IPL 2022 Mega Auction: New Teams, Rules, Purse Value

May 28, 2022

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IPL 2022 mega Auction: Even before the conclusion of IPL 2021, the hype for the IPL 2022 begins once after BCCI confirms that it will include two additional teams in the season.

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IPL 2022 Mega Auction

IPL 2022 mega Auction is one of the main reasons behind this hype. Teams were allowed to retain only 4 players ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction. This makes way for other franchises to bid for the players who were earlier retained by their team.

The mega auction is a major boost for franchises that want to rebuild their squads. With two new teams likely to be added to IPL’s roster from 2022, the mega auction has become even more interesting.

We have categorized the following news into two different categories. One with the information of IPL 2022 new team’s news and updates and the other with the updates of IPL 2022 mega auction for the players.

IPL 2022 Mega Auction News – Player Auction

Here you can find the latest news and updates on the upcoming IPL 2022 Mega Auction which will be hosted by BCCI in December 2021.

You can check the IPL 2022 retained players list for all 8 teams below…

*latest at top

Preity Zinta Skips IPL 2022 Mega Auction amid personal reasons.
Ahmedabad-based IPL team named their franchises name as Gujarat Titans.
Sunrisers Hyderabad will unveil their New Jersey at 5.30 pm IST today.
Star Sports will be revealing the Gujarat-based IPL franchise official name in the pre-show tomorrow at 12.30 pm.
England players will be available for the full IPL season this year.
Ahmedabad-based IPL team named their franchises name as Ahmedabad Titans.
Hugh Edmeades was confirmed as the auctioneer for IPL 2022 Mega Auction. He’ll be auctioning in his 4th straight IPL auction.
The Lucknow-based franchise has officially announced their team name as Lucknow Super Giants through their social network. It will now be shortly known as LSG in the Indian Premier League.
The BCCI plans to start the IPL 2022 from March 27, almost a week ahead of the planned start of the tournament.
Lucknow ropes KL Rahul for INR 17 crores followed by Marcus Stoinis for a pay of INR 9.2 crores and uncapped Ravi Bishnoi for INR 4 crores.
Lucknow IPL team will enter the IPL 2022 Mega Auction with a purse value of 58 crores.
Ahmedabad ropes Hardik Pandya and Rashid Khan for 15 crores each, Shubman Gill will get 8 crores.
Ahmedabad IPL franchise will be having a purse of 52 crores in IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
Slice will be the principal sponsor for Mumbai Indians for the next 3 years for 90 crores.
Online food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy is all set to become the sixth official on-ground sponsor of the IPL.
Lucknow IPL team will enter the IPL 2022 Mega Auction with a purse value of 60 crores.
Ahmedabad to pay Hardik Pandya and Rashid Khan 15cr each, Shubman Gill will get 7cr.
Ahmedabad IPL franchise will be having a purse of 53cr in IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, and Shubman Gill are set to be Ahmedabad IPL franchise draft picks.
Ben Stokes has joined Joe Root in deciding not to enter the auction for the 2022 edition of the IPL.
The last date for putting the name for the IPL 2022 mega auction will be on January 20, 2022.
RCB, PBKS, and KKR are likely to bid for Shreyas Iyer in the IPL 2022 mega auction.
KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, and Ravi Bishnoi are likely to be 3 draft picks of the Lucknow IPL franchise. KL Rahul is expected to lead the side.
KKR ropes Bharat Arun as their bowling coach for IPL 2022 season.
The BCCI is likely to stage IPL 2022 in South Africa or Sri Lanka as their Plan B if they’re unable to host in India due to the COVID19 situation.
2 New IPL teams have given January 22, 5 PM as the deadline to complete their signings.
Mitchell Starc is considering to enroll his name in the mega auction for IPL 2022.
Ahead of IPL 2022, the TATA group replace VIVO as the title sponsor of the season for the same rate.
The BCCI is confident of pulling off the auction on February 12 and 13 but has kept the option of postponing it by a week pending the CVC settlement. The dates are expected to be formally made public after the GC meeting.
The two new teams are expected to be given at least two weeks for player signing.
Hardik Pandya will be the captain of Ahmedabad based IPL franchise.
Ahmedabad franchise officially gets BCCI clearance, receives Letter of Intent (LOI) from the cricket board.
Vikram Solanki has been appointed as the Director of Cricket for the Ahmedabad-based IPL franchise.
Gary Kirsten has been named as the Mentor of the Ahmedabad-based IPL franchise.
Lucknow IPL franchise have kept Marcus Stoinis and Kagiso Rabada in backup if they fail to pick Rashid Khan.
Lucknow and Ahmedabad IPL franchise set to get time till January 31st to decide the draft picks for IPL 2022.
“BCCI is exploring all options which include overseas IPL as well. But the focus is to host the IPL in India for sure. As of now, the priority is the auction, and the board will soon take a call,” – BCCI official.
BCCI is considering an option to start IPL around the 4th week of March to reduce the doubleheaders in IPL 2022
The 2 new teams – Lucknow and Ahmedabad – are expected to be given at least 15 days once the CVC issue is resolved for signing its players and that could have a rub-on effect on other IPL activities.
Ahead of the rapid spread of the COVID Omicron variant, the BCCI may extend the IPL 2022 Auction date by a week or 10 days. But as of now, BCCI sticks to the February 12-13 auction dates as pre-planned.
My11Circle – A Fantasy sports platform has signed up as the title sponsor for the Lucknow-based new IPL team for a period of 3 years.
IPL 2022 Mega Auction might be shifted from Bangalore due to the rise in COVID19 cases.
Gary Kirsten is likely to be the mentor of the Ahmedabad franchise for IPL 2022.
Former Indian Cricketer Ashish Nehra set to become the head coach of the Ahmedabad IPL franchise in IPL 2022.
IPL 2022 draft is expected on January 10, 2022.
Rising Pune Supergiants’ Instagram account officially turned into Lucknow IPL Team account. Updates are expected to deliver in the official Lucknow team Instagram account soon.
BCCI decides to host the IPL 2022 mega auction on February 12 and 13 in Bangalore. Notably, India will play the 3rd ODI against West Indies at Kolkata on February 12. Check IPL 2022 mega auction live streaming details.
Gary Kirsten, Ashish Nehra, Vikram Solanki are likely to be part of the coaching staff of the Ahmedabad IPL franchise.
The BCCI is planning to hold the two-day mega Indian Premier League auction on February 7 and 8 in Bengaluru, a senior BCCI official said.
The IPL 2022 Mega Auction is likely to host during February 2022.
Mega Auction is unlikely to happen before the 3rd week of January as the decision on CVC Capital ownership is still pending.
Odisha Captain Subhranshu Senapati called for trials by Chennai Super Kings for IPL 2022.
Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir appointed as the mentor of Lucknow IPL franchise
Former Indian wicketkeeper-batter Vijay Dahiya has been appointed as assistant coach of the new Lucknow franchise
Lucknow franchise confirmed Andy Flower will be the head of their new IPL team, he will visit Uttar Pradesh on new year
Andy Flower is the front runner to become the head coach of Lucknow in IPL 2022
Dale Steyn is likely to be roped in as SRH’s bowling coach.
Tom Moody has been appointed as Head Coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad
Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is expected to officially announce his retirement from competitive cricket around next week.
CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan explains why CSK retained MS Dhoni and says Dhoni ‘controls the team’ and has remained the mainstay for the Super Kings.
Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori predicts the reason why MI releases Hardik Pandya and feels that KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya might be roped by the same franchise in the upcoming IPL 2022 mega auction.
Andy Flower and Trevor Bayliss, the coaches of Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively, have resigned from their positions ahead of the 2022 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
India’s former opening batter, Aakash Chopra feels that franchises will have to break the bank to buy the likes of Hardik Pandya, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Deepak Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Shikhar Dhawan.
CVC capital set to get the nod from the BCCI for the IPL franchise.
IPL Governing Council to meet on December 3rd to decide on the IPL media rights.
The deadline for 8 IPL franchises to submit the retention players list is at 12 pm IST today(November 30).
IPL retention will be live on Star Sports and Hotstar from 09:30 PM IST on November 30th. Check how to watch IPL 2022 Retention live for free!!!
MS Dhoni is keen to get less price in the retention as he prefers other players to get better deals.
A Punjab Kings source said Punjab Kings is unlikely to retain any player for IPL 2022.
Rashid Khan is unlikely to be retained by SRH as the Afghan spinner is not willing to be SRH’s second retained player ahead of IPL 2022 mega auction. Notably, the difference between the two positions is INR 4 crore.
Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal are likely to retain by RR while Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, and Ben Stokes are also in contention.
As far SRH is concerned their first retainment will be their skipper Kane Williamson, while they could not leave Rashid Khan on the other hand there might be hard bargain between the two parties.
The retention of RCB likely to be Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Devdutt Padikkal, and Yuzi Chahal or Mohammed Siraj
IPL 2021 retention will be live on Star Sports on November 30.
TVS Eurogrip join hands with Chennai Super Kings as the principal sponsor for the next three years(2022-21).
The four-time IPL trophy winner CSK plans to retain MS Dhoni, Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Moeen Ali.
Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Kieron Pollard are set to be retained by Mumbai Indians – chances of Ishan Kishan being retained is high for his wicketkeeper cum aggressive opening batsman role.
Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders are likely to retain their two all-rounders Sunil Narine and Andre Russell while they want to keep Varun Chakravarty too. It is learnt that KKR is still deciding on whether to retain Shubman Gill or Venkatesh Iyer.
Delhi Capitals all set to retain Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel, and Anrich Nortje. Thinking of building a young team DC might skipped their opening batter Dhawan.
Royal Challengers Banglore set to retain Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell ahead of IPL 2022. As ABD announces his retirement from all forms of cricket RCB might try to retain KS Bharat for his wicketkeeper cum batter role.
KL Rahul is likely to lead one of the new IPL teams (Lucknow) in IPL 2022.
Chennai Super Kings is all set to retain MS Dhoni in IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
IPL 2022 final is likely to be held in the first week of June.
CSK likely to face Mumbai Indians in the season opener of IPL 2022 at Chepauk on 2nd April.
RCB star player AB de Villiers announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on November 19, 2021.
Lucknow IPL franchise has approached Ashish Nehra and Gary Kirsten to be its head coach and consultant for the 2022 season.
VVS Laxman has informed Sunrisers Hyderabad of his decision to quit as Mentor of the team
RCB appoints Sanjay Bangar as the RCB head coach for the next 2 years.
MS Dhoni requests CSK not to retain him inorder to build a future CSK team. “MS Dhoni doesn’t want CSK to lose money trying to retain him”, says N Srinivasan
The window for 8 IPL teams to retain players is from November 1 to November 30 and 2 new IPL teams pick players from December 1 to 25.
The likely deadline date for IPL retention will be December 3rd.
Shreyas Iyer is preparing to leave Delhi Capitals. Iyer is keen to become captain that’s why he wants to enter the auction.
Shreyas Iyer is unlikely to be a part of the Delhi Capitals set up in the next year’s IPL.
David Warner Confirms that he’ll be putting his name in the Mega auction for the IPL 2022.
Hardik Pandya is unlikely to be retained by Mumbai Indians for IPL 2022. Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, and Kieron Pollard could be MI’s retentions.
“There are many players apart from KL Rahul, firstly. One player does not make up a team, I’ve always said that. Any team that hinges too much on one player, that does prove beyond a point liability.” – Punjab Kings Co-owner.
IPL teams will be allowed to retain 4 players for IPL 2022.
KL Rahul is likely to part ways with Punjab Kings before IPL 2022.
BCCI decides to organize the much-awaited IPL 2022 mega auction in December.

IPL 2022 Auction Date

The window for the 8 existing teams to retain the players will be from the 1st November 2021 to 30th November 2021.
The 2 new IPL teams will have the window to retain the players starting from 1st December 2021 to 25th December 2021.
Right after this retention window period, BCCI will organize the IPL 2022 Auction at the end of December or at the beginning of January 2022.

IPL 2022 Retention Rules

A team is set to be allowed to keep up to three Indian(capped/uncapped) and two foreign players with the total number of retentions not exceeding four.
It has clearly said that a team cannot keep more than two uncapped players.
As per the conditions, the team management can either retain three Indian players and one overseas player or two Indian players and two overseas players.
Two New IPL teams can pick any 2 Indian and 1 foreign player from the Mega auction pool before the start of the auction 2022.
Also, new teams can pick only one uncapped player before the auction.
There will also be no Right to Match (RTM) cards for the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.

IPL 2022 Salary Cap

BCCI also explained the salary cap for the retained players based on the team’s decision of the number of players retention.

If a team retains 4 players, Rs 42 crore will be cut from the player purse.
If a team retains 3 players, Rs 33 crore will be cut from the player purse.
If a team retains 2 players, Rs 24 crore will be cut from the player purse.
If a team retains only one player, it will lose Rs 14 crore from its purse value.
Each uncapped player retained will cost Rs 4 crore each.

If a team retains 4 of its player then the salary cap of the four players will be as follows:

*below mentioned will be the player’s annual salary

Deductions for 4 Players	INR 42 Cr(Total)
Player 1	INR 16 Cr
Player 2	INR 12 Cr
Player 3	INR 8 Cr
Player 4	INR 6 Cr

If a team retains 3 of its player then the salary cap of the three players will be as follows:

3 players deduction	INR 33 Cr(Total)
Player 1	INR 15 Cr
Player 2	INR 11 Cr
Player 3	INR 7 Cr

If a team retains 2 of its player then the salary cap of the two players will be as follows:

2 Players deduction	INR 24 Cr(Total)
Player 1	INR 14 Cr
Player 2	INR 10 Cr

If a team keeps only one player, then the team has to pay a total of INR 14 crores

1 Player deduction

INR 14 Cr

New Teams in IPL 2022 Mega Auction – Team

BCCI confirms that it will add 2 new teams for the upcoming IPL 2022. This move makes a total of 10 teams involving in the IPL 2022 tournament.
An office-bearer of the BCCI confirmed to Cricbuzz that the move is to correct the pan-India balance of the league.
Keeping the current distribution of teams and business opportunities in mind, the BCCI has put up six cities- Guwahati, Ranchi, Cuttack (all East), Ahmedabad (West), Lucknow (Central Zone), and Dharamsala (North)- for sale.

Auction Updates

The following are the details of the Updates of the LIVE IPL 2022 Team Auction
Ravi Shastri, Bharat Arun, and R Sridhar are likely to be in the coaching staff of the Ahmedabad franchise in IPL 2022.
Sony is in talks with Amazon prime video to jointly bid for the broadcasting rights of the IPL for the next five years.
It has also been conveyed to the existing eight franchises that the two New IPL teams can pick any 3 players from the Mega auction pool before the start of the auction 2022.
A team is set to be allowed to keep up to three Indian and two foreign players with the total number of retentions not exceeding four.
As per the conditions, the team management can either retain three Indian players and one overseas player or two Indian players and two overseas players.
BCCI & CVC Capital have resolved all issues. After several hours of discussion, BCCI has deemed CVC Capital ‘fit & proper’ to own an IPL franchise. CVC just signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with BCCI to own the Ahmedabad franchise.
CVC Capital who purchased one of the IPL teams are in trouble as BCCI has come to know, they’ve invested in betting companies. As Gambling and betting are banned according to Indian laws, the legalization of the new team gets in trouble.
The BCCI gets a whooping 12,690cr (1.7 Billion dollars) from the sale of 2 New IPL Teams.
The RPSG bid was 250% more than BCCI’s base price of INR 2000 Crores. The corresponding figure for CVC Capitals was 160% more than BCCI’s base price for the IPL team.
The exact winning bid for the new two IPL teams are:
- RP – Sanjiv Goenka Group – 7,090cr for Lucknow team
- CVC Capital – 5,600cr for Ahmedabad team.
CVC Capital for Ahmedabad and RP Sanjiv Goenka Group for Lucknow are the owners of the new teams in IPL 2022.
Adani Group put on bid till 5,000cr, Manchester United owners didn’t close the 5,000cr mark
No Adani and Machester United owners for IPL 2022.
CVC Capital have put on the 2nd highest bid of 5,200cr.
Lucknow and Ahmedabad officially have an IPL team now.
Goenka Group has bid the highest at 7,000cr in the IPL 2022 new team auction.
Ahmedabad and Lucknow are the two new IPL teams, BCCI is yet to announce officially.
Two new IPL teams are yet to announce by 7.00 pm IST.
The final stage of bidding is underway, 9 bidders in the financial bidding.
Manchester United owners bid has been technically approved.
Two new IPL teams are likely to be announced by 5.30 PM IST.
“Adani Group Favourites for Ahmedabad As the Home Venue.” – According to a report.
City names and their Home venues for the two new IPL teams in IPL 2022.
IPL 2022 Stadium capacity list
The bidding process is over and waiting for the official announcement. Anytime now the new two teams’ names will be officially announced.
Bid Submission is done. And verification process is underway here in Dubai. The big announcement soon. – IPL Official
“Ten Parties submitted bids for the two new IPL teams.” – According to a report
“Reports trickling in of Rhiti Sports” bid for the new IPL teams disqualified from the auction.”
Adani Group and Manchester United owners are likely to get two new IPL teams.
The owners of Manchester United are front-runners to get an IPL team in next season.
Ahmedabad, Lucknow or Indore likely to be the home venue for two new IPL teams.
Manchester United owners are one of the ones who submitted the highest bid for an IPL team.
The result for two new IPL teams is likely to come around 3 pm IST.

Update:

The auction for 2 new IPL teams is likely to be held on October 17th.
Sanjiv Goenka likely to buy the Lucknow team for IPL 2022.
Two new IPL teams will be announced on 25th October.
The IPL Media Rights tender for the cycle 2023-2027 will be released immediately after the appointment of two new IPL teams.
BCCI decides to organize the much-awaited IPL 2022 mega auction in December.
Punjab Kings co-owner believes two new IPL teams would go around 3,000cr to 3,500cr.
BCCI official said, “The interest for the two new IPL teams is better than we expected. We are surprised by the response. We expect the bid to go beyond 3500 crore range for each team”.
KL Rahul is likely to part ways with Punjab Kings before IPL 2022.
A top European football club, a venture capitalist group that owns the rugby league in Europe and ran the Formula One previously and an Orissa-based industrial house that produces steel, power and coal are one among the new additions to the list of aspirants to own an Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise.
The sale of two new IPL teams will be held at Dubai on October 25.
Manchester United owners – Glazer Family has shown interest for the new IPL teams and that’s the reason why BCCI has extended the dates for bidding on the new IPL teams.
17 to 18 Parties have submitted Tender for the new IPL team in next year 2022:-
- - Sanjeev Kumar – RPSG.
  - Glazer Family – Manchester United Owners.
  - Naveen Jindal – Jindal Power & Steel.
  - Adani Group
  - Torrent Pharma
  - Ronnie Screwvala
  - Aurobindo Pharma
  - Kotak Group
Bollywood superstar couple Deepika Padukone & Ranveer Singh are set to bid for the two new IPL teams for the 2022 season.
BCCI is likely to get a whopping 36,000 crore for 5-year broadcasting rights from 2023 to 2027.
IPL teams will be allowed to retain 4 players for IPL 2022.
A formal announcement on the retention rule will be made immediately after the sale of two new teams which, as of Friday (October 22), is expected to happen on October 25 in Dubai.
The home cities for two new IPL teams are likely to be from Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Guwahati, Indore, Cuttack, Dharamsala

IPL 2022 Mega Auction Rules

Ahead of the addition of two extra teams for the IPL 2022, BCCI releases the Auction rules to follow for the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. Following are the IPL 2022 Mega Auction rules:

A team is set to be allowed to keep up to three Indian and two foreign players with the total number of retentions not exceeding four.
As per the conditions, the team management can either retain three Indian players and one overseas player or two Indian players and two overseas players.
There may also be a cap on retaining uncapped players – a team will not be allowed more than two.
It is learned that the player purse will be INR 90 crore, and in the subsequent two years, there will be an incremental hike and the purse will go up to INR 95 crore and INR 100 crore.
If a franchisee chooses to retain four players, it will have to spend around 40-45 percent of its purse, leaving it INR 36-40 crore lesser than the franchise that doesn’t opt to retain any player.
It has also been conveyed to the existing eight franchises that the two new teams may be allowed to pick two to three players outside the auction with permission to take two foreign players if big Indian names are not available.
It is unlikely the existing teams will be allowed the Right to Match (RTM) cards at the auction.

New Purse Value for IPL 2022 Auction

The franchises would deduct the salaries of these four players before entering the auction. With two new teams, the BCCI will also increase the purse from 85 crores to 90 crores which means an additional 50 crores would be added to the budget of all ten franchises by the BCCI.

Team	Purse Reaming	Players Retained
Punjab Kings	72 CR	2
Sunrisers Hyderabad	68 CR	3
Rajasthan Royals	62 CR	3
Royal Challengers Bangalore	57 CR	3
Chennai Super Kings	48 CR	4
Kolkata Knight Riders	48 CR	4
Mumbai Indians	48 CR	4
Delhi Capitals	47.5 CR	4

In case if a franchise retains three players, Rs 15 cr, Rs 11 cr, and Rs 7 cr would be the salary structure of those players, Rs 12.5 cr and Rs 8.5 cr if two players are retained; and Rs 12.5 cr if only one player is retained.

“Some players may like the idea of not wanting to be retained and will want to head into the auction pool. That’s because there’s an increase in the salary purse and two new teams are being added. So, there’ll be a rush to grab talent. Expect some leading Indian cricketers to forward their names for the auction,” those tracking developments told.

IPL 2022 Mega Auction Date

The sale of two new IPL teams will be held in Dubai on October 25. IPL 2022 is expected to play in its regular April-May window.

Update:

BCCI decides to organize the much-awaited IPL 2022 mega auction in December.
The sale of two new IPL teams will be held in Dubai on October 25.

IPL 2022 Team Captains

A captain plays a key role in the team’s success in every tough situation. As a captain, players have to keep the team intact on and off field which is the core for their success. Following are the expected captains for the IPL 2022 tournament.

Team	Captain
Chennai Super Kings	MS Dhoni
Delhi Capitals	Rishabh Pant
Kolkata Knight Riders	Shreyas Iyer
Mumbai Indians	Rohit Sharma
Punjab Kings	Mayank Agarwal
Rajasthan Royals	Sanju Samson
Royal Challengers Bangalore	Faf du Plessis
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Kane Williamson

IPL 2022 Retention, Rules

The latest report claims that BCCI decides to allow IPL teams to retain 4 players for IPL 2022. Following the rules mentioned above for retention, teams are allowed to retain one in two ways:

Three Indian players along with one overseas player
Two Indian players with two overseas players
The above-mentioned format has not yet been approved by the BCCI in terms of players retention. Holding the best 4 players of the team will reduce the chance of accessing the star players for the new 2 teams that are yet to add to the IPL 2022 mega auction.
A report suggests that eight IPL franchises will be allowed to keep as many as three players to their core. If an IPL side has retained 3 players ahead of the auctions, they can use their RTM card to avail the services of two more players from the auction pool once again.
In previous mega auctions, the franchises were allowed to use the Right-to-match (RTM) card through which they were allowed to match the auction price of the players. The rule is applicable only during the Mega IPL auction when franchises can retain only 3 players ahead of the season.
The Right to Match Card (RTM) is a facility that allows the teams to avail the services of players who have previously played for the franchise from the auction pool.
So, if an IPL side has retained 3 players ahead of the auctions, they can use their RTM card to avail the services of two more players from the auction pool once again.

IPL 2022 Retained Players List

Updates

As BCCI allows 4 retentions to IPL teams in IPL 2022 mega auction thus there’ll be no RTM card available”.
As BCCI approves teams to retain 4 players, the following are the team’s retention :

CSK Retained Players 2022

An India Cements official reconfirmed that MS Dhoni will be retained in the IPL 2022 mega auction and continue to play for the team.

Player	Role
Ravindra Jadeja(Player No: 1)	All-rounder
MS Dhoni(Player No: 2)	Wicket Keeper Batsman
Moeen Ali(Player No: 3)	All-rounder
Ruturaj Gaikwad(Player No: 4)	Batsman

MI Retained Players 2022

Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Kieron Pollard are set to be retained by Mumbai Indians – chances of Ishan Kishan being retained is high for his wicketkeeper cum aggressive opening batsman role.

Player	Role
Rohit Sharma(Player No: 1)	Batsman
Jasprit Bumrah(Player No: 2)	Bowler
Suryakumar Yadav(Player No: 3)	Batsman
Kieron Pollard(Player No: 4)	All-rounder

MI Retained players

RCB Retained Players 2022

Royal Challengers Banglore retained Virat Kohli in their first retained player slot for Rs. 15 crores, followed by Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell for Rs. 11 crores and their last retention is Siraj where he bagged Rs. 7 crores.

As ABD announces his retirement from all forms of cricket RCB might try to rope KS Bharat for his wicketkeeper cum batter role in the upcoming IPL 2022 mega auction.

Following are the details of the RCB Retained Players 2022:

Player	Role	Price(In Crores)
Virat Kohli	Batsman	INR 15 CR
Glenn Maxwell	All-rounder	INR 11 CR
Mohammed Siraj	Bowler	INR 7 CR

RCB IPL 2022 retention

KKR Retained Players 2022

Kolkata Knight Riders are likely to retain their two all-rounders Sunil Narine and Andre Russell while they want to keep Varun Chakravarty too. It is learnt that KKR is still deciding on whether to retain Shubman Gill or Venkatesh Iyer.

Following are the details of the KKR Retained Players 2022:

Player	Role	Retained Amount
Andre Russell	All-rounder	INR 12 Crores
Varun Chakravarty	Bowler	INR 8 Crores
Venkatesh Iyer	All-rounder	INR 8 Crores
Sunil Narine	All-rounder	INR 6 Crores

KKR IPL 2022 retention

DC Retained Players 2022

Delhi Capitals all set to retain Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel, and Anrich Nortje. Thinking of building a young team DC might skip their opening batter Dhawan.

Player	Role
Rishabh Pant(Player No: 1)	Wicket keeper batsman
Axar Patel(Player No: 2)	Bowler
Prithvi Shaw(Player No: 3)	Batsman
Anrich Nortje(Player No: 4)	Bowler

DC IPL 2022 Retained players

SRH Retained Players 2022

Kane Williamson will be the first option for SRH in their IPL 2022 players retention. If SRH decides to build a strong bowling unit with Indian players then Natarajan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be the better options.

As far SRH is concerned their first retainment will be their skipper Kane Williamson, while they could not leave Rashid Khan on the other hand there might be hard bargain between the two parties.

Rashid Khan is unlikely to be retained by SRH as the Afghan spinner is not willing to be SRH’s second retained player ahead of IPL 2022 mega auction. Notably, the difference between the two positions is INR 4 crore.

Player	Role
Kane Williamson(Player No: 1 )	Batsman
Abdul Samad(Player No: 4)	Bowler
Umran Malik(Player No: 4)	Bowler

SRH IPL 2022 retention

RR Retained Players 2022

Rajasthan Royals needs to utilize this mega auction opportunity to build a strong team that could lift their second IPL trophy in the upcoming season.

Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal are likely to retain by RR while Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, and Ben Stokes are also in contention.

Following are the details of the RR Retained Players 2022:

Player	Role
Sanju Samson	Wicket keeper batsman
Jos Buttler	Batsman
Yashasvi Jaiswal	Bowler

IPL 2022 RR Retention

PBKS Retained Players 2022

Punjab Kings needs to utilize this mega auction opportunity to build a strong team that could lift their maiden IPL trophy in the upcoming season.

PBKS retained just 2 players out of 4 players’ options. Mayank Agarwal and Arshdeep Singh were retained by the PBKS ahead of PL 2022 Mega Auction.

Following are the details of the PBKS Retained Players 2022:

Player	Role
Mayank Agarwal(Player No: 1)	Batsman
Arshdeep Singh(Player No: 4)	Bowler

PBKS IPL 2022 retention

How to Watch IPL 2022 Mega Auction

The IPL 2022 mega auction will be LIVE on Star Sports 1 Hindi/1 HD Hindi, Star Sports First, 1 Tamil, 1 Telugu, 1 Kannada, 1 Bangla, and Select 1/1 HD,”. IPL fans get the live players transfer of the IPL 2022 mega auction here as Times of Sports will update the live status of the IPL 2022 mega auction.

How to Watch IPL 2022 Mega Auction Online

The IPL auction 2022 live streaming online will also be available on Hotstar. Following are the details of the OTT platform where one can watch the IPL 2022 mega auction live from different locations.

Location	Live Streaming On
Ottawa	WILLOW
New York	Hotstar
London	StarGOLD
Cape Town	SuperSport
Dubai	Bein Sports
New Delhi	Star Sports
Colombo	Star Sports
Dhaka	Star Sports
Kathmandu	YuppTv
Wellington	Sky Sport
Sydney	Fox Sports

IPL 2022 New Rules and Format
The IPL 2022 format is not something unfamiliar to the IPL cricket community. The format has been used in 2011 IPL where the tournament is played with a total of 10 teams.
The ten teams are divided into two groups of five.
A random draw was used to determine the groups and who plays whom across the groups once and twice.
In the group stage, each team plays 14 games facing the other four teams in their group two times each (one home and one away game), four teams in the other group once, and the remaining team two times.
IPL Points Table system: The team winning a match will be awarded 2 points. The losing team will not receive any points. In case of a draw or no result, both teams will be awarded 1 point.
A four-game playoff stage following the Page playoff system is held after the group stage. Four games will be played in the playoffs:
- - Qualifier 1: between the teams ranked first and second in the group stage.
  - Eliminator: between the teams ranked third and fourth in the group stage.
  - Qualifier 2: between the loser of Qualifier 1 and the winner of the Eliminator.
  - Final: between the winners of Qualifiers 1 and 2.

IPL 2022 Schedule

Post the IPL 2022 mega auction, BCCI will release the schedule for the IPL 2022. It is expected that the IPL council will host the IPL 2022 in its regular window of April – May in India.

IPL 2022 Start Date

The IPL 2022 is likely to kick start from April 2, 2022, where Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians will lock their horns to play their first league match of the season at Chepauk cricket stadium.

IPL 2022 Final

IPL 2022 will be seen playing more than 60 days as the 15th season of IPL is set to play with additional 2 new IPL teams. With 10 teams competing for the trophy the league matches duration will be increased than its regular window.

Post the league match, the top 4 teams of the IPL 2022 points table will enter the playoffs of the IPL 2022. The IPL 2022 final match will be played in the first week of June 2022(expected).

IPL 2022 Squad

The IPL 2022 squad will be updated once the IPL 2022 mega auction is staged successfully on the scheduled date.

How to Watch IPL 2022

Star Sports acquires the rights for the IPL 2022 broadcasting in India. The IPL 2022 will also be streamed in the OTT platform where fans enjoy the seamless streams of the matches.

Updates

The IPL Media Rights tender for the cycle 2023-2027 will be released immediately after the appointment of two new IPL teams.
BCCI is likely to get a whopping 36,000 crore for 5-year broadcasting rights from 2023 to 2027.

IPL 2022 Telecasting Channels List Across World

Following are the list of Television channels that holds the rights to telecast the IPL 2022. Check out the channel list for your location:

Tv Channel List

India	Star Sports
United Kingdom	Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event
United States	Willow TV
Australia	Fox Sports, Yupp TV
MENA	beIN Sports (beIN Sports 3)
South Africa	SuperSport
Pakistan	Geo Super (TBC)
New Zealand	Sky Sport NZ (Sky Sport 2)
Caribbean	Flow Sports (Flow Sports 2)
Canada	Willow TV
Bangladesh	Channel 9
Afghanistan	Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA)
Nepal	Yupp TV, Net TV Nepal, SimTV Nepal
Sri Lanka	Yupp TV, SLRC, Dialog TV, PeoTV
Maldives	Yupp TV, Medianet
Singapore	Disney + Hotstar (StarHub TV+)

DIGITAL

Disney + Hotstar, Yupp TV, Foxtel

Radio

Cricket Radio, 89.1 Radio 4 FM, Gold 101.3 FM, Talksport

How to Watch IPL 2022 in the UK?

Sky Sports have the right to telecast the world’s richest cricket league tournament(IPL) in the United Kingdom(UK).

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