IPL Auction 2022 Live Updates: Countdown begins for mega auction, franchises gear up for bidding wars

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IPL 2022 auction will be held in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.

After the addition of Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Supergiants, 10 teams in the league will be heavily bidding for Indian players in a list of 590 cricketers, which will include 227 overseas candidates during the two-day event.

IPL 2022: Foreign players who can start the bidding war

David Warner

Steve Smith

dwayne bravo

Sam Curran

Pat Cummins

IPL 2022 auction: Iyer, Shardul, Chahar and Kishan ready to hit pay dirt like never before

Flamboyant batsman Shreyas Iyer and multi-skilled Shardul Thakur are expected to laugh their way to the bank as two of the most expensive buys in Indian Premier League history when the last mega-auction begins here on Saturday.

IPL 2022 auction: Opening batsmen who made big bids

Hearts are racing as the bidding war between 217 franchises for 590 players for 10 possible slots is just around the corner. full of power IPL The 2022 mega-auction will see cricket greats running with a hammer for the upcoming 15th edition of the cash-rich league.

Ahead of the auction, IndiaTV looks at the top openers, who can skyrocket to their repertoire with Willow.

Shikhar Dhawan

India’s star opener Shikhar Dhawan Often known as ‘Gabbar’, the upcoming auction will invite huge interest. The left-handed opener has been in great form in recent times IPL Season where he starred for Delhi Capitals (DC). In 2019, Dhawan scored over 520 runs and 618 runs in IPL 2020 (average 44.14) and became the first batsman in the history of the tournament to score two consecutive centuries.

Dhawan’s performance in IPL 2021 was no less where he scored 587 runs at an average of 39.13. Many teams will be eyeing the experienced opener.

Faf Du Plessis
Former South Africa captain du Plessis has hit it with the bat in the T20 league. Faf Du Plessis Refined like a fine wine and improving with age. He has been in excellent form as an opener for Chennai Super Kings (CSK). In 2020, du Plessis scored 449 runs in 13 matches and returned at an average of 40.81. In the 14th edition of IPL, the right-handed batsman scored 633 runs in 16 matches including six fifties.

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