IPL 2022: Mr. IPL Suresh Raina and Steve Smith failed to attract bids during the mega auction – In a shocking turn of events Suresh Raina and Steve Smith have gone unsold during the IPL mega auctions. The two-day IPL mega auctions got underway in Bengaluru. Follow IPL 2022 Auction LIVE & IPL Auction LIVE Updates with us.
Raina and Smith had set themselves a base price of two crores. All eyes were on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) when the former’s name was announced during the auction. Nicknamed as Mr. IPL, Raina has been a name common with CSK.
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IPL 2022: Darling of IPL auctions and CSK goes unsold, no takers for Steve Smith as well
He is their leading run-scorer and has scored 5528 runs in 205 IPL matches. The seasoned campaigner though has not found any takers and it could be due to his age and dwindling batting prowess.
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IPL 2022: Darling of IPL auctions and CSK goes unsold, no takers for Steve Smith as well
Steve Smith fails to get attract bids from 10 franchises
Former Australia captain Steve Smith too went unsold. Once a millionaire and one of the most sought-after players, the right-hand batter failed to get a paddle among the 10 franchises. During the last year’s mega auction also Smith got only two bids from RCB and DC. This time though we won’t see the charismatic batter in action. Apart from Smith, even David Miller and Shakib-Al Hasan went unsold.
IPL 2022: Darling of IPL auctions and CSK goes unsold, no takers for Steve Smith as well
SET 2 COMPLETED
- Suresh Raina / Steve Smith UNSOLD
- Devdutt Padikkal– Base Price 2 Cr / Padikkal is a millionaire, sold to Royals for 7.75 crores.
- Jason Roy goes to Gujarat Titans for 2 Cr / David Miller goes unsold.
- Hetmyer gone to Rajasthan Royals for 8.5 Cr, Bidding war between DD & RR for Hetmyer. West Indian started at 1.5 Cr Base Price. / Robin Uthappa to CSK for 2 Cr Base Price
- Manish Pandey: Lucknow Super Giants gets him for 4.6 CR
IPL 2022: Darling of IPL auctions and CSK goes unsold, no takers for Steve Smith as well
IPL AUCTION LIVE UPDATES – 1ST SET SOLD: R Ashwin / Trent Boult / Pat Cummins / Quinton De Kock / Shikhar Dhawan / Faf DuPlessis / Shreyas Iyer / Kagiso Rabada / Mohammad Shami / David Warner.
- After 1st set of players MI, SRH & CSK yet to buy a player in AUCTION
- David Warner: Goes to Delhi Capitals for 6.25 CR
- Quinton De Kock: de Kock sold to Lucknow for 6.75 crores. That’s a bit of a steal of a price. Opening batter, left-hander, the wicketkeeper, proven performer. Surprisingly MI did not go big for him.
- Faf Du Plessis: Will CSK get active? No, it is RCB who gets him for 7 CRORE. No AB de Villiers, but his schoolmate will be there.
- Mohammed Shami: Gujarat Titans gets him for 6.25 CR / GREAT BUY.
- Shreyas Iyer: KKR gets Iyer for 12.25 Cr / Highest BID of the DAY – Little last-minute fight from GT. KKR HAVE probably sealed their captain too with that bid.
- Trent Boult: Rajasthan Royals gets Boult for 8 Cr
- Kagiso Rabada – 9.25 Cr to Punjab Kings / Delhi slide out at 8 crores, but Punjab take up the baton. Punjab make their second big splash.
- Pat Cummins – KKR for 7.25 CR / Stays with his old franchise at half the price. Still considerable. Just short of a dollar millionaire.
- Ashwin SOLD to Rajasthan Royals for 5 CR
- Shikhar Dhawan is sold to Punjab Kings for 8.25 crore.
IPL 2022: Darling of IPL auctions and CSK goes unsold, no takers for Steve Smith as well
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