Tata IPL 2022 Mega Auction Updates, Schedule, Lucknow and Ahmedabad Player List

Tata IPL 2022 Mega Auction Updates, Schedule, Lucknow and Ahmedabad Player List: The forthcoming fifteenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is expected to be a lot more delightful and exhilarating for the fans with the addition of the two new IPL teams. The Board Of Control for Cricket in India, earlier, announced the induction of two new IPL teams - Ahmedabad (owned by CVC Capitals) and Lucknow (Owned by RPSG Group).

Recently, the BCCI provided the Letter of Intent (LOI) to the two newly inducted IPL teams. With the expansion of the tournament, the cash-rich league has now become a ten teams affair.

Last Year in October, all the eight existing IPL teams announced their list of retained players. As many as 27 players were retained by eight teams which included four overseas cricketers.

IPL Franchise Player Retentions:

Chennai Super Kings - Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali.

Delhi Capitals - Rishabh Pant, Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw.

Mumbai Indians - Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard.

Kolkata Knight Riders - Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer.

Rajasthan Royals - Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Sunrisers Hyderabad - Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik.

Royal Challengers Bangalore - Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj.

Punjab Kings - Mayank Agarwal, Arshdeep Singh.

The two newly inducted IPL teams are also now allowed to pick three players as their draft picks. As many as two domestic and one overseas player can be picked by the two new teams ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 Mega Auction.

As per the latest developments, the BCCI has confirmed that the IPL 2022 Mega Auction will be a two days affair hosted in Bangalore. The franchises will assemble on 12th and 13th February in Bangalore and the process of the mega auction will get underway.

Tata IPL 2022 Mega Auction Updates, Schedule, Lucknow and Ahmedabad Player List.

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IPL 2022 Complete Schedule:

The BCCI released complete schedule for the Tata IPL 2022 on Sunday, 06th March 2022.

Ahmedabad and Lucknow Player List:

The CVC Capitals Partners owned Ahmedabad based IPL franchise is likely to rope in all-rounder Hardik Pandya as their skipper. The other two draft pick options are Rashid Khan and Subhab Gill.

Ahmedabad draft players list (confirm): Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill

The RPSG Group-owned Lucknow based IPL team is reportedly in contact with KL Rahul as team skipper for IPL 2022. The other two options for Lucknow are Marcus Stoinis and Ravi Bishnoi.

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