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):
Mumbai Indians – 25.9cr (10).
Chennai Super K ings- 15.75cr (12).
Gujarat Lions- 14.65cr (13).
Sunrisers Hyderbad – 13.35cr (15).
Kolkata Knight Riders – 11.15cr (11).
Punjab Kings – 10.65cr (14).
Rajasthan Royals- 9.55cr (12).
Royal Challengers Bangalore – 9.25cr (11).
Delhi Capitals- 5.95cr (16).
Lucknow Supergiants- 3.3cr (15).