Ishan Kishan most expensive, Uncapped player Avesh Khan bought by Lucknow for 10 cr

Ishan Kishan and Deepak Chahar clinched the most eye-popping deals as India’s battle-hardened T20 exponents laughed their way to the bank on the opening day of IPL mega-auction where the franchises saved their highest bids for home-grown talent.

Kishan’s ₹15.25 crore winning bid from Mumbai Indians pipped the ₹14 crore figure that CSK offered to retain Deepak Chahar on Saturday.

India pacer Avesh Khan was picked up by Lucknow Super Giants for ₹10 crore in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction on Saturday.

Avesh had his base price as ₹20 lakh, and in the end, he was sold at ₹10 crore to Lucknow and as a result, he has become the most expensive uncapped player in the history of the tournament. India pacer Basil Thampi was sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹30 lakh. On the other hand, Kartik Tyagi was acquired by SunRisers Hyderabad for ₹4 crore.

Key highlights of Tata IPL 2022 mega auction:

Sandeep Lamichhane goes unsold in the first round

Sai Kishore with a base price of ₹20 lakh acquired by Gujarat by ₹3 crore

Shreyas Gopal with a base price of ₹20 lakh acquired by SRH for ₹75 lakh

Jagadeesha Suchith acquired by SRH for ₹20 lakh

KC Cariappawith a base price of ₹20 lakh goes to RR for ₹30 lakh

M Siddharth goes unsold in the first round

Murugan Ashwin with a base price of ₹20 lakh acquired by Mumbai Indians for ₹1.6 crore

Noor Ahmad acquired by Gujarat for ₹30 lakh

Ankit Singh Rajpoot acquired by Lucknow for ₹50 lakh

Ishan Porel acquired by Punjab Kings for ₹25 lakh

Avesh Khan with a base price of ₹20 lakh acquired by Lucknow for ₹10 crore

KM Asif acquired by CSK for ₹20 lakh

Akashdeep acquired by RCB for ₹20 lakh

Karthik Tyagi with a base price of ₹20 lakh acquired by SRH for ₹4 crore

Basil Thampi acquired by Mumbai Indians for ₹30 lakh

Jitesh Singh acquired by Punjab Kings for ₹20 lakh

Sheldon Jackson with a base price of ₹30 lakh acquired by KKR for ₹60 lakh

N Jagadeesan goes unsold in the first round

Prabhsimran Singh with a base price of ₹20 lakh acquired by Punjab Kings for ₹60 lakh

Anuj Rawat with a base price of ₹20 lakh acquired by RCB for ₹3.4 crore 

Mohammed Azharuddeen is unsold in the first round

Vishnu Solanki is unsold in the first round

Shabaz Ahamad with a  base price of ₹30 lakh acquired by RCB for ₹2.4 crore

Harpreet Brar with a base price of ₹20 lakh acquired by Punjab Kings for ₹3.8 crore

Kamlesh Nagarkoti with a base price of ₹40 lakh acquired by Delhi Capitals for ₹1.10 crore.

Rahul Tewatia with a base price of ₹40 lakh acquired by Gujarat Titans for ₹9 crore

Shivam Mavi with a base price of ₹40 lakh acquired by KKR for ₹7.25 crore

Uncapped player Shahrukh Khan with a base price of ₹40 lakh acquired by Punjab Kings for ₹9 crore

Sarfaraz Khan acquired by Delhi Capitals for ₹20 lakh

Abhishek Sharma with a base price of ₹20 lakh acquired by SRH for ₹6.5 crore

Riyan Parag with a base price of ₹30 lakh acquired by RR for ₹3.8 crore

C Hari Nishaanth is unsold in the first round

Rahul Tripathi with a base price of ₹40 lakh acquired by SRH for ₹8.5 crore

Anmolpreet Singh is unsold in the first round

Ashwin Hebbar acquired by by Delhi Capitals for ₹20 lakh

Abhinav Sadarangani with a base price of ₹20 lakh acquired by Gujarat Titans for ₹2.6 crore

Priyam Garg acquired by SRH at ₹20 lakh

Amit Mishra goes unsold in the first round

Yuzvendra Chahal acquired by RR for ₹6. 5  crore 

Yuzvendra Chahal goes under hammer, base price at ₹2 crore

Rahul Chahar acquired by Punjab Kings for ₹5.25 crore

Rahul Chahar goes under the hammer, base price ₹75 lakh

Adam Zampa goes unsold in the first round

Kuldeep Yadav acquired by Delhi Capitals for ₹2 crore

Kuldeep Yadav goes under hammer, base price at ₹1 crore 

Imran Tahir goes unsold in the first round

Mujeeb Zadran goes unsold in the first round

Adil Rashid goes unsold in the first round

Mustafizur Rahman acquired by Delhi Capitals for ₹2.20 crore

Shardul Thakur acquired by Delhi Capitals for ₹10.75 crore

Shardul Thakur goes under hammer, base price at RS 2 crore

Bhuvneshwar Kumar acquired by SRH ₹4.4 crore

Bhuvneshwar Kumar  goes under the hammer, base price at ₹2 crore

Mark Wood acquired by Lucknow for ₹7.5 crore

Mark Wood goes under hammer, base price at ₹2 crore

Josh Hazelwood acquired by RCB at ₹7.75 crore

Josh Hazelwood goes under hammer, base price at ₹2 crore

Lockie Ferguson acquired by Gujarat Titans for ₹10 crore

Lockie Ferguson goes under hammer, base price at ₹2 crore

Prasid Krishna acquired by Rajasthan Royals  for ₹10 crore

Prasid Krishna goes under the hammer, base price ₹1 crore

Deepak Chahar acquired by Chennai Super Kings for ₹14 crore

Deepak Chahar under the hammer, base price of ₹2 crore

T Natrajan bought by SRH for ₹4 crore

T Natrajan goes under hammer, base price of ₹1 crore

Ishan Kishan after being acquired by Mumbai Indians

“I’m really excited to be back at MI. I know everyone has treated me there like a family so I am really happy to be there and I hope to give my best to the team. Thank you so much,” said the 23-year-old Ishan Kishan.

Nicholas Pooran bought by SRH at ₹10.75 crore

Nicholas Pooran goes under hammer, base price at ₹1.50 crore

Sam Billings goes unsold in the first round

Wriddhiman Saha goes unsold in the first round

Dinesh Karthik bought by RCB at ₹5.50 crore

Dinesh Karthik goes under the hammer, with a base price of ₹2 crore

Jonny Bairstow bought by Punjab for ₹6.75 crore

Jonny Bairstow goes under the hammer with a base price of ₹1.5 crore

Ishan Kishan bought by Mumbai Indians at ₹15.25 crore

Ishan Kishan goes under hammer, with a base price of ₹2 crore

Ambati Rayudu bought by CSK for ₹6.75 crore

Ambati Rayudu goes under hammer, base price at ₹2 crore

Matthew Wade goes unsold in the first round

Mohammad Nabi goes unsold in the first round

Mitchell Marsh bought by Delhi Capitals for ₹6.5 crore

Mitchell Marsh goes under the hammer, base price of ₹2 crore

Krunal Pandya bought by Lucknow for ₹8.25 crore

Krunal Pandya goes under hammer with a base price of ₹2 crore

Washington Sundar goes to SRH for ₹8.75 crore

Washington Sundar goes under hammer, base price at RS 1.50 crore

Sri Lankan cricketer Wanindu Hasaranga bought by RCB at RS 10.75 crore

Auction proceedings resumes after being halted auctioneer Hugh Edmeades collapsed when the bidding for Sri Lanka spinner Wanindu Hasaranga was going on.

Veteran sports presenter Charu Sharma was handed the auction duties for the remainder of the event as Edmeades received medical care following the fall that was blamed on low blood pressure.

Auction is temporarily halted as IPL auctioneer Hugh Edmeades has collapsed mid-way through the mega auction.

Sri Lankan cricketer Wanindu Hasaranga goes under the hammer, base price at ₹1 crore

Deepak Hooda goes to Lucknow at ₹5.75 crore

Deepak Hooda goes under the hammer, base price at ₹75 lakh

Harshal Patel bought by RCB for ₹10.75 crore

Harshal Patel goes under the hammer, intense bidding among the franchise

Jason Holder bought by Lucknow for ₹8.75 crore

Jason Holder goes under the hammer 

Nitish Rana goes to KKR for ₹8 crore 

Nitish Rana goes under the hammer 

Dwayne Bravo goes to CSK for ₹4.40 crore

Dwayne Bravo goes under the hammer

Steve Smith goes unsold in the first round

Suresh Raina goes unsold in the first round

Devdutt Padikkal goes to Rajasthan Royals at ₹7.75 crore 

India batsman Devdutt Padikkal goes under the hammer

South Africa’s David Miller goes unsold in the first round

England batsman goes Jason Roy to Gujarat Titans for ₹2 crore

Robin Uthappa goes to CSK for ₹2 crore

Shimron Hetymer bought by Rajasthan Royals for ₹8.5 crore

West Indies batsman Shimron Hetymer goes under the hammer, intense bidding among between Delhi and Rajasthan

Manish Pandey bought by  Lucknow at ₹4.6 crore

India batsman Manish Pandey goes under the hammer, his base price ₹1 crore

Pat Cummins on being bought by KKR

Full list of marquee players sold in IPL

Shikhar Dhawan goes to Punjab at 8.25 crore

Ravichandran Ashwin- Rajasthan at 5 crore

Pat Cummins goes to KKR at 7.25 crore

Kagiso Rabada goes to Punjab 9.25 crore

Trent Boult goes to Rajasthan at ₹8 crore

Shreyas Iyer bought by KKR at ₹12.25 crore

 Mohammed Shami bought by Gujarat at ₹6.25 crore

Faf Du Plessis goes to RCB at ₹7 crore

Quinton de Kock goes to Lucknow at ₹6.75 crore

David Warner goes to Delhi Capitals at ₹6.25 crore

David Warner goes under the hammer

Quinton de Kock goes to Lucknow at ₹6.75 crore

Quinton de Kock goes under the hammer

Faf Du Plessis goes to RCB at ₹7 crore

Faf Du Plessis goes under the hammer

Mohammed Shami bought by Gujarat at ₹6.25 crore

Mohammed Shami goes under the hammer

Shreyas Iyer bought by KKR at ₹12.25 crore

Shreyas Iyer goes under the hammer

Trent Boult goes to Rajasthan at ₹ 8 cr

Trent Boult under the hammer

Kagiso Rabada goes to Punjab at ₹9.25 crore

Kagiso Rabada is now under the hammer

Pat Cummins goes to KKR at 7.25 crore

Kolkata and Gujarat Titans bid for Cummins

Pat Cummins under the hammer

Ashwin goes to Rajasthan at 5 crore

Ravi Chandran Ashwin goes under hammer

Shikhar Dhawan goes to Punjab at 8.25 crore

Delhi and Rajasthan, Punjab Kings going for Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan first player to go under the hammer

Available purse with each franchise:

Teams – Available Purse

Punjab Kings: 72 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 68 crore

Rajasthan Royals: 62 crore

Lucknow Super Giants: 59 crore

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 57 crore

Gujarat Titans: 52 crore

Chennai Super Kings: 48 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders: 48 crore

Mumbai Indians: 48 crore

Delhi Capitals: 47.5 crore

Coaching and support staff:

Mumbai Indians:

Head Coach- Mahela Jayawardene

Bowling coach- Shane bond IPL

Batting coach- Robin Singh

Fielding coach- James Pamment

Chennai Super Kings:

Head coach– Stephen Fleming

Bowling coach-L Balaji

Fielding coach- Rajiv Kumar

Batting coach- Michael Hussey

Rajasthan Royals:

Head coach- Kumar Sangakkara

Bowling coach-Sairaj Bahutule, Rob Cassell

Feilding coach- Dishant Yagnik

Batting coach- Amol Mazumdar

Punjab Kings:

Head coach- Anil Kumble

Fielding coach-Jonty Rhodes

Bowling coach- Damien Wright

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Head coach- Tom Moody

Strategic adviser & Batting coach- Brian Lara

Pace Bowling coach-Dale Steyn

Spin Bowling Coach – Muttiah Muralitharan

Assistant Coach – Simon Katich

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Head coach- Brendon McCullum

Bowling coach- Bharat Arun

Batting coach- Abhishek Nayar

Fielding coach-James Foster

Delhi Capitals:

Head coach- Ricky Ponting IPL

Bowling coach-Samuel Badree, Ryan Harris

Fielding coach- Rajinikanth Sivagnanam

Batting coach-Mohammad Kaif

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Head coach- Sanjay Bangar.

Bowling coach- Adam Griffith

Fielding coach- Sankar Basu

Batting coach- S Sriram

Lucknow Super Giants:

Lucknow Head Coach – Andy Flower

Assistant Coach – Vijay Dahiya

Team Mentor – Gautam Gambhir

Gujarat Titans:

Head Coach- Ashish Nehra

Director of Cricket- Vikram Solanki

Mentor- Gary Kirsten

Indian players to watch out for: Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Shardul Thakur,Deepak Chahar,Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan,Yuzvendra Chahal,Washington Sundar,Shikhar Dhawan,Devdutt Padikkal,Deepak Hooda.

Also read: IPL 2022: Each team’s costliest pick in the league since 2014

Foreign players to watch out for: David Warner, Quinton de Kock,Kagiso Rabada,Jason Holder,Jason Roy,Jonny Bairstow.

Also read: IPL mega auction 2022: Date, time and where to watch the mega auction live

In the mega auction, a total of 48 cricketers are in the top bracket with a base price of ₹2 crore. 20 cricketers with a base price of ₹1.5 crore. Also 34 cricketers are in the list with a reserve price of ₹1 crore.