IPL 2022 Auction Date And Time, New Teams, Retained Players List, Players List, Retention Rules, Purse Value Of All Teams

The IPL 2022 auction is all set to take place later this month or earlier in the month of January 2022. However, the old 8 IPL teams have locked their retention list. Apart from them, IPL 2022 will have 2 new teams in the form of Lucknow and Ahmedabad. The two new teams will also be retaining players released by the other 8 teams.

Some big names in the IPL 2022 retention were released by the franchises. These players might either be retained by the other 2 teams or they might jump into the IPL 2022 auction. Some big names including the likes of KL Rahul, David Warner, Rashid Khan, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, and many others weren't retained by the franchises. Meanwhile, these players might go under the hammer in IPL auction.

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IPL 2022 Auction Date And Time

The IPL 2022 auction dates are not revealed yet. However, it is expected to take place in the first week of January 2022. Many overseas and domestic players will go under the hammer during IPL 2022 mega auction. Like the 2018 mega auction, the mega auction will unpack a lot of surprises for fans.

The salary purse for IPL 2022 auction has been increased to Rs. 90 crore per team. Earlier in IPL 2021, the salary purse for each franchise was Rs. 85 crores. The old 8 teams can retain either 4, 3, 2, or 1 player or no players at all. However, they will have the respective deduction from their salary purse when they go ahead with these options.

The Two New Teams

The two new teams that have been added to the IPL setup are Lucknow and Ahmedabad. While the Lucknow franchise was bought by the RPSG Group in an auction for more than INR 7000 Crores. However, the Ahmedabad franchise has been bought by a private CVC Capital company for almost about INR 6000 Crores.

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Controversy arose even before the teams could finalize a name when CVC capital was accused of being involved in sports betting and had to almost lose out their ownership of the team. However, the BCCI hasn't taken any legal action as yet and it is believed that the CVC Capital might be given the green flag.

IPL 2022 Retained Players List

Chennai Super Kings (CSK ) :
Ravindra Jadeja (16 cr), MS Dhoni (12 cr), Moeen Ali (8 cr), and Ruturaj Gaikwad (6 cr)

Delhi Capitals (DC) :
Rishabh Pant (16 cr), Axar Patel (9 cr), Prithvi Shaw (7.5 cr),  and Anrich Nortje (6.5 cr)

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) :
Andre Russell (12 cr), Venkatesh Iyer (8 cr), Varun Chakravarthy (8 cr), and Sunil Narine (6 cr)

Mumbai Indians (MI) :
Rohit Sharma (16 cr), Jasprit Bumrah (12 cr), Suryakumar Yadav (8 cr), and Kieron Pollard (6 cr)

Punjab Kings (PBKS) :
Mayank Agarwal (14 cr), and Arshdeep Singh (4 cr)

Rajasthan Royals (RR) :
Sanju Samson (14 cr), Jos Buttler (10 cr), and Yashasvi Jaiswal (4 cr)

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) :
Virat Kohli (15 cr), Glenn Maxwell (11 cr), and Mohammed Siraj (7 cr)

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) :
Kane Williamson (14 cr), Umran Malik (4 cr), and Abdul Samad (4 cr)

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IPL 2022 Retention Rules

The IPL 2022 retentions list have been announced by the 8 teams on November 30, 2021. The two new franchises can target 3 players- 2 domestic and 1 overseas- from December 1 to December 25. These 3 players can be picked from the pool of released players by the 8 franchises.

The salary purse for IPL 2022 auction has been increased to Rs. 90 crore per team. Earlier in IPL 2021, the salary purse for each franchise was Rs. 85 crores. The 8 teams can retain either 4, 3, 2, or 1 player or no players at all. However, they will have the respective deduction from their salary purse when they go ahead with these options. Below is the classification of the salary for the retained players.

The remaining salary purse of all old teams after retention of players

Punjab Kings (PBKS) – 72 Crores

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – 68 Crores

Rajasthan Royals (RR) – 62 Crores

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – 57 Crores

Mumbai Indians (MI) – 48 Crores

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – 48 Crores

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – 48 Crores

Delhi Capitals (DC) – 47.5 Crores

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Meanwhile, the two new teams Lucknow and Ahmedabad will announce their first three picks within December 25. The IPL 2022 mega auction is expected to be held on January first week.