2022’s IPL bid sees India’s second player as costliest buy

The IPL 2022 auction in Bengaluru saw 10 teams investing a total of INR 551 crore to acquire 204 players, including 67 foreigners, as India's wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan was the most expensive player at INR 15.25 crore, scooped up by Mumbai Indians.

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In IPL 2022 auction 10 teams investing INR 551 crore. Photo courtesy: IPL/Twitter

He also became the second most expensive Indian player at the event after Yuvraj Singh (INR 16 crore) in 2015.

The bid also witnessed as many as eight players from India among the 10 costliest buys.

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Shreyas Iyer was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 12.25 crore. Photo courtesy: IPL/Twitter

Meanwhile, Deepak Chahar went back to Chennai Super Kings for INR 14 crore, whereas Shreyas Iyer was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 12.25 crore.

Shardul Thakur (INR 10.75 crore – Delhi Capitals), Wanindu Hasaranga (INR 10.75 crore – Royal Challengers Bangalore), Harshal Patel (INR 10.75 crore – Royal Challengers Bangalore), Nicholas Pooran (INR 10.75 crore – Sunrisers Hyderabad), Lockie Ferguson (INR 10 crore – Gujarat Titans), Prasidh Krishna (INR 10 crore – Rajasthan Royals) and Avesh Khan (INR 10 crore – Lucknow Super Giants) were the other players to break the 10-crore mark.

The bargain deals of the day were IPL legend David Warner going for INR 6.25 crore to Delhi Capitals and Quinton de Kock joining Lucknow Super Giants for INR 6.75 crore.

Indian domestic players also made good money; Riyan Parag went for INR 3.80 crore to Rajasthan Royals, while Abhinav Manohar's got a INR 2.60 crore deal from Gujarat Titans after doing well in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

South Africa's U-19 World Cup star Dewald Brevis who is also called the 'Baby AB' was brought by Mumbai Indians for INR 3 crore.

Here is the list of players who were sold on Day 1 & Day 2 of the IPL Auction 2022.

  • Shikhar Dhawan: 8.25 crore (Punjab Kings)
  • R. Ashwin: 5 crore (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Pat Cummins: 7.25 crore (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kagiso Rabada:9.25 crore (Punjab Kings)
  • Trent Boult: 8 crore (Punjab Kings)
  • Shreyas Iyer: 12.25 crore (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Mohammad Shami: 6.25 crore (Gujarat Titans)
  • Faf Du Plessis: 7 crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Quinton De Kock: 6.75 crore (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • David Warner: 6.25 crore (Delhi Capitals)
  • Manish Pandey: 4.6 crore (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Shimron Hetmyer: 8.5 crore (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Robin Uthappa: 2 crore (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Jason Roy: 2 crore (Gujarat Titans)
  • Devdutt Padikkal: 7.75 crore (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Dwayne Bravo: 4.4 crore (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Nitish Rana: 8 crore (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Jason Holder: 8.75 crore (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Harshal Patel: 10.75 crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Deepak Hooda: 5.75 crore (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Wanindu Hasaranga: 10.75 crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Washington Sundar: 8.75 crore (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Krunal Pandya: 8.25 crore (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Mitchell Marsh: 6.5 crore (Delhi Capitals)
  • Ambati Rayudu: 6.75 crore (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Ishan Kishan: 15.25 crore (Mumbai Indians)
  • Jonny Bairstow: 6.75 crore (Punjab Kings)
  • Dinesh Karhik: 5.5 crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Nicholas Pooran: 10.75 crore (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Priyam Garg: 20 lakh (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Abhinav Sadarangani: 2.6 crore (Gujarat Titans)
  • Dewald Brevis: 3 crore (Mumbai Indians)
  • Ashwin Hebbar: 20 lakh (Delhi Capitals)
  • Rahul Tripathi: 8.5 crore (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Riyan Parag: 3.8 crore (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Abhishek Sharma: 6.5 crore (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Sarfaraz Khan: 20 lakh (Delhi Capitals)
  • Shahrukh Khan: 9 crore (Punjab Kings)
  • Shivam Mavi: 7.25 crore (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Rahul Tewatia: 9 crore (Gujarat Titans)
  • Kamlesh Nagarkoti: 1.1 crore (Delhi Capitals)
  • Harpreet Brar: 3.8 crore (Punjab Kings)
  • Shahbaz Ahamad: 2.4 crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • KS Bharat: 2 crore (Delhi Capitals)
  • Anuj Rawat: 3.4 crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Prabhsimran Singh: 60 lakh (Punjab Kings)
  • Sheldon Jackson: 60 lakh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Jitesh Sharma: 20 lakh (Punjab Kings)
  • Basil Thampi: 30 lakh (Mumbai Indians)
  • Kartik Tyagi: 4 crore (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Akash Deep: 20 lakh (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • KM Asif: 20 lakh (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Avesh Khan: 10 crore (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Ishan Porel: 25 lakh (Punjab Kings)
  • Tushar Deshpande: 20 lakh (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Ankit Rajpoot: 50 lakh (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Noor Ahmad: 30 lakh (Gujarat Titans)
  • Murugan Ashwin: 1.6 crore (Mumbai Indians)
  • KC Cariappa: 30 lakh (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Shreyas Gopal: 75 lakh (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • J Suchith: 20 lakh (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • R Sai Kishore: 3 crore (Gujarat Titans)
  • T Natarajan: 4 crore (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Deepak Chahar: 14 crore (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Prasidh Krishna: 10 crore (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Lockie Ferguson: 10 crore (Gujarat Titans)
  • Josh Hazlewood: 7.75 crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Mark Wood: 7.5 crore (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 4.2 crore (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Shardul Thakur: 10.75 crore (Delhi Capitals)
  • Mustafizur Rahman: 2 crore (Delhi Capitals)
  • Kuldeep Yadav: 2 crore (Delhi Capitals)
  • Rahul Chahar: 5.25 crore (Punjab Kings)
  • Yuzvendra Chahal: 6.5 crore (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Aiden Markram: 2.6 crore (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Ajinkya Rahane: 1 crore (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Mandeep Singh: 1.1 crore (Delhi Capitals)
  • Liam Livingstone: 11.5 crore (Punjab Kings)
  • Dominic Drakes: 1.1 crore (Gujarat Titans)
  • Jayant Yadav: 1.7 crore (Gujarat Titans)
  • Vijay Shankar: 1.4 crore (Gujarat Titans)
  • Odean Smith: 6 crore (Punjab Kings)
  • Marco Jansen: 4.2 crore (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Shivam Dube: 4 crore (Chennai Super Kings)
  • K Gowtham: 90 lakh (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Khaleel Ahmed: 5.25 crore (Delhi Capitals)
  • Dushmanta Chameera: 2 crore (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Chetan Sakariya: 4.2 crore (Delhi Capitals)
  • Sandeep Sharma: 50 lakh (Punjab Kings)
  • Navdeep Saini: 2.6 crore (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Jaydev Unadkat: 1.3 crore (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mayank Markande: 65 lakh (Mumbai Indians)
  • Shahbaz Nadeem: 50 lakh (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Maheesh Theekshana: 70 lakh (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Rinku Singh: 55 lakh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Manan Vohra: 20 lakh (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Lalit Yadav: 65 lakh (Delhi Capitals)
  • Ripal Patel: 20 lakh (Delhi Capitals)
  • Yash Dhull: 50 lakh (Delhi Capitals)
  • Tilak Varma: 1.7 crore (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mahipal Lomror: 95 lakh (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Anukul Roy: 20 lakh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Darshan Nalkande: 20 lakh (Gujarat Titans)
  • Sanjay Yadav: 50 lakh (Mumbai Indians)
  • Raj Bawa: 2 crore (Punjab Kings)
  • Rajvardhan Hangarkekar: 1.5 crore (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Yash Dayal: 3.2 crore (Gujarat Titans)
  • Simarjeet Singh: 20 lakh (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Finn Allen: 80 lakh (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Devon Conway: 1 crore (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Rovman Powell: 2.8 crore (Delhi Capitals)
  • Jofra Archer: 8 crore (Mumbai Indians)
  • Rishi Dhawan: 55 lakh (Punjab Kings)
  • Dwaine Pretorius: 50 lakh (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Sherfane Rutherford: 1 crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Daniel Sams: 2.6 crore (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mitchell Santner: 1.9 crore (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Romario Shepherd: 7.75 crore (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Jason Behrendorff: 75 lakh (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Obed McCoy: 75 lakh (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Tymal Mills: 1.5 crore (Mumbai Indians)
  • Adam Milne: 1.9 crore (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Subhranshu Senapati: 20 lakh (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Tim David: 8.25 crore (Mumbai Indians)
  • Pravin Dubey: 50 lakh (Delhi Capitals)
  • Prerak Mankad: 20 lakh (Punjab Kings)
  • Suyash Prabhudessai: 30 lakh (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Vaibhav Arora: 2 crore (Punjab Kings)
  • Mukesh Choudhary: 20 lakh (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Rasikh Dar: 20 lakh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Mohsin Khan: 20 lakh (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Chama Milind: 25 lakh (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Prashant Solanki: 1.2 crore (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Sean Abbott: 2.4 crore (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Alzarri Joseph: 2.4 crore (Gujarat Titans)
  • Riley Meredith: 1 crore (Mumbai Indians)
  • Ayush Badoni: 20 lakh (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Aneeshwar Gautam: 20 lakh (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Baba Indrajith: 20 lakh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Chamika Karunaratne: 50 lakh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Ravikumar Samarth: 20 lakh (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Abhijeet Tomar: 40 lakh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Pradeep Sangwan: 20 lakh (Gujarat Titans)
  • Pratham Singh: 20 lakh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Writtick Chatterjee: 20 lakh (Punjab Kings)
  • Shashank Singh: 20 lakh (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Kyle Mayers: 50 lakh (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Karan Sharma: 20 lakh (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Baltej Dhanda: 20 lakh (Punjab Kings)
  • Saurabh Dubey: 20 lakh (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Mohd Arshad Khan: 20 lakh (Mumbai Indians)
  • Ansh Patel: 20 lakh (Punjab Kings)
  • Ashok Sharma: 55 lakh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Anunay Singh: 20 lakh (Rajasthan Royals)
  • David Miller: 3 crore (Gujarat Titans)
  • Sam Billings: 2 crore (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Wriddhiman Saha: 1.9 crore (Gujarat Titans)
  • Matthew Wade: 2.4 crore (Gujarat Titans)
  • C Hari Nishaanth: 20 lakh (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Anmolpreet Singh: 20 lakh (Mumbai Indians)
  • N Jagadeesan: 20 lakh (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Vishnu Vinod: 50 lakh (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Chris Jordan: 3.6 crore (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Lungi Ngidi: 50 lakh (Delhi Capitals)
  • Karn Sharma: 50 lakh (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Kuldeep Sen: 20 lakh (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Alex Hales: 1.5 crore (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Evin Lewis: 2 crore (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Karun Nair: 1.4 crore (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Glenn Phillips: 1.5 crore (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Tim Seifert: 50 lakh (Delhi Capitals)
  • Nathan Ellis: 75 lakh (Punjab Kings)
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi: 50 lakh (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Ramandeep Singh: 20 lakh (Mumbai Indians)
  • Atharva Taide: 20 lakh (Punjab Kings)
  • Dhruv Jurel: 20 lakh (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Mayank Yadav: 20 lakh (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Tejas Baroka: 20 lakh (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Bhanuka Rajapaksa: 50 lakh (Punjab Kings)
  • Gurkeerat Singh: 50 lakh (Gujarat Titans)
  • Tim Southee: 1.5 crore (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Rahul Buddhi: 20 lakh (Mumbai Indians)
  • Benny Howell: 40 lakh (Punjab Kings)
  • Kuldip Yadav: 20 lakh (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Varun Aaron: 50 lakh (Gujarat Titans)
  • Ramesh Kumar: 20 lakh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Hrithik Shokeen: 20 lakh (Mumbai Indians)
  • K Bhagath Varma: 20 lakh (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Arjun Tendulkar: 30 lakh (Mumbai Indians)
  • Shubham Garhwal: 20 lakh (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Mohammad Nabi: 1 crore (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Umesh Yadav: 2 crore (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • James Neesham: 1.5 crore (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Nathan Coulter-Nile: 2 crore (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Vicky Ostwal: 20 lakh (Delhi Capitals)
  • Rassie van der Dussen: 1 crore (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Daryl Mitchell: 75 lakh (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Siddharth Kaul: 75 lakh (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • B Sai Sudharshan: 20 lakh (Gujarat Titans)
  • Aryan Juyal: 20 lakh (Mumbai Indians)
  • Luvnith Sisodia: 20 lakh (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Fabian Allen: 75 lakh (Mumbai Indians)
  • David Willey: 2 crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Aman Khan: 20 lakh (Kolkata Knight Riders)