IPL 2022: Mouth-watering contests on cards once dust settles on auctions

At the end of the bids, the knowns are good enough for the fans to deliberate which teams are best on paper

Imagine the fiery Jofra Archer serving up chin music to batsmen from one end, followed by searing yorkers from Jasprit Bumrah from the other. A new ball pair as lethal as one can dream of is not a figment of imagination for the formidable franchise, Mumbai Indians (MI), that has ad­ded more arrows to its quiver for the lat­est edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Now imagine Archer and Bumrah facing off against K L Rahul and Quinton de Kock as openers for the debutante franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). If Bumrah errs a wee bit, Rahul can caress the