How the teams stack up after the 2022 IPL Auction – Part 2

Here are the potential strengths and weaknesses of the IPL franchises after the 2022 mega auction. Mumbai Indians Biggest Buys: Ishan Kishan (INR 15.25 crore), Tim David (INR 8.25 crore), Jofra Archer (INR 8.5 crore) Mumbai brought the most intriguing strategy to the IPL auction as they completed the most expensive buy of the auction to […]

How the teams stack up after the 2022 IPL Auction – Part 1

Here are the potential strengths and weaknesses of the IPL franchises after the 2022 mega auction. Chennai Super Kings Biggest buys: Deepak Chahar (INR 14 crore), Ambati Rayudu (INR 6.75 crore) Chennai have got the band back together from last season’s title-winning campaign and could possibly start the new season with eight players who featured in […]

Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar earn massive paydays on day 1 of the 2022 IPL auction

Ishan Kishan became the second-most expensive Indian player in history to be bought in the IPL auction as the Mumbai Indians re-signed the 23-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman for a whopping bid of INR 15.25 crore on the opening day of the 2022 IPL mega auction. The 23-year-old batter was the only headline buy for the five-time champions […]

Top 5 Buys of the IPL Auction 2021

It was a record-breaking IPL 2021 auction that saw over 100 Cr spent and 57 players receive contracts for the upcoming season. Fast bowlers and all-rounders were in high demand at this auction and it was the first time in IPL history that 4 players were sold for higher than 14 Cr in one auction. […]

Auction Round-Up: Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders

Royal Challengers Bangalore  The Royal Challengers Bangalore had the most amount of paddle lifting to do in this 2021 IPL auction, having spent the most amount of money amongst all teams. RCB landed 2 of the Top 3 most expensive buys at the auction and spent more than 80% of their available purse on two […]

Auction Round-Up: Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals

Mumbai Indians The main objective for Mumbai Indians in this auction was to replenish their overseas pace bowling Arsenal after releasing Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson, Mitchell McClenaghan and Lasith Malinga post IPL 2020. Their primary target for this role was Chris Morris and were willing to spend most of their budget on the South African […]

Auction Round-Up: Chennai Super Kings and Rajashtan Royals

Chennai Super Kings Despite Chennai Super Kings having their worst season in IPL history in 2020, they kept the faith with most of their squad from last season which left them with very little to do in this auction. With the departures of Kedar Jadhav, Shane Watson and Harbhajan Singh, their main targets for this […]

Chennai Super Kings Auction Preview

Squad Size: 19 Purse Remaining: 22.9 Cr Available slots (Overseas): 6 (1) Who have they retained:  Even though Chennai finished at the bottom in IPL 2020, they have still retained 18 players from last season’s squad. The most interesting retention is that of Suresh Raina who opted out of the 2020 season in the UAE […]

Delhi Capitals Auction Preview

Squad Size: 17 Purse Remaining: 12.9 Cr Available slots (Overseas): 8 (3) Who have they retained:  Delhi has largely kept the squad that reached the finals of IPL 2020 intact. Their Indian core is still strong as ever having retained their captain Shreyas Iyer as well as batsman Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya […]

Kings XI Punjab Auction Preview

Squad Size: 16 Purse Remaining: 53.2 Cr Available slots (Overseas): 9 (5) Who have they retained:  Despite letting go of 9 players, KXIP has largely kept their core intact. KXIP had a strong second half last season and will want to continue that momentum into IPL 2021. Their Indian core of Rahul, Agarwal, Shami, Ravi […]