IPL Auction 2022: Top Indian players like veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan, spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer along with stalwarts like Pat Cummins and Kagiso Rabada are among the top players in the top Rs 2 crore base price bracket in the upcoming Indian Premier League auction. This big auction will be held on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru.
During the two-day auction, 590 players will be bidding. The IPL on Tuesday announced the final auction list, omitting more than half the players from the original list of 1,214 players released last month. This list is based on the interest of the players of the franchise teams.
Of the 590 cricketers involved, a total of 228 are capped (played international matches), while 355 are players who have not represented their national team. It has seven associate countries. Senior India pacers Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane have also placed themselves in the top value category.
These stars are in the category of two crores
Iyer and Dhawan are in the top class but the 10 teams participating in the auction are for young players like Ishan Kishan, Devdutt Padikal, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, last season's top wicket-taker Harshal Patel, spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and pacer Shardul Thakur. would like to bid. All these players are in the top price category of Rs 2 crore.
A total of 370 Indian players and 220 foreign cricketers will participate in this auction, out of which 48 players have placed themselves in the Rs 2 crore category. Overseas players include fast bowler Trent Boult, Cummins, Rabada, Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh and Steve Smith. Franchise teams can bid big for former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan and South Africa's Faf du Plessis. All these players are in the top class list.
Indian stalwarts like Suresh Raina and Robin Uthappa also have a base price of Rs 2 crore but for them the franchise may not show the same interest as before. There are 20 players in the auction list with a base price of Rs 1.5 crore while 34 players are in the list of cricketers with a base price of Rs 1 crore. India's U-19 stars, captain Yash Dhul, Vicky Ostwal and Rajvardhan Hangargekar along with the likes of Shahrukh Khan, Deepak Hooda and Avesh Khan, who are in great shape, will try to make a mark and make their mark during this auction.
South African spinner Imran Tahir, 42, is the oldest player in the auction while 17-year-old Noor Ahmed of Afghanistan is the youngest. Noor is currently playing the Under-19 World Cup in the West Indies. Among all Indian Under-19 players, medium pacer Hangargekar has an auction base price of Rs 30 lakh, while it is Rs 20 lakh for others.
Punjab Kings have the maximum number of 23 slots available while Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians will have to add at least 21 players to the squad. The rest of the teams have 22-22 places. Punjab Kings will go to the auction with the highest of Rs 72 crores, while Delhi Capitals has the lowest with Rs 47.5 crores.
Australia tops the list of most foreign players with 47 cricketers, while 34 West Indies cricketers will stake their claim. 33 players from South Africa, 23 from Sri Lanka, 24 from England, 24 from New Zealand and 17 from Afghanistan are participating in it.
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