IPL 2022 Auction: 5 Openers Who Can Get The Highest Bid

The IPL 2022 mega auction are slated to be held in Bengaluru on February 12-13. It will be the 15th season of the cash-rich league with two new teams added into the mix. Season 10 will have as many as 74 games. Ahead of the auction, all the teams have submitted their list of retained players. The two new franchises have picked three players each in the draft.

With this being the last mega auction for a length of time, all the franchises would look to buy the best of players to build their squads. Many teams are looking for good openers as a first step towards revamping their squads. There are many options to choose from with several reputed openers having enlisted themselves in the auction. In this article, we take a look at five openers who can get the highest bid in the upcoming IPL 2022 mega auctions.

IPL 2022 Auction: 5 Openers Who Can Get The Highest Bid

David Warner

David Warner has enrolled himself at a base price of 2 Crores but is expected to be sold at the much highest cost. Franchises are expected to go all out behind him giving his stats in the IPL. He is among the highest run-getters in the tournament and also a potential captaincy candidate for various franchises. He led Sunrisers Hyderabad to their maiden IPL title in 2016. All these factors are taken together, the southpaw can get a bid of atleast 15 crores.

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Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan is one of the Indian openers who will be a part of the auction. Dhawan formed a great partnership along with Davids Warner while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Since moving to Delhi Capitals in 2019, he has shown incredible consistency scoring 1736 runs with two centuries and 12 fifty-plus scores. Teams like KKR and Rajasthan Royals would ideally look to rope in the veteran Indian opener. He can fetch somewhere close to at least 10 crores given his recent exploits in the IPL.

Chris Lynn

Chris Lynn is another option among the openers. The hard-hitting opener has proved his mettle for Kolkata Knight Riders for the years he played for the franchise. He sat majorly on the sidelines for Mumbai Indians who roped him in ahead of IPL 2020. Lynn is another opener who is expected to be sold at a high price. He can be bought by any of the 10 teams. However, what will be the strategy of KKR in Lynn’s case will be an interesting observation.

Jonny Bairstow

Jonny Bairstow has also proved himself in the IPL. He was at the center of SRH’s success in IPL for the three seasons he played with the franchise. he was released by the franchise ahead of the mega auctions. Overall in three seasons. Overall he scored 1038 runs for SRH with seven fifties and a hundred. That he is also a wicketkeeper might boost his chances of getting sold at a higher price.

Jason Roy

Jason Roy is another attacking opener. He was signed by SRH in the second half of IPL 2021 as a replacement. He played a few good knocks for the franchise but they decided to release him ahead of the mega auction. This gives other franchises now a chance to rope in the England opener. Consistent run-scoring is something that the franchises would be expecting from Roy now that he is an experienced T20 freelancer.

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