Big bucks for Pooran, Holder and Hetmyer at IPL auction

– Ishan Kishan bags highest but on day one auction

Nicholas Pooran had the highest bid for a West Indies player in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction history when he was signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 10.75 crore, which is approximately (US$1.43 million).
Jason Holder was snapped up by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for 8.75 crore, which is equivalent to (US$1.16 million).
Guyanese Shimron Hetmyer, who was the first West Indian buy in the IPL auction, was snapped up by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for 8.51 crore (US$1.13 million). Dwayne Bravo, the other West Indian, returned to Chennai Super Kings for 4.40 crore (US$584,000).

Hetmyer’s old team, Delhi Capitals (DC), and the Royals were engaged in a bidding war, but Royals prevailed and got the prize.
The final day of the mega auction is set for today, Sunday, February 13, and the likes of Odean Smith and Romario Shepherd will be eager to get maiden IPL contracts. Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell and Sunil Narine were the West Indians retained before the IPL auction. Pollard and Narine had a retention price of 6 crore (US$796,000). while Russell was retained at 12 crore (US$1.59 million).
Meanwhile, Ishan Kishan was the most expensive buy in the IPL 2022 auction as Mumbai Indians broke the bank and secure him for 15.25 crore (US$2.02 million). Deepak Chahar fetched a colossal 14 crore (US$1.85 million) from Chennai Super Kings to become the second-most expensive player in the auction.
While Prasidh Krishna and Lockie Ferguson bagged 10 crore (US$1.00 million) each, going to RR and LSG respectively, Josh Hazlewood was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for 7.75 crore (US$1.02 million). Shardul Thakur also bagged big money as DC bought him for 10.75 crore (US$1.42 million). From the spinners’ lot, Kuldeep Yadav was the first one to be picked as DC bought him for 2 crore (US$265,000).

The uncapped categories witnessed some massive bids, with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) shelling out 6.5 crore (US$863,000) for Abhishek Sharma and 8.75 crore (US$1.16 million). for Rahul Tripathi. Gujarat Titans then spent 9 crore (US$1.19 million) for Rahul Tewatia. Earlier, Shreyas Iyer also fetched a staggering deal of 12 crore(US$1.59 million) from Kolkata Knight Riders. The franchise also got back their Australian pacer Pat Cummins for 7.25 crore(US$962,000). Ashwin (5 crore – US$663,000) headed to Rajasthan Royals while Shikhar Dhawan (8.25 crore – US$1.13 million) was snapped up by Punjab Kings.

How teams stand at the end of Day 1
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande [Players bought: 10. Budget remaining: 20.45 crore (US$2.71 million). Overseas players: 2]

Delhi Capitals: David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, KS Bharat, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mustafizur Rahman, Ashwin Hebbar [Players bought: 13. Budget remaining: 16.50 crore (US$2.18 million). Overseas players: 4]
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Jason Roy, Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad [Players bought: 10. Budget remaining: 18.85 crore (US$2.50 million). Overseas players: 4]
Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy [Players bought: 9. Budget remaining: 12.65 crore (US$1.68 million). Overseas players: 3]
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Ankit Rajpoot [Players bought: 11. Budget remaining: 6.90 crore (US$916,000). Overseas players: 4]
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Kieron Pollard, Jasprit Bumrah, M Ashwin, Basil Thampi [Players bought: 8. Budget remaining: 27.85 crore (US$3.69 million). Overseas players: 2]
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel [Players bought: 11. Budget remaining: 28.65 crore (US$3.80 million). Overseas players: 2]
Rajasthan Royals: Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, KC Cariappa [Players bought: 11. Budget remaining: 12.15 crore (US$1.61 million). Overseas players: 3]
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep [Players bought: 11. Budget remaining: 9.25 crore(US$1.22 million). Overseas players: 4]
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, J Suchith, Shreyas Gopal, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik [Players bought: 13. Budget remaining: 20.15 crore (US$2.67 million). Overseas players: 2]