Expensive Players of SRH in IPL 2022: The 2016 IPL trophy winner Sunrisers Hyderabad released many of its key players and retained only 3 players ahead of the IPL 2022 Auction.
SRH spent INR 22 crores for the retaining process and enters the mega auction with a purse value of INR 68 crores.
Earlier to the IPL 2022 Auction all 8 existing teams announced their retained players list and released the remaining players to the auction pool from which the 2 new IPL teams are allowed to draft a maximum of 3 players each.
According to which, Lucknow Super Giants ropes KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, and uncapped player Ravi Bishnoi. Where Gujarat Titans picked Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, and Shubman Gill as their drafted players.
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Expensive Players of SRH in IPL 2022 Auction
West Indies all-rounder Nicholas Pooran is the only player for whom SRH spend INR 10+ crores in the mega auction. SRH roped the all-rounder for a whopping amount of INR 10.75 crores in the mega auction.
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Following are the details of the Expensive Picks of SRH in IPL 2022 auction:
| Player | Role | Price |
| Nicholas Pooran (wk) | WK-Batsman |
INR 10.75 Crores
|
| Washington Sundar | All-rounder | INR 8.75 Crores |
| Rahul Tripathi | Batsman | INR 8.50 Crores |
| Romario Shepherd | Bowler | INR 7.75 Crores |
| Abhishek Sharma | All-rounder | INR 6.50 Crores |
Nicholas Pooran
The southpaw from Trinidad is amongst an elite group of players that includes Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, Brian Lara and a few others to score a century in the World Cup for West Indies.
In February 2017, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for INR 30 lakhs but didn’t play any match in the whole season. Pooran went unsold in the 2018 IPL auction after setting his base price at INR 50 lakhs.
In December 2018, he was bought by the Kings XI Punjab in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League for 4.2 crores. Pooran had an excellent IPL 2020 season as he scored a total of 353 runs in the 14 matches he played in the season.
In the 2022 IPL Auction, Pooran was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹10.75 crores.
Nicholas Pooran Batting Stats
| YEAR | MAT | RUNS | HS | AVE | S/R | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Career | 33 | 606 | 77 v SRH | 22.44 | 154.98 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 44 |
| 2021 | 12 | 85 | 32 v RR | 7.72 | 111.84 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 14 | 353 | 77 v SRH | 35.3 | 169.71 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| 2019 | 7 | 168 | 48 v KKR | 28 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 |
Washington Sundar
In 2017, he was selected by Rising Pune Supergiant as a replacement for Ravichandran Ashwin. He made his Twenty20 debut for Rising Pune Supergiants in the 2017 Indian Premier League on 22 April 2017.
He had received the man-of-the-match award in IPL 2017 Qualifier 1 played between Mumbai Indians and Pune Supergiants, in which he took 3 wickets for 16 runs.
He holds the record for the best bowling figures in an IPL final. In January 2018, he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2018 IPL auction.
Washington Sundar Batting stats
| Year | Mat | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Career | 42 | 217 | 35 | 13.56 | 111.28 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 | 31 | 10 | 7.75 | 65.95 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 15 | 111 | 30 | 18.5 | 116.84 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 65 | 35 | 21.66 | 171.05 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Washington Sundar Bowling stats
| Year | Mat | WKTS | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W |
| Career | 42 | 27 | 3/16 | 32.11 | 6.93 | 27.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 39.33 | 7.37 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 37.25 | 5.96 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18.5 | 8.22 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 9.6 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Rahul Tripathi
In February 2017, he was bought by the Rising Pune Supergiants team for the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL). In January 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the 2018 IPL auction.
He was released by the Rajasthan Royals ahead of the 2020 IPL auction. In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.
In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.
Rahul Tripathi Batting Stats
| YEAR | MAT | RUNS | HS | AVE | S/R | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Career | 62 | 1385 | 93 | 26.13 | 136.31 | 0 | 7 | 136 | 48 |
| 2021 | 17 | 397 | 74* v MI | 28.35 | 140.28 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 11 |
| 2020 | 11 | 230 | 81 v CSK | 23 | 127.07 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8 | 141 | 50 v PBKS | 23.5 | 119.49 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| 2018 | 12 | 226 | 80* v RCB | 25.11 | 135.32 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 |
| 2017 | 14 | 391 | 93 v KKR | 27.92 | 146.44 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 17 |
IPL 2022 Mega Auction – Overview
A total of INR 551.7 Crore was spent in the two days of the IPL 2022 auction over 204 players including 67 overseas cricketers. The most expensive player to emerge at the auction was Ishan Kishan who was bought for Rs 15.25 crore by Mumbai Indians.
| Category | Player | Price in IPL 2022 Auction | Team |
| Most Expensive Player | Ishan Kishan | INR 15.25 crores | MI |
| Most Expensive Batter | Shreyas Iyer | INR 12.25 crores | KKR |
| Most Expensive Bowlers | Deepak Chahar | INR 14 crores | CSK |
| Most Expensive All-rounder | Liam Livingstone | INR 11.5 crores | PBKS |
| Most Expensive Wicketkeeper | Ishan Kishan | INR 15.25 crores | MI |
| Most Expensive overseas player | Liam Livingstone | INR 11.5 crores | PBKS |
| Most Expensive Uncapped player | Avesh Khan | INR 10 crores | LSG |
| Most Expensive capped player | Ishan Kishan | INR 15.25 crores | MI |
