Suresh Raina went unsold in the IPL 2022 mega auction, as no franshise showed interest in buying the left-handed batsman. The Batsman’s name was brought up on the very first day of the 2-day auction, but after going unsold on that day, the veteran all-rounder didn’t make in the last list of 69 players for the accelerated auctions on Sunday. Meaning, Suresh Raina is officially out of the 15th edition of the IPL.
CSK decided to buy back most of its players from the core squad, the Yellow Army did not bid for Raina – who remains to be the fourth-highest run-getter in IPL history. Known as ‘Mr. IPL’, Suresh Raina has scored more than 5000 runs in 205 games. Raina is one of the leading run-scorers in Indian Premier League.
The left-handed batsman has scored 5528 runs in 205 IPL games and is the 4th leading run-getter in the tournament currently. The 35-yar-old has also shattered 1 century and 39 fifties in the tournament. He was also the first player in IPL’s history to breach the 5000-run mark and he did it while playing for CSK in the 2019 season.
Meanwhile, fans on Twitter were upset and they slammed Chennai Super Kings for not picking Raina despite having an INR 2.95 crore purse left after finalizing the squad.
Suresh Raina hasn't played any cricket except IPL for last 2-3 years and he's not as big as a name like MS Dhoni. Was always going to go for base price at best. #IPLAuction
I'm broken right now!😊💔💔 No Suresh Raina in the second acceleration list. Chennai Super Kings yeh nahi krna tha naa😭 We want our Chinna Thala 😭😭 #MrIPL#chinnathalapic.twitter.com/0HUCoW5HkB
The day two of the Indian Premier League mega auction ended on Sunday with all 10 teams completing their full quota of players.
On day one, India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan became the most expensive player to be bought by Mumbai Indians (MI) for ₹15.25 crore. Kishan is now the second most expensive Indian player to be ever snapped up at the auctions. However making a huge signing and statement, Mumbai Indians bought England pacer Jofra Archer for Rs 8 crore, on the second day. And England player Liam Livingstone became the first player to breach the double-figure mark on Day 2 of the Indian Premier League Mega Auction, fetching ₹11.50 crore as Punjab Kings won the bidding war for his signature.
Livingstone became the most expensive english player thus far. First session of Day 2 of the IPL 2022 Auction was an interesting one. Liam Livingstone (11.50 cr) and Odean Smith (6 cr) have gone to Punjab Kings, who are building a solid squad. Mumbai Indians have picked up pace, buying Mayank Markande and Jaydev Undakat for economical prices.
Shivam Dube, Khaleel Ahmed might not have played for India in the last year but they have earned big in IPL auction 2022. Chetan Sakariya was another young pacer who had a big pay day after he was picked by DC for Rs 4.2 crore. While Gujarat Titans have been proactive, Lucknow Super Giants bought Dushamanta Chameera. Also Aiden Markram and Marco Jansen have found new homes.
Total of 96 players have been sold so far. With the 33 retentions and drafts put in place, we have 129 spots filled in across 10 teams. It’s to be noted that a minimum of 51 players are to be sold today for the teams to achieve their minimum squad limit of 18 players.
Purse remaining for IPL teams (No. of players in squad):
Total 74 players managed to get buyers on the first day of the Indian Premier League mega players auctions, there were several players both capped and uncapped ,who couldn’t crack any deal. The second day of the auction will also see the 10 franchises engage in a fierce bidding war to grab the best of the best.
Meanwhile, Punjab Kings co-owner Preity Zinta took to Twitter to praise the Mumbai Indians contingent on the first day of the Indian Premier League 2022 mega auction in Bengaluru on Saturday. During the auction, Zinta kept tweeting about the PBKS team and the players they have bought. She also had a special message for the rival team Mumbai Indians and its owner Nita Ambani.
Taking to her official Twitter handle, Zinta wrote, “Good to see Mumbai Indians are Covid compliant at the IPL auction table. Must confess Nita Ambani has pretty eyes.”
Notably, the Punjab Kings have the biggest purse heading into the IPL 2022 auction with a total of Rs 72 crore. They have only retained two players for a salary deduction of Rs 16 crore. PBKS purchased the first player of the day by securing the services of veteran Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan for Rs. 8.25 Crore. They made another purchase from the marquee set by signing South African pacer Kagiso Rabada for Rs. 9.25 Crore.
PSKS list of players signed- Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Rahul Chahar, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Jitesh Sharma, Ishan Porel, Prabhsimran Singh.
Gujarat’s new players: Jason Roy (2 Cr), Abhinav Sadarangani (2.6 Cr), Mohammed Shami (6.25 Cr), Lockie Ferguson (10 Cr), Noor Ahmad (0.30 Cr), R Sai Kishore (3 Cr), Rahul Tewatia (9 Cr)
Ishan Kishan is the most expensive buy so far this IPL 2022 Auction as Mumbai India break the bank and secure him for INR 15.25 crore. Deepak Chahar fetched a colossal 14 crore by Chennai Super Kings to become the second-most expensive player so far this auction. While Prasidh Krishna and Lockie Ferguson bagged 10 crores each, going to RR and LSG, respectively, Josh Hazlewood was bought by RCB for 7.75 crore. Shardul Thakur also bagged big money as DC bought him for INR 10.75 crore.
Avesh Khan became the most expensive uncapped player in the history of IPL auction as he was sold for Rs 10 crore to Lucknow Super Giants. Other uncapped players Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma and Dewald Brevis earned big too.
KKR kept Shivam Mavi by paying Rs 7.25 crore, while SRH paid Rs 4 crore to get paceman Kartik Tyagi. The uncapped categories witnessed some massive bids, with SRH shelling out 6.5 cr for Abhishek Sharma and 8.75 crore for Rahul Tripathi. Then, Gujarat Titans spent INR 9 crore for Rahul Tewatia.
Sunrisers Hyderabad sprang a surprise by roping in Nicholas Pooran for a whopping 10.75 crore. Krunal Pandya and Mitchell Marsh were the other big picks after the IPL 2022 auction resumed. Delhi Capitals got a big bargain as they got David Warner for Rs 6.25 crore. Yuzvendra Chahal was bought for Rs 6.50 crore by Rajasthan Royals.
A total of 74 players were sold on the first day of the Indian Premier League 2022 mega auction. Ishan Kishan (₹15.25 crore), Shreyas Iyer (₹12.25 crore), Deepak Chahar (₹14 crore), Shardul Thakur and Harshal Patel (₹10.75 crore) were some of the prominent names sold at the auction on the 1st day. Among the overseas cricketers, David Warner (₹6.25 crore), Mitchell Marsh (₹6.50 crore), Pat Cummins (₹7.25 crore), Quinton de Kock (₹6.75 crore), Jason Holder (₹8.75 crore), Faf du Plessis (₹7 crore) and Wanindu Hasaranga (₹10.75 crore) were among the big names sold.
Shreyas Iyer became the most expensive marquee player at the Indian Premier League 2022 auction as the Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for ₹12.25 crore.
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. India opener Shikhar Dhawan became the first player to go under the hammer. After an intense bidding war with the Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings bought him for ₹8.25 crore.
The other batters in the first set, Faf du Plessis and David Warner, went to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for ₹7 crore and DC for ₹6.25 crore respectively. On the other hand Ravichandran Ashwin 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 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.
Meanwhile, The IPL 2022 Auction will resume at 3:30 PM IST. Early lunch was taken as auctioneer Hugh Edmeades collapsed mid-event. Reports suggest he is fine and will be back to the event. And according to report, Charu Sharma the presentor will continue the auction. Hugh Edmeades will have a rest.
Day 1 of the Indian Premier League 2022 mega auction is set to get underway in a few hours’ time in Bengaluru. Two new teams Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants will join the existing eight franchises. Meanwhile the BCCI have added a total of 10 names to the auction register on the eve of the IPL 2022 mega auction, taking the number to players in the list to 600.
However, 10 players are kept in the marquee category with a base price of ₹2 crore. The list includes four Indian cricketers and six. The list of Indian marquee players includes Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Shami and Ravichandran Ashwin. The list of foreign marquee players includes Faf Du Plessis, David Warner, Pat Cummins, Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada and Trent Boult.
The other players who are in the two crore bracket are Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, David Miller, Suresh Raina, Jason Roy, Steve Smith, Robin Uthappa, Shakib Al Hasan, Mitchell Marsh, Krunal Pandya, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Sam Billings, Dinesh Karthik, Ambati Rayudu, Matthew Wade, Deepak Chahar, Lockie Ferguson, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mustafizur Rahman, Shardul Thakur, Mark Wood, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adil Rashid, Imran Tahir, Adam Zampa, Mujeeb Zadran, Chris Jordan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Evin Lewis, Jofra Archer, James Vince, Marchant de Lange, Saqib Mahmood, Ashton Agar, David Willey, Craig Overton.
The bidding wars are just around the corner and the excitement is reaching its peak as we gear up for the action-packed two days of the Indian Premier League 2022 Player Auction in Bengaluru.
India beat West Indies by 96 runs in third ODI to complete a 3-0 series whitewash on Friday. This is also India’s 11th successive ODI series win over the Windies.
Earlier, the hosts had a top-order collapse but a dominating partnership by Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant turned the game’s tide. Iyer smacked 80 runs off 111 bals and Pant hammered 56 runs off 54 deliveries. However, Chahar and Washington Sundar played their parts to perfection and forged 53 runs for the seventh wicket. Initially, India were bowled out for 265 runs in 50 overs.
Chasing the target of 266 runs, West Indies team lost three wickets within the first over. Mohammed Siraj provided India with the early breakthrough, dismissing Shai Hope (5). Deepak Chahar picked two wickets in his second over, removing Brandon King (14) and Shamarh Brooks (0). Mohammad Siraj & Prasidh Krishna took 3 wickets each while Kuldeep Yadav picked 2 wickets.
Now, both teams will now travel to Kolkata for a three-match T20I series that begins on February 16. However India vice-captain KL Rahul and all-rounder Axar Patel were ruled out of the three-match T20I series . Rahul has suffered a hamstring injury while fielding in the second ODI and Axar has not fully recovered from his injury. While, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Deepak Hooda replacing them in the squad.
Bangladesh all-rounder Nasir Hossain has gone on trial after being charged with adultery over allegations his wife was still married to her first husband when they tied the knot.
The cricketer had married Tamima Sultana in February 2021. Her first husband Rakib Hasan has filed a case against the Bangladesh International, claiming he is still married to Tamima. It must be noted that Bangladeshi men, but not women, can be punished for adultery in the country. In Bangladesh, only men can be tried for adultery but women can’t. If found guilty, Nasir Hossain could face a punishment of 7 years in jail.
As far as Tamima is concerned, she has been charged with forgery. Rakib’s lawyer Ishrat Hasan claimed that his client’s first wife made a fake divorce notice in order to marry Hossain. “Tamima has forged divorce documents and postal receipts to show that she was no longer married with Rakib,” Rakib’s lawyer Ishrat Hasan said. While, Farid Uddin Khan, who is representing both Hossain and his wife is pretty sure that the pair will be found not guilty. He said that the court could record the testimony of witnesses from March 10.
Nasir Hossain has made over 100 appearances for Bangladesh in international cricket. Hossain has played 19 Tests, 65 ODIs and 31 T20Is respectively scoring 1044, 1281 and 370 runs in the three formats. He has also taken 39 wickets for the national team across formats. He last played an international game, was against Sri Lanka in January 2018.
