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Jos Buttler has welcomed Ravichandran Ashwin into the Rajasthan Royals squad for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 edition. IPL 2022 AUCTION LIVEAshwin was picked up by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 5 crore on Day 1 of the mega auction on Saturday.
IPL franchises at an auction are about choices which can at times be shocking, tactics which can defy logic and heavy splurge which either pays or prove to be a dead investment. The 10 franchises spent Rs. 388.10 crore on 74 players on day 1 of the two-day IPL mega auction here on Saturday. The script of the top picks went mostly on expected lines with Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan, the cynosure among Indian players, ensuring a bidding war. Kishan was Mumbai Indian's first buy of the day and also the franchise’s most expensive in the tournament history. Kishan went for a jaw-dropping Rs 15.25 crore, making him the second most expensive Indian player at an auction after Yuvraj Singh (16 crore).
IPL 2022 mega auction live updates: The second day of the IPL 2022 mega auction will begin at noon in Bengaluru on Sunday. As many as 97 players went under the hammer on the first day of the IPL auction on Saturday. Ishan Kishan (Rs 15.25 crore) and Deepak Chahar (Rs 14 crore) were the biggest buys of the day after being picked up my Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, respectively.
IPL auction in 2016, Ishan Kishan was trying to lay bat on ball in the nets of the India U-19 team in Fatullah, a town on the suburbs of Dhaka. IPL AUCTION 2022 LIVEHe was about to lead India U-19 in a World Cup quarterfinal the next day and he was barely able to connect his big hits. Coach Rahul Dravid, visibly frustrated, asked Ishan’s deputy Rishabh Pant to take him aside and calm him down. An hour later, a naïve Ishan had told TOI: “I don’t have to think about it now. Isske baad IPL hi toh khelna hain, I hope (anyway, I will have to mostly play IPL after this).” A day later, Pant became the big-money player of the pack, fetching Rs 1.9 crore while Ishan had to be content with Rs 35 lakh.
Punjab Kings were in no mood to let the local boys ply their trade in other franchises in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season. The Anil Kumble-coached franchise was involved in intense bidding with the other franchises to acquire the home-grown talent during Saturday’s mega IPL auction in Bengaluru. IPL AUCTION 2022 LIVEIn the process, the franchise managed to have the last laugh while bidding for Zirakpur left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar and Patiala wicketkeeper-batsman Prabhsimran Singh.
Avesh Khan’s burst of pace has brought him close to an India berth. And now the Madhya Pradesh fast bowler became the most expensive uncapped Indian player in the history of IPL after Lucknow Super Giants acquired his services for Rs 10 crore, a more than 25-time increase on his base price of Rs 20 lakh. He surpassed K Gowtham’s record when CSK had picked the allrounder at the 2018 IPL mini auctions for Rs 9.25 crore. IPL AUCTION 2022 LIVEAvesh was not retained by Delhi Capitals despite proving his mettle with the ball in last season’s IPL. He had 24 wickets to his name from 16 matches and finished as the second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament. But it was his ability to consistently clock 145kph and match the likes of South African pacers Kagiso Rabada and Andre Nortje that brought him into the limelight.
Josh Hazlewood was the big Australian winner on the first day of the Indian Premier League auction as he landed a $A1.44m deal to join Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore.
ATK Mohun Bagan rode on Liston Colaco's brilliant show to climb to the second spot after they beat wooden spooners NorthEast United FC 3-1 in the Indian Super League in Margao on Saturday. Suhair Vadakkepeedika (17th) gave NEUFC the lead early on before Joni Kauko (22nd) drew level only for Liston (45th) to make it 2-1 just before half time. Liston was all over NEUFC in the second half as he fed Manvir Singh (52nd) for the team's third goal before making way for Kiyan Nassiri in the 66th minute to cap off another brilliant night.