IPL 2022 Auction: R Sai Kishore earns big bucks from Gujarat Titans; M Ashwin goes to Mumbai Indians

Youngest player at auction, Afghanistan's Noor Ahmad found home at Gujarat.

The IPL 2022 auction went underway in Bengaluru, as the first day of the two-day event began on February 12, 2022. More than 590 players are slated to go under the hammer in the two-day event with two new franchises, Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans, making their first appearance in the auction.

The marquee set of players saw Shreyas Iyer getting the biggest bid from Kolkata Knight Riders at INR 12.25 crs. Kagiso Rabada for an INR 9.25 cr bid from Punjab Kings, who also got Shikhar Dhawan for INR 8.25 crs.

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Ishan Kishan and Nicholas Pooran broke the bank in the wicketkeepers set as Kishan went to Mumbai Indians for INR 15.25 crores, while Pooran was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for INR 10.75 crores.

The last set of players for day one of the IPL 2022 auction was that of the uncapped spinners.

Here is the outcome of the uncapped spinners set:

Noor Ahmad (Base Price INR 30 Lakhs)- Sold to Gujarat Titans (GT) for base price

Murugan Ashwin (Base Price INR 20 Lakhs)- Sold to Mumbai Indians (MI) for INR 1.60 crores

M Siddharth (Base Price INR 20 Lakhs)- Unsold

KC Cariappa (Base Price INR 20 Lakhs)- Sold to Rajasthan Royals (RR) for INR 30 lakhs

Shreyas Gopal (Base Price INR 20 Lakhs)- Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for INR 75 lakhs

J Suchith (Base Price INR 20 Lakhs)- Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for base price

R Sai Kishore (Base Price INR 20 Lakhs)- Sold to Gujarat Titans (GT) for INR 3 crores

Sandeep Lamichhane (Base Price INR 40 Lakhs)- Unsold