The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega auction will be held in Bengaluru today.KL Rahul is the costliest player so far for IPL 2022 as he was picked in the draft by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 16 crore. Amongst 590 players who have registered for the auction, 228 are capped players, 355 are uncapped players and 7 belong to Associate Nations. Rs 2 crore is the highest reserve price and as many as 48 players have chosen to place themselves in this bracket. Stay tuned with us to follow all the updates.....
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03:35 PM
Former RCB CEO Charu Sharma to replace Hugh Edmeades as auctioneer for Day 1
Charu Sharma will replace IPL auctioneer Hugh Edmeades, who collapsed during the IPL 2022 mega auction. Charu was the CEO of the Royal Challengers Bangalore Twenty20 cricket team for the 2008 Indian Premier League but was forced to leave due to the team's poor performances.
11:56 AM
IPL Auction: Most expensive players in the history of IPL auction
IPL Auction: Most expensive players in the history of IPL auction
Ahead of the IPL 2022 Mega Auction, here is a look at the costliest players from each of the 14 previous auctions in the history of the premier T20 league.
11:14 AM
BCCI adds 10 U - 19 World Cup players to auction list
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has said that they have included at least 10 players of the U19 World Cup to the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega auction list. The players added are Aaron Hardie, Lance Morris, Nivethan Radhakrishnan, Agnivesh Ayachi, Hardik Tamore, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mihir Hirwani, Monu Kumar, Rohan Rana, Sairaj Patil. While Hardie, Morris and Radhakrishnan are from Australia, the rest are all from India.
10:40 AM
Big names who can spark bidding war among teams
10:23 AM
Team Lucknow Super Giants look all set for the big day
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10:12 AM
Ricky Ponting to miss mega auction, Saba Karim to lead Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals (DC) head coach Ricky Ponting will miss the IPL auction in Bengaluru. Instead former Indian cricketers Saba Karim & Pravin Amre will lead the team from Delhi at auction table on Saturday. DC has retained the likes of Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel and Anrich Nortje and will go into auction with a budget of 47.5 Crore.
09:28 AM
Royal Challengers Bangalore Director of Cricket Mike Hesson on their auction strategy
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Director of Cricket Mike Hesson said that the scouting programme for the mega auction helps the team in knowing the players in-depth. The mega auction for the IPL 2022 season will be held on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru. "Once the retentions are finished, we find out the remaining purse of all the other teams. It's a continuation of our scouting programme so, there are a number of domestic tournaments taking place and our scouts are out there, feeding back the information to our coaching team."
09:23 AM
Punjab Kings co-owner Preity Zinta to miss IPL 2022 mega auction
Bollywood star and co-owner of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Punjab Kings Preity Zinta will miss the IPL 2022 mega auction. Preity informed her fans that she will be not be able travel to Bengaluru as she can’t travel from US back to India and leave her twins alone at home.
08:41 AM
Deepak Hooda upgraded to capped category at IPL auction
Deepak Hooda, who made his India debut earlier this week in the ODI series against West Indies, has been moved up the IPL auction ladder having now become a capped player. Hooda, originally listed in Set No. 8, has upgraded his base price from INR 40 lakh (USD 53,000 approx) to INR 75 lakh (USD 99,000 approx).
08:29 AM
Aryan Khan to represent Kolkata Knight Riders at IPL 2022 auction?
Shahrukh Khan’s children, Aryan Khan and Suhana Khan were spotted in Bengaluru, during the Pre-IPL Auction briefing for Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday ahead of the IPL mega auction 2022.In the picture, which is going viral in social media, Aryan Khan and his sister Suhana is seen along with the members of the managerial team
