IPL Auction 2022: IPL Highest Earner: It is that time of the year when all the franchises come together for the Auction before the start of the Indian Premier League. Players force the teams to break the bank to acquire their services. The young Indian superstars, Ishan Kishan (15.25 CR) and Shreyas Iyer (12.25 CR) topped this year’s list. Harshal Patel was also the third Indian on this list with (10.75 CR). FOLLOW IPL Auction LIVE UPDATES
IPL Auction 2022 Highest Earner: From Ishan Kishan to Shreyas Iyer, franchises break banks for Indian superstars
IPL Auction 2022: IPL Highest Earner: Mumbai Indians did their best and retained the young and exciting wicket-keeper batsman, Ishan Kishan. Although he didn’t have a good IPL last year but we all know how dangerous he can be on his day. Ishan can play shots all over the park and can even give you starts at the front as well. Mumbai Indians were going against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the bidding and finally, Mumbai went a step ahead and paid 15.25 crores for Ishan.
IPL Auction 2022 Highest Earner: From Ishan Kishan to Shreyas Iyer, franchises break banks for Indian superstars
Shreyas Iyer is fresh after his brilliant knock for Team India against West Indies. Iyer has gone to Kolkata Knight Riders for a price of 12.25 crores. He is a solid middle-order batsman and also can captain aside if needed. KKR were going against Gujarat Titans in the bidding and finally, KKR sealed it with a price tag of 12.25 crores.
IPL Auction 2022 Highest Earner: From Ishan Kishan to Shreyas Iyer, franchises break banks for Indian superstars
IPL Auction 2022: IPL Highest Earner: Next up is Nicholas Pooran, the lefty batsman from Caribbean Islands. Sunrisers Hyderabad paid a whopping 10.75 crores mot get him in their ranks. After a disappointing end to the last IPL season for SRH, they will now look to build a formidable team.
Wanindu Hasaranga, the leg-spinner from Sri Lanka has gone to Royal Challengers Bangalore this year. RCB paid a whopping 10.75 crores to sign him. He can be handy with his leg-spin in the middle overs. Hasaranga has a deadly googly which poses a problem for the batsman at the other end.
IPL Auction 2022 Highest Earner: From Ishan Kishan to Shreyas Iyer, franchises break banks for Indian superstars
Harshal Patel, the medium pace bowler again went to his previous team, RCB. He was the purple cap holder last year and also bowled superbly. It was as if Harshal was playing a different ball- game last year. RCB paid 10.75 crores to get him back in their side. He showed that he can pick wickets both with the new ball and the old ball as well.
Kagiso Rabada, the fast bowler from South Africa went to Punjab Kings this year. Preity Zinta’s owned team, Punjab had to pay 9.25 crores to get him in their side. He can be lethal with his line and length. Plus he bowls super fast which can cause problems to the batsman.
IPL Auction 2022: IPL Highest Earner:: Top picks of previous years in the IPL
2008
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the highest-paid player for Chennai Super Kings in the inaugural IPL. CSK shed almost 9.5 crores the Captain Cool.
2009
Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff, the English players were picked by RCB and CSK. Both the teams shed 9.8 crores for their services.
IPL Auction 2022 Highest Earner: From Ishan Kishan to Shreyas Iyer, franchises break banks for Indian superstars
2010
Shane Bond and Kieron Pollard, the New Zealand pacer and West Indian all-rounder. KKR bought Shane and Pollard was bought by Mumbai Indians. Both the teams shed 4.8 crores each.
2011
Gautam Gambhir was the first player to break the 10 crore barrier. He was signed by KKR for a whopping price of 14.9 crores.
2012
Ravindran Jadeja, the all-rounder from Gujarat was bought by CSK. Chennai paid 12.8 crores for him as they realized his potential.
2013
Glenn Maxwell, the Australian all-rounder went to Mumbai Indians. MI paid 6.3 crores for the hard-hitting batsman.
IPL Auction 2022 Highest Earner: From Ishan Kishan to Shreyas Iyer, franchises break banks for Indian superstars
2014
Yuvraj Singh, the all-rounder from India was picked by RCB. The Bangalore team almost broke Gambhir’s record and paid 14 crores for Yuvraj Singh.
2015
Yuvraj Singh broke every record till now as he was picked by Delhi Daredevils. The Delhi team paid a whopping 16 crores for the lefty batsman.
2016
Shane Watson, the all-rounder from Australia was picked by RCB. The Bangalore team paid 9.5 crores to get him onboard.
2017
Ben Stokes, the English all-rounder was picked by Rising Pune Supergiants. The Pune team paid 14.5 crores for the all-rounder.
IPL Auction 2022 Highest Earner: From Ishan Kishan to Shreyas Iyer, franchises break banks for Indian superstars
2018
Ben Stokes, was now heading to Rajasthan Royals. The Rajasthan team paid 12.5 crores for him.
2019
Jaydev Unadkat and Varun Chakravarthy, are the two players from India. Jaydev was picked by Rajasthan Royals and Varun was picked by Kings XI Punjab.
2020
Pat Cummins, the pacer from Australia went to KKR. The Kolkata team paid 15.5 crores to get him in their side.
2021
Chris Morris, the all-rounder from South Africa went to Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan’s team had to shed 16.25 crores for Morris to get him in their ranks.
IPL Auction 2022 Highest Earner: From Ishan Kishan to Shreyas Iyer, franchises break banks for Indian superstars
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