The Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) mega-auction was in the acceleration phase when some promising international cricketers were brought up.
West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd, started with a base price of INR 75 lakh, and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) made the opening bid. Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians (MI) soon raised the paddle, and they were joined by Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
There was aggressive bidding for the Guyanese cricketer as Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) also entered the bidding war. Eventually, Hyderabad added Shepherd to their squad for the upcoming season for INR 7.75 crore.
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Australia's Daniel Sams listed his base price at 1 crore and he was sold to Mumbai for INR 2.6 crore, but not before they tussled with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) got their ex-player, Mitchell Santner, back, and they also bought South Africa's Dwaine Pretorius and another Kiwi cricketer Adam Milne.
Here is the list:
Rishi Dhawan (India) [Base price: INR 50 Lakh] SOLD to PBKS for INR 55 Lakh
Dwaine Pretorius (South Africa) [Base price: INR 50 Lakh] SOLD to CSK for INR 50 Lakh
Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies) [Base price: INR 1 crore] SOLD to RCB for INR 1 crore
Daniel Sams (Australia) [Base price: INR 1 crore] SOLD to MI for INR 2.6 crore
Mitchell Santner (New Zealand) [Base price: INR 1 crore] SOLD to CSK for INR 1.9 crore
Romario Shepherd (West Indies) [Base price: INR 75 Lakh] SOLD to SRH for INR 7.75 crore
Jason Behrendorff (Australia) [Base price: INR 75 Lakh] SOLD to RCB for INR 75 Lakh
Obed McCoy (West Indies) [Base price: INR 75 Lakh] SOLD to RR for INR 75 Lakh
Tymal Mills (England) [Base price: INR 1 crore] SOLD to MI for INR 1.5 crore
Adam Milne (New Zealand) [Base price: INR 1.5 crore) SOLD to CSK for INR 1.9 crore
Sid Kaul (India) [Base price: INR 75 Lakh] UNSOLD
Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan) [Base price: INR 50 Lakh] UNSOLD
Nathan Ellis (Australia) [Base price: INR 75 Lakh] UNSOLD
George Garton (England) [Base price: INR 50 Lakh] UNSOLD
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) [Base price: INR 50 Lakh] UNSOLD
Glenn Phillips (New Zealand) [Base price: INR 50 Lakh] UNSOLD
