Punjab Kings decided break the bank They had to pay Rs 11.50 crore to sign England’s T20 specialist Liam Livingstone, while Mumbai Indians paid Rs 8 crore for an injured person based purely on a leap of faith. jofra archer Despite his unavailability for the 2022 edition of the IPL. The team was building on India’s current players and based its decisions largely on form players from overseas, with a greater focus on fast bowlers, in the form of the likes of Steve Smith, Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma. I didn’t care about reputation.
The two-day IPL auction ended on Sunday with Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings paying hefty payouts with predictable big purses while Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals now look formidable on the batting front but are a bit short in the bowling arsenal.
After joining Livingstone, Punjab Kings used their deep pockets to pick up West Indies all-rounder Odion Smith for Rs 6.5 crore. He had an impressive performance in the recently concluded ODI series against India.
Sunrisers were not going to lag behind in the bidding frenzy, taking the CPL sensation from West Indies Romario Shepherd for Rs 7.75 crore on the basis of his all-rounder skills.
Delhi’s bowling attack where Enrique Nortje will be partnered by Shardul Thakur, Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakaria and Kuldeep Yadav does not inspire the highest of confidence.
After losing Kagiso Rabada to Punjab Kings on day one, Delhi invested Rs 5.25 crore on Khaleel Ahmed, who is known for leaking runs in the slog overs, and Rs 4.20 crore on left-arm Sakariya, whose pace was limited to 130. Is.
The total cost of these two is Rs 9.45 crore, which is more than what Punjab paid for Rabada.
Similarly to Mumbai Indians, Tymal Mills, despite his T20 exploits, has been a huge flop in Indian conditions as he is set to partner Jasprit Bumrah and Daniel Sims in Archer’s absence for the year.
MI owner Akash Ambani confirmed that Archer will indeed not play in this edition, “Very happy to have him (Archer). Very happy with Joff and Boom’s deadly bowling attack next year.”
MI are looking at Archer as one of their heavyweights in the spot vacated by Lasith Malinga and will be there for the next five to six years and are ready to give up a year.
But the X-Factor player for Mumbai Indians was definitely Australian-born Singapore international Tim David, who was bought for Rs 8 crore.
David, who has played for RCB, is an all-rounder but is more known for his big hitting abilities. He hit 19 sixes in seven matches for Multan Sultans in the Pakistan Super League.
“Tim David is going with Kieron Pollard at number 5 and 6. Luckily, he got a spell at RCB last year. So he has got IPL experience.”
Lucknow Supergiants have built a decent first XI with players like KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stonis, Manish Pandey, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Mark Wood and Avesh Khan but lack back-up in terms of batting reserve. Is.
Manan Vohra is not good due to failure in IPL for so many years. But if their first XI is successful, they are the team to watch. It is understood that Gautam Gambhir will talk to his enemies Kunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda to reconcile the teams.
Hooda had left his first-class team Baroda, alleging that Pandya Sr. had bullied him and threatened to destroy his career.
In terms of bowling talent, Rajasthan Royals have their first-choice fast bowlers with Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal as spinners along with the famous Krishna and Trent Boult.
With Navdeep Saini as the back-up, the bowling attack looks good and so does the batting where Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer and Devdutt Padikkal pack quite a punch. The only weak link is the lack of a genuine all-rounder.
CSK spent heavily (approximately 4 crores) on big-hitting all-rounder Shivam Dube, but New Zealander Devon Conway got Rs 1 crore for his base price and lesser known Sri Lankan spinner Mahesh Thiksana.
He has his place of origin and Dhoni will probably depend on Adam Milne to work alongside Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo and Ravindra Jadeja.
It will be interesting to note whether Dhoni spends his time on young Under-19 pacer Rajvardhan Hangargekar and makes him one for the future.
While Venkatesh Iyer is a sure shot opener in the IPL, Ajinkya Rahane doesn’t inspire the highest confidence and only Shreyas Iyer and Andre Russell look like game-changers in the middle-order.
While Nitish Rana cost him a fortune, his struggle against quality fast bowling and the short-pitched stuff is well documented, even though he has been drafted to open like last year.
Also, a dedicated domestic artist, Sheldon Jackson doesn’t have much experience and KKR lost the bidding frenzy for Nicholas Pooran (10.75 cr) from Sunrisers Hyderabad.
In the end, belatedly, he got Sam Billings for Rs 2 crore and the controversial but very talented Alex Hales for Rs 1.5 crore.
But in both the overseas recruits, the absence of good Indian gloves makes the choice of four overseas players difficult.
However with Pat Cummins, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakraborty and Shivam Mavi they form a decent bowling attack and if Russell is fit to bowl, it just adds to the sting.
The least impressive team in the auction was Gujarat Titans and their plans for the auction, drawn up by Director of Cricket Vikram Solanki, were unclear.
Till the last hour of the two-day auction, Titans did not have a keeper in their rolls and eventually grabbed Wriddhiman Saha for Rs 1.90 crore after beating Chennai Super Kings. He also made a bid of Rs 2.40 crore for Matthew Wade.
In their batting department, they have Shubman Gill, Jason Roy the only specialist batsmen with skipper Hardik Pandya being the most experienced IPL player.
The only other player before his desperation was understood was Abhinav Manohar and went for David Miller, who earned Rs 3 crore after going unsold on the first day.
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So it was understandable that if Miller was so in demand, why wasn’t he chosen in the first place.
Overall it was an IPL auction where most of the marquee buyers showed a prudent approach from the franchise, while some rejected the logic like every year. Livingstone is one such buy after the flop IPL.
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