Report:IPL 2022 mega auction delayed, now auction may be held in this month, know fulldetails
The 15th
season of the Indian Premier League (2022) is expected to be bigger with the
addition of two new teams Lucknow and Ahmedabad. BCCI will give a fair chance
to both the teams to form their team in the mega auction of IPL 2022. The old
eight franchises retained only a handful of players. Because he was allowed to choose
only a maximum of four players. Although the BCCI has not yet announced the
date of the mega auction, but now according to a new report, IPL 2022 auction
may take place in February.
The BCCI
is discussing the acceptance status of CVC Capital Partners, who courted
controversy after buying the Ahmedabad franchise. CVC Capital made the second
highest bid of Rs 5,600 crore to beat the Adani Group for the Ahmedabad
franchise, but they soon came under the scrutiny of the board for their alleged
links with betting companies.
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According
to a report, it is being said that the IPL 2022 Mega Auction will be held in
the first week of February, and Bangalore and Hyderabad are the frontrunners to
host the event. According to a report published on cricket.com, "The IPL
2022 auction is going to be held in the first week of February." The
report also said, "It will be two days as it was in 2018, but the IPL
Governing Council is planning to make it more grand this time." Bangalore and Hyderabad are the
two cities that have emerged as the frontrunners for the IPL 2022 auction to be
held keeping in mind the better screening process.
Meanwhile,
the retention window for Lucknow and Ahmedabad has started from December 1.
Both the teams can retain 3-3 players by spending Rs 33-33 crore on them before
the auction. Like player retention, it also has a fee break-up of Rs 15 crore,
Rs 11 crore and Rs 7 crore for first, second and third players respectively.
Also, out of three players, two players must be Indian.
Andy
Flower has already been roped in as the head coach of the Lucknow franchise and
former India opener Gautam Gambhir as mentor. Andy Flower was working as an
assistant with Punjab King for the last two years. KL Rahul, who was the
captain of Punjab for the last two seasons, has become the captain of the
Lucknow team, according to a report.
Let us
tell you that earlier in a report by Cricbuzz it was said that the fixtures for
the next season have not been finalized, but the Board of Control for Cricket
in India (BCCI) has internally informed the key stakeholders that the upcoming
season 2 of IPL April is the most likely day to start. The campaign of IPL 2022
will start from Chennai.