IPL 2022 auction: Marquee list, retained players, and purse left
The 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction will get underway in Bengaluru in a few hours. The auction has returned after a gap of four years, and it is expected to be different this time around. The auction is a two-day affair, and for the first time, teams will not have Right To Match (RTM) card available. Here are further details.
The auction will start with marquee players list
The auction will start with the marquee set of players. The list has 10 names - Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Pat Cummins, Quinton de Kock, Shikhar Dhawan, Faf du Plessis, Shreyas Iyer, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Shami, and David Warner. All players in this list are expected to get sold during the first round of the auction.
600 cricketers have been shortlisted for the auction
After the marquee list, the action will shift to sets of capped and uncapped players. The order will be - batters, all-rounders, wicket-keeper-batters, pacers, and spinners. 1,214 players had registered themselves for the auction. Out of these, 590 cricketers were shortlisted for the auction However, on Friday, the BCCI added 10 more players to the list. Now, 600 players will go under the hammer.
How many players can a team buy?
A team can buy a maximum of 25 players, including the retained/drafted players. Similarly, a team will have to buy a minimum of 18 players, including the retained players. An IPL side can have a maximum of eight overseas players in their squad.
Remaining purse of all 10 teams
Have a look at the remaining purse of teams. Chennai Super Kings: Rs. 48 crore Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rs. 57 crore Mumbai Indians: Rs. 48 crore Punjab Kings: Rs. 72 crore Delhi Capitals: Rs. 47.5 crore Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs. 48 crore Rajasthan Royals: Rs. 62 crore Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs. 68 crore Lucknow Super Giants: Rs. 59.8 crore Team Ahmedabad: Rs. 52 crore
Slots available in all 10 teams
CSK: 21 (total), 7 foreign (Moeen Ali) RCB: 22, 7 foreign (Glenn Maxwell) MI: 21, 7 foreign (Kieron Pollard) PBKS: 23, 8 foreign DC: 21, 7 foreign (Anrich Nortje) KKR: 21, 6 foreign (Andre Russell and Sunil Narine) RR: 22, 7 foreign (Jos Buttler) SRH: 22, 7 foreign (Kane Williamson) LSG: 22, 7 foreign (Marcus Stoinis) GT: 22, 7 foreign (Rashid Khan)
Teams were supposed to retain a maximum of four players
Before the auction list was announced, the teams were asked to retain a maximum of four players. Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Mumbai Indians have retained four players, while Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and, Sunrisers Hyderabad went with three. Punjab Kings retained two players. The new teams, Lucknow Super Giants, and Gujarat Titans, were permitted to draft three players.
Draft picks by Lucknow and Ahmedabad
Lucknow Super Giants have named KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, and Ravi Bishnoi as their three draft picks. Lucknow signed Rahul for a whopping Rs. 17 crore. They roped in Stoinis for Rs. 9.2 crore and are paying Rs. 4 crore to Bishnoi. Meanwhile, Gujarat Titans have signed Hardik Pandya (Rs. 15 crore), Rashid Khan (Rs. 15 crore), and Shubman Gill (Rs. 8 crore).
IPL 2022: Players retention list
CSK: Ravindra Jadeja (Rs. 16 crore), MS Dhoni (Rs. 12 crore), Moeen Ali (Rs. 8 crore), Ruturaj Gaikwad (Rs. 6 crore) DC: Rishabh Pant (Rs. 16 crore), Axar Patel (Rs. 9 crore), Prithvi Shaw (Rs. 7.5 crore), Anrich Nortje (Rs. 6.5 crore) KKR: Andre Russell (Rs. 12 crore), Venkatesh Iyer (Rs. 8 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (Rs. 8 crore), Sunil Narine (Rs. 6 crore).
IPL 2022: Players retention list
MI: Rohit (16 crore), Jasprit Bumrah (12 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (8 crore), Kieron Pollard (6 crore) PBKS: Mayank Agarwal (14 crore), Arshdeep Singh (4 crore) RR: Sanju Samson (14 crore), Jos Buttler (10 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (4 crore) RCB: Virat Kohli (15 crore), Glenn Maxwell (11 crore), Mohammed Siraj (7 crore) SRH: Kane Williamson (14 crore), Umran Malik (4 crore) Abdul Samad (4 crore)
