The Indian Premier League 2022 concluded this year's edition of the mega auction yesterday. A total of 204 players were sold in the two-day event, including 66 overseas players. The auction recorded a total of INR 551.7 crore spent or roughly INR 2.7 crores per player in addition to INR 324.2 crores being spent to retain 33 players.
The 10 teams in the IPL 2022 now are equipped with a total of 237 players. Four teams completely utilized the maximum quota of 25 players. Newcomer Lucknow Super Giants, meanwhile, seemed to be satisfied with only 21 players, the least in the league this year. The 237 players comprised roughly 76 batters and wicket-keepers, 78 All-rounders, and 73 bowlers.
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1. Chennai Super Kings
Total number of players: 25
Batters and WKs: C Hari Nishaanth, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu (WK), Devon Conway (WK), MS Dhoni (C&WK), N Jagadeesan (WK), and Robin Uthappa (WK).
All-rounders: Bhagath Varma, Dwaine Pretorious, Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, and Shivam Dube.
Bowlers: Adam Milne, Chris Jordan, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Mukesh Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangagerkar, Simarjeet Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande, M Theekshana, and Prashant Solanki.
2. Delhi Capitals
Total number of players: 24
Batters and WKs: Ashwin Hebbar, David Warner, Mandeep Singh, Prithvi Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan, KS Bharat (WK), Rishabh Pant (C&WK), and Tim Seifert (WK).
All-rounders: Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, and Yash Dhull.
Bowlers: Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Pravin Dubey, and Vicky Ostwal.
3. Gujarat Titans
Total number of players: 23
Batters and WKs: Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade (WK), and Wriddhiman Saha.
All-rounders: Alzarri Joseph, B Sai Sudharshan, Darshan Nalkande, Dominic Drakes, Hardik Pandya (C), Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, and Vijay Shankar.
Bowlers: Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami, Pradeep Sangwan, Varun Aaron, Yash Dayal, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, and Rashid Khan.
4. Kolkata Knight Riders
Total number of players: 25
Batters and WKs: Abhijeet Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Alex Hales, Nitish Rana, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Baba Indrajith (WK), Sam Billings (WK), and Sheldon Jackson (WK).
All-rounders: Aman Khan, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Chamika Karunaratne, Mohammad Nabi, Pat , and Venkatesh Iyer.
Bowlers: Ashok Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar, Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine, and Varun Chakravarthy.
5. Lucknow Super Giants
Total number of players: 21
Batters and WKs: Evin Lewis, Manan Vohra, Manish Pandey, KL Rahul (C&WK), and Quinton de Kock (WK).
All-rounders: Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Jason Holder, Karan Sharma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, and Marcus Stoinis.
Bowlers: Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Dushmantha Chameera, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, and Shahbaaz Nadeem.
6. Mumbai Indians
Total number of players: 25
Batters and WKs: Anmolpreet Singh, Dewald Brevis, Rahul Buddhi, Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Aryan Juyal (WK), and Ishan Kishan (WK)
All-rounders: Arjun Tendulkar, Daniel Sams, Fabien Allen, Hrithik Shokeen, Jofra Archer, Kieron Pollard, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Sanjay Yadav, Tilak, and Tim David.
Bowlers: Basil Thampi, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat, Riley Meredith, Tymal Mills, Mayank Markande, and Murugan Ashwin.
7. Punjab Kings
Total number of players: 25
Batters: Bhanuka Rjpaksa, Mayank Agarwal, Prerak Mankad, Shahrukh Khan, Shikhar Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Jonny Bairstow (WK), and Prabsimran Singh (WK).
All-rounders: Ansh Patel, Atharva Taide, Benny Howell, Harpreet Brar, Liam Livingstone, Odean Smith, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Vaibhav Arora, and Writtick Chatterjee.
Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Dhanda, Ishan Porel, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Sandeep Sharma, and Rahul Chahar.
8. Rajasthan Royals
Total number of players: 24
Batters and WKs: Devdutt Padikkal, Karun Nair, Rassie Van der Dussen, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Jos Buttler (WK), and Sanju Samson (C&WK).
All-rounders: Anunay Singh, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Shubham Gharwal.
Bowlers: Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Obed McCoy, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, KC Kariappa, Tejas Baroka, and Yuzvendra Chahal.
9. Royal Challengers Bangalore
Total number of players: 22
Batters and WKs: Faf du Plessis, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Finn Allen (WK), and Luvnith Sisodia (WK).
All-rounders: Aneeshwar Gautam, David Willey, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sherfane Rutherford, and Wanindu Hasaranga.
Bowlers: Akash Deep, Chama Milind, Harshal Patel, Jason Behrendorff, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, Siddharth Kaul, and Karn Sharma.
10. Sunrisers Hyderabad
Total number of players: 23
Batters and WKs: Aiden Markram, Kane Williamson (C), Priyam Garg, Rahul Tripathi, Ravikumar Samarth, Nicholas Pooran (WK), and Vishnu Vinod (WK).
All-rounders: Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Glenn Philips, Marco Jansen, Romario Shephard, Sean Abbott, Shashank Singh, and Washington Sundar.
Bowlers: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Dubey, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Jagadeesha Suchith, and Shreyas Gopal.
