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The Hundred 2022 | James Foster appointed Northern Superchargers men's head coach

Former Essex and England wicketkeeper, James Foster has been appointed as Northern Superchargers men’s head coach for the second edition of Hundred competition.


Foster will replace former Australian men's coach Darren Lehman, who stepped down from the position back in January.


Foster, who represented England in 7 Tests, 11 ODIs and 5 T20Is between 2001-09, has built an impressive CV for himself courtesy of coaching assignments in franchise leagues like the IPL, BBL and PSL.


He is currently the head coach of Peshawar Zalmi in the ongoing PSL 07.


Foster expressed his delight on his appointment as head coach for the 2022 season.


"I'm delighted to be joining the Northern Superchargers and working with the team this season. I loved watching the Hundred last year and seeing so many kids and families enjoying it, and I am really looking forward to meeting up with the group and getting started," said Foster as quoted by ESPNcricinfo'.


Foster termed the opportunity "a huge privilege" while adding that he was "incredibly thrilled" to be working with an exciting group of players and support staff.


He added, "It's a huge privilege and I'm thrilled to be working with an exciting group of players and hopefully we can excite the supporters with the style of cricket we play."


Meanwhile, Andy Dawson, the general manager of the Superchargers said, "James has a vast amount of experience working with high profile coaches from around the world and we're thrilled to appoint someone of his calibre. He embraces the culture and environment we want to create at Superchargers, and we're sure he will help us create sustainable success on and off the field."


Foster's immediate task will be to work out players retentions ahead of the upcoming season.

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IPL 2022 auction | Day 1: As it happened

An eventful day at the Indian Premier League came to an end with 97 players auctioned off in Bangalore on Saturday, 12 February. Ishan Kishan was the costliest player on the day and was bought back by Mumbai Indians at Rs 15.25 crore making him the second most expensive Indian player in Indian Premier League history. Things were good for other Indian players as well with Avesh Khan becoming the most expensive uncapped player in the history of the Indian Premier League. Shahrukh Khan also had an exceptional payout picking up 9 crore. Fast bowlers were sought after in the day while spinners had tough luck out there in the middle. Modern day stalwarts like Adil Rashid, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Adam Zampa went unsold. Indian spinners were picked but had much lesser value than expected with Kuldeep Yadav going to Delhi Capitals for 2 crores and Yuzvendra Chahal picking up 6.5 from Rajasthan. An unfortunate incident occurred in the middle of the day after auctioneer Hugh Edmeades falling off the dais. Edmeades as the last updates suggest is stable and there is no threat to his health. Charu Sharma picked up after him and did a commendable job on a short notice. The day 2 is expected to be fast-paced in nature with franchise having a fairly low budget. Players like Matthew Wade might return to pick up big bids, but only time will tell what goes in tomorrow. Day Highlights The franchises were in a bidding war in the capped wicket keepers department with Ishan Kishan and Nicholas Pooran attracting huge bids from the teams. Kishan became one of the highest-paid players in the IPL auction bagging Rs 15.25 crores from Mumbai Indians. Pooran on the other was picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 10.75 crores after a bidding war with Punjab Kings. Earlier in the day, the opening set of the day saw 10 players getting sold, all attracting bidding wars throughout the first hour. David Warner returned to Delhi Capitals, while Shreyas Iyer changed homes to arrive at Kolkata. Iyer, as expected was the most expensive player of the first session claiming Rs 12.25 crores from KKR. Here are the live updates Set 11 Uncapped spinners 1) Noor Ahmed- Sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 30 lakh 2) Murugan Ashwin- Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 1.6 Cr 3) M Siddharth- UNSOLD 4) KC Cariappa- Sold to RR for INR 30 lakh 5) Shreyas Gopal- Sold to SRH for INR 75 lakh 6) J Suchith- Sold to SRH for INR 20 lakh 7) R Sai Kishore- Sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 3 Cr 8) Sandeep Lamichhane- UNSOLD Set 10 Uncapped fast bowlers 1) Basil Thampi- Sold to MI for INR 30 lakh 2) Kartik Tyagi- Sold to SRH for INR 4 Cr 3) Akash Deep- RCB get the bid in and he is sold for INR 20 lakh 4) KM Asif- Sold to CSK for INR 20 lakh 5) Avesh Khan- CSK have begun to bid and Lucknow Super Giants join in. We have the bidding war here. MI have also placed the bid. The fast bowler goes to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 10 Cr 6) Ishan Porel- Sold to Punjab Kings for INR 25 lakh 7) Tushar Deshpande- Sold to CSK for INR 20 lakh 8) Ankit Singh Rajpoot- Sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 50 lakh Set 9 Uncapped wicket-keepers 1) KS Bharat- Delhi Capitals begin the bid and CSK join in. He is sold to DC for INR 2 Cr 2) Mohammed Azharuddeen- UNSOLD 3) Vishnu Vinod- UNSOLD 4) Vishnu Solanki- UNSOLD 5) Anuj Rawat- SRH place the bid at INR 20 lakh and RCB join in at INR 25 lakh. He is sold to RCB for INR 3.4 Cr 6) Prabhsimran Singh- Sold to Punjab Kings for INR 60 lakh 7) N Jagadeesan- UNSOLD 8) Sheldon Jackson- Sold to KKR for INR 60 lakh 9) Jitesh Sharma- Sold to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh Set 8 Uncapped all rounders 1) Riyan Parag - Rajasthan Royals and Delhi engage over the youngster. Prices up to 75 lakh now with CSK joining the fray. Rajasthan Royals come forward, Rs 1.6 crore is the bid now. Gujarat Titans walk in for Parag and looks like there is enough budget. They take the price up to 3.8 crore, but Rajasthan beat them to it. Rs 3.8 crore to Parag from Rajasthan. 2) Abhishek Sharma - Bids straight away for the left handed top order batsman and a handy part-time bowler. From 20 lakh, it has not taken long for the bid to reach 1.5 crore. Sunrisers and Punjab are in on Sharma and the bidding war has doubled the earlier figure. It looks like a two pronged war and SRH currently hold the bid at 5 cr and they finally pick him up at 6.5 crores after a late bidding war with Gujarat Titans. 3) Sarfaraz Khan - Sold to Delhi at base price of 20 lakh. 4) Shahrukh Khan - Bids straightaway. The base price is 20 lakh and KKR along with CSK are engaged in an intense bidding process. Punjab Kings are in on a deal and SRK's price right now is at 6.25 crore. The big batting all-rounder is finding interest from all corners and Punjab Kings have come in late to place a bid of 8.5 crore. And they have managed to put in a winning bid for Rs 9 crore. This is a big bid for the big man, WOW! 5) Shivam Mavi- Kolkata Knight Riders have opened the bidding and RCB join in. Punjab King have also joined the race and the bid amount has already crossed INR 1 Cr. The bidding war is certainly unstoppable. Mavi is finally sold to KKR for INR 7.25 Cr. 6) Rahul Tewatia- CSK, RCB straightaway begin the bidding. Gujarat Titans have also started with the bidding. It's raining cash. The bid amount has already crossed INR 8 Cr. Tewatia is sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 9 Cr. 7) Kamlesh Nagarkoti- Sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 1.1 Cr 8) Harpreet Brar- Sold to Punjab Kings for INR 3.8 Cr 9) Shahbaz Ahmed- His former team begins the bidding and is joined by KKR. SRH are also in the race. Shahbaz goes to RCB for INR 2.4 Cr. Set 7 Uncapped batters 1) Rajat Patidar- UNSOLD 2) Priyam Garg- Sold to SRH for INR 20 lakh 3) Abhinav Sadarngani- KKR & DC begin the bid. In no time, we have a bidding war for him and Gujarat Titans join in. He is eventually sold to Gujarat Titans for a sum of INR 2.60 Cr 4) Dewal Brevis- CSK open the bidding for this lad. Punjab Kings join in now. The bid amount has already crossed INR 1.5 Cr. WHOA! That's some amount now...It's INR 3 Cr from MI. And he is sold to Mumbai. 5) Ashwin Hebbar- Delhi Capitals have opened the bid with INR 20 lakh and he is sold to DC 6) Anmolpreet Singh- UNSOLD 7) Rahul Tripathi- CSK open the bid and KKR join the race...This is increasing quickly and rightly so. He scored a ton for RPS and has played for Knight Riders earlier. Meanwhile, the bid goes past INR 4 Cr. SRH join the bid and the figures have now crossed INR 8 Cr. Tripathi goes to SRH for INR 8.5 Cr 8) C Hari Nishaanth- UNSOLD The spinner category starts now Set 6 1) Adil Rashid - UNSOLD. What a shocker that is!! 2) Mujeeb Ur Rahman - UNSOLD. No takers for the mystery spinner from Afghanistan. 3) Imran Tahir - UNSOLD. Is this the trend now? No takers for overseas spinners? 4) Kuldeep Yadav - Finds bids from Delhi Capitals at 1 crore. Punjab have joined in as well. Delhi capitals take Kuldeep away at Rs 2 crore. Steal. 5) Adam Zampa - UNSOLD. Integral to Australia's success in the World Cup does not find any bidders. 6) Rahul Chahar - 75 lakhs is the base price for the former Mumbai Indians player and SRH start the bidding. Prices are up to Rs 1.5 crore with Delhi and Hyderabad going for it. Punjab have now come into the process with SRH out at 2 crore. Delhi and Punjab engage in a row till 2.5 crore before Rajasthan join in. RR and DC engage in a battle and right when it seems to have ended, Mumbai place a bid. Prices up by Rs 4.4 crore now, Punjab make a late bid for 4.8 crores, but there is some confusion in the auction room. Punjab Kings look agitated that the player was not given to them. Rajasthan Royals have made a bid after long deliberation and Punjab Kings table are chiming in with some words directed towards them. The prices have gone up to Rs 5.25 crore and Punjab Kings finally have their man. 7) Yuzvendra Chahal - Opening bid at 2 crores and he is expected to go big. Bids are up at 6 crores now; SRH and MI are interested. Both teams have lost their leg spinners and would be looking to get the services of this prime player. SRH have dropped out at 6 crores, Rajasthan Royals are the late bidders for Chahal. And they pick him up. Rs 6.5 crores, what a steal. 8) Amit Mishra - Unsold. No takers for the veteran. Set 5 1) T Natarajan - Straight away interest from Sunrisers at Rs 1 crore. Gujarat engage in a bidding war taking the price over 4 crores. Gujarat did not initiate the bid further and SRH take Natarajan at 4 crores. 2) Deepak Chahar - Bidding starts at base price of Rs 2 crores. SRH and Delhi engage in back and forth right now. Prices are soaring over 5 crores as we write. Woah! 10 crores now. Delhi and SRH are still going at it. Chennai Super Kings join in at 11 crores. Delhi seem to be desperate for Chahar at the moment. Bids are flowing. Rajasthan Royals have started bidding on 13.25 crores. Deepak Chahar is soaring high based on his current form. Prices have gone to Rs 14 crore and Chennai Super Kings are still holding the high bid. Chennai have Deepak Chahar at a whooping Rs 14 crores. Massive for the Indian bowling all rounder. 3) Umesh Yadav - Unsold 4) Prasidh Krishna - Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals trying to get the services of this 'hit the deck' bowler. Bids are up to Rs 2.2 crores from the base price of Rs 1 crore. The bids have reached Rs 6.50 crores with Gujarat now engaged in the bidding. It is not stopping, big fight over Krishna and bids are now up to Rs 9.5 crores with Lucknow and Rajasthan going for it. And Rajasthan have it. 10 crores does it, Rajasthan have Prasidh Krishna. What a day! 5) Lockie Ferguson - Bids start at a base price of 2 crores. Interest straightaway for the player with Delhi and Gujarat going for it. In no time the bids have reached 6 crores, with Delhi and Gujarat the only teams interested in one of the fastest bowlers in the world. RCB have joined in at 8 crores but Gujarat outbid them. New entrant now at 9 crores. Lucknow are soaring the prices up to 9.75 crores alongside Gujarat Titans. The two new franchises that are looking for an elite pacer. And it is Gujarat Titans that outbid all to buy Lockie at Rs 10 crores. 6) Josh Hazlewood - Lucknow and Delhi Capitals are interested in one of the best bowlers in the recently concluded World Cup. Prices are up to Rs 5.25 crores from the base price of 2 crores. Just as Hazlewood was going to Mumbai at Rs 7 crores, RCB have snooped in. And RCB have him. It has costed them Rs 7.75 crores to attain the services of the World Cup winner. 7) Mark Wood - Opening bid gets kicked off at Rs 2 crores. Lucknow and Mumbai have taken the price up to Rs 7 crores. Fast bowlers going for a big price at the moment. And it is Lucknow Super Giants that have Mark Wood for Rs 7.25 crores. 8) Bhuvneshwar Kumar - At the base price of 2 crores, Bhuvi gets interest from Rajasthan and Mumbai. SRH do not seem interested. Lucknow have joined in and so have Hyderabad. What a shocker! High big holding at Rs 4 crores with Lucknow, but SRH make one last bid and buy Bhuvi at Rs 4.25 crore. 9) Shardul Thakur - No time wasted in showing interest from Punjab Kings. Gujarat, Punjab and Delhi engaged in a three-way battle over the bowling all rounder. Prices are up at Rs 5 crore. Chennai come into the arena at 6.5 crores and take it up to Rs 7.75 crore. Punjab and Delhi keep going at it, prices are up at Rs 8.75 crore. We have breached the 10 crore mark and Shardul Thakur goes to Delhi Capitals after a long deliberation from Punjab Kings. Rs 10.75 crores for Shardul Thakur for his new franchise. 10) Mustafizur Rahman - The off cutter bowler from Bangladesh finds takers from Delhi Capitals while auctioneer Charu Sharma tries to push this quickly. Rahman gets sold at his base price to Delhi Capitals Rs. 2 crore. SET4 1) Matthew Wade- UNSOLD 2) Ambati Rayudu- Sold to CSK for INR 6.75 Cr 3) Ishan Kishan- MI begin the bidding at INR 2 Cr. Punjab Kings have joined and we begin the bidding war. Gujarat Titans also join the race. The bidding war is not stopping. The wicket-keeper batsman has sent the records for a toss and is joining MI for an INR 15.25 Cr 4) Jonny Bairstow- DC and Punjab Kings begin the bidding for Bairstow and SRH join in. The England wicket-keeper batter is sold to Punjab Kings for INR 6.75 Cr 5) Dinesh Karthik- RCB open the bid with INR 2 Cr and CSK join the race. Just when we thought DK is returning back to RCB, CSK make the call but the Bangalore side have made the bid again. Karthik will don RCB's jersey as he is sold for INR 5.50 Cr 6) Wriddhiman Saha- UNSOLD 7) Sam Billings- UNSOLD 8) Nicholas Pooran- Sold to SRH for INR 10.75 Cr SET 3 1) Dwayne Bravo- CSK have started the bid for the all-rounder. Sunrisers & DC join in now. BRAVO goes to CSK for INR 4.40 Cr 2) Nitish Rana- KKR have the opening bid and MI also enter the race. Knight Riders have Rana for an INR 8 Cr 3) Jason Holder- The bidding war is not stopping for Holder and the bid has gone over INR 5 Cr in no time. Royals and Super Giants are fighting it out for the all-rounder. he eventually goes to Super Giants for an INR 8.75 Cr 4) Shakib Al Hasan- UNSOLD 5) Harshal Patel- RCB putting in money on Harshal...After all, he was in some form for them. But SRH are also in with the bid. RCB are on a hunt here. But SRH are also not looking in a mood to give that away. The bid has already crossed INR 9 Cr. It's breaking the RECORDS and RCB get Harshal for a huge sum of INR 10.75 CR 6) Deepak Hooda- The Royals begin with the bid and RCB join in. W now have CSK in the competition as well. Lucknow have also started to bid for Hooda. He has had an impressive debut for India recently and is sold to Super Giants for INR 5.75 Cr 7) Wanindu Hasaranga- Hasaranga has already attracted a huge amount with his former team RCB also in the hunt. The Sri Lankan is sold to RCB at INR 10.75 Cr 8) Washington Sundar- Gujarat Titans open the bid at INR 1.50 Cr. Punjab Kings have also joined the bid. Now we have another bidder in Delhi Capitals. Sunrisers Hyderabad now make an entry. Lucknow Super Giants have also placed a bid with INR 8 Cr and we have a bidding war now. Sundar goes to SRH for an INR 8.75 Cr 9) Krunal Pandya- Punjab Kings make the bid and CSK join in now. Lucknow Super Giants have also made the bid and now SRH make the bid at INR 7 Cr. Gujarat Titans are the new entrant in the bidding war. But the Super Giants get him for INR 8.25 Cr 10) Mitchell Marsh- Mitchell Marsh is attracting a bidding war and rightly so. He can bat and bowl and has been in some form. Mitchell Marsh goes to DC for INR 6.5 Cr 11) Mohammad Nabi- UNSOLD SET 2 1) Manish Pandey- Sunrisers have started the bid and DC join in. Just when we thought, Pandey is going to DC, Lucknow come in with the bid. He is sold to Lucknow for INR 4.6 Cr 2) Shimron Hetmyer- There is a bidding war between the Royals & DC...Delhi are discussing whether they want to push further and THEY DO. But Rajasthan are not stopping. Capitals have opted out and he goes to RR for an INR 8.5 Cr 3) Robin Uthappa- CSK begin the bidding straightaway. The right-handed batsman is sold to CSK for an INR 2 Cr 4) Jason Roy- We have the opening bid from the Titans. He is sold to Gujarat for an INR 2 Cr 5) David Miller- No bidders for him at the moment 6) Devdutt Padikkal- RCB straightaway began the bidding for Padikkal. We now have MI, RR as well in the race. The left-handed batter goes to RR for an INR 7.75 Cr 7) Suresh Raina- UNSOLD 8) Steve Smith- UNSOLD Here are the details who were sold in the first set of the day. SET 1 1) Shikhar Dhawan goes to Punjab Kings for INR 8.25 Cr 2) R Ashwin sold to RR for INR 5 Cr after a bidding war 3) Pat Cummins- KKR begin with the bidding. The Australian Test skipper sold to KKR for INR 7.25 Cr...He went for INR 15 Cr earlier 4) Kagiso Rabada has grabbed a sum of INR 9.25 Cr and will play for Punjab Kings 5) Trent Boult- Mumbai Indians just get into the bidding war after RCB opt out. It's a bidding war between MI & RR. Boult's former franchise is persisting at the moment. And the left-handed pacer goes to RR for INR 8 Cr 6) Shreyas Iyer- The much-awaited bidding war for the right-handed batter begins. KKR pushing the paddle and are in no mood of letting Iyer go. But Gujarat have come in with a bid of INR 10 Cr...Iyer is sending the IPL auction records for a toss here. The bidding war isn't stopping as it has crossed INR 12 Cr and KKR have bought him for INR 12.25 Cr 7) Mohammed Shami- The right-handed pacer is sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 6.25 Cr 8) Faf du Plessis is sold to RCB for INR 7 Cr 9) Quinton de Kock- Lucknow have started with the bid & CSK join in as well. MI have also joined the bidding war. But the left-handed wicket-keeper batsman is sold to Lucknow for INR 6.75 Cr 10) David Warner- DC begin the bidding. Remember, Warner has won the IPL 2016 as skipper for SRH and the bidding war is on for him. He goes to DC for an INR 6.25 Cr The Lucknow Super Giants & Gujarat Titans are the two new franchises in the tournament making it a 10-team affair.