IPL 2022 Player Auction Live: 590 cricketers up for grabsIPL Mega Auction 2022 Team Players List, CSK, RR, MI, KKR, RCB, PBKS, SRH, DC,GT,LSG Team 2022 Players List: India international Shreyas Iyer predictably became the highest-paid player among the marquee set with Kolkata Knight Riders making a whopping bid of Rs 12.25 crore after an intense price war at the Indian Premier League auction on Saturday. Iyer’s entry in KKR fold ensures a captaincy candidate for them while the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned franchise also got back their Australian pace spearhead Pat Cummins for half the price at Rs 7.25 crore.
One of the biggest gainer was South African pacer Kagiso Rabada who fetched more than a million dollar with Punjab Kings successfully buying him for Rs 9.25 crore. As it was known, senior India players had some great bids going their way with Shikhar Dhawan getting Rs 8.25 crore from Punjab Kings.
Ravichandran Ashwin also got Rs 5 crore winning bid from Rajasthan Royals while Trent Boult, with his left-arm swing bowling, laughed his way to the bank with a handsome Rs 8 crore bid from Rajasthan Royals. Mohamed Shami was taken by Gujarat Titans for Rs 6.75 crore, the same amount that Lucknow Giants paid for Quinton de Kock.
The IPL mega auction will be held in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13. (Twitter/IPL)
Presenter Charu Sharma will conduct the auction. Hugh Emeades can't continue right now, following his collapse on the stage.
The 2022 IPL auction in Bangalore on Saturday had to be paused after auctioneer Hugh Edmeades, 62, collapsed on stage. Update from the auction venue is that Edmeades fainted and thankfully there were no internal issues. He is recovering and feeling better after medical assistance, while the auction is set to resume at 3.30 pm. Read
Harshal Patel’s has been an eventful journey, one laden with rejection and dejection, doubts and setbacks, but from one which he emerged stronger to blossom late with a little inspiration from Dylan songs. There is music to Harshal Patel’s bowling. The rhythmic strides into crease, the unhurried gather and release, and the note-perfect riffs of his deliveries. The music he produces with the ball is a fusion of cricket’s subtle tones—curl, dip, swerve, cut, and change of pace. For batsmen last IPL, those were deathly tunes, as he ended the league with 32 wickets, joint most with Dwayne Bravo for most wickets in any season. Read
The IPL 2022 Auction was paused on Day 1 after auctioneer Hugh Edmeades collapsed on stage mid-way during the bidding for Wanindu Hasaranga. Hugh Edmeades, who was appointed in 2018 to conduct the IPL auctions by the BCCI, replaced the previous auctioneer Richard Madley and has been responsible for conducting the mega event each year ever since. Read
The auction will resume at 3.30 pm.
Lunch has been taken in Bengaluru after Hugh Edmeades, the auctioneer, dramatically collapsed. Edmeades is doing fine but, it was a just physical fall, there are no internal issues with him.
Hugh Edmeades, the auctioneer, has collapsed. The auction has been paused. Punjab Kings are in the lead at 10.75 crore for Wanindu Hasaranga.
The first round of auction of 10 marquee players threw up an ‘opening surprise’, Shikhar Dhawan going to Punjab Kings for Rs 8.25 crore after a three-way bidding war. Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals, too, were heavily involved in the bidding before giving up. For a 36-year-old player out of the Indian T20I set-up, such intense bidding was unexpected, with the franchises keeping an eye on the future. But every auction has its own dynamics and sometimes the auction room mood decides the eventual outcome. Read
All-rounder Deepak Hooda goes under the hammer. CSK have their eyes on him along with Mumbai Indians & Lucknow Super Giants. Deepak Hooda will join his Punjab Kings skipper KL Rahul at the Lucknow Super Giants. He is sold for Rs 5.75 crores.
Royal Challengers Bangalore has snapped up their 'Purple Cap' winner Harshal Patel for a whopping Rs 10.75 crore. CSK, SRH were also in the bidding war.
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan remained unsold.
West Indies all-rounder Jason Hodler is bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 8.75 crore.
After a fierce battle between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, Nitish Rana is sold to KKR for 8 crore. The southpaw has played for both franchises in the past. Lucknow Titans jump in to bid for Rana later, but he will don 'gold and purple.'
Dwayne Bravo returns to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 4.4 crore. Delhi were also in the race for a while.
IPL legend Suresh Raina has remains unsold. No buyers for Steve Smith as well.
Young India opener Devdutt Padikkal is bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 7.75 crore.
David Miller remains Unsold.
Jason Roy is up next and Gujarat Titans are interested straightaway. He is sold for Rs 2 crore to the Gujarat Titans.