IPL AUCTION 2022: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

As the most-awaited auction of the year is here, the Indian Premier League is again around the corner. The auction took place on 12 February and 13 February in Bengaluru. It was also live-streamed on Star Sports and Disney plus Hotstar. Two new teams- Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants- are making their debut this season. All the 10 IPL teams were given a purse of 90 crores from which the deductions were to be made depending on the retention and purchase of players.

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MI created a whirlwind when it bought Ishan Kishan for INR 15.25 crore on the first day. He ended up as the most expensive buy of the auction. Out of the salary purse of INR 90 crore, MI spent INR 89.9 crore in retaining 4 players and buying 21 players.

List of players retained by the team in the auction:

1. Rohit Sharma (INR 16 crore)
2. Jasprit Bumrah (INR 12 crore)
3. Suryakumar Yadav (INR 8 crore)
4. Kieron Pollard (INR 6 crore)

List of players bought by the team in the auction:

1. Ishan Kishan (INR 15.25 crore)
2. Tim David (INR 8.5 crore)
3. Jofra Archer (INR 8 crore)
4. Dewald Brevis (INR 3 crore)
5. Daniel Sams (INR 2.60 crore)
6. N Tilak Varma (INR 1.7 crore)
7. Murugan Ashwin (INR 1.6 crore)
8. Tymal Mills (INR 1.50 crore)
9. Jaydev Udadkat (INR 1.3 crore)
10. Riley Meredith (INR 1 crore)
11. Fabian Allen (INR 75 lakh)
12. Mayank Markande (INR 65 lakh)
13. Sanjay Yadav (INR 50 lakh)
14. Basil Thampi (INR 30 lakh)
15. Arjun Tendulkar (INR 30 lakh)
16. Arshad Khan (INR 20 lakh)
17. Anmolpreet Singh (INR 20 lakh)
18. Ramandeep Singh (INR 20 lakh)
19. Rahul Buddhi (INR 20 lakh)
20. Hritik Shokeen (INR 20 lakh)
21. Aryan Juyal (INR 20 lakh)

Chennai Super Kings

CSK’s biggest buy was Deepak Chahar at INR 14 crores. They more or less bought the same combination of players that makes them the defending champions. CSK retained 4 players and bought 21 players at the auction for INR 87.05. They were left with INR 2.95 at the end of the auction. They filled up all the 25 slots.

List of players retained by the team in the auction:

1. Ravindra Jadeja (INR 16 crore)
2. MS Dhoni (INR 12 crore)
3. Moeen Ali (INR 8 crore)
4. Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 6 crore)

List of players bought by the team in the auction:

1. Deepak Chahar (INR 14 crore)
2. Ambati Rayadu (INR 6.75 crore)
3. Shivam Dube (INR 4 crore)
4. Dwayne Bravo (INR 4.4 crore)
5. Chris Jordan (INR 3.6 crore)
6. Robin Uthappa (INR 2 crore)
7. Mitchell Santner (INR 1.9 crore)
8. Adam Milne (INR 1.9 crore)
9. Rajvardhan Hangargekar (INR 1.5 crore)
10. Prashant Solanki (INR 1.2 crore)
11. Devon Conway (INR 1 crore)
12. Mahesh Theekshana (INR 70 lakh)
13. Dwaine Pretorius (INR 50 lakh)
14. KM Asif (INR 20 lakh)
15. Tushar Deshpande (INR 20 lakh)
16. Samarjeet Singh (INR 20 lakh)
17. Subhranshu Senapati (INR 20 lakh)
18. C Hari NIshaanth (INR 20 lakh)
19. Mukesh Chaudhary (INR 20 lakh)
20. N Jagadeesan (INR 20 lakh)
21. K Bhagath Varma (INR 20 lakh)

Kolkata Knight Riders

The third most expensive buy of the auction was by KKR. They bought Shreyas Iyer for INR 12.25 crores, a potential captain of the team. KKR went all out and used up INR 42 crore of its salary purse to retain four players. The franchise entered the auction with a purse of INR 48 crore and bought 21 players.

List of players retained by the team in the auction:

1. Andre Russel (INR 12 crore)
2. Venkatesh Iyer (INR 8 crore)
3. Varun Chakravarthy (INR 8 crore)
4. Sunil Narine (INR 6 crore)

List of players bought by the team in the auction:

1. Shreyas Iyer (INR 12.25 crore)
2. Nitish Rana (INR 8 crore)
3. Pat Cummins (INR 7.25 crore)
4. Shivam Mavi (INR 4.8 crore)
5. Sam Billings (INR 2 crore)
6. Umesh Yadav (INR 2 crore)
7. Alex Hails (INR 1.5 crore)
8. Tim Southee (INR 1.5 crore)
9. Ajinkya Rahane (INR 1 crore)
10. Mohammad Nabi (INR 1 crore)
11. Sheldon Jackson (INR 60 lakh)
12. Rinku Singh (INR 55 lakh)
13. Ashok Sharma (INR 55 lakh)
14. Chamika Karunaratne (INR 50 lakh)
15. Ankul Roy (INR 20 lakh)
16. Rasikh Dar (INR 20 lakh)
17. Baba Indrajith (INR 20 lakh)
18. Pratham Singh (INR 20 lakh)
19. Abhijeet Tomar (INR 20 lakh)
20. Ramesh Kumar (INR 20 lakh)
21. Aman Khan (INR 20 lakh)

Punjab Kings

Punjab went all out and bought Liam Livingstone at INR 11.5 crore and Kagiso Rabada at INR 9.25 crore. They became one of the biggest performers this time. PBKS retained only two of its players for INR 18 crore. They bought 23 players in the auction with the largest purse of INR 72 crore.

List of players retained by the team in the auction:

1. Mayank Agarwal (INR 14 crore)
2. Arshdeep Singh (INR 4 crore)

List of players bought by the team in the auction:

1. Liam Livingstone (INR 11.5 crore)
2. Kagiso Rabada (INR 9.25 crore)
3. Shahrukh Khan (INR 9 crore)
4. Shikhar Dhawan (INR 8.25 crore)
5. Jonny Bairstow (INR 6.75 crore)
6. Odean Smith (INR 6 crore)
7. Rahul Chahar (INR 5.25 crore)
8. Harpreet Brar (INR 3.8 crore)
9. Vaibhav Arora (INR 2 crore)
10. Raj Bawa (INR 2 crore)
11. Nathan Ellis (INR 75 lakh)
12. Prabhsimran Singh (INR 60 lakh)
13. Rishi Dhawan (INR 55 lakh)
14. Sandeep Sharma (INR 50 lakh)
15. Bhanuka Rajapaksa (INR 50 lakh)
16. Benny Howell (INR 40 lakh)
17. Ishan Porel (INR 25 lakh)
18. Jitesh Sharma (INR 20 lakh)
19. Writtick Chatterjee (INR 20 lakh)
20. Baltej Dhanda (INR 20 lakh)
21. Ansh Patel (INR 20 lakh)
22. Atharva Taide (INR 20 lakh)
23. Prerak Mankad (INR 20 lakh)

Royal Challengers Bangalore

RCB maintained its core by retaining Virat Kohli and Glen Maxwell. RCB spent a total of INR 50.45 to buy 18 players over two days of the auction. They spent INR 38 crore to retain three players.

List of players retained by the team in the auction:

1. Virat Kohli (INR 15 crore)
2. Glen Maxwell (INR 11 crore)
3. Mohammad Siraj (INR 7 crore)

List of players bought by the team in the auction:

1. Harshal Patel (INR 10.75 crore)
2. Wanindu Hasaranga (INR 10.75 crore)
3. Josh Hazelwood (INR 7.75 crore)
4. Faf du Plessis (INR 7 crore)
5. Dinesh Kartik (INR 5.5 crore)
6. Anuj Rawat (INR 3.4 crore)
7. Shahbaz Ahmed (INR 2.4 crore)
8. David Willey (INR 2 crore)
9. Sherfane Rutherford (INR 1 crore)
10. Mahipal Lomror (INR 95 lakh)
11. Finn Allen (INR 80 lakh)
12. Jason Behrendorff (INR 75 lakh)
13. Siddharth Kaul (INR 75 lakh)
14. Karn Sharma (INR 50 lakh)
15. Suyash Prabhudessai (INR 30 lakh)
16. Akash Deep (INR 20 lakh)
17. Aneeshwar Gautam (INR 20 lakh)
18. Luvnith Sisodia (INR 20 lakh)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

SRH has been a dominating team since the start and built a team of 23 players. SRH has left with INR 0.10 crore in their purse at the end of the auction. They spent INR 22 crore in retaining three players. The franchise bought 20 players at the auction with the remaining amount.

List of players retained by the team in the auction:

1. Kane Williamson (INR 14 crore)
2. Abdul Samad (INR 4 crore)
3. Umran Malik (INR 4 crore)

List of players bought by the team in the auction:

1. Nicholas Pooran (INR 10. 75 crores)
2. Washington Sundar (INR 8.75 crore)
3. Rahul Tripathi (INR 8.5 crore)
4. Romario Shepherd (INR 7.7 crore)
5. Abhishek Sharma (INR 6.50 crore)
6. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (INR 4.2 crore)
7. Marco Jansen (INR 4.2 crore)
8. Kartik Tyagi (INR 4 crore)
9. T Natarajan (INR 4 crore)
10. Aiden Markram (INR 2.6 crore)
11. Sean Abbott (INR 2.4 crore)
12. Glen Philips (INR 1.5 crore)
13. Shreyas Gopal (INR 75 lakh)
14. Vishnu Vinod (INR 50 lakh)
15. Priyam Garg (INR 20 lakh)
16. J Suchith (INR 20 lakh)
17. R Samarth (INR 20 lakh)
18. Shashank Singh (INR 20 lakh)
19. Saurabh Dubey (INR 20 lakh)
20. Fazalhaq Farooqi (INR 20 lakh)

Rajasthan Royals

RR has played smart and landed some experienced players in their team. Out of INR 90 crore, RR retained three players for INR 28 crore. They bought 20 players from the remaining salary purse of INR 62 crore. At the end of the auction, RR has left with INR 0.95 crore.

List of players retained by the team in the auction:

1. Sanju Samson (INR 14 crore)
2. Jos Buttler (INR 10 crore)
3. Yashasvi Jaiswal (INR 4 crore)

List of players bought by the team in the auction:

1. Prasidh Krishna (INR 10 crore)
2. Shimron Hetmayer (INR 8.5 crore)
3. Trent Boult (INR 8 crore)
4. Devdutt Padikkal (INR 7.75 crore)
5. Yuzvendra Chahal (INR 6.5 crore)
6. Ravichandran Ashwin (INR 5 crore)
7. Riyan Parag (INR 3.80 crore)
8. Navdeep Saini (INR 2.6 crore)
9. Nathan Coulter-Nile (INR 2 crore)
10. James Neesham (INR 1.5 crore)
11. Karun Nair (INR 1.4 crore)
12. Rassie Van Der Dussen (INR 1 crore)
13. Obed Mccoy (INR 75 lakh)
14. Daryl Mitchell (INR 75 lakh)
15. KC Cariappa (INR 30 lakh)
16. Dhruv Jurel (INR 20 lakh)
17. Tejas Baroka (INR 20 lakh)
18. Kuldip Yadav (INR 20 lakh)
19. Shubham Garhwal (INR 20 lakh)
20. Anunay Singh (INR 20 lakh)

Lucknow Super Giants

LSG, being one of the new teams this season, was fully prepared and grabbed some of the experienced players. The franchise entered this season of IPL with a salary purse of INR 59.80 crore and bought 19 players. It retained three players for a total of INR 30.2 crore. LSG is the only team to have exhausted its entire salary purse of INR 90 crore.

List of players retained by the team in the auction:

1. KL Rahul (INR 17 crore)
2. Marcus Stoinis (INR 9.2 crore)
3. Ravi Bishnoi (INR 4 crore)

List of players bought by the team in the auction:

1. Avesh Khan (INR 10 crore)
2. Jason Holder (INR 8.75)
3. Krunal Pandya (INR 8.25)
4. Mark Wood (INR 7.50 crore)
5. Quinton De Kock (INR 6.25 crore)
6. Deepak Hooda (INR 5.75)
7. Manish Pandey (INR 4.6 crore)
8. Dushmanta Chameera (INR 2 crore)
9. Evin Lewis (INR 2 crore)
10. K Gowtham (INR 90 lakh)
11. Ankit Rajpoot (INR 50 lakh)
12. Kyle Myers (INR 50 lakh)
13. Shahbaz Nadeem (INR 50 lakh)
14. Manan Vohra (INR 20 lakh)
15. Mohsin Khan (INR 20 lakh)
16. Karan Sharma (INR 20 lakh)
17. Mayank Yadav (INR 20 lakh)
18. B Sai Sudarshan (INR 20 lakh)
19. Ayush Badoni (INR 20 lakh)

Delhi Capitals

DC bought 20 players during the auction from its available purse of INR 47.50.  It spent INR 42.50 to retain four players. INR 0.10 crore remained in their salary purse after the auction.

List of players retained by the team in the auction:

1. Rishabh Pant (INR 16 crore)
2. Axar Patel (INR 9 crore)
3. Prithvi Shaw (INR 7.5 crore)
4. Anrich Nortje (INR 6.5 crore)

List of players bought by the team in the auction:

1. Shardul Thakur (INR 10.75 crore)
2. Mitchell Marsh (INR 6.5 crore)
3. David Warner (INR 6.25 crore)
4. Khaleel Ahmed (INR 5.25 crore)
5. Chetan Sakariya (INR 4.2 crore)
6. Rovman Powell (INR 2.8 crore)
7. Mustafizur Rehman (INR 2 crore)
8. Kuldeep Yadav (INR 2 crore)
9. KS Bharat (INR 2 crore)
10. Kamlesh Nagarkoti (INR 1.10 crore)
11. Mandeep Singh (INR 1.10 crore)
12. Lalit Yadav (INR 65 lakh)
13. Yash Dhull (INR 50 lakh)
14. Pravin Dubey (INR 50 lakh)
15. Lungi Ngidi (INR 50 lakh)
16. Ashwin Hebbar (INR 20 lakh)
17. Abhishek Sharma (INR 20 lakh)
18. Vicky Ostwal (INR 20 lakh)
19. Sarfaraz Khan (INR 20 lakh)
20. Ripal Patel (INR 20 lakh)

Gujarat Titans

This is one of the newest teams in the Indian Premier League’22. The Titans have appointed Hardik Pandya as their captain this season. GT spent INR 38 crores on retaining three players. Out of the salary purse of INR 52 crore, Gujarat bought 19 players. They had INR 0.15 crore left in their purse at the end of the auction.

List of players retained by the team in the auction:

1. Hardik Pandya (INR 15 crore)
2. Rashid Khan (INR 15 crore)
3. Shubham Gill (INR 8 crore)

List of players bought by the team in the auction:

1. Lockie Ferguson (INR 10 crore)
2. Rahul Tewatia (INR 9 crore)
3. Mohammed Shami (INR 6.25 crore)
4. Yash Dayal (INR 3.2 crore)
5. R Sai Kishore (INR 3 crore)
6. David Miller (INR 3 crore)
7. Abhinav Sadaranganu (INR 2.6 crore)
8. Alzarri Joseph (Rs 2.40 crore)
9. Matthew Wade (Rs 2.40 crore)
10. Jason Roy (INR 2 crore)
11. Wriddhiman Saha (Rs 1.90 crore)
12. Jayant Yadav (INR 1.7 crore)
13. Vijay Shankar (INR 1.40 crore)
14. Dominic Drakes (INR 1.10 crore)
15. Gurkeerat Singh (Rs 50 lakh)
16. Varun Aaron (Rs 50 lakh)
17. Noor Ahmad (INR 30 lakh)
18. Darshan Nalkande (INR 20 lakh)
19. Pradeep Sangwan (Rs 20 lakh)

IPL 2022 brings us a total of 10 teams this season. A total of 204 players were sold for over INR 550 crores, including 67 overseas players. One of the most important players of CSK over the years, Suresh Raina, goes unsold. Ishan Kishan, Liam Livingstone, Shreyas Iyer became the most expensive players to be bought this season.