Punjab Kings decided to break the bank to sign England's T20 specialist Liam Livingstone, paying a staggering Rs 11.50 crore for him while Mumbai Indians, purely based on leap of faith, paid a whopping Rs 8 crore for an injured Jofra Archer despite his unavailability for the 2022 edition of the IPL.
The teams went big on current India players and largely based their decision on the form players from overseas with more focus on fast bowlers, not caring about reputations as the likes of Steve Smith, Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma found out.
The two-day IPL auction ended on Sunday with Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings predictably making the hefty pay-outs with bigger purses. Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals now look formidable on batting front but slightly short in bowling arsenal.
Having roped in Livingstone, Punjab Kings also used its deep pockets to pick up West Indies all-rounder Odean Smith for Rs 6.5 crore.
He was impressive in the recently concluded ODI series against India.
Sunrisers weren't going to be left behind in bidding frenzy, roping in CPL sensation from the West Indies Romario Shepherd for Rs 7.75 crore based on his all-round skills.
How the squads stack up for IPL 2022
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, N Jagadeesan, Hari Nishaanth, Subhranshu Senapati, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Bhagath Varma, Prashant Solanki, Chris Jordan, Dwaine Pretorius, Devon Conway, Adam Milne, Mitchell Santner.
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhinav Manohar, Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Tewatia, Dominic Drakes, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Alzarri Joseph, Pradeep Sangwan, David Miller, Matthew Wade, Gurkeerat Singh, B Sai Sudharshan.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Sam Billings, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Salam, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Aman Khan, Ramesh Kumar, Ashok Sharma, Tim Southee, Alex Hales, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, B Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne.
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, K Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Dushmantha Chameera, Ankit Rajpoot, Shahbaz Nadeem, Manan Vohra, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Kyle Mayers, K Gowtham, Evin Lewis.
Rajasthan Royals: Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, KC Cariappa, Navdeep Saini, Tejas Baroka, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldip Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, James Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Karun Nair, Obed McCoy.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Suyash Prabhudesai, Luvnith Sisodia, Aneeshwar Gautam, Jason Behrendorff, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Siddarth Kaul, Chama Milind, Mahipal Lomror, Sherfane Rutherford, Finn Allen.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, J Suchith, Shreyas Gopal, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Saurabh Dubey, Shashank Singh, Sean Abbott, R Samarth, J Suchith, Romario Shepherd, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
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All the ten franchises now have power-packed squads and none of them can be called an outright favourite to win the championship this year. Still only four of them will make the playoffs, so it will be all about on-field performances and we all have seen in the past that having a solid auction doesn't guarantee a team the 'IPL Champion' status.
Vicky Ostwal goes to Delhi
They buy the U-19 World Cup 2022 winning spinner for his base price of Rs 20 lakh. And with this, the two-day IPL 2022 Mega Auctions comes to an end.
Mumbai also does some business at the final round
They buy Fabian Allen for Rs 75 lakh. They also buy Aryan Juyal. (File Photo)
RCB makes some good buys
They buy David Willey for Rs 2 crore. They take Luvnith Sisodia for Rs 20 lakh. They have also taken Siddarth Kaul for Rs 75 lakh. (Photo | AP)
Royals make some solid buys
James Neesham goes for Rs 1.5 crore to Royals. They also get Rassie van der Dussen for Rs 1 crore. Nathan Coulter-Nile also joins Royals. Daryl Mitchell joins the same side. (File Photo)
KKR gets two solid players at their base prices
Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Nabi join Kolkata for Rs 2 crore and Rs 1 crore respectively. They also get Aman Khan for Rs 20 lakh. (File Photo)
Another accelerated auction (the last round) is coming. All you need to know
CSK, Punjab Kings have 25 players each. Can't participate in this round. Lucknow Super Giants are out too since they don't have anymore cash. Same goes to Hyderabad who have only 10 lakh left at their kitty, and the minimum base price of the players in this round will be 20 lakh.
So it will be only Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Bangalore in the fray.
A total of 12 players will come under the hammer for one final time at IPL 2022 Mega Auctions.
Shubham Garhwal goes to Rajasthan Royals
RCB got him at a base price of Rs 20 lakhs.
Arjun Tendulkar sold to Mumbai Indians once again
Tendulkar junior got an opening bid from Mumbai, Gujarat too joined the bidding fest. However, Mumbai got their player for Rs 30 lakh finally. (File Photo)
More players get contracts for the 2022 season
English allrounder Benny Howell goes to Punjab Kings for Rs 40 lakh. Rahul Buddhi goes to Mumbai for Rs 20 lakh. Kuldip Yadav goes to Rajasthan for Rs 20 lakh. Ramesh Kumar joins KKR for Rs 20 lakh. CSK keeps Bhagath Varma for Rs 20 Lakh.
Varun Aaron joins Gujarat
Gujarat Titans take the speedster under their ranks on his base price of Rs 50 lakh. (File Photo)
Tim Southee goes to KKR
KKR has got their man back. Can compliment Cummins perfectly, if both of them are playing together. The final price tag is Rs 1.5 crore. KKR ending the IPL 2022 Mega Auctions on a high. (File Photo)
Bhanuka Rajapaksa goes to Punjab
Bhanuka Rajapaksa goes to Punjab Kings for his base price of Rs 50 lakh. Tejas Baroka joins Rajasthan for Rs 20 lakh. Lucknow gets Mayank Yadav for Rs 20 lakh. (File Photo)
Teams continue their buying spree
Dhruv Jurel goes to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh. Ramandeep Singh joins Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh.
Punjab, Hyderabad add more players
Nathan Ellis goes to Punjab Kings for Rs 75 lakh. Punjab also buys Atharva Taide for Rs 20 lakhs. Fazalhaq Farooqi joins SRH for Rs 50 lakh.
Tim Seifert moves to Delhi
Another Kiwi keeper-batter gets an IPL team for 2022 season and this time its the turn of Seifert who goes to Capitals for Rs 50 lakh. (File Photo)
Glenn Phillips goes to SRH
Sunriserrs Hyderabad made the bid for the Kiwi cricketer at Rs 1.5 crore and secures him for that price.
Royals get Karun Nair
KKR started the bidding war for Nair at Rs 50 lakh. However, they backed out after a lengthy bidding battle with RCB. Then it was RCB's turn to slip out of the action as Rajasthan snatches the Karnataka batter for Rs 1.4 crore. (File Photo)
Evin Lewis goes to Lucknow
After being unsold at the initial rounds, the Windies hard hitting opener enters the auction again at Rs 2 crore. Lucknow Super Giants made the opening bid and that was it. (File Photo)
Alex Hales gets a deal with KKR
The franchise needed a solid opening batter who can take on the opposition pacers and Hales was fitting in that bill. Goes to KKR for Rs 1.5 crore. (File Photo)
Chris Jordan joins CSK
Starting at the base price of Rs 2 crore, RCB made the opening bid for the England allrounder. CSK joined the actions then and snatched Jordan for Rs 3 crore. (File Photo)
Lungi Ngidi moves to Delhi Capitals
The Proteas pacer will play for Capitals in IPL 2022 at a price tag of Rs 50 lakh. (File Photo)
Wriddhiman Saha goes to Gujarat Titans
The India keeper-batter will now play for Gujarat Titans at a price tag of Rs 1.9 crore as CSK backs out of the bidding battle. (File Photo)
Wade goes to Gujarat
The Aussie wicketkeeper-batter, who hit Shaheen Afridi three sixes in three consecutive deliveries in last year's T20 World Cup semi-final and won the game for Aussies, will now appear for Gujarat Titans for Rs 2.4 crore. (File Photo)
Sam Billings goes to KKR
Despite having Indrajith and Jackson at their ranks, KKR needed a solid wicketkeeper-batter and they have got it in form of Billngs. Buys him for Rs 2 crore. (File Photo)
Miller goes to Gujarat
After going unsold in the initial rounds of IPL 2022 auctions, 'Killer Miller' now gets a new IPL team for 2022 season and it is Gujarat Titans, who defeated Rajasthan Royals in the process to secure the services of Proteas power hitter for Rs 3 crore. (File Photo)
No Raina in the last round of IPL 2022 Mega Auctions
As per broadcaster Star Sports, Raina won't be the part of this last round of IPL 2022 Mega Auctions. Is it the end of road for 'Mr IPL'? (File Photo)
A gentle reminder for those following our coverage
In the upcoming round, each franchise to submit names of five to seven cricketers (including the unsold ones) they would still be going after. While some sides have already got the minimum quota of 18 players, the maximum squad strength can reach till 25.
Anunay Singh to goes to Royals
Rajasthan makes the opening bid of Rs 20 lakh and includes him in their ranks in that price.
Ashok Sharma goes to KKR
After a bidding duel with Rajasthan Royals, KKR takes Sharma home at Rs 55 lakh. His base price was at Rs 20 lakh. They have 18 players, but surely they will go for more, especially at the overseas players' quota. They still have close to Rs 9 crores at their kitty.
Seems like the category of uncapped cricketers is the favourite one for the franchises to reach the quota of 18 players
Punjab buys Baltej Dhanda, Hyderabad snaps up Saurabh Dubey. Mumbai buys Mohammed Arshad Khan. Punjab gets one more in form of Ansh Patel. All came in their base prices of Rs 20 lakh.
Lucknow gets one more player
Lucknow buys Karan Sharma for Rs 20 lakh, its first and only bid.
More uncapped players get IPL contracts
Sunrisers buys Shashank Singh for Rs 20 lakh, Kyle Mayers sold to Lucknow for Rs 50 lakh.
Kolkata gathers momentum, Punjab continues its strong show
KKR buys Pratham Singh for Rs 20 lakh, Punjab snaps up Bengal batsman Writtick Chatterjee for Rs 20 lakh.
Pradeep Sangwan goes to Titans
The IPL veteran and former U-19 star will play for Gujarat Titans for Rs 20 lakh.
Abhijeet Tomar goes to KKR
KKR buys its 16th player for Rs 40 lakh. Rajasthan seemed interested in their local batter, before backing out.
Chamika Karunaratne goes to KKR
Base price was Rs 50 lakh. KKR made the opening and only bid for the Sri Lankan allrounder.
Baba Indrajith goes to KKR
KKR make the only bid for the wicketkeeper-batter from Tamil Nadu and gets him for Rs 20 lakh.
Bengaluru, Lucknow indulge in quick buys
Bengaluru snaps up Karnataka batter Aneeshwar Gautam, while Lucknow buys Delhi allrounder Ayush Badoni. Both the players were bought at their base price of Rs 20 lakh.
Meredith comes to Mumbai
Mumbai continues building on their nice pack of fast bowlers as they pick up the Aussie for Rs 1 crore.
Joseph goes to Gujarat
The Windies pacer will play for Gujarat Titans for Rs 2.40 crore. Mumbai seemed interested initially, just to make the power-packed bowling line up of Bumrah, Archer and Curran even more threatening. But Gujarat and Delhi quickly jumped into the fray and it was Titans who prevailed finally. Alzarri took 6/12, the best ever IPL figures, when playing for Mumbai a couple of seasons back. Joseph also took the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in one over, twice during the recently concluded ODI series against India. (File Photo)
Sean Abbott goes to Hyderabad
The Aussie pacer will play for Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 2.40 crore. There was a bidding battle between Delhi, Punjab and Hyderabad, out of which SRH came on top.
Auction dynamics were very different and challenging this time: Punjab coach Kumble
Punjab Kings head coach Anil Kumble is extremely satisfied with the new players, including Liam Livingstone and Odean Smith, coming to his franchise during the IPL auction, the dynamics of which were "very different and challenging". (READ FULL STORY HERE)
CSK buys Prashant Solanki
The Mumbai legspinner entered the auction at Rs 20 lakh. After a bidding war with Royals, CSK buys him for Rs 1.2 crore.
More quick buys going on
Karnataka seamer Chama Milind joins RCB, Mohsin Khan joins Lucknow.
CSK makes one more recruitment
The Men in Yellow buys Mukesh Choudhary for Rs 20 lakh.
Some success at last for KKR
Rasikh Salam Dar joins the franchise for Rs 20 lakh.
Vaibhav Arora goes to Punjab Kings
Vaibhav Arora, the Himachal pacer, who was at KKR till last year will play for Punjab Kings in IPL 2022. It was a Knights vs Kings duel for the cricketer and punjab snaps him up for Rs 2 crore. Sums up KKR's story so far in IPL 2022 Mega Auctions. Not showing enough intent and planning.
Teams make more quick buys to give final shape of their respective group of players
Suyash Prabhudessai returns to RCB, Saurashtra allrounder Prerak Mankad joins Punjab Kings and Karnataka legspinner Pravin Dubey returns to Delhi.
Tim David goes to Mumbai
The Singapore-born Australian batter will now play IPL 2022 for Mumbai Indians at a price tag of Rs 8.25 crore. he has already featured in CPL and PSL. KKR looked good to acquire the services of Singapore-born Australian as they edged past Punjab, Lucknow, Delhi and Rajasthan, but its the Mumbai who has the last laugh. Did they splurge too much cash on an unknown product? Only time will tell.
Chennai seems a busier lot in the accelerated auction
Chennai buys uncapped Subhranshu Senapati for Rs 20 lakh.
After Conway and Santner, now CSK gets Milne
The Kiwi pacer will join Conway, Snatner at CSK as Super Kings beats Punjab Kings in the bidding battle to acquire the fast bowler for Rs 1.9 crore. (File Photo)
Tymal Mills goes to Mumbai
The England left-arm seamer enters at Rs 1 crore and after a mini battle with Hyderabad and Punjab Kings, Mumbai buys him for Rs 1.5 crore. (File Photo)
Obed McCoy goes to Rajasthan
The West Indies left-arm seamer will play for Rajasthan Royals at IPL 2022. They buy him for Rs 75 lakh.
Jason Behrendorff goes to RCB
The Aussie left-arm quick enters at Rs 75 lakh and RCB buys him at that price tag.
Some big names fail to find bidders at accelerated auction
Ben McDermott, Glenn Phillips, George Garton, Charith Asalanka, Rassie van der Dussen, Alex Hales, Karun Nair and Evin Lewis all go unsold.
Romario Shepherd goes to Hyderabad
The Windies and Guyana Amazon Warriors allrounder will feature for Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 7.5 crore. Lucknow, CSK, Mumbai, Rajasthan all go for the heavy hitter, but Hyderabad has the final laugh.
After Conway, now Chennai has Santner
After a tussle with SRH, CSK brings back Santner in their ranks for Rs 1.9 crore. (File Photo)
Mumbai, RCB make some more buys
Mumbai buys Aussie allrounder Daniel Sams for Rs 2.6 crore. Sherfane Rutherford joins RCB for Rs 1 crore.
Rishi Dhawan goes to Punjab
The India and Himachal Pradesh allrounder will feature for Punjab Kings in IPL 2022 for Rs 55 lakh asks for bids from 50 lakh. (File Photo)
Dwaine Pretorius joins CSK
Chennai now making some strides in the accelerated auction as they buy the Proteas allrounder for Rs 50 lakh.
Archer goes to Mumbai
Despite confirming that he won't be featuring in IPL 2022 due to injury, Jofra Aracher Goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 8 crore. Royals wanted him too. Looks like Mumbai is counting for a combo of Bumrah-Archer for IPL 2023. (File Photo)
Rovman Powell goes to Delhi
The Windies and Jamaica Tallawahs will play for Delhi Capitals as the latter buys him for Rs 2.8 crore, after brief tussles with Lucknow and CSK. (File Photo)
Can Conway be the new Mike Hussey for Chennai Super Kings?
The Kiwi batter, who can flourish both as an opener and middle-order batter, goes to CSK for Rs 1 crore. CSK gets a good player at their ranks without breaking much sweat. (File Photo)
Fin Allen goes to RCB
The New Zealand and Wellington Firebirds wicketkeeper-opener will play for RCB Rs 80 lakh. Allen is a quick scorer in powerplay overs and has been in good form in the Super Smash. Rajasthan wanted him but RCB eventually got him.
Simarjeet Singh is a Super King now
The Delhi seamer entered the auction at Rs 20 lakh and CSK, through a late bid, bought him for his base price.
Gujarat buys Yash Dayal
The UP left-arm seamer invoked a sharp bidding war between KKR, RCB and Gujarat Titans. Titans win the war and buy him for Rs 3.2 crore.
U-19 sensation Hangargekar joins CSK
Rajvardhan Hangargekar, known for his tearaway pace and big hitting down the order, will don the yellow jersey in IPL 2022 as CSK buys him for Rs 1.5 crore.
Raj Bawa goes to Punjab
The U-19 World Cup winning Indian allrounder will play for Punjab Kings as the latter buys him for Rs 2 crore after bidding wars with Hyderabad and Mumbai.
Sanjay Yadav goes to Mumbai
The Tamil Nadu allrounder will now join his team mate Murugan Ashwin at Mumbai Indians in IPL 2022. He played for Nellai Royal Kings at the Tamil Nadu Premier League and can bowl left-arm fingerspin. Mumbai buys him for Rs 50 lakh.
Kolkata, Gujarat make quick buys
KKR buys Anukul Roy at Rs 20 lakh. Darshan Nalkande goes to Gujarat Titans at a similar amount.
Lomror goes to RCB
The Rajasthan allrounder and big hitter will play for RCB at RS 95 lakh. Rajasthan couldn't keep up with RCB at the bidding battle.
Tilak Verma goes to Mumbai
Hyderabad batter Tilak Verma to play for Mumbai Indians as the latter buys the uncapped Indian for Rs 1.7 crore, after beating Sunrisers, Rajasthan and CSK in the process.
Delhi starts the post-lunch session of day two of IPL 2022 Mega Auctions with a bang
Capitals buys Gujarat big hitter Ripal Patel, allrounder Lalit Yadav and the U-19 World Cup 2022 winning India skipper Yash Dhull. (File Photo)
Latest team list of all the ten franchises
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana [Budget remaining: 15.75 crore]
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Jason Roy, Abhinav Manohar, Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Tewatia, Dominic Drakes, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad [Budget remaining: 14.65 crore]
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, K Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Dushmantha Chameera, Ankit Rajpoot, Shahbaz Nadeem, Manan Vohra [Budget remaining: 3.30 crore]
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep [Budget remaining: 9.25 crore]
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, J Suchith, Shreyas Gopal, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik [Budget remaining: 13.35 crore]
Manan Vohra goes to Lucknow
Lucknow make the opening and only bid of Rs 20 lakh for the batter and secures his services for IPL 2022. (File Photo)
Rinku Singh goes to KKR
Rinku Singh, the UP batsman, who played for KKR earlier in IPL, goes back to his old franchise for Rs 55 lakhs.KKR nicely building up their batting core with Indian names, despite a thinning purse and they do have 11 players now. (File Photo)
Some experienced spinner go unsold
Piyush Chawla, Ish Sodhi and Karn Sharma fail to find any teams.
CSK gets Maheesh Theekshana
Sri Lanka's mystery spinner will make his IPL debut for CSK as the latter bags him up for Rs 70 lakhs, after a brief bidding battle with KKR.
Nadeem to play for Lucknow
Lucknow Super Giants get IPL veteran Shahbaz Nadeem for 50 lakh. (File Photo)
Mayank Markande goes to Mumbai
Mumbai needed a legspinner and they have got youngster now at their ranks for Rs 65 lakhs. Both Lucknow and Rajasthan seemed interested too, before slipping out of the bidding war. (File Photo)
Mumbai buys Unadkat
Unadkat, who struck jackpot in 2020 auctions, goes to Mumbai at an average price tag of Rs 1.30 crore. (File Photo)
Saini goes to Rajasthan
Beating Lucknow and Mumbai in bidding war, Rajasthan secures the services of Navdeep Saini for 2.60 crore. Ashwin, Boult, Chahal, Prasidh Krishna and now Saini. Rajasthan has addressed their key weakness, bowling, verry well so far in IPL 2022 Mega Auctions. (File Photo)
Sandeep Sharma to play for Punjab Kings in IPL 2022
The pacer, known for his vicious swing at the upfront, goes to Punjab Kings for Rs 50 lakhs. (File Photo)
Chetan Sakariya to play for Delhi
For Sakariya, RCB opened the bidding at Rs 50 lakh. Then the younster's previous franchise Rajasthan Royals joined the actions. After RCB opted out, Delhi Capitals came in and eventually bagged him for Rs 4.2 crore. (File Photo)
Dushmantha Chameera goes to Lucknow
The Sri Lankan pace spearhead will play for Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 2 crore in IPL 2022. RCB was interested in acquiring the pacer's services but couldn't stay on the hunt. (File Photo)
Khaleel Ahmed goes to Delhi
Khaleel Ahmed, who featured for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Team India, will now feature for Delhi Capitals who snaps him up for Rs 5.25 crore, after edging past Mumbai in an intense bidding battle. Ahmed was seen a bright pace prospect for Team India four years back due to his left-arm pace, movement and bounce. Will the switch to Delhi Capitals bring a positive change in his career? (File Photo)
Two big names go unsold
Ishant Sharma, Kiwi allrounder Jimi Neesham, Aussie Nathan Coulter-Nile and Proteas pacer Lungi Ngidi fail to find any bidders
How the ten teams stack up so far
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande [Budget remaining: 16.45 crore]
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Jason Roy, Abhinav Manohar, Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Tewatia, Dominic Drakes, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad [Budget remaining: 14.65 crore]
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, K Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Ankit Rajpoot [Budget remaining: 6.00 crore]
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep [Budget remaining: 9.25 crore]
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, J Suchith, Shreyas Gopal, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik [Budget remaining: 13.15 crore]
Krishnappa Gowtham goes to Lucknow
The Karnataka allrounder, who featured for CSK last year, will now play for Lucknow Super Giants for a price tag of Rs 90 lakh. (File Photo)
Shivam Dube to play for CSK
The India and Mumbai allrounder, who played RCB and Rajasthan Royals, entered the auction at 50 lakh. A bidding tussle started between Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan. Rajasthan wanted him back at their ranks. However, the battle eventually turned into an intense duel between CSK and Punjab Kings and in the war between Kings, Chennai prevailed supreme as they secured Dube for Rs 4 crore. They didn't get local boy Shankar, but they have Dube now in their ranks. (File Photo)
Jansen goes to SRH
Jansen, who troubled India with his pace and swing a few months back in Tests, will play for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2022 as they secure the services of young Proteas allrounder for Rs 4.2 crore. (File Photo)
Odean Smith goes to Punjab
The West Indies and Guyana Amazon Warriors power-hitting allrounder impressed everybody at the recently concluded ODI series against India at Ahmedabad. He was a net bowler for KKR last year and hails Andre Russell as his idol. Surprisingly, KKR didn't even enter into bidding war for Smith. Punjab, after tussles with Hyderabad, Gujarat and Rajasthan, snaps up Smith for Rs 6 crore. A good inclusion, since Smith can hit speeds above 140 kph and can make the new ball talk. Can be a good new ball partner for Rabada at PBKS. (File Photo)
Gujarat snaps up Vijay Shankar
The India allrounder and Tamil Nadu veteran will join his friend Sai Kishore at Gujarat Titans. Titans buys Shankar for Rs 1.4 crore. (File Photo)
Jayant Yadav goes to Gujarat
The India allrounder gets an IPL team for 2022 edition in form of Gujarat Titans who buys him for Rs 1.7 crore. (File Photo)
Dominic Drakes to play for Gujarat Titans
The West Indies left-arm seam-bowling allrounder, who appeared for the CPL champion St Kitts, will now play for Gujarat Titans as they buy him for Rs 1.1 crore.
Liam Livingstone is the first big ticket buy on IPL 2022 Mega Auction day two
Livingstone, the young England allrounder, is known for his hard hitting and utility spin bowling at the middle overs. Punjab snaps him up for Rs 11.50 crore. KKR started the bidding for him, but due to low purse, slipped off in the midway. Hyderabad and Gujarat came in the fray, but the advantage of having higher auction budget worked for PBKS. (File Photo)
Quite a few big names fail to find any team as of now
Cheteshwar Pujara, Aaron Finch, Saurabh Tiwary, Eoin Morgan, Marnus Labuschagne, Dawid Malan all go unsold.
Mandeep Singh goes to Lucknow
Lucknow Super Giants buys Mandeep Singh for Rs 1.1 crore, after a brief tussle with Delhi Capitals. (File Photo)
Rahane goes to Kolkata
The India batter, who has been grabbing headlines off late due to his poor form in Test cricket, will now play for KKR in IPL 2022 who buys him for his base price of Rs 1 crore. A worthy addition, keeping mind the tournament the tournament will most probably be played in Maharashtra, Rahane's backyard. (Photo | AP)
Aiden Markram goes to SRH
The South African batter will now play for Sunrisers Hyderabad as the latter snaps him up for Rs 2.6 crore. They engaged in bidding war against Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings to acquire Markram's services. (File Photo)
Day two of IPL 2022 Mega Auction begins
Stand-in auctioneer Charu Sharma will continue day two procedings as well. Auctioneer Hugh Edmeades, although is fine, won't be taking part in the process anymore.
IPL 2022: Complex auction dynamics in display on day one
The IPL 2022 auction was always going to be a tough code to crack for franchises this time. And it showed at the end of Day 1 of the auction, the franchises still have plenty of work to do on Sunday in terms of finding a squad balance. With only a limited budget available, it is safe to say not all the franchises will have a good sleep on Saturday night. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
IPL Explainer: Decoding the whys and why nots of Auction Day 1
The 10 IPL franchises have so far spent above Rs 388 crore collectively to buy 74 players out of which 20 are overseas recruits. There were 20 players who got more than USD 1 million (Rs 7.53 crore as per Saturday's exchange rates). (READ FULL STORY HERE)
IPL 2022 mega auction in numbers: How the ten franchises stack up after day one
Following is a summarised lowdown of the IPL 2022 mega auction's first day at Bengaluru on Saturday. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
IN PICS | Ishan Kishan to Deepak Chahar: Check out the full list of players sold in IPL Mega Auction 2022 Day 1
Here are some of the most expensive Indian and overseas buys of IPL 2022 Mega Auctions so far. (VIEW THE GALLERY HERE)
IPL auction 2022: Ishan Kishan, Deepak Chahar grab headlines on day one as Indians rule the roost
Here is the highlights of how the IPL 2022 Mega Auctions went on at day one in Bengaluru. (READ FULL HIGHLIGHTS HERE)