The TATA IPL auction 2022 is almost here. And it streams on Feb 12 and 13th 11 AM onwards on Disney+Hotstar. And this is no ordinary auction. This is a mega auction where franchisees must build their entire squad. This marks a new phase of the domestic T20 league. All teams had an option to retain/sign a maximum of 4 players with a maximum of 3 Indians, 2 overseas players and 2 uncapped players. There are also 2 new teams being introduced – Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans.
List of retained players
Chennai Super Kings:
Players Retained: Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali & Ruturaj Gaikwad
Delhi Capitals:
Players Retained: Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw & Anrich Nortje
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Players Retained: Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer & Sunil Narine
Mumbai Indians:
Players Retained: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav & Kieron Pollard
Punjab Kings:
Players Retained: Mayank Agarwal & Arshdeep Singh
Rajasthan Royals:
Players Retained: Sanju Samson, Jos Butter & Yashasvi Jaiswal
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Players Retained: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell & Mohammed Siraj
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Players Retained: Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad & Umran Malik
Gujarat Titans:
Players Retained: Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan & Shubman Gill
Lucknow Super Giants:
Players Retained: KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis & Ravi Bishnoi
2 new teams
There are 2 new teams inducted in the league from this season – Sanjiv Goenka RPSG Group for the Lucknow franchise and CVC Capital’s Ahmedabad team. The Lucknow franchise is officially named ‘Lucknow Super Giants’ and the Ahmedabad-based team is named ‘Gujarat Titans’. With the addition of 2 new teams, season 15 of IPL is now a 10-team affair with a total of 74 matches to be played.
Captaincy options
A total of 590 players have registered for the auction including established international stars to uncapped players. For teams like Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders, this event is expected to be significant as these teams have not named their captain for the upcoming season. Out of the available players, Shreyas Iyer and David Warner are expected to be the top captaincy option.
Change in title sponsorship
We also have a change in the title sponsor to mark this new phase of the domestic T20 league. The Tata Group will replace Chinese mobile manufacturer Vivo as the Indian Premier League’s title sponsor for the next two years.
Tune into Disney+Hotstar over the weekend to catch all the auction related action.