Shikhar Dhawan became the first player to be sold in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega auction on Saturday in Bengaluru. The senior India opener, who played for Delhi Capitals in the previous season, was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 8.25 crore.
There was a bidding war for Dhawan who was pursued by Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals. Dhawan had a base price of Rs 2 crore and Rajasthan began the bidding for the opener.
Dhawan, who is one of the most consistent players in the IPL history with 5784 runs in 192 matches, was pursued by Delhi and Punjab after Rajasthan pulled out of the race. Eventually, Punjab got the India opener who is likely to pair with Mayank Agarwal at the top for the Punjab franchise.
As many as 10 players, including Ashwin, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Shami and Shikhar Dhawan, were part of the 10 players who were listed as marquee stars for the IPL 2022 auction. Each of them have their base price at Rs 2 crore.
IPL 2022 Auction: Live Updates
A total of 161 players will be going under the hammer on Day 1 of the IPL 2022 auction in Bengaluru. British auctioneer Hugh Emandes is in charge of auctioning players ahead of the 10-team IPL 2022, which is likely to be held in India from the last week of March.
KL Rahul is the most expensive player ahead of IPL 2022 so far as the India vice-captain was picked in draft by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 17 crore.
Complete list of players retained and picked in draft ahead of IPL 2022 auction
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Ravindra Jadeja (16 crore), MS Dhoni (12 crore), Moeen Ali (8 crore), Ruturaj Gaikwad (6 crore)
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Andre Russell (12 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (8 crore, Venkatesh Iyer (8 crore), Sunil Narine (6 crore)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Kane Williamson (14 crore), Abdul Samad (4 crore), Umran Malik (4 crore)
Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma (16 crore), Jasprit Bumrah (12 crore), Suryakumar Yadav(8 crore), Kieron Pollard (6 crore)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli (15 crore), Glenn Maxwell (11 crore), Mohammed Siraj (7 crore)
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Sanju Samson (14 crore), Jos Buttler (10 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (4 crore)
Punjab Kings (PBKS): Mayank Agarwal (12 crore, 14 crore to be deducted from purse), Arshdeep Singh (4 crore)
Gujarat Titans (GT): Hardik Pandya(15cr), Rashid Khan(15 crore), and Shubman Gill(8 crore)
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): KL Rahul (17 crore), Marcus Stoinis (9.2 crore) and Ravi Bishnoi (4 crore).
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