The new date for the mega auction of IPL has come out. The auction will take place on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru. Earlier, there were reports that the IPL will organize the mega auction on February 7 and 8. But now its date has been changed. According to Cricbuzz, IPL officials have informed all the franchises about this.
Money will rain on many players in this auction. The list of players to be retained came before the auction. The team has retained its favorite players. Fees of many young players have been increased. Rituraj Gaikwad of Chennai will get 6 crores in the 2022 season, while the salary of this player was only 20 lakhs in the 2021 season.
Rahul can become the most expensive player
This time the Indian players will be rich in the auction. According to reports, Lucknow has offered Rs 20 crore to Rahul to join his team. KL Rahul was bought by Punjab Kings in 2018 by buying KL Rahul for 11 crores. If Rahul signs the deal for Lucknow, then he will become the most expensive player in IPL history. KL Rahul has done amazing batting in the last few seasons of IPL. They will definitely get the benefit of this. At the same time, Rahul has also captained the team in 27 matches. In such a situation, every franchise will go after Rahul.
Rashid Khan, who played for Sunrisers Hyderabad till last year, may also get a high bid. At the same time, Chahal, who has been playing for RCB, captained by Virat Kohli for the last several years, can also be a big bidder. In the mega auction on both the players, more than 10 crores can be bid. Ahmedabad, the new team joining IPL 2022, can add Shreyas Iyer, David Warner and Hardik Pandya with them.
Ahmedabad eye on Shreyas Iyer
Ahmedabad may make Shreyas Iyer the captain. Iyer has previously been the captain of Delhi Capitals. Talking about the rest of the players, David Warner can also get good money. Warner is in excellent form, so the above teams will openly bid.