IPL 2022 Auction: 5 Indian Players Who Can Cross The Bidding Slab Of INR 15 Crores

The IPL 2022 auction is less than a month away to take place as the BCCI has already announced February 12 and 13 as the two dates for the mega auction in Bengaluru.

A total of 27 players have been retained by the eight franchises ahead of the auction with both the new teams (Lucknow and Ahmedabad) will be allowed to sign three players who haven’t been retained by their old team.

IPL 2022 will see most of the players go under the auctions table as BCCI has planned a mega auction amongst ten teams, the last time such arrangement was made in 2011.

Former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh happens to be the most expensive player to get sold in the IPL auction history. Yuvraj was bought by Delhi Daredevils (now Capitals) in 2015 for a whopping amount of INR 16 crore.

Just a year before grabbing the aforementioned deal, Yuvraj was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 14 crores in IPL 2014 auction.

Last year, former South Africa player Chris Morris became the most expensive player in IPL history after he was purchased by the Rajasthan Royals for Rs 16.25 crore.

Morris broke Australian Test skipper Pat Cummins’ record of 15.5 crores by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2020.

The IPL 2022 could enter the record books as one of the most embellishing auctions for the years to come.

Let us look at the Indian players that can empty INR 15 crore from a particular franchise in the IPL 2022 auction.

IPL 2022 Auction: 5 Indian Players Who Can Cross The Bidding Slab Of INR 15 Crores

5) Ravichandran Ashwin

The Tamil Nadu spinner was released by Delhi Capitals as his bowling partner Axar Patel was picked ahead of him along with Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant and Anrich Nortje.

Ashwin picked seven wickets in IPL 2021 and was very close to pushing Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2021 final.

Ashwin is just five wickets shy of completing 150 IPL wickets. Ashwin is also grooming his batting skills as he was seen finishing matches against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2021.

Ashwin has bowled in 164 IPL innings and holds an economy rate of 6.91 as he comes in to bowl in the middle overs and stops the flow of runs from the opposition.

4) Shreyas Iyer

Iyer is the reason behind Delhi Capitals resurgence after he took over the captaincy duties from Gautam Gambhir in IPL 2018.

In IPL 2019, the Delhi franchise qualified for the playoffs after a hiatus of seven years and the next year they made their maiden appearance in a final, where they lost to Mumbai Indians.

With 2375 runs from 87 IPL games, Iyer is the third-highest run-scorer of the franchise behind Virender Sehwag (2382) and Rishabh Pant (2498).

Iyer can not only give any team the option of a middle-order batter but also could become a potential candidate for the leadership role.

3) Yuzvendra Chahal 

The Indian leg-spinner is the leading wicket-taker of RCB in IPL with 139 wickets from 113 games. Chahal’s best figures of 4/25 came against Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2016 in Bengaluru.

He regained his form in the second leg of IPL 2021 after he was dropped from India’s T20 World Cup squad and ended up snapping 18 wickets for RCB.

Chahal has the ability to get breakthroughs in the middle overs and with his leg-breakers, he can also control the runs for his side. The 31-year-old can bag a huge sum of money in IPL 2022 auction. 

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2) KL Rahul

The swashbuckling batter has amassed 3273 runs from 94 IPL matches at the strike rate of 136.38.

Since he joined Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in 2018, he has scored nearly 600 runs in each season. 

After just four seasons, the Karnataka batter is currently the franchise’s highest run-scorer with 2548 runs from 55 innings. 

Rahul was appointed as Punjab’s captain in 2020 but was released by the franchise in the retention window as reports had suggested that the player is likely to join the Lucknow team.

In case, Rahul opts to throw his hat in the IPL 2022 auction, franchisees will have a tough battle between them to purchase the stylish player. 

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1) Harshal Patel

The Haryana pacer had a tremendous IPL 2021 season as he ended as the highest wicket-taker of the tournament with 32 wickets, equalising CSK all-rounder Dwayne Bravo’s record in IPL 2013.

Patel changed the franchise’s fortunes of winning matches in the league stage as they were extremely lacking in death bowling. 

Patel can execute both slower and yorker balls strenuously and can read the situation of the game and use his variations accordingly.

It was shocking for everyone to not see him being retained ahead of the mega auction but just like the other teams, RCB, too, will be keen to get his services for IPL 2022.

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