The IPL 2022 auction is around the corner. All teams have now revealed their intentions by announcing the players that will be retained for the upcoming season. Here is a comprehensive breakdown of the proceedings and balance purses to help you break down and plan your cricket betting in 2022.
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Mumbai Indians
Players Retained: R.Sharma, J.Bumrah, S.Yadav, K.Pollard
Balance Purse: Rs 48 Crore
The Pandya Brothers show is officially over. Mumbai Indians are moving on from their expensive flops from last season. Quinton De Cock is also probably not returning, which means that this team will have a completely new look in 2022. Pollard is way past his prime but will be hungry for redemption. Things are heating up.
Live Casino India Auction Prediction: Mumbai Indians will be in the market for new stars. Expect this rich team to splash the cash.
Delhi Capitals
Players Retained: R.Pant, A.Patel, P.Shaw, A.Nortje
Balance Purse: Rs 47.5 Crore
One of the biggest shocks from the Capitals was the exclusion of Shikhar Dhawan from their retention list. One of India’s finest batsmen will be looking for a new home in January. Delhi will also be releasing Kagiso Rabada, arguably the best seamer in the league right now. Shreyas Iyer also probably will not return.
Live Casino India Auction Prediction: After failing to strike gold twice in two successive IPL finals, Delhi is probably looking to rebuild for the future.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Players Retained: A.Russell, V.Chakravarthy, V.Iyer, S.Narine
Balance Purse: Rs 48 Crore
KKR is looking to upgrade its youth core. Captain Morgan will not continue following his horrendous batting performances last year. The team will now rely on all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, who is expected to become the franchise player next season. Russell has probably been retained to mentor him into this position.
Live Casino India Auction Prediction: KKR wants to add quality talent in this auction, but will it manage to outbid the Capitals, Super Kings, and Indians?
Chennai Super Kings
Players Retained: R.Jadeja, MS.Dhoni, M.Ali, R.Gaikwad
Balance Purse: Rs 48 Crore
We have seen the last of Suresh Raina in the yellow CSK uniform. While that was expected, Faf has also been released. But expect the champions to continue dominating next season with Ali and Jadeja shouldering responsibilities in the middle order, while also taking crucial wickets. The formula will be the same.
Live Casino India Auction Prediction: CSK will be looking for a dominant opener (Dhawan?). Besides that, expect smart and targeted bidding this time.
Rajasthan Royals
Players Retained: S.Samson, J.Buttler, Y.Jaiswal
Balance Purse: Rs 62 Crore
The Royals failed to make a serious impact in last season’s COVID-19 struck season. The team has retained its stars and will hope that the youngsters can develop into serviceable players in 2022. Sanju Samson (14 crore salary) was the only elite talent last season and we don’t expect that to change going ahead.
Live Casino India Auction Prediction: The Rajasthan Royals are not expected to attract the big names in this auction. Let’s see how the scouting team performs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Players Retained: V.Kohli, G.Maxwell, M.Siraj
Balance Purse: Rs 57 Crore
Virat Kohli will be returning for another season with RCB, but he will no longer be the captain, a title that we expect to go to Maxwell. AB de Villiers has retired from all forms of cricket, which makes the release of Paddikal very surprising. Yuzi Chahal was also not retained, a move that raised many eyebrows.
Live Casino India Auction Prediction: RCB needs to fill the void left by AB’s retirement and it will also need an elite bowler in the IPL 2022 Auction.
SunRisers Hyderabad
Players Retained: K.Williamson, A.Samad, U.Malik
Balance Purse: Rs 57 Crore
Letting go of David Warner was probably the right way to go from SRH’s point of view, but the surprising thing is that Rashid Khan has not been retained ahead of the 2022 auction. What does this mean? SunRisers Hyderabad is going into a rebuilding period with Williamson probably being the only true superstar talent on show.
Live Casino India Auction Prediction: It’s hard to believe that SRH will go for the big names in this auction. Look for the team to assemble a solid supporting cast.
Punjab Kings
Players Retained: M.Agarwal, A.Singh
Balance Purse: Rs 72 Crore
Captain KL Rahul was tired of playing for a team without any real elite talent and he asked the management to not retain him ahead of the 2022 auction. His wish was granted. This basically means that the Kings will not make much noise in the upcoming auction or season in general. Sorry Punjab Kings fans…
Live Casino India Auction Prediction: We don’t expect the Punjab Kings to waste too much money in this auction since there simply isn’t much potential.
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