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Sanju Samson led from the front with a blistering 55 as Rajasthan Royals opened their season campaign in the IPL with an emphatic 61-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season is upon us with the tournament opener just two days away. The first match of the upcoming season will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). However, Rajasthan Royals will begin their campaign on March 29 against the SunRisers Hyderabad and ahead of the first match, new recruit Devdutt Padikkal said Jos Buttler one player he is really looking forward to sharing the dressing room with.
The preparations for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 have well and truly begun and players have started arriving in Mumbai to link up with their respective franchises. On Monday evening, Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson along with new signings Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Devdutt Padikkal, Prasidh Krishna, and Karun Nair joined the team camp in Mumbai.
Devdutt Padikkal slammed his maiden first-class hundred, an unbeaten 161, as Karnataka ended day one of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match against Pondicherry here at 293 for 3. Sent in to bat by Pondicherry captain D Rohit, Karnataka were reduced to 39 for 2 in the 19th over, losing opener R Samarth (11) and Karun Nair (6) to Ashith Rajiv (2 for 37). Padikkal did the rescue act and moved to 47 as Karnataka recovered to 88 for 2 at lunch. The big-hitting batter was in full flow in the second session as he and K V Siddharth (85) put the opposition bowlers to the sword.
Shreyas Iyer predictably became the highest paid player among the marquee set with Kolkata Knight Riders clinching him for a whopping Rs 12.25 crore after an intense bidding war at the Indian Premier League auction here on Saturday. India seamer Harshal Patel, who was IPL's top wicket-taker last year, enjoyed a fantastic auction as Royal Challengers Bangalore retained him for Rs 10.75 crore. Some of the veteran India players like Shikhar Dhawan, bought for Rs 8.25 crore by Punjab Kings, and Mohammed Shami, gone for Rs 6.25 crore to new entrants Gujarat Titans, also enjoyed a good pay day.