IPL 2022: Aussies badly snubbed at IPL AUCTION – Australians have been favourites in the IPL. That Aussies always have had large contingents proved that point. However, this time, franchises chose a different strategy, banking big on home talents while not breaking banks for Aussie stars. The likes of Steve Smith, Aaron Finch, Adam Zampa all went unsold. A total of 11 players were sold at the auction, bringing down the representation to just 13. Follow IPL 2022 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Furthermore, Aussies were paid a total of Rs 59.7 Crore. Apart from the established stars, the likes of Ben McDermott, Andrew Tye, Daniel among others suffered a similar fate at the mega auction as 11 Aussie stars went unsold.
IPL 2022: Aussies badly snubbed at IPL AUCTION, no takers for Aaron Finch, Steve Smith, Adam Zampa and many others, Australians lose 50% of their IPL Salary
- The likes of marquee players and T20 World Cup heroes David Warner and Mitchell Marsh were bought at a relatively cheaper price.
- IPL teams had clear intention that Australians are no longer flavour of IPL 2022/ next cycle, put together Aussie couldn’t earn Rs 50 crore out of 551+ crore
- David Warner, Mitchell Marsh & Pat Cummins were bought for steals
- More than two dozen players UNSOLD with likes of Steve Smith & Aaron Finch unable to find buyers even at BASE Price
- Tim David & Josh Hazlewood remained the only positives from Australia at IPL 2022 mega auction
IPL 2022: Aussies badly snubbed at IPL AUCTION, no takers for Aaron Finch, Steve Smith, Adam Zampa and many others, Australians lose 50% of their IPL Salary
1st Fact – Many big names snubbed
Adam Zampa, Ashton Agar, Marnus Labuschagne, Andrew Tye, Moises Henriques, James Faulkner, D’Arcy Short, Josh Phillipe, Billy Stanlake, Ben Cutting, Ben McDermott, Kurtis Patterson, Wes Agar, Jack Wildermuth, Joel Paris, Hilton Cartwright, Chris Green, Matt Kelly, Ben Dwarshuis, Hayden Kerr, Tanveer Sangha, Alex Ross, Jake Weatherald, Nathan McAndrew, Tom Rogers, Liam Guthrie, Liam Hatcher, Jasom Sangha, Matt Short, Aidan Cahill
2nd Fact – No of Australians in IPL have come down
Only 11 players could attract bids from IPL franchises at mega auction. They are
David Warner, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Sean Abbott, Riley Meredith, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Marsh, Mathew Wade, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Daniel Sams.
IPL 2022: Aussies badly snubbed at IPL AUCTION, no takers for Aaron Finch, Steve Smith, Adam Zampa and many others, Australians lose 50% of their IPL Salary
3rd Fact – their salaries have come down
David Warner- Rs 6.25 crore [Last IPL salary- Rs 12.5 Cr by SRH]
Pat Cummins- Rs 7.25 crore [Last IPL salary- Rs 15.5 Cr by KKR]
Nathan Coulter-Nile- Rs 2 crore [last IPL salary- Rs 5 crore by MI]
Riley Meredith-Rs 1 crore [Last IPL salary- Rs 8 crore]
Jason Behrendorff- Rs 75 lakh [Last IPL salary- 1 crore]
- Daniel Sams- Rs 2.6 crore
- Nathan Ellis-Rs 75 lakh
- Sean Abbott- Rs 2.4 crore
- Mathew Wade- Rs 2.4 crore
- Mitchell Marsh- Rs 6.25 crore
- Josh Hazlewood- Rs 7.75 crore
IPL 2022: Aussies badly snubbed at IPL AUCTION, no takers for Aaron Finch, Steve Smith, Adam Zampa and many others, Australians lose 50% of their IPL Salary
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