The Indian Premier League attracted a total of 1214 cricketers, including 270 capped players, 312 uncapped players and 41 from Associate teams for the Mega Auctions 2022. Among the cricketers registered for the bids, 49, including T20 World Cup 2021 Player of the Series David Warner and Player of the Match in the Final his compatriot Mitchell Marsh have kept their base price at INR 2 crores.
There was also a shock at seeing the names like Mitchell Starc, Sam Curran, Ben Stokes, Chris Gayle, Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes not being listed in the players attracting bids this year.
In total, among the players in the INR 2 crore bracket, there are 17 Indians and 32 overseas players.
So far, the 10 franchises have already spent nearly INR 338 crore (US$ 45 million approx.) to retain and acquire 33 players. Now with the list being sent to them on Friday, they would try their best to trim it down and then build their squad for the upcoming seasons accordingly.
INR 2 crore bracket
R Ashwin, Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan, Suresh Raina, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Steven Smith, Shakib Al Hasan, Mark Wood, Trent Boult, Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada and Dwayne Bravo.
INR 1.5 crore bracket
Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Washington Sundar, Aaron Finch, Chris Lynn, Nathan Lyon, Kane Richardson, Jonny Bairstow, Alex Hales, Eoin Morgan, Dawid Malan, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Tim Southee, Colin Ingram, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Nicholas Pooran.
INR 1 crore bracket
Piyush Chawla, Kedar Jadhav, Prasidh Krishna, T Natarajan, Manish Pandey, Ajinkya Rahane, Nitish Rana, Wriddhiman Saha, Kuldeep Yadav, Jayant Yadav, Mohammad Nabi, James Faulkner, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe, D'Arcy Short, Andrew Tye, Dan Lawrence, Liam Livingstone, Tymal Mills, Ollie Pope, Devon Conway, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Aiden Markram, Rilee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Wanindu Hasaranga, Roston Chase, Sherfane Rutherford.