The Mega IPL Auction 2022 is well underway in Bengaluru with franchises splurging eye-popping money on T20 stars from around the globe. Few have lived up to the billing while there are others who have surprised everyone with the interest the teams have shown in them and the amount they’re willing to spend to secure their services. Shreyas Iyer, part of marquee players, who was the costliest pick having been purchased by Kolkata Knight Riders for a cool Rs 12.75 crore, was later trumped by Ishan Kishan who was purchased by Mumbai Indians for a record Rs 15.25 crore.

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Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals have been one of the perennial underachievers of the Indian Premier League and have boasted of a strong, squad over the years, still, they are yet to win a title. The closest they came was in 2020 when they entered the final for the first time only to finish as the runners-up. IPL 2022 mega auction has provided them with a fresh start to rebuild their squad and hope it will result in their first-ever title win.

DC retained four players including Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, and Anrich Nortje last year. They spent Rs 42.5 crore from their total budget of Rs 90 crore on ensuring the services of these T20 stars. Thus, they enter the IPL mega auction with Rs 47.5 crore in the bank.

1. David Warner – Rs 6.25 crore
2. Mitchell Marsh – Rs 6.50 crore
3. Kuldeep Yadav – Rs 2 crore
4. Shardul Thakur – Rs 10.75 crore
5. Mustafizur Rahman – Rs 2 crore
6. Ashwin Hebbar – Rs 20 lakh
7. Sarfaraz Khan – Rs 20 lakh

Mumbai Indians

Five-time champions Mumbai Indians retained four players ahead of the IPL mega auction. They retained Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, and Kieron Pollard last year while releasing the rest as per the rules.

From their total purse of Rs 90 crore, MI spent Rs 42 crore on retaining the services of the four stars and thus will enter the IPL auction with Rs 48 crore in the bank. They will have to build a squad of a maximum of 25 players. And having already reserved four of these players, they have now 21 open slots of which seven could be overseas cricketers.

1. Ishan Kishan – 15.25 crore
2. Dewald Brevis – 3 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Judging by their performance last season, it seems that Sunrisers Hyderabad needs this IPL 2022 mega auction more than anyone else. SRH will be aiming to assemble a squad that can replicate their success of 2016 when they won their only title to date. They retained Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, and Umran Malik ahead of the auction.

The franchise spent Rs 22 crore in retaining these three players and thus has been left with Rs 68 crore (from a total cap of Rs 90 crore) to spend at the mega auction in Bengaluru. They have 22 open slots (from a maximum cap of 25 players) of which seven can be filled by overseas players.

1. Washington Sundar (Rs 8.75 crore)
2. Nicholas Pooran (Rs 10.75 crore)
3. T Natarajan (Rs 4 crore)
4. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Rs 4.2 crore)
5. Priyam Garg (Rs 20 lakh)
6. Rahul Tripathi (Rs 8.5 crore)
7. Abhishek Sharma (Rs 6.5 crore)

Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings are entering the auctions with an aim to build a fresh squad (nearly) considering and their fans would agree how much they need to change. In 14 seasons of the Indian Premier League, they can count just two seasons of any note – the inaugural when they made the semi-finals and in 2014 when they finished runners-up. Barring these two, they have never finished among the top four. So, last year when they retained just Mayank Agarwal and Arshdeep Singh, it came as a little surprise.

In retaining just two players, PBKS spent Rs 18 crore of their total cap of Rs 90 crore. So, they were left with Rs 72 crore – the most among the 10 teams – to splurge at the IPL mega auction in Bengaluru. They also have the most open slots – 23 – and of which eight can be filled by overseas players.

1. Shikhar Dhawan (Rs 8.25 crore)
2. Kagiso Rabada (Rs 9.25 crore)
3. Jonny Bairstow (Rs 6.75 crore)
4. Rahul Chahar (Rs 5.25 crore)
5. Shahrukh Khan (Rs 9 crore)
6. Harpreet Brar (Rs 3.8 crore)

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore will be hoping to end their long wait for a maiden IPL trophy this time around as they rebuild their squad. The three-time finalists retained three players ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction including Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, and Mohammed Siraj.

RCB, who made the playoffs last season, spent Rs 33 crore on retaining the three players while releasing the rest. Out of their total purse of Rs 90 crore, they now have Rs 57 crore remaining which they will hope to build a fresh squad that can bring the silverware home.

1. Faf du Plessis – Rs 7 crore
2. Harshal Patel – Rs 10.75 crore
3. Wanindu Hasranga – Rs 10.75 crore
4. Josh Hazlewood – Rs 7.75 crore
5. Dinesh Karthik – Rs 5.50 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders

Two-time IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders decided to retain four players in the lead-up to the mega auction in Bengaluru. They retained Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, and Sunil Narine last year while remaining the rest from their squad.

From their total purse of Rs 90 crore, KKR spent Rs 42 crore on these four players and so were left with Rs 48 crore to splurge at the mega auction. Having retained four players, they have now have 21 open slots of which seven could be overseas cricketers (a team can have a squad of a maximum of 25 players).

1. Shreyas Iyer – 12.25 crore
2. Pat Cummins – 7.25 crore
3. Nitish Rana – 8 crore
4. Shivam Mavi – 7.25 crore

Chennai Super Kings

Four-time champions Chennai Super Kings retained four players ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction in Bengaluru. From their total purse of Rs 90 crore, CSK spent Rs 42 crore on retaining Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Moeen Ali.

So the CSK entered IPL 2022 auction with a total purse of Rs 48 crore. Each franchise can have a squad of a maximum of 25 players so the defending champions were left with 21 open slots to fill of which seven could be overseas stars.

1. Dwayne Bravo – 4.4 crore
2. Robin Uthappa – 2 crore
3. Ambati Rayudu – 6.75 crore
4. Deepak Chahar – 14 crore
5. KM Asif – 20 lakh
6. Tushar Deshpande – 20 lakh

Gujarat Titans

IPL newbie Gujarat Titans have made their auction debut in Bengaluru. CVC Capitals placed the winning bid for the franchise last year and then signed Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, and Shubman Gill ahead of the mega auction. They will be hoping to build a strong squad around these players as they gear up for their maiden IPL season.

From their budget of Rs 90 crore, in picking the three players, GT spent Rs 38 crore. They had Rs 52 crore to buy players at the two-day event. They have 22 open slots (for building a squad of a maximum of 25 players) and seven of these can be overseas players.

1. Mohammed Shami (Rs 6.25 crore)
2. Jason Roy (Rs 2 crore)
3. Lockie Ferguson (Rs 10 crore)
4. Abhinav Sadarangani (Rs 2.6 crore)
5. Rahul Tewatia (Rs 9 crore)

Lucknow Super Giants

Lucknow Super Giants made their IPL auction debut on Saturday. The Lucknow-based franchise was won by RPSG Group last year after placing a successful bid. Ahead of the mega auction, last month, they were given a chance to sign three players from the auction pool and they picked KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, and Ravi Bishnoi.

In picking these three players, LSG spent Rs 31 crore from their total budget of Rs 90 crore. So they were left with 59 crores to buy players in Bengaluru across two days. They have 22 open slots (can have a maximum of 25 players in the squad) and of the seven could be from overseas.

1. Quinton de Kock (Rs 6.75 crore)
2. Manish Pandey (Rs 4.6 crore)
3. Jason Holder (Rs 8.75 crore)
4. Deepak Hooda (Rs 5.75 crore)
5. Krunal Pandya (Rs 8.25 crore)
6. Mark Wood (Rs 7.5 crore)
7. Avesh Khan (Rs 10 crore)
8. Ankit Rajpoot (Rs 50 lakh)

Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals’ life in the Indian Premier League began on a fairytale note as they won the title despite not being among the favorites in the inaugural season back in 2008. However, since then, they have qualified for the playoffs thrice and yet to make it to the summit clash. They rebuilt their squad over the years but failed to replicate the success. IPL 2022 mega auction presents them with a chance to start afresh. They retained Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, and Yashasvi Jaiswal last year and released the remaining members of their squad.

RR spent Rs 28 crore in retaining these three players and thus enter the latest IPL auction with a total budget of Rs 62 crore. Since each franchise can have a squad of a maximum of 25 players, RR was left with 22 open slots to fill of which seven could be from overseas.

1. Ravichandran Ashwin (Rs 5 crore)
2. Trent Boult (Rs 8 crore)
3. Shimron Hetmyer (Rs 8.5 crore)
4. Devdutt Padikkal (Rs 7.75 crore)
5. Prasidh Krishna (Rs 10 crore)
6. Yuzvendra Chahal (Rs 6.5 crore)
7. Riyan Parag (Rs 3.8 crore)
8. KC Cariappa (Rs 30 lakh)