IPL Auction 2022 LIVE – 10 Big Things to WATCH OUT FOR: The much awaited IPL Auction starts at 12. 10 IPL franchises today are ready to shower 561.5 Cr in auction over next two days. Be it IPL Auction Purse, IPL Auction Rules, Total No. of players, Sequence of players in auction or BROADCAST & LIVE streaming of IPL Auction – Check TOP 10 things to watch out for today in IPL Auction: Follow IPL 2022 live updates & IPL Auction LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
IPL Auction 2022 LIVE: 10 BIGGEST things to watch out today in IPL Auction, action begins at 12: Follow LIVE Updates
- 1) 20 Crore Salary Mark: Will IPL gets it 1st 20 Crore plus SALARY player?
- 2) LSG & GT’s Performance: How the new teams of Lucknow Super Giants & Gujarat Titans fair in IPL Auction?
- 3) 3 teams looking for captaincy candidate – will PBKS, KKR, RCB get the right man to lead them in IPL 2022?
- 4) Who will be the HIGHEST PAID Foregin star? Will it be Cummins or Warner or someone else?
- 5) Will Shreyas Iyer Punt pay? Shreyas Iyer was chased both by LSG & GT to join their ranks. But he decided to be in IPL Auction. Will it pay for the Indian star?
- 6) Auction Strategy of Teams: This is 15th year of IPL & teams are very mature and understand the auction well. It will be interesting to watch & check their strategy at IPL Auction this year. How they manage their funds will be the most interesting part to watch.
- 7) Will Old Horses have takers? Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik all are proven customers. But will they have takers in IPL Auction? How the oldest player in auction Imran Tahir fairs?
- 8) Marquee Set of 10 Players: Day 1 of Auction will begin with MARQUEE SET of 10 players which almost every franchise or IPL Stakeholder believes will be the set of MOST WANTED PLAYERS – How this marquee sets fair in auction will be the most interesting thing to follow.The 1st set will include – R Ashwin / Trent Boult / Pat Cummins / Quinton De Kock / Shikhar Dhawan / Faf DuPlessis / Shreyas Iyer / Kagiso Rabada / Mohammad Shami / David Warner.
- 9) Sreesanth in IPL Auction:39 year old pacer is in auction at 50 Lakhs base price. Will he find any takers or will franchsies again shun him?
- 10) Formation of all Squads: How each of the squad shape up? Which team will be the smartest of all? Which will get the combination right?
10 BIG AUCTION QUESTIONS Answered: Be it IPL Auction Purse, IPL Auction Rules, Total No. of players, Sequence of players in auction or BROADCAST & LIVE streaming of IPL Auction – Check all Details:
Question 1: When and where is the IPL 2022 auction?
Contrary to various reports doing the rounds, IPL Auction on Satuday & Sunday will start at sharp 12PM. The IPL Franchises will assemble in the auction hall by 11:00PM. This is the 5th MEGA IPL AUCTION in 15 Years.
The auction will take place in Hotel ITC Gardenia in Bengaluru.
Question 2: Where the auction will be broadcasted LIVE?
The auction will be broadcasted LIVE on the Star Sports network in India. The official broadcaster will broadcast the auction LIVE on 8 Network Channels & 5 Languages.
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Question 3: How many players are already retained by the 10 IPL Franchises and how many slots are now available?
A total of 33 players are already retained by 10 IPL Teams. This means 217 Slots are available at the IPL Auction.
Of the 33 retained players, 10 are overseas and 5 are uncapped Indians.
Question 4: How many players will be available at the auction?
BCCI initially had declared that 590 players (370 Indian and 220 foreign) will be up for grabs. This shortlist was pruned from the original list of 1214 players based on the wishlist sent by the ten franchises.
But InsideSport has now learnt that on the request of IPL Teams, BCCI has added another 10 players in the list. The details of the same are still awaited from the BCCI.
Question 5: What are the minimum and maximum players each team needs to have in their squad?
Each team should have a minimum of 18 players and a maximum of 25 players in their squad.
Each squad can have at the most eight overseas players in their line-up.
Question 6: What is the auction purse for each team? Is there a limit on salary of 1 single player?
Each team cannot spend above 90 Crore or below 67.5 Cr.
No, there is no upper limit to how much a franchise can bid for 1 single player. But under no condition player purse for buying total squad can exceed 90 Cr threshold.
Punjab Kings will enter auction with highest player purse of 72 Cr. Delhi Capitals will have lowest amount of monies to spend at the auction @ 47.5 Cr.
Question 7: What is the lowest and highest base price?
The lowest is INR 20 lakh and the highest is INR 2 crore.
As per the BCCI’s released list, the ten marquee players are all marked for INR 2 crore.
Overall, there are 48 players (17 Indian and 31 foreign) with a base price of INR 2 crore, and then the base price reduces to 1.5 crore, 1 crore, 75 lakh, 50 lakh, 40 lakh, 30 lakh and 20 lakh.
Question 8: In what sequence players will be auctioned? What will be the auction process?
- A Marquee Set of 10 Players will OPEN the AUCTION
- Other than this players have been divided into different sets based on their speciality.
- There are 62 sets altogether including the marquee set.
- The marquee set will be followed by a full round of capped players based on specialisation – batters, allrounders, wicketkeeper-batters, fast bowlers, and spin bowlers
- Uncapped players will be the LAST SET of players in AUCTION sequence.
- Unlike the last mega auction in 2018, the IPL has decided not to have Right To Match option this time.
- The youngest player in this auction is Afghanistan’s 17-year-old Noor Ahmad. A left-arm wristspinner
- The oldest player in the auction is T20 veteran Imran Tahir. He was part of the victorious Chennai Super Kings squad in the 2021 edition and is currently 43.
Question 9: How many players will be part of the bidding on the first day?
Only the first 161 players will be up for bidding on Saturday. The second day will start with an accelerated bidding process.
Question 10: What is the accelerated process?
The accelerated process will only come into play on DAY 2 of auction i.e SUNDAY.
At the end of first day of the auction, the franchises will be asked to nominate, from the remaining pool, the players they are interested in.
Those players will go under the hammer on Sunday. This process could be repeated again if any franchise wants to further nominate unpresented/unsold until then.
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