IPL 2022 Schedule, Teams, Start Date, Players List, Match List

After the completion of IPL auction 2022, BCCI is busy with the preparations for IPL 2022 tournament. IPL auction 2022, which was slightly delayed this time, was successfully conducted on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru. A total of 10 teams were part of the mega auction, including the two new franchises Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans.

The 10 franchises bought a total of 204 players during IPL 2022 auction. Out of these, there were 67 overseas players and 137 Indian players. Ishan Kishan became the most expensive player during the auction, as Mumbai Indians bought him back to their squad at a price of Rs. 15.25 crores.

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Deepak Chahar at 14 crores, Shreyas Iyer at Rs. 12.25 crores, and Liam Livingstone at Rs. 11.5 crores were a few other most expensive players during IPL auction 2022. Players like Shardul Thakur, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Nicholas Pooran earned a deal of Rs. 10.75 crores each and were among the other top picks.

IPL 2022 Schedule

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BCCI is all set to officially announce the IPL 2022 schedule in the upcoming few days. Since IPL 2022 tournament is going to be held during the March-April-May window this year, there is less than one month left for the preparation of the tournament. This time, TATA group is the new sponsor of the tournament and it will be called TATA IPL 2022.

Although BCCI has not announced IPL 2022 schedule so far, some sources have revealed that March 26 is the likely date for the start of the tournament. According to some reports, BCCI planned to begin the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League on March 27, 2022.

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However, the broadcaster Star Sports wants BCCI to prepone it to March 26, since it’s a Saturday. If IPL 2022 commences on Saturday, there can be a doubleheader on the next day on Sunday. Hence, the tournament will witness a grand opening with three matches scheduled on weekends. Hence, it might attract more viewership and the attention of fans.

Moreover, tournament broadcasters Star has informed commentators in an official mail to keep their availability for the tournament from March 17 to June 7, 2022, i.e. 10 days from the start of the tournament and 5 days after the tournament. Therefore, the tentative days for the IPL 2022 are March 26 to June 2.

Since there are 10 teams in IPL 2022, a total of 74 matches will be played during the tournament. The format will be similar, i.e. double round-robin format. Each team will face other teams twice during the league stage. The top 4 teams will qualify for playoffs.

IPL 2022 Venues

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Earlier, due to a surge in COVID cases within the country in January due to the third wave of Coronavirus, BCCI was planning to schedule the tournament outside India. Sri Lanka and South Africa were the possible options BCCI was looking for. The last two editions of IPL took place in UAE.

However, since the COVID condition inside the country is under control now and there are just a few thousand active cases now, BCCI is planning to conduct the tournament in India only. However, the tournament will not take place across different venues, as it will incur risks due to flight travel.

According to reports, BCCI is going to conduct IPL 2022 within Maharashtra and Gujarat across 6 venues. 4 venues in Mumbai and 1 Pune might host the league stage matches while the four playoff games including the final will be conducted in Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.

Wankhede Stadium, Brabourne Stadium, DY Patil Stadium, and Jio Stadium are the 4 possible venues in Mumbai where the matches can be played. Jio Stadium-the home ground of Mumbai Indians team- is yet to get a clearance from the broadcast team for hosting the games. Pune’s MCA Stadium is also one of the possible venues with its proximity to Mumbai city.

IPL 2022 Teams

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A total of 10 teams are part of IPL 2022. They are Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Lucknow Super Giants, and Gujarat Titans. Recently, all these teams picked their favourite players during IPL auction 2022.

Ahead of the auction, the old teams were allowed to retain a maximum of 4 players in their squad. In addition, the two new teams Lucknow and Gujarat were allowed to pick three draft players in their squads. Hence, after the conclusion of the auction, all the 10 teams have inducted their desired players into their squads now.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Chennai Super Kings will be led by MS Dhoni in IPL 2022 too. The former Indian skipper was retained by the franchise in the team. Three other players namely Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Moeen Ali were also retained by the franchise.

The four-time IPL winners bought 21 players during IPL auction 2022. Dwayne Bravo, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Shivam Dube, Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner were some of the key players that CSK bought during the mega auction. Deepak Chahar at Rs. 14 crores was the team’s costliest player.

CSK Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, N Jagadeesan, Hari Nishaanth, Subhranshu Senapati, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Bhagath Varma, Prashant Solanki, Chris Jordan, Dwaine Pretorius, Devon Conway, Adam Milne, Mitchell Santner.

Delhi Capitals (DC)

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Delhi Capitals also retained 4 players in their squad ahead of IPL 2022 auction. DC retained their skipper Rishabh Pant, Anrich Nortje, Prithvi Shaw, and Aar Patel. During the auction, the IPL 2020 runners-up bought 20 players. Now, they have 24 players in their squad.

DC Squad: David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, KS Bharat, Mandeep Singh, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Ashwin Hebbar, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal, Lungi Ngidi, Tim Seifert, Praveen Dubey, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Four players part of KKR’s retentions list for IPL 2022 were Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, and Venkatesh Iyer. During the auction, the two-time IPL champions bought 21 players. The team also nominated Shreyas Iyer as their skipper for IPL 2022.

KKR Squad: Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Sam Billings, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Salam, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Aman Khan, Ramesh Kumar, Ashok Sharma, Tim Southee, Alex Hales, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, B Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne.

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Mumbai Indians retained 4 players in their squad during IPL 2022 auction namely Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Suryakumar Yadav, and Jasprit Bumrah. During the auction, the five-time champions bought 21 players. Ishan Kishan was bought by MI for Rs. 15.25 crores and became this year auction’s most expensive player.

MI Squad: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Kieron Pollard, Jasprit Bumrah, M Ashwin, Basil Thampi, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Sanjay Yadav, Ramandeep Singh, Aryan Juyal, Arjun Tendulkar, Tilak Varma, Hrithik Shokeen, Rahul Buddhi, Arshad Khan, Tymal Mills, Jofra Archer, Fabian Allen, Daniel Sams, Anmolpreet Singh, Tim David, Riley Meredith.

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

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Punjab Kings retained only two players in their squad ahead of IPL 2022- Mayank Agarwal and Arshdeep Singh. During the auction, the franchise grabbed 23 players. Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, and Liam Livingstone are some key players that PBKS bought during the auction.

PBKS Squad: Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh, Odean Smith, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Sandeep Sharma, Atharva Taide, Vaibhav Arora, Ansh Patel, Raj Angad Bawa, Benny Howell, Rishi Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Baltej Singh, Writtick Chatterjee, Nathan Ellis, Prerak Mankad.

Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals retained Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, and Yashasvi Jaiswal in their squad ahead of IPL 2022 auction. During the auction, the IPL 2008 winners bought 21 players. Devdutt Padikkal, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, and R Ashwin were a few top picks of the team. Prasidh Krishna was the team’s costliest player at Rs. 10 crores.

Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, KC Cariappa, Navdeep Saini, Tejas Baroka, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldip Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, James Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Karun Nair, Obed McCoy.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore retained Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, and Mohammed Siraj ahead of IPL auction 2022. During the auction, the three-time runners-up bought 19 players.

Faf du Plessis, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Harshal Patel were a few top-priced players for RCB. Virat Kohli left the captaincy of the team after last season and the team is yet to appoint a new skipper for the team in IPL 2022.

RCB Squad: Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Suyash Prabhudesai, Luvnith Sisodia, Aneeshwar Gautam, Jason Behrendorff, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Siddarth Kaul, Chama Milind, Mahipal Lomror, Sherfane Rutherford, Finn Allen.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

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Sunrisers Hyderabad retained Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, and Umran Malik ahead of the auction. During the auction, the IPL 2016 champions bought 20 players. At 10.75 crores, Nicholas Pooran was the team’s top pick of the team.

SRH Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, J Suchith, Shreyas Gopal, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Saurabh Dubey, Shashank Singh, Sean Abbott, R Samarth, J Suchith, Romario Shepherd, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Lucknow Super Giants

Lucknow Super Giants, which is one of the two new franchises in IPL 2022, bought three draft players ahead of auction namely KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, and Ravi Bishnoi. During the auction, the team spent all of their budgets to buy 18 players.

Avesh Khan at Rs. 10 crores was the team’s top pick while Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Jason Holder, Quinton De Kock, and Manish Pandey were a few other key players that Lucknow bought. KL Rahul is going to lead the team in IPL 2022.

LSG Squad: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, K Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Dushmantha Chameera, Ankit Rajpoot, Shahbaz Nadeem, Manan Vohra, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Kyle Mayers, K Gowtham, Evin Lewis.

Gujarat Titans (GT)

Gujarat Titans is the other new team that will take part in IPL 2022. Ahead of the IPL auction 2022, the franchise picked Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, and Shubman Gill. During the auction, Titans bought 20 players.

Jason Roy, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, David Miller, and Alzarri Joseph are some key players that the team bought during the auction. The franchise has named Hardik Pandya as their skipper for IPL 2022.

GT Squad: Shubman Gill, Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhinav Manohar, Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Tewatia, Dominic Drakes, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Alzarri Joseph, Pradeep Sangwan, David Miller, Matthew Wade, Gurkeerat Singh, B Sai Sudharshan.

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