (Base price of Rs 2Cr)
- Adil Rashid (Base price of Rs 2Cr)
- Imran Tahir (Base price of Rs 2Cr)
- Aaron Finch (Base price of Rs 1.50 Cr)
- Dawid Malan (Base price of Rs 1.50Cr)
- Eoin Morgan (Base price of Rs 1.50Cr)
- Chris Lynn (Base price of Rs 1.50Cr)
- Tabraiz Shamsi (Base price of Rs 1Cr)
