IPL 2022 Auction: No Brian Lara in auction – Sunrisers Hyderabad will miss their star-studded coaching staff at the IPL 2022 auction. Batting coach Brian Lara and pace-bowling coach Dale Steyn will not be in Bengaluru for the auctions on February 12 & 13 due to IPL’s cap on attendance at the auction. Instead, head coach Tom Moody will lead the contingent. Follow IPL 2022 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Sunrisers Hyderabad released a star-studded line-up of the coaching staff after Trevor Bayliss stepped down. Tom Moody, Brian Lara, Dale Steyn and Muttiah Muralitharan will be shaping the future of SRH IPL 2022 onwards. But with the attendance cap due to Covid-19 regulations, not all will be able to join.
IPL 2022 Auction: Tom Moody to lead SRH in auction, Brian Lara & Dale Steyn to join over phone due to attendance cap
Introducing the new management/support staff of SRH for #IPL2022!
Orange Army, we are #ReadyToRise! 🧡@BrianLara #MuttiahMuralitharan @TomMoodyCricket @DaleSteyn62 #SimonKatich @hemangkbadani pic.twitter.com/Yhk17v5tb5
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) December 23, 2021
“The attendance cap definitely won’t allow any franchise to with all the expertise at the auction. Tom will be there for us and we expect Murali to be there too. But Dale and Lara will be available on the phone. We will have a small contingent at the auction,” a source close to SRH told InsideSport.
SRH retained just three players ahead of the auction. Kane Williamson will continue as the captain while SRH opted to retain Abdul Samad. With no David Warner and Rashid Khan, SRH will have to go all in at the auction. They are left with Rs 68 Crore and will have to fill 21 players.
IPL 2022 Auction: Tom Moody to lead SRH in auction, Brian Lara & Dale Steyn to join over phone due to attendance cap
Take a look at the @SunRisers retention list 👍#VIVOIPLRetention pic.twitter.com/fXv62OyAkA
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) November 30, 2021
IPL 2022 Auction: Tom Moody to lead SRH in auction, Brian Lara & Dale Steyn to join over phone due to attendance cap
IPL 2022 Auction: 10 Golden rules frachises will have to follow
- The IPL 2022 auction will take place in a bio-bubble.
- The officials representing the franchises are asked to clear COVID tests with negative RT-PCR report on February 9, 10 & 11. The testing will be conducted by BCCI accredited medical agency.
- There will be no Right to Match (RTM) option in IPL 2022 Auction: No teams can retain their old players with final calls unlike previous editions of IPL. It will threaten the core of Mumbai Indians (MI), Delhi Capitals (DC) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) among big names. Thus, all the teams are likely to witness a massive overhaul.
- The IPL 2022 purse has been raised to Rs 90 crore from 80 crore to accommodate more players, especially from the domestic circuit.
- Participants who have returned to India after overseas tours in the last 15 days will have to undergo 7 days mandatory quarantine and test negative on Day 8 & 9 (twice). That’s the reason foreign representatives of teams have already entered BI0-BUBBLE in BENGALURU.
- BCCI will keep a close watch on those arriving at the team hotel on February 11. They will be monitored for COVID-19 symptoms.
- The testing will be conducted between 12 am to 7 am to ensure smooth conduct of the IPL 2022 Auction on February 12-13. The members will stay in their rooms until declared negative for the virus.
- Only the participants who pass the test and complete quarantine norms will be eligible to take part.
- All the attendees will have to share full details including COVID vaccination results (if any) with the BCCI medical team.
- All the participants will have to wear masks in the auditorium at the auction table.
As many as 10 teams will take a part in the auction with the addition of Ahmedabad & Lucknow Franchises. The auction will take place in a strict bio-secure bubble amid challenging COVID-19 scenarios in the country.
IPL 2022 Auction: Tom Moody to lead SRH in auction, Brian Lara & Dale Steyn to join over phone due to attendance cap
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