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The player auction for the IPL 2022 series has been successfully held amid heavy anticipation from the fans. This time with the formation of 2 teams in Lucknow and Ahmedabad, the old 8 existing teams were disbanded and for the first time since 2018, a mega player auction was held.
Of the 590 players who took part, only 204 were finally selected to play for 10 teams. Like all other auctions this year there was stiff competition from all 10 teams to buy quality star players.
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3 Wrong results:
India’s Ishant Kishan has signed a contract to play for the Mumbai Indians for Rs 15.25 crore. Similarly, England all-rounder Liam Livingston, the highest foreign player in the league, signed for the Punjab Kings for Rs 11.50 crore.
A few quality players like Jason Roy were bought at a very low price in this auction. But even if a few players are bought for a hefty sum, the question remains as to whether they are worth that much. But let’s look at how a few teams have made the wrong decision and bought a large number of players who were available at a low price, to the point of asking, “Could it have been a cotton bundle?”
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1. Herschelle Patel: Herschelle Patel, who played for Royal Challengers Bangalore for just Rs 20 lakh in the IPL 2021 series, took 32 wickets in the innings. He scored a hat-trick and took 5 wickets against a particularly strong Mumbai Indians and won the purple cap given to the bowler who took the most wickets in the 2021 IPL series. It also equaled Dwayne Bravo’s record of taking the most wickets in a particular season in IPL history.
The opportunity to play for the Indian team came looking for him due to his achievements. In that situation it came as a big surprise that Bangalore did not retain him before the auction of the IPL 2022 series. Bangalore have retained Virat Kohli (Rs 15 crore), Glenn Maxwell (Rs 11 crore) and Mohammad Siraj (Rs 7 crore) for the 4th wicket.
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If the Bangalore team management had retained Herschelle Patel in that position, the maximum amount due to the 4th player would have been completed with just Rs 6 crore. But in the subsequent auction it bought him for Rs 10.75 crore and spent over Rs 4.75 crore. Tell yourself fans that this is the right decision.
2. Shah Rukh Khan: Like Herschelle Patel, Shah Rukh Khan, a youngster from Tamil Nadu, played a huge role for the Punjab Kings in the IPL last year. The ensuing Saeed Mushtaq Ali Cup won the grand final of the 2021 series when Tamil Nadu needed five runs to win the title to give Tamil Nadu the title. The Punjab Kings managed to retain only two players, Mayang Agarwal (12 crore) and Arshideep Singh (4 crore), as the team was expected to retain him. So far there were 2 vacancies in the list of players allowed to be retained in that team.
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But the Punjab Kings did not bother about it at the time and bought Shah Rukh Khan for Rs 9 crore in the IPL auction. Had this been done in advance it would have ended with Rs 4 crore. Yes Charukhan is a player who has not played for India yet so to retain him before the auction he has to be paid a maximum salary of only Rs 4 crore as per IPL rules. But the Punjab team has now incurred an apparent loss of Rs 5 crore as he was left out of hand and later bought.
3. Abhishek Sharma: It can be said that even the above 2 players are worthy to play for such a large amount. But the management of Sunrisers Hyderabad, who bought Abhishek Sharma, who has yet to play for India, in the auction for Rs 6.5 crore, has made many look back.
Because he did not shine much in the opportunities given to him in the last IPL seasons. If he had wanted to buy him to be like that he could have signed on for just Rs 4 crore in the players category to be retained before the auction. Because Kane Williamson (14 crore), Umran Malik (4 crore) and Abdul Samad (4 crore) who retained the team had a vacancy to go.
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So it is up to the Sunrisers Hyderabad team management to shed that good opportunity and see what qualifications he has to compete for Rs 6.5 crore in the auction. However, the team lost 2.5 crores due to this.
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