The 2022 IPL Mega Auction concluded at 9.05 p.m. on Sunday.
A total sum of over Rs 551 crore was spent collectively by 10 teams over the two-day auction.
204 players were sold to 10 different teams with 67 of them being overseas players.
Ishan Kishan stayed the most expensive player bought in the two-day auction after being bid for from several teams and finally being sold to Mumbai Indians for a whopping Rs 15.25 crore.
Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings will be unable to bid for any more players despite having Rs 2.95 crore and Rs 3.45 crore in their purses respectively. Both teams have reached the 25-player limit.
Lucknow on the other hand, has a squad of 21 players in total and will be unable to bid for more players. The franchise has exhausted the cash in their purse.
While other teams might continue to bid for comparatively low-priced players, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals might bid for more players. The two teams have only 19 and 20 players in their squads.
While IPL franchises continue to buy and build their teams of 25 players each, some names like Dhruv Jurel, Prashant Chopra, Atharva Taide, B Sai Sudharsan and Ramandeep Singh went unsold.
Read here about who is getting bought by whom:
Prashant Solanki sold to CSK for Rs 1.2 crore
Chama Milind will join RCB for Rs 25 lakh
Mohsin Khan bought by Lucknow for Rs 20 lakh
Rasikh Dar sold to KKR for Rs 20 lakh
Mukesh Choudhary joins CSK for Rs 20 lakh
Vaibhav Arora sold to Punjab Kings for Rs 2 crore
Suyash Prabhudessai sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 30 lakh
Yash Dayal was sold to Gujarat Titans for Rs 3.2 crore. His base price was set at Rs 20 lakh.
Simarjeet Singh, on the other hand, was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 20 lakh.
Other uncapped bowlers like Yash Thakur, Vasu Vats, Arzan Nagwaswalla Mujtaba Yousuf, Kuldeep Sen and Akash Singh were unable to invite bids on Sunday.
U-19 world cup winner and young Indian Raj Angad Bawa was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 2 crore.
Bawa rose to fame a couple of weeks ago for his performance of taking 5 wickets and giving away only 31 runs at the U-19 World Cup Final against England.
Delhi Capitals bought all-rounders Lalit Yadav and Ripal Patel was sold for Rs 65 lakh and Rs 20 lakh respectively.
Capitals also bought U-19 Indian captain Yash Dhull for Rs 50 lakh.
On the other hand, young Indian Tilak Varma was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 1.70 crore after inviting several bids from Chennai Super Kings too. MI also bought Sanjay Yadav for Rs 50 lakh.
Mahipal Lomror was sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 95 lakh and former Mumbai Indians' star-fielder Anukul Roy was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakh.
Gujarat Titans also joined the bidding for the young players by buying Darshan Nalkande for Rs 20 lakh.
Uncapped batsmen like Virat Singh, Himmat Singh, Sachin Baby, Harnoor Singh, Himanshu Rana and Ricky Bhui were unable to invite bids.
Rinku Singh on the other hand, was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 55 lakh. Manan Vohra was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
South African bowler Tabraiz Shamsi and Afghanistan spinner Qais Ahmed found no takers on Sunday. Indian spinner Karn Sharma couldn't invite bids either.
Piyush Chawla, veteran Indian spinner went unsold too.
Shahbaz Nadeem, on the other hand, was sold to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 50 lakh.
Sri Lankan spinner Maheesh Theekshana was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 70 lakh.
Indian all-rounder and winner of several 'Super-Striker' IPL awards, Shivam Dubey was sold to Chennai Super Kings after winning a bidding war against Punjab Kings.
Dubey was sold for Rs 4 crore. His base price was set at Rs 50 lakh.
Krishnappa Gowtham, on the other hand, was sold to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 90 lakh.
Young South African all-rounder Marco Jansen will join Sunrisers Hyderabad after being sold for Rs 4.20 crore. Jansen was sold following an intense bidding war between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians.
Hugh Edmeades, the auctioneer who collapsed mid-event yesterday, sent a video message, assuring viewers and teams of his health and thanked Charu Sharma for carrying on the auction seamlessly.
While teams will now hunt for potential combinations to have attacking batting and bowling sides, young Indians might attract the most attention.
Young Indian players like Chetan Sakariya, Navdeep Saini and Shivam Dube might attract bids from several teams, owing to their performances in IPL 2021.
Overseas players like Eoin Morgan, Jofra Archer will also go under the hammer today.
Yesterday, big names like Suresh Raina, Steve Smith went unsold. Today, all those names will be given a second chance to invite bids, if any.
