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The auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League players will be held in Bangalore from 11 am today.
Owners of 10 teams including Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants participated in the auction.
With fans eagerly awaiting the 2022 IPL auction, Hugh Etihadis, who was leaving the auction, suddenly fainted.
As a result, the auction was suspended.
He was taken to hospital. In this case, the auction will resume at 3:30 pm, according to PTI.
Here is a summary of some of the key information that was put up for auction by which team.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore have auctioned former Chennai Super Kings player Du Plessis for Rs 7 crore.
- Former Chennai Super Kings batsman Suresh Raina has not been bid in the first round. His starting price was Rs 2 crore.
- The Punjab Kings have bid Rs 8.25 crore for Shikhar Dhawan, the first player to be auctioned today.
- Kolkata Knight Riders have bid the highest ever Rs 1.25 crore for former Delhi captain Shreyas Iyer.
- The Gujarat Titans have bid for veteran fast bowler Mohammad Shami for Rs 6.25 crore.
- Ravichandran Aswin from Tamil Nadu was bid for Rs 5 crore by the Rajasthan Royals.
- West Indies’ Jason Holder has been auctioned by the Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 8.5 crore.
- Uthappa of India and Jason Roy of England bid at the starting price.
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