IPL 2022 Auction: Will Jofra Archer spark the return of the tie-breaker? – Jofra Archer’s surprise inclusion into the main draw of the IPL 2022 auction could see the return of the famous tiebreaker rule after a decade in the IPL auction this weekend. The tiebreaker has been used only thrice in auction history and never at the mega auction, with the last instance being CSK’s purchase of Ravindra Jadeja back in 2012. Archer is unlikely to be available for the 2022 season but could feature in the next two as he continues recovery from an elbow injury. Follow Insidesport.in for all IPL 2022 auction updates.
IPL 2022 Auction: Will Jofra Archer spark the return of the tie-breaker rule in IPL auction after 10 years? – Check details
Jofra Archer had initially not registered himself in the preliminary list for the IPL 2022 auction but was included in the final list that the 10 franchises had asked the IPL to add into the final shortlist of 590 players. The English pacer is unlikely to feature in the 2022 season as he continues to recover from elbow surgery. As per the ECB’s roadmap, Archer should be ready to play all cricket from June this year.
Should he be picked up in the auction, the franchises will not be able to sign a replacement as Archer has already made himself unavailable for the 2022 season. Archer thus could end up being one of the last plays in the auction and has been listed in the third allrounder set, with Englishman having won the IPL 2020 MVP award in his last season in the league.
The IPL had devised the tie-breaker rule in 2010 and it has been only used thrice in history with the last such instance being in 2012 when CSK poached Ravindra Jadeja. Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians) and Shane Bond (Kolkata Knight Riders) in 2010 are the other two players to have been sold via a tiebreaker.
IPL 2022 Auction: Will Jofra Archer spark the return of the tie-breaker rule in IPL auction after 10 years? – Check details
For a tiebreaker, a franchise will first need to make a “last bid” for a player, wherein it would have exhausted its purse. If there were a “matching bid” from a second franchise that equals the amount raised by the first team, then both teams would enter the silent tie-breaker tussle.
In that scenario, franchises would then need to submit a “written bid” for the player stating the money (in INR) they would pay over and above the last/matching bid. Importantly, the money from the tie-break bid would go to BCCI and not the player. If the silent bids were to be equal, then the process would be repeated again.
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