IPL 2022 Auction: List of retained players and all you need to know

The Indian Premier League 2022 will have its mega auctions on Saturday, February 12 and Sunday, February 13, 2022, in Bengaluru where all the 10 teams will pick players to complete their squads for the upcoming season of the cash-rich league. 

This year, the title sponsorship has been shifted to one of India’s oldest and most renowned business conglomerates Tata and hence from the 2022 season onwards, it would be called TATA IPL 2022. 

Here is your window to the auction as we answer all the basic questions related to the IPL Mega Auction 2022. 

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When and where will Tata IPL Mega Auction 2022 be telecasted?

The Tata IPL Mega Auction 22 will begin from 11 am IST on both days i.e. February 12 and 13 and will be telecasted Live on Star Sports Network and will also be Live Streamed on Hotstar. 

What is the list of retained players in IPL 2022 teams?

The eight original teams were given a choice to retain a maximum of four players where at the maximum, two foreign players and one uncapped player caould be retained. There was a cap of three on retention of Indian capped players.

It was after the retentions were announced by the eight original teams that the new entrants- Gujarat Titans (GT) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) were allowed to pick thier three players from the pool of unretained players.

The new teams could also pick only a maximum of two Indian capped, one foreigner and one Indian uncapped player in thier list. 

List of players retained by IPL teams before Mega Auctions 2022

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
CSK	Ravindra Jadeja	MS Dhoni	Moeen Ali	Ruturaj Gaikwad
KKR	Andre Russell	Varun Chakravarthy	Venkatesh Iyer	Sunil Narine
MI	Rohit Sharma	Jasprit Bumrah	Suryakumar Yadav	Kieron Pollard
DC	Rishabh Pant	Prithvi Shaw	Axar Patel	Anrich Nortje
SRH	Kane Williamson	Abdul Samad	Umran Malik	NIL
RCB	Virat Kohli	Glen Maxwell	Mohd Siraj	NIL
RR	Sanju Samson	Jos Buttler	Yashasvi Jaiswal	NIL
PBKS	Arshdeep Singh	Mayank Agarwal	NIL	NIL
GT	Hardik Pandya	Rashid Khan	Shubman Gill	NA
LSG	KL Rahul	Marcus Stoinis	Ravi Bishnoi	NA

NIL- No player retained

NA- Not Applicable since only three players could be retained
 

How much is the remaining purse of all IPL 2022 teams for the IPL Mega Auction?

 

Table showcasing remaining purse of all IPL teams

IPL Teams	Purse Remaining in Crores (RS)
Royal Challengers Bangalore	57
Mumbai Indians	48
Sunrisers Hyderabad	68
Chennai Super Kings	48
Rajasthan Royals	62
Punjab Kings	72
Kolkata Knight Riders	48
Gujarat Titans	52
Lucknow Super Giants	59
Delhi Capitals	47.5

Which country has how many players shortlisted for IPL Auction 2022?

No. of players shortlisted from various countries for IPL Mega Auction 2022

Country	No. of Players
Afghanistan	17
Australia	47
Bangladesh	05
England	24
Namibia	03
Nepal	01
New Zealand	24
Scotland	02
South Africa	33
Sri Lanka	23
United States	01
West Indies	34
Zimbabwe	01