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What a day! Action, drama, entertainment and lots of crores spent in Bengaluru on Saturday as the Day 1 of IPL 2022 mega auction proved to be one of the most astonishing days ever in history of Indian Premier League. After a scary incident involving auctioneer Hugh Edmeades who collapsed during the event, he was well attended by medical team and was fortunately fine. However, he was recommended to take rest and was eventually replaced by Charu Sharma for the remainder of day.
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In the auction battle, there were some intense bidding wars for various players producing lot of exciting moments for the fans. Ravichandran Ashwin, who had a rather controversial incident with Jos Buttler in the tournament, is all set to unite with the English wicketkeeper batter at Rajasthan Royals. On the other hand, Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya (who had a huge fight in domestic cricket few months back) will represent the same franchise - Lucknow Super Giants - in the upcoming season.
This is what IPL is all about and just in case if you missed the mega auction, here is the entire summary of how things unfolded in Bengaluru on Saturday:
Team Squads
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande
Delhi Capitals: David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman, Sarfaraz Khan, KS Bharat, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ashwin Hebbar
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Jason Roy, Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Rahul Tewatia, Noor Ahmad, Abhinav Manohar Sadarangani, R. Sai Kishore
Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy, Sheldon Jackson, Shivam Mavi
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Ravi Bishnoi, Mark Wood, Avesh Khan, Ankit Singh Rajpoot
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Jasprit Bumrah, Murugan Ashwin, Dewald Brevis, Basil Thampi
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Shahrukh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh, Ishan Porel
Rajasthan Royals: Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Riyan Parag, KC Cariappa
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, Shahbaz Ahamad, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, J Suchith, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Kartik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal, Priyam Garg
Purse Remaining
Chennai Super Kings: Total players - 10; Purse left - Rs 20.45 Cr
Delhi Capitals: Total players - 13; Purse left - Rs 16.50 Cr
Gujarat Titans: Total players - 10; Purse left - Rs 18.85 Cr
Kolkata Knight Riders: Total players - 9; Purse left - Rs 12.65 Cr
Lucknow Super Giants: Total players - 11; Purse left - Rs 6.90 Cr
Mumbai Indians: Total players - 8; Purse left - Rs 27.85 Cr
Punjab Kings: Total players - 11; Purse left - Rs 28.65 Cr
Rajasthan Royals: Total players - 11; Purse left - Rs 12.15 Cr
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Total players - 11; Purse left - Rs 9.25 Cr
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Total players - 13; Purse left - Rs 20.15 Cr
Highest Purchases
Ishan Kishan was the most expensive player on Day 1 of IPL 2022 Mega Auction after he was picked up by Mumbai Indians, following an intense battle. Meanwhile, Deepak Chahar was the most expensive pacer as he was also signed by his former franchise - Chennai Super Kings. Among the overseas players, Wanindu Hasaranga (to RCB) and Nicholas Pooran (to SRH) turned out to be the mega signings.
Here is a list of top expensive buys of Day 1:
Ishan Kishan - Sold to MI for Rs 15.25 Cr
Deepak Chahar - Sold to CSK for Rs 14 Cr
Shreyas Iyer - Sold to KKR for Rs 12.25 Cr
Shardul Thakur - Sold to DC for Rs 10.75 Cr
Wanindu Hasaranga - Sold to RCB for Rs 10.75 Cr
Nicholas Pooran - Sold to SRH for Rs 10.75 Cr
Harshal Patel - Sold to RCB for Rs 10.75 Cr
Unsold Players
There were some big names who surprisingly found no buyers at IPL 2022 mega auction on Saturday. Here is the list of few key players who went unsold: David Miller, Steve Smith, Suresh Raina, Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Nabi, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Sam Billings, Umesh Yadav, Adil Rashid, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Imran Tahir, Adam Zampa, Amit Mishra, Sandeep Lamichhane.
It will be interesting to see if any of these above mentioned players return to mega auction on Day 2 and get a contract for IPL 2022. After an action-packed day, the event will resume at IST 12 noon on February 13 (Sunday).
