The IPL 2022 mega auction is set to be hosted on February 12 and 13 in Bangalore. The 8 existing franchises have already announced their retentions and the purse have deducted accordingly.
The retention rules for the upcoming IPL 2022 mega auction state that a maximum of four players can be retained by the eight current teams in two different combinations: three Indians and one overseas, or two Indians and two overseas.
The two new franchises – based in Lucknow and Ahmedabad – will be able to pick three players of their choice – with a maximum of one overseas – from the rest of the players before the auction.
Also, the purse for the IPL 2022 mega auction is likely to be INR 90 crore, which is more than the INR 85 crore that was available in the last auction.
Now, there are different salary caps based on the number of retentions:
- If a team retains 4 players, Rs 42 crore will be cut from the purse.
- If a team retains 3 players, Rs 33 crore will be cut from the purse.
- If a team retains 2 players, Rs 24 crore will be cut from the 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.
The BCCI clarified that if the player salary agreed upon is higher than the amount specified above – the two parties can negotiate on the salary – then the higher of the two shall be deducted from the purse.
Notably, there will be no Right-to-match cards (RTM) available for the franchises this time, as they were in the previous mega auction.
The BCCI has given a couple of more weeks for the two new franchises – Lucknow and Ahmedabad – to finalize their top three picks from the available pool of player, before the IPL 2022 mega auction.
Teams like Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals have used full available retentions by retaining 4 players and will look to build their squads around these four core players. Punjab Kings, on the other hand, have retained only 2 players as they look to rebuild their squad.
Here is the list of retained players and the purse left for each team:
| Franchise | Salary | Retention Deduction | Salary Purse Available |
| Chennai Super Kings | |||
| Ravindra Jadeja | 16 | 42 | 48 |
| M S Dhoni | 12 | ||
| Moeen Ali | 8 | ||
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | 6 | ||
| Total | 42 | ||
| Delhi Capitals | |||
| Rishabh Pant | 16 | 42.50 | 47.50 |
| Axar Patel | 9 | ||
| Prithvi Shaw | 7.50 | ||
| Anrich Nortje | 6.50 | ||
| Total | 39 | ||
| Kolkata Knight Riders | |||
| Andre Russell | 12 | 42 | 48 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 8 | ||
| Venkatesh Iyer | 8 | ||
| Sunil Narine | 6 | ||
| Total | 34 | ||
| Mumbai Indians | |||
| Rohit Sharma | 16 | 42 | 48 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 12 | ||
| Suryakumar Yadav | 8 | ||
| Kieron Pollard | 6 | ||
| Total | 42 | ||
| Punjab Kings | |||
| Mayank Agarwal | 12 | 18 | 72 |
| Arshdeep Singh | 4 | ||
| Total | 16 | ||
| Rajasthan Royals | |||
| Sanju Samson | 14 | 28 | 62 |
| Jos Buttler | 10 | ||
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 4 | ||
| Total | 28 | ||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||
| Virat Kohli | 15 | 33 | 57 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 11 | ||
| Mohammed Siraj | 7 | ||
| Total | 33 | ||
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | |||
| Kane Williamson | 14 | 22 | 68 |
| Abdul Samad | 4 | ||
| Umran Malik | 4 | ||
| Total | 22 |
The mega auction, being held for 10 teams this year, will have more than 1000 players on the list with more than 200 cricketers expected to go under the hammer.
The 10-team IPL is likely to will have 74 games – each team will have 14 league games with the current format of seven home and away games – and the tournament, which the BCCI will hope to conduct in India this time, is likely to begin from late March or early April.
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