IPL Auction 2022 Highlights: Ishan Kishan, Avesh Khan Top Picks On Day 1

Day 1 of the mega auction for IPL 2022 saw Indian talent going for the biggest bids, with Ishan Kishan becoming the top buy after Mumbai Indians paid Rs 15.25 crore for acquiring his services.

On the other hand, veterans such as Steve Smith and Suresh Raina were among the 23 that failed to find a team. As many as 74 players were bagged by different teams, of which 20 are overseas players.

Franchisees will continue building their teams for the second day, with experienced campaigners such as Ajinkya Rahane, Eoin Morgan and Ishant Sharma set to go under the hammer.

• Youngster and left-handed batsman Ishan Kishan returned to Mumbai Indians for a whopping Rs 15.25 crore.

• Fast bowler Deepak Chahar also returned to Chennai Super Kings after bagging Rs 14 crore.

• Middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer, was taken by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 12.25 crore.

• Last season's purple cap winner Harshal Patel was picked by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 10.75 crore.

• Avesh Khan became the highest paid uncapped player, with new entrant Lucknow Super Giants bagging him for Rs 10 crore.

• Prasidh Krishna was bought for Rs 10 crore by Rajasthan Royals.

A few, some surprisingly, went unsold on day one of the 2022 IPL Mega Auction.

Here are some of the players who went were not picked up on day one and will be given another chance tomorrow:

• Steve Smith

• Suresh Raina

• Shakib Al Hasan

• Matthew Wade

• David Miller

• Adam Zampa

• Imran Tahir

• Umesh Yadav

After spending more than Rs 388 crore collectively through the first day of the 2022 IPL Mega Auction, Punjab Kings have the most amount left and Lucknow Super Giants are left with only Rs 6.9 crore.

Lucknow Super Giants, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals will most probably tread lightly on Sunday, Feb. 13 to get the best bang for the least buck.

Towards the end of the day's auction, six out of 10 teams were left with less than 20 crore.

Here's what the teams look like after a day full of bidding, alongside those retained by their respective franchisees.

Chennai Super Kings

• Tushar Deshpande

• Ambati Rayudu

• Deepak Chahar

• KM Asif

• Dwayne Bravo

• Robin Uthappa

• Moeen Ali

• MS Dhoni

• Ravindra Jadeja

• Ruturaj Gaikwad

Delhi Capitals

• Shardul Thakur

• Mitchell Marsh

• Mustafizur Rahman

• KS Bharat

• David Warner

• Kuldeep Yadav

• Ashwin Hebbar

• Kamlesh Nagarkoti

• Sarfaraz Khan

• Prithvi Shaw

• Andrich Nortje

• Axar Patel

• Rishabh Pant

Gujarat Titans

• Noor Ahmad

• Jason Roy

• Mohammad Shami

• Rahul Tewatia

• Abhinav Manohar Sadarangani

• Lockie Ferguson

• R Sai Kishore

• Rashid Khan

• Hardik Pandya

• Shubman Gill

Kolkata Knight Riders

• Shivam Mavi

• Sheldon Jackson

• Pat Cummins

• Shreyas Iyer

• Nitish Rana

• Varun Chakravarthy

• Sunil Narine

• Andre Russell

• Venkateesh Iyer

Lucknow Super Giants

• Avesh Khan

• Quinton De Kock

• Mark Wood

• Manish Pandey

• Jason Holder

• Deepak Hooda

• Krunal Pandya

• Ankit Singh Rajpoot

• Ravi Bishnoi

• Marcus Stoinis

• KL Rahul

Mumbai Indians

• Basil Thampi

• Murugan Ashwin

• Dewald Brevis

• Ishan Kishan

• Jasprit Bumrah

• Kieron Pollard

• Rohit Sharma

• Suryakumar Yadav

Punjab Kings

• Jitesh Sharma

• Shahrukh Khan

• Jonny Bairstow

• Harpreet Brar

• Shikhar Dhawan

• Ishan Porel

• Kagiso Rabada

• Rahul Chahar

• Prabhsimran Singh

• Arshdeep Singh

• Mayank Agarwal

Rajasthan Royals

• KC Cariappa

• Riyan Parag

• Trent Boult

• R Ashwin

• Yuzvendra Chahal

• Shimron Hetmyer

• Prasidh Krishna

• Devdutt Padikkal

• Yashasvi Jaiswal

• Joss Buttler

• Sanju Samson

Royal Challengers Bangalore

• Faf Du Plessis

• Anuj Rawat

• Josh Hazlewood

• Akash Deep

• Shahbaz Ahamad

• Dinesh Karthik

• Harshal Patel

• Wanindu Hasaranga

Sunrisers Hyderabad

• Nicholas Pooran

• Jagadeesha Suchith

• Shreyas Gopal

• Kartik Tyagi

• Washington Sundar

• Bhuvneshwar Kumar

• T Natarajan

• Priyam Garg

• Abhishek Sharma

• Rahul Tripathi