Hello and welcome to our coverage of the IPL Auction 2022 in Bengaluru. The 10 franchises bought a total of 204 players in the mega-auction.
While the likes of Deepak Chahar, Ishan Kishan, and Shreyas Iyer ruled the day 1 of the auction, players like Jofra Archer, Tim David and Romario Sheperd bagged big money on the second day. Various uncapped players like India U-19 world cup-winning stars like Yash Dhull and Raj Bawa will also become a part of the league.
Check out our day 1 coverage here.
IPL 2022 mega-auction ends
TATA IPL 2022 mega-auction comes to an end after two days of bidding and the teams are formed for the tournament.
Fabian Allen is sold to MI for the base price of ₹75 lakh. RCB buys David Willey for his base price of ₹2 crore.
RCB also buys uncapped Luvnith Sisodia for the base price of ₹20 lakh. Aman Khan goes to KKR for ₹20 lakh.
Pacer Siddharth Kaul now finds a bidder and is sold to RCB for the base price of ₹75 lakh. B. Sai Sudharsan sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹20 lakh. Aryan Juyal goes to MI for ₹20 lakh.
Rassie van der Dussen now sold to RR for the base price of ₹1 crore.
Royals also gets Daryl Mitchell for his base price of ₹75 lakh.
Senior India pacer Ishant Sharma still remains unsold.
Uncapped Vicky Ostwal goes to Delhi for the base price of ₹20 lakh.
New Zealand’s James Neesham now sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹1.5 crore, his base price.
Royals also buys pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile for his base price of ₹2 crore.
Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi goes to KKR for the base price of ₹1 crore. Indian pacer Umesh Yadav also sold to KKR for the base price of ₹2 crore.
Acceleration rounds continue
Another acceleration round begins as franchises still have some money to spend and stols to fill. Unsold players still have a chance at getting picked.
Shubham Garhwal goes to RR for ₹20 lakh.
Arjun Tendulkar, priced at ₹20 lakh, is sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹30 lakh. Gujarat Titans also showed interest in him for one bid.
Hugh Edmeades returms
Hugh Edmeades recovers and comes back to conduct the auction proceedings.
Ramesh Kumar also finds a bidder in this round. Sold to KKR at the base price of ₹20 lakh. Hrithik Shokeen goes to Mumbai for his base price of ₹20 lakh. K. Bhagath Varma also sold to Chennai at the base price of ₹20 lakh.
Kuldeep Yadav gets a bidder this time and is sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹20 lakh.
India pacer Varun Aron is sold to Gujarat Titans for the base price of ₹50 lakh.
Rahul Buddhi is sold to Mumbai Indians for his base price of ₹20 lakh.
Punjab Kings gets Benny Howell with its opening bid of ₹40 lakh.
KKR buys Kiwi pacer Tim Southee for his base price of ₹1.5 crore.
Sri Lankan Bhanuka Rajapaksa now sold to Punjab King for the base price of ₹50 lakh. Gujarat Titans get Gurkeerat Singh for the base price of ₹50 lakh.
Ramandeep Singh sold for ₹20 lakh’s base price to Mumbai Indians. Atharva Taide goes to PBKS with their opening bid of ₹20 lakh.
Dhruv Jurel is sold to RR for the base price of ₹20 lakh.
Mayank Yadav sold to LSG for ₹20 lakh. Tejas Baroka goes to RR for ₹20 lakh.
Tim Seifert goes to Delhi Capitals for the base price of ₹50 lakhs.
Nathan Ellis also sold at base price of ₹75 lakh to Punjab Kings. Fazalhaq Farooqi sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad at the base price of ₹50 lakh.
India batter, Karun Nair, who remained unsold so far, now finds some bidders. KKR and RCB make initial bids before RR jumps in with a bid of ₹1.2 crore. After a round of bidding, Royals get him for ₹1.4 crore.
The teams are now taking good time to deliberate before spending the remaining money in their respective purses.
Kuldeep Sen now finds a bidder and sold to RR for his base price of ₹20 lakh.
Alex Hales too gets a team in this round. KKR buys him for his base price of ₹1.5 crore. Evin Lewis also sold at his price of ₹2 crore to Lucknow Super Giants.
SRH gets Glenn Philips for his base price of ₹1.5 crore.
Spinner Karn Sharma sold to RCB for his base price of ₹50 lakh.
Chris Jordan, earlier passed as unsold, now sees a contest between CSK and RCB. Finally CSK gets him for ₹3.60 crore. He was priced at ₹2 crore. South Africa pacer Lungisani Ngidi sold to Delhi Capitals for the base price of ₹50 lakh.
India pacer Umesh Yadav, with a base price of ₹2 crore, goes unsold.
Uncapped C. Hari Nishanth sold to CSK at the base price of ₹20 lakh.
Anmolpreet Singh also sold for ₹20 lakh to Mumbai Indians.
N. Jagadeesan, priced at ₹20 lakh, goes to CSK at base price.
Uncapped batter Vishnu Vinod, priced at ₹20 lakh, is sold to SRH for ₹50 lakh. MI made initial bids before letting him go to Hyderabad.
Returning from a break, the auction now moves to the last session with the second acceleration round 2.
South Africa’s David Miller, priced at ₹1 crore, is up for grabs and Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals compete for him. The bid now crosses the 3-crore mark as the two franchises go neck and neck for the middle-order finisher. And the Titans win the battle with Royals backing out. Sold for ₹3 crore.
Bangladesh’s star all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan, with a base price of ₹2 crore, goes unsold.
English wicket-keeper batter SamBilling, priced at ₹2 crore, goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for the base price.
India wicket-keeper batter, Wriddhiman Saha is sold to GT for ₹1.9 crore, after a brief contest between with Chennai Super Kings. Australia keeper Matthew Wade, priced at ₹2 crore, goes to Titans for ₹2.4 crore.
Uncapped bowler, Anunay Singh sold to RR for the base price of ₹20 lakh.
In uncapped bowlers, Saurabh Dubey sold to SRH for the base price of ₹20 lakh.
Mohd Arshad Khan sold to MI for ₹20 lakh.
Ansh Patel bought by PBSK for ₹20 lakh. Ashok Sharma, priced at₹ 20 lakh, is sold to KKR for ₹55 lakh. RR too fought for the bowler but lost to Kolkata. Ashutosh Sharma goes unsold.
In uncapped all-rounders Kyle Mayers goes to LSG for his base price of ₹50 lakh.
Amit Ali, priced at ₹20 lakh, goes unsold. Karan Sharma sold to LSG for his base price of ₹20 lakh. Baltej Dhanda bought by PBKS for the base price of ₹20 lakh.
In uncapped all-rounders, Writtick Chaterjee sold to PBKS for his base price of ₹20 lakhs.
Ninad Rathwa and Hrithik Shokeen go unsold.
ShashankSingh sold to SRH for his base price of ₹20 lakh.
Uncapped batter Pratham Singh bought by KKR at the base price of ₹20 lakh.
India uncapped batter, R. Samarth sold to SRH for the base price of ₹20 lakh.
Abhijeet Tomar, with a base price of ₹20 lakh, sold to KKR for ₹40 lakh.
Pradeep Sangwan goes to GT at his base price of ₹20 lakh.
Uncapped all-rounder Kaushal Tambe, priced at ₹20 lakh, goes unsold.
Mukesh Kumar Singh also passes unsold.
Capped bowler Blessing Muzrabani, priced at ₹50 lakh, goes unsold.
David Willey, priced at ₹2 crore, goes unsold.
Chamika Karunaratne of Sri Lanka is sold to KKR at the base price of ₹50 lakh.
All-rounder David Wiese, priced at ₹50 lakh, goes unsold.
Baba Indrajith, priced at ₹20 lakh, sold to KKR for the base price. Kennar Lewis, priced at ₹40 lakh, goes unsold. B. R. Sharath and Sushant Mishra, both uncapped bowlers, go unsold.
Uncapped all-rounder, Benny Howell, priced at ₹40 lakh, goes unsold.
Hayden Kerr, priced at ₹20 lakh, also remains unsold. Saurabh Kumar and Shams Mulani also go unsold. Dhruv Patel and Atit Sheth also fail to find any interest.
AyushBadoni, priced at ₹20 lakh, sold to Lucknow Super Giants at base price.
Aneeshwar Gautam gets a last moment bidder and sold to RCB for the base price of ₹20 lakh.
Uncapped all-rounder, Rahul Buddhi goes unsold.
LaurieEvans also remains unsold.
Riley Meredith, priced at ₹1 crore, sold to Mumbai Indias at the price.
Australia pacer KaneRichardson, with a base price of ₹1.50 crore, passes as unsold.
West Indies pacer Alzarri Joseph, priced at 75 lakh, is up for grabs and Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings make initial bids before Gujarat Titans join the fray. The contest is now between GT and PBKS as the money on him goes up to 2 crore. Titans finally get him for 2.4 crore.
India pacer Dhawal Kulkarni, with a base price of 75 lakh, goes unsold.
All-rounder Ben Cutting, priced at ₹75 lakh, goes unsold.
Pawan Negi, with a base price of ₹50 lakh, also fails to find any buyer. Sean Abbott, with a base price of ₹75 lakh, is sold to SRH for ₹2.4 crore. Sunrisers won the player after battling Punjab for a while.
New Zealand star batter Martin Guptill, priced at ₹75 lakh, goes unsold.
Sri Lanka’s BhanukaRajapaksa, priced at ₹50 lakh, also remains unsold.
RostonChase, priced at ₹1 crore, also passes as unsold.
Uncapped spinner Prashant Solanki’s name sparks a brief contest between Chennai and Rajasthan and CSK gets him. Starting from base price of ₹20 lakh, Solanki gets a decent amount of ₹1.2 crore.
Midhun Sudhesan, priced at ₹20 lakh, goes unsold.
Chama Milind sold to RCB for ₹25 lakh.
Mayank Yadav and Tejas Baroka, both uncapped bowlers, go unsold.
YuvrajChudasama also fails to find any buyers.
Pronouncing in multiple attempts, Mr. Charu Sharma announces Ben Dwarshuis as unsold.
Pankaj Jaswal also goes unsold.
Mohsin Khan sold to Lucknow Super Giants for his base price of ₹20 lakh.
In uncapped bowlers, Vaibhav Arora, with a base price of ₹20 lakh, sold to PBKS for ₹2 crore. Punjab and Kolkata went head to head for a while before KKR gave up.
Mukesh Choudhary sold to Chennai for his base price of ₹20 lakh.
Rasikh Dar sold to KKR for his base price of ₹20 lakh.
Prashant Chopra and Dhruv Jurel, both uncapped wicketkeepers, go unsold.
AryanJuyal, also an uncapped keeper, remains unsold.
PravinDubey, priced at ₹20 lakh, is sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹50 lakh. Prerak Mankad sold to Punjab Kings for his base price of ₹20 lakh.
Suyash Prabhudessai sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹30 lakh. Ramandeep Singh and B. Sai Sudarshan go unsold.
Atharva Taide also goes unsold.
In all-rounders, Singaporean all-rounder Tim David attracts many buyers as RR and KKR battle to get him in their respective side. Starting from ₹40 lakh, the bidding has shot up to ₹5.5 crore. And MI joins the party with ₹5.75 crore and competes with RR and KKR. The contest moves to ₹8 crore. RR has taken a back seat with lack of funds. And Mumbai gets him for a whopping ₹8.25 crore.
Subhranshu Senapati sold to CSK for his base price of ₹20 lakh.
Apoorv Wankhede and Atharv Ankolekar go unsold.
Tom Kohler Cadmore, priced at ₹40 lakh, also goes unsold.
Uncapped India batter, Sameer Rizvi also passes as unsold.
Reece Topley, priced at ₹75 lakh, goes unsold.
Andrew Tye, with a base price of ₹1.5 crore, also remains unsold.
Sandeep Warrior, priced at ₹50 lakh, also does not find any home. Uncapped Tanmay Agarwal too remains unsold.
Tymal Mills, priced at ₹1 crore, is sold to MI for ₹1.5 crore.
Adam Milne, who has a base price of ₹1.5 crore, goes to CSK for ₹1.9 crore.
India pacer Siddharth Kaul, priced at ₹75 lakh, does not get any buyers.
Obed McCoy sold to RR for his base price of ₹75 lakh.
Glenn Philips of New Zealand, priced at ₹1.5 crore, goes unsold.
Jason Behrendorff, priced at ₹75 lakh, gets a last second bid from RCB and is sold for his base price.
Nathan Ellis, priced at ₹75 lakh, also goes unsold.
Fazalhaq Farooqi, priced at ₹50 lakh, too remains unsold.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, priced at ₹50 lakh, goes unsold.
Ben McDermott, with the same base price, goes unsold.
New Zealand all-rounder, Mitchell Santner, priced at ₹1 crore, is sold to CSK for ₹1.9 crore.
Romario Shepherd, priced at ₹75 lakh, is up for grabs and CSK seems to be battling various franchises, including SRH and MI, to get the West Indies all-rounder. RR joins the party as bids shoot up to ₹7 crore. CSK now slows down as SRH and RR go head to head in the heated up contest. Rajasthan’s draining account become a problem as the management takes its time to make bids. RR finally gives up as SRH wins the battle for ₹7.75 crore.
CSK gets all rounder Dwaine Pretorius for his base price of ₹50 lakh.
Sherfane Rutherford also sold to RCB for his base price of ₹1 crore.
Daniel Sams, priced at ₹1 crore, is sold to MI for ₹2.6 crore. Lucknow Super Giants did show some interest in the Australian all-rounder but stepped back as they are close to draining their purse.
Rishi Dhawan, priced at ₹50 lakh, is sold to PBKS for ₹55 lakh.
George Garton, with the same base price, goes unsold.
Interesting contest going on between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals for South Africa pacer Jofra Archer with bids qucikly shooting up to ₹6 crore. It was almost closed for MI at 6.5 ₹crore as SRH joins the race. Now, RR steps back from the contest and SRH gives a tough time to Mumbai. But MI finally gets its man for ₹8 crore.
Sri Lanka pacer Charith Asalanka, with a base price of ₹50 lakh, goes unsold
West Indies Rovman Powell, with a base price of ₹75 lakh, is sold to DC for ₹2.8 lakh. Chennai too contested for Powell until their ₹2.6 crore.
South Africa’s Rassie van der Dussen goes unsold.
Evin Lewis, priced at ₹2 crore, remains unsold.
Karun Nair, with a base price of ₹50 lakh, also goes unsold.
New Zealand’s Devon Conway is sold to Chennai Super Kings for his base price of ₹1 crore.
Alex Hales, priced at ₹1.5 crore, goes unsold.
Category: Accelerated Auction
In this category, the players who have remained unsold so far now have a second chance as franchises get to bid on certain players one more time. All franchises have sent a list of players they are interested in to the IPL management.
New Zealand’s Finn Allen, priced at ₹50 lakh, is sold to RCB for ₹80 lakhs.
Akash Singh, priced at ₹20 lakh, also goes unsold.
Mujtafa Yousuf, with a base price of ₹20 lakh, goes unsold.
Kuldeep Sen, also priced at ₹20 lakh, goes unsold.
Pacer Yash Dayal, priced at ₹20 lakh, gets a good welcome as KKR, RCB and GT contest to buy him. Price has reached to ₹3 crore. Gujarat, however, wins the battle with the highest bid of ₹3.2 crore.
Simarjeet Singh, priced at ₹20, was first announced unsold but CSK makes a late bid and gets him for his base price.
Category: Uncapped pacers
Vasu Vats, with the base price of ₹20, go unsold.
Arzan Nagaswalla and Yash Thakur also remain unsold.
Rajvardhan Hangargekar, priced at ₹30 lakh, sold to CSK for ₹1.5 crore. MI showed significant interest in the player but lost to Chennai.
Raj Angad Bawa, priced at ₹20 lakh, catches interest from franchises as MI and PBKS go head to head. The all-rounder grabbed limelight after his significant contribution with both bat and ball in India’s successful campaign at Under-19 World Cup 2022. His price has reached ₹2 crore with Punjab ahead of Mumbai. And sold to PBKS for ₹2 crore.
Sanjay Yadav, with a base price of ₹20 lakh, is sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹50 lakh. Punjab Kings also showed initial interest in the player.
Darshan Nalkande sold to Gujarat Titans at his base price of ₹20 lakh.
Vicky Ostwal goes unsold.
Anukul Roy, sold to KKR for his base price of ₹ 20 lakh.
After starting slow, N. Tilak Varma’s bids paced up as CSK and MI join the race. RR is also in the fray. He is finally sold to Mumbai for ₹1.7 crore. Initially it seemed as if Varma could be sold near his base price of ₹20 lakh. However, things got lucky for the Hyderabad boy.
Mahipal Lomror, priced at ₹40 lakh, is sold to RCB for ₹95 lakhs. RCB had to battle Lomror’s previous franchise RR to get him
India’s Under-19 world cup-winning captain Yash Dhull, priced at ₹20 lakh, is up for grabs now. Delhi and Punjab make bids for the youngster. Finally sold to DC for ₹50 lakh.
Category: uncapped all-rounders
Lalit Yadav, priced at ₹20 lakh, is sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹65 lakh . SRH too fought for Yadav but lost to DC.
Ripal Patel sold to DC at his base price of ₹20 lakh.
Auction resumes after lunch break.
Uncapped Rinku Singh, priced at ₹20 lakh, is sold to KKR for ₹55 lakh.
Manan Vohra sold to LSG for the base price of ₹20 lakh.
Another uncapped batter, Ricky Bhui, priced ₹20 lakh, fails to find a team.
Auction now moves to uncapped batters.
Virat Singh, with a base price of ₹20 lakh, goes unsold.
Himmat Singh and Sachin Baby with the same base price also remain unsold.
Harnoor Singh and Himanshu Rana also go unsold.
New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi also remains unsold. He was priced at ₹50 lakh.
India veteran Piyush Chawla, priced at ₹1 crore, has also gone unsold this time.
Karn Sharma, priced at ₹50 lakh, goes unsold.
Teams are now taking their time to think before making bids as their purses are about to drain.
Spinner Shahbaz Nadeem sold to Lucknow Super Giants at the base price of ₹ 50 lakhs.
Sri Lanka’s Maheesh Theeksana, priced at ₹50 lakh, is bought by CSK for ₹70 lakh.
South Africa’s Tabraiz Shamsi, with a base price of ₹1 crore, goes unsold.
Qais Ahmed, priced at ₹50 lakh, also remains unsold.
Auction now moves to the next category of spinners.
Mayank Markande, with a base price of ₹50 lakh, is sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹65 lakh.
Nathan Coulter-Nile, priced at ₹2 crore, goes unsold. Mumbai was expected to attempt to get back the pacer in their side.
Jaydev Unadkat, priced at ₹75 lakh, almost went unsold as MI makes a bid with the sound of closing hammer. Now MI and CSK bid for the India pacer. And he is sold to MI for ₹1.3 crore. This is Mumbai’s first purchase of the day.
Sheldon Cottrell of West Indies, priced at ₹75 lakh, goes unsold.
India pacer Navdeep Saini, priced at ₹75 lakh, is under the hammer now. Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals are going head to head for him and the bids have reached ₹2.60 crore. And finally sold to RR for ₹2.60 crore.
Chetan Sakariya, with a base price of ₹50 lakh, is being bid upon and Rajasthan Royals are fighting RCB and PBKS to get their pacer back. After the three teams took his price up to ₹1.7 crore, DC heats up the moment with their ₹1..8 crore bid. The DC-RR battle now takes up the bidding to ₹3 crore. RR: 3.2 crore, DC: 3.4 crore, RR: 3.6 crore, DC: 3.8 crore, RR: 4 crore, DC: 4.2 crore. And sold to Delhi.
Pacer Sandeep Sharma sold at his base price of ₹50 lakh to Punjab Kings.
South Africa’s Lungisani Ngidi, with a base price of ₹50 lakh, remains unsold.
Sri Lanka pacer Dushmanta Chameera, priced at ₹50 lakh, is sold to LSG for ₹2 crore. Royal Challengers Bangalore too bid for him but lost to Lucknow.
Syed Khaleel Ahmed, with a base price of ₹50 lakhs, is us for the grabs. Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals are currently battling for the pacer with bids reaching up to ₹5 crore. Sold for ₹5.25 crore to DC.
As the auction resumes after a short break, India pacer Ishant Sharma, with a base price of ₹1.5 crore, goes unsold.
Krishnappa Gowtham, with a base price of ₹50 lakhs, is sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹90 lakhs.
Lucknow Super Giants, PBKS and SRH make bids for Indian all-rounder Shivam Dubey, whose base price is ₹50 lakh. After the price crosses ₹2 crore, CSK joins the battle and is currently leading with a bid of ₹2.80 crore. PBKS takes it to ₹3.40 crore and CSK immediately goes up to ₹3.6 crore. Punjab: ₹3.8 crore and CSK quickly responds with ₹4 crore. Chennai wins the battle with ₹4 crore.
South Africa pacer Marco Jansen, priced at ₹50 lakh, is sold to SRH for ₹4.2 crore. Mumbai Indians too fought for Jansen, who was with them last year.
SRH and PBKS make bids for West Indies all-rounder Odean Smith, whose base price is ₹1 crore. He is currently being bid at ₹4.40 as Rajasthan Royals make their first bid of the morning. The price goes up to ₹5.25 crore as SRH, RR and PBKS fight for Smith, who made headlines in the recently-concluded ODI series against India. He is finally sold to PBKS for ₹6 crore.
Chris Jordan of England goes unsold.
Vijay Shankar, whose base price is ₹50 lakh, is sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹1.4 crore. CSK also bid for Shankar but gave up as the price went up.
India spinner Jayant Yadav is sold to Gujarat Titan for ₹1.70 crore.
James Neesham of NewZealand goes unsold.
Dominic Drakes, who has a base price of ₹75 lakh, is sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹1.10 crore.
England all-rounder Liam Livingstone has the base price of ₹1 crore. After Chennai Super Kings and KKR go head to head for Livingstone, Punjab Kings jumps in and is currently bidding at ₹6 crore. KKR and PBKS are now competing for the player. Gujarat Titans enter the bidding with ₹7 crore and now goes head to head with PBKS. It gets interesting as the teams fight for the Englishman and the bid has reached ₹10 crore. GT seems to have given up as the price goes up, while Sunrisers Hyderabad join the party with ₹11.25 crore. However, he is sold to PBKS for ₹11.50 crore.
Australia’s T20 captain Aron Finch, with the base price of ₹1.5 crore, goes unsold.
Former KKR skipper, Eoin Morgan remains unsold. Morgan had a base price of ₹1.5 crore.
Marnus Labuschagne of Australia goes unsold.
Mandeep Singh, with a base price of ₹85 lakh, is sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹1.10 crore.
England batter Dawid Malan, with a base price of ₹1.5 crore, goes unsold.
India batter Ajinkya Rahane sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for the base price of ₹1 crore.
Adien Markram, with a base price of ₹1 crore, is the first player to go for bidding on day 2. He is sold for ₹2.6 crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Auctioneer Hugh Edmeades absent
IPL auctioneer Hugh Edmeades, who collapsed midway through the opening day of the auction, is still not fully recovered and has not been available to conduct the bidding proceedings. Sports presenter Charu Sharma, who filled in for Edmeades on Saturday, will continue the auction.
Day 2 begins
Day 2 of the TATA IPL 2022 auction begins.
