NEW DELHI: India opener Shikhar Dhawan became the first player to be sold on day one of the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction in Bengaluru on Saturday, bought by the Punjab Kings. Whereas, India's young wicket-keeper batter Ishan Kishan will rejoin Mumbai Indians after getting a whopping Rs 15.25 crore, the highest bid so far of the auction.
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Ishan's winning bid was the second highest ever among Indians at auction after Yuvraj Singh's Rs 16 crore. At 23, Ishan is a long term investment and has already won two IPL titles with the Mumbai franchise. Ishan was their highest run-scorer in the successful 2020 campaign, scoring 516 runs.
India pacer Deepak Chahar will remain at Chennai Super Kings after fetching a whopping Rs 14 crore to be the second biggest buy of the auction so far. Chahar, who contributed with both bat and ball (38 & 2/41) in the 3rd ODI against West Indies on Friday, ensued a fierce bidding war before CSK retained him with their highest bid ever in an auction.
Pacer Prasidh Krishna, who won the Man-of-the-Series award for his 9 wickets in the ODI series against the Windies, will play for Rajasthan Royals after getting a Rs 10 crore bid. Sunrisers Hyderabad shelled out Rs 4 crore for the services of pacer T Natarajan.
Pacer Avesh Khan, who represented Delhi Capitals in the last season, broke the bank by fetching Rs 10 crore from Lucknow Super Giants to become the biggest buy so far among the uncapped players. Avesh took 24 wickets for DC last season to finish second in the Purple Cap race.
Punjab Kings retained Shahrukh Khan after a fierce bidding war, spending Rs 9 crore and making him the joint second biggest buy among the uncapped players so far. Shahrukh, who had a base price of Rs 40 lakh, was bought for Rs 5.25 crore by the Punjab franchise in the last auction. Punjab also retained uncapped Harpreet Brar and Prabhsimran Singh for Rs 3.8 crore and Rs 60 lakh respectively.
Matching the Shahrukh's bidding price was Rahul Tewatia, who was also bought for Rs 9 crore by Gujarat Titans.
IPL's star batter Rahul Tripathi, with a base price of Rs 40 lakh, shone at the auction too, fetching a whopping Rs 8.5 crore from Sunrisers Hyderabad. SRH also retained the services of Abhishek Sharma for Rs 6.5 crore. Rajasthan Royals retained Assam's Riyan Parag, after bidding the youngster for Rs 3.8 crore.
Pacer Shivam Mavi will remain at Kolkata Knight Riders after the two-time champions bought him for Rs 7.25 crore. Mavi's pace partner in India's 2018 U-19 World Cup squad, Kamlesh Nagarkoti will play for Delhi Capitals after fetching Rs 1.1 crore winning bid. DC then bought wicketkeeper KS Bharat for Rs 2 crore.
Pacer Kartik Tyagi also got a good sum of Rs 4 crore and will play for SRH in the upcoming season. Next to break the crore-mark among uncapped players was Murugan Ashwin, bought by MI for Rs 1.6 crore.
Royal Challengers Bangalore retained bowling allrounder Shahbaz Ahamad, base price Rs 30 lakh, by spending Rs 2.4 crore. RCB then outbid Gujarat to win the bid for wicket-keeper Anuj Rawat for Rs 3.4 crore.
Uncapped Karnataka batter Abhinav Sadarangani surprised many by getting Rs 2.6 crore from Gujarat Titans, 13 times his base price of Rs 20 lakh. Gujarat then bought Tamil Nadu spinner R Sai Kishore for Rs 3 crore.
SRH bought Priyam Garg for his base price of Rs 20 lakh, while Delhi Capitals bagged Andhra's Ashwin Hebbar and Sarfaraz Khan for Rs 20 lakh each.
KKR bought back Sheldon Jackson for Rs 60 lakh, which is double his base price, before Punjab bought Jitesh Sharma for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
South Africa's 18-year old allrounder Dewald Brevis, base price Rs 20 lakh, got Rs 3 crore from Mumbai Indians for his services. Brevis was in the team of the tournament of the just concluded ICC U-19 World Cup. MI then bought pacer Basil Thampi for his base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Services of Indian pacers are coming in premium prices as Delhi Capitals spent Rs 10.75 crore for Shardul Thakur, while SRH retained Bhuvneshwar Kumar for Rs 4.2 crore. DC also bought Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman for the base price of Rs 2 crore.
Overseas pacers are also getting good prices for their services with Gujarat Titans spending Rs 10 crore for New Zealand fast bowler Lockie Ferguson. Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood will join Royal Challengers Bangalore after getting a Rs 7.75 crore winning bid, while England's Mark Wood bagged Rs 7.5 crore from Lucknow Super Giants.
From the pool of spinners, Yuzvendra Chahal fetched Rs 6.5 crore from Rajasthan Royals, while Rahul Chahar and Kuldeep Yadav were bought by Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals for Rs 5.25 crore and Rs 2 crore respectively.
Nicholas Pooran, who led West Indies in the final two ODIs against India in the recently concluded series, was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 10.75 crore, joint highest among overseas players so far.
Experienced wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik will turn up for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the upcoming edition, after getting Rs 5.5 crore bid for his service.
Soon after the auction resumed after the lunch break, Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga was bought for Rs 10.75 crore by RCB, making him the biggest overseas buy of the day so far.
India all-rounder Washington Sundar, with a base price of Rs 1.5 crore, will now ply his trade for Sunrisers Hyderabad after bagging a whopping Rs 8.75 crore bid. It was SRH's first buy of the auction. After a fierce bidding war with Hardik Pandya led Gujarat Titans, Lucknow Super Giants bought Krunal Pandya, base price Rs 2 crore, for Rs 8.25 crore.
Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh will join compatriot David Warner at Delhi Capitals after fetching more than three times his base price of Rs 2 crore to bag Rs 6.5 crore bid. Ambati Rayudu is returning to Chennai Super Kings after getting Rs 6.75 crore, while England's Jonny Bairstow was bought by Punjab Kings for the similar price.
In a tragic turn of events, auctioneer Hugh Edmeades fell motionless later in the auction, bringing the proceedings to a halt just before the lunch break. According to the official statement, Edmeades had an unfortunate fall due to Postural Hypotension during the auction. The medical team attended to him immediately after the incident and he is stable. Presenter Charu Sharma continued with the auction proceedings for the day.
Earlier, it was Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) who spent the most for a single player in the opening exchanges for marquee players to take home Shreyas Iyer.
Before that, the Punjab franchise shelled out Rs 8.25 crore for the left-handed Dhawan. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) showed interest in the batsman initially, bidding alongside Delhi Capitals. But Punjab joined the battle and eventually clinched the bid. Dhawan's base price was Rs 2 crore.
In the fierce bidding war for Shreyas, it was KKR who got him for Rs 12.25 crore. He could go on to lead the side, as KKR are looking for a captain as well. Shreyas led Delhi Capitals and could be KKR's best bet as skipper.
The other young Indian player who took home crores was fast bowler Harshal Patel, having made heads turn during the last edition of the league.
As the bids of Harshal travelled from one franchise table to the other in the auditorium, it looked like he will outscore Shreyas on the chart of money-earners.
However, the final bid for Harshal stood at Rs 10.75 crore by Bangalore, which means he will continue to ply his trade in the RCB shirt.
Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was bought for Rs 5 crore by Rajasthan Royals.
Australia's Test captain Pat Cummins, considered one of the hottest foreign picks, fetched Rs 7.25 crore, which is almost a 50% pay cut from the last auction. He, however, will continue to play for the Kolkata franchise, who had decided not to retain the Aussie ahead of the auction.
Punjab added another player from among the marquee players in the form of South African pacer Kagiso Rabada.
The Punjab franchise, who entered the auction with the fattest purse, shelled out Rs 9.25 crore for Rabada.
Among the other big Indian marquee players in the opening round, Mohammed Shami became Gujarat Titans' first fast bowler. He fetched a final bidding price of Rs 6.25 crore.
Shami was one of the most successful and consistent bowlers for Punjab Kings during his stint with the franchise.
Among the hot-favourite foreigners, New Zealand pacer Trent Boult was sold for Rs 8 crore to Rajasthan Royals, veteran South African batsman Faf du Plessis for Rs 7 crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Proteas opener Quinton de Kock for Rs 6.75 crore to new-entrants Lucknow Super Giants.
De Kock became the first IPL buy for Lukcnow, while Du Plessis in RCB camp could mean he may go on to lead the side, after Virat Kohli stepped aside at the end of the last season.
Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj had been retained by RCB ahead of the auction.
David Warner's controversial end to his stint with Sunrisers Hyderabad last season led to him being not retained and he came into the marquee pool. His stupendous show at the T20 World Cup meant he remained a hot property.
The Australian opener eventually fetched Rs. 6.25 crore and will now be seen in the Delhi colours. He was the last player bid for in the opening round for marquee players.
Manish Pandey, the first century-maker of the IPL, went under the hammer first after the a breather in the auction process.
The right-handed batsman was bought by the Lucknow team for Rs 4.6 crore, up from his base price of Rs 1 crore.
West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer, who came into the auction pool after not being retained by Dehli Capitals, was bought by the Rajasthan Royals for Rs 8.25 crore.
Delhi was locked in a battle with Rajasthan who eventually outbid their rivals for Hetmyer.
Jason Roy was the first England player to come into the auction pool. The hard-hitting England batsman had a solitary bidder in the form of Gujarat Titans, who paid Rs 2 crore to add him to their line-up.
Roy's high-profile team-mates Joe Root and Ben Stokes had withdrawn from the auction after England's Ashes drubbing at the hands of Australia.
Robin Uthappa was bagged for Rs 2 crore by Chennai Super Kings.
South African middle-order batsman David Miller became the first unsold player of the auction. However, the franchises have an option to bring unsold players back in the bidding pool before the end of the auction on Sunday.
Suresh Raina, one time top scorer of the IPL, later became the second unsold player, followed by another big name -- Australia's Steve Smith.
Devdutt Padikkal, who made news as one of the most promising batsman during the last edition of the IPL, will now play for Rajasthan Royals.
Padikkal became richer by Rs 7.75 crore.
Batsman Nitish Rana, who recently made his debut for India, was bought back by KKR after a contest between multiple team owners. But Kolkata managed to bring him back to their camp for a whopping Rs 8 crore.
It was next the turn of West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder to earn the big bucks. Former India opening Virender Sehwag had picked Holder among his five foreign players who could be bid for heavily, and he was right.
Holder went to the new IPL team Lukcnow Super Giants for Rs. 8.75 crore.
Holder's former West Indies teammate and fellow all-rounder Dwayne Bravo was roped back in to their camp by CSK, who spent Rs 4.40 crore for a successful bid for the veteran.
Middle-order batsman Deepak Hooda, who made his international debut in India's home ODI series against West Indies, was bought for Rs 5.75 crore by Lucknow.
