At the end of the bids, the knowns are good enough for the fans to deliberate which teams are best on paper
Gujarat Titans on Saturday bought Jason Roy for his base price of Rs 2 crores in the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction. Roy had earlier played for Sunsrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the IPL.
Chahar on Saturday got acquired by CSK for Rs 14 crores in the mega auction
Pooran was picked up by SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) for Rs 10.75 crore in the IPL mega auction 2022.
Australia T20 World-Cup winning duo David Warner and Mitchell Marsh, and experienced India all-rounder Shardul Thakur headlined the buys of the Delhi Capitals on Day 1 of the IPL 2022 mega auction
On Saturday -- Day 1 of the auction -- Bangalore picked Faf du Plessis, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Anuj Rawat and Akash Deep apart from buying back last year's players Harshal Patel and Hasaranga
While Warner and Marsh were acquired for Rs. 6.25 crore and 6.50 crore respectively, Thakur became the franchise's most expensive buy of the auction so far at Rs. 10.75 crore
Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan became the second-most expensive Indian player in the history of IPL after being picked by his former team Mumbai Indians for a whopping INR 15.25 crore
Two Australian cricketers -- white-ball specialist Mitchell Marsh and opener David Warner -- could start a bidding war in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Mega Auction.
It will be IPL's 15th season this April and this would be the fifth mega-auction, apart from the 10 earlier ones where only some players took part. That makes it one every 365 days
Having coached in the IPL for three seasons, Ponting has watched several players rise and make a mark in the lucrative league
Then there are Deepak Chahar and Yuzvendra Chahal, who can also get anything in the range of USD 2 million (Rs 15 crore) as both of them are proven international performers
Virat Kohli has revealed that he was "approached a few times" by few IPL franchises in the past to put himself in the auction but he preferred to stay at Royal Challengers Bangalore
According to experts, broadcasting and digital companies are expected to spend over Rs 40,000 crore to join the country's biggest-ever auction of sports rights next year
The former Royal Challengers Bangalore player has only featured in two IPL seasons, bagging 37 wickets in 27 matches
Andy Flower has already been named the coach of the Lucknow franchise while former India batter Gautam Gambhir will serve as the mentor of the franchise
Live news updates: India reported 333,533 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours-a marginal decline since Saturday.
'I am delighted to confirm that a majority of the team owners expressed their wish that the tournament be held in India,' says BCCI Secretary
All the 10 IPL owners, including the two new teams from Lucknow and Ahmedabad, want India as the host country for the 2022 IPL, with Mumbai and Pune being the two preferred cities, says a BCCI source
'Likely venues for IPL 2022 are Wankhede Stadium, Cricket Club of India (CCI), DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai and if needed, we can look at Pune as well,' says a BCCI source