New Delhi: Apart from Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer and spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, Australia’s aggressive batsman David Warner is likely to be the top draw in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction next month. More than 1,200 players have registered for this auction.
Apart from Shreyas and Chahal, 10 teams will bid on Indian players like senior opener Shikhar Dhawan, batsman Ishan Kishan, pacers Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar, last time top wicket takers Harshal Patel and Avesh Khan and spinner Rahul Chahar and all-rounder Washington Sundar. . These Indian players can be bidding for Rs 7-15 crore, while foreign players include Warner and South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada, Mark Wood of England, Mitchell Marsh and Pat Cummins of Australia and Trent Boult of New Zealand. Bidding may take place.
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His franchise Chennai Super Kings can again show interest in players like Faf du Plessis and Dwayne Bravo. “A total of 1214 players (896 Indian and 318 foreign) have registered for the IPL 2022 auction,” IPL said in a statement issued on Saturday. The auction will take place on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru. A total of 33 players have been retained or selected by different teams before the players’ auction. The current eight IPL franchises have retained a total of 27 players, including Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Chennai Super Kings, Rohit Sharma in Mumbai Indians and Virat Kohli at Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Two new IPL teams have picked six players, in which Hardik Pandya has been appointed as the captain of the Ahmedabad franchise and KL Rahul has been appointed as the captain of the Lucknow franchise. The players who have been retained include Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Kane Williamson, Jos Buttler, Glenn Maxwell etc. This time a player from Bhutan has also registered while a record 14 players from America have registered.
Australia’s maximum 59 and South Africa’s 48 players have submitted their claim for the auction. Apart from this West Indies (41), Sri Lanka (36), England (30), New Zealand (29) and Afghanistan (20) are some other countries from where many players have registered. Players from Namibia (5), Nepal (15), Netherlands (1), Oman (3), Scotland (1), Zimbabwe (2), Ireland (3) and United Arab Emirates (1) will also be part of the auction. (agency)