Punjab Kings and the two new franchises in IPL – Lucknow Supergiants and Gujarat Titans were able to make decent squads in IPL 2022 auction.
Punjab Kings completed their squad of 25 players, Gujarat Titans were able to rope in 23 while Lucknow Supergiants were able to get 21 players.
Punjab Kings were able to get the services of Shikhar Dhawan for INR 8.25 as he was the first player to go under the hammer in IPL 2022 mega auction. PBKS were also able to rope in players like Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Odean Smith, and Kagiso Rabada.
PBKS Squad: Batters: Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Prerak Mankad, Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Wicketkeepers: Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma
Allrounders: Liam Livingstone, Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Harpreet Brar, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Writtick Chatterjee, Baltej Singh, Ansh Patel, Atharva Taide, Benny Howell.
Bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Ishan Porel, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Nathan Ellis.
Gujarat Titans were able to sign players like David Miller, Jason Roy, Matthew Wade, Mohammed Shami, and Lockie Fergusson. Thus, they were able to make a balanced squad.
GT Squad: Batters: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Jason Roy, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller.
Wicketkeepers: Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade
Allrounders: Hardik Pandya, Rahul Tewatia, Gurkeerath Singh Mann, Dominic Drakes, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav.
Bowlers: Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmed, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Pradeep Sangwan, Varun Aaron, Darshan Nalkande.
Lucknow Supergiants also impressed with their selection in the IPL mega auction. They were able to get Quinton de Kock for a steal price of INR 6.75 crores. They also roped in fast bowlers like Mark Wood and Avesh Khan.
LSG Squad: Batters: Manish Pandey, Manan Vohra, Evin Lewis
Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock
Allrounders: Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Karan Sharma
Bowlers: Mark Wood, Dushmantha Chameera, Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav
