The Indian Premier League is set to embark on its 15th season this year. While currently there’s no news of any special celebrations that the BCCI might have planned to commemorate IPL’s crystal anniversary, the pre-season mega-auction looms as an exciting prospect ahead of the main event.
There will be some notable changes this time around compared to other mega-auctions; the most notable one of them being the Ahmedabad and Lucknow teams getting to select 3 pre-draft marquee players.
And with both those teams seemingly ready with their player picks, all ten participating teams have the foundations for their respective franchises ready. In this article, we will be covering the current squads of each of the 10 IPL teams prior to the mega-auctions.
IPL 2022 teams before auctions
1) Royal Challengers Bangalore: Players retained – Virat Kohli (INR 15 Crores), Glenn Maxwell (INR 11 Crores), and Mohammed Siraj (INR 7 Crores); Purse remaining: INR 57 Crores.
2) Mumbai Indians: Players retained: Rohit Sharma (INR 16 Crores), Jasprit Bumrah (INR 12 Crores), Suryakumar Yadav (INR 8 Crores), Kieron Pollard (INR 6 Crores); Purse remaining: INR 48 Crores.
3) Chennai Super Kings: Players retained: Ravindra Jadeja (INR 16 Crores), MS Dhoni (INR 12 Crores), Moeen Ali (INR 8 Crores), Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 6 Crores); Purse remaining: INR 48 Crores
4) Kolkata Knight Riders: Players retained: Andre Russell (INR 12 Crores), Venkatesh Iyer (INR 8 Crores), Varun Chakravarthy (INR 8 Crores), Sunil Narine (INR 6 Crores); Purse remaining: INR 48 Crores
5) Delhi Capitals: Players retained: Rishabh Pant (INR 16 Crores), Axar Patel (INR 9 Crores), Prithvi Shaw (7.5 Crores), Anrich Nortje (6.5 Crores); Purse remaining: INR 47.5 Crores
6) Sunrisers Hyderabad: Players retained: Players retained: Kane Williamson (INR 14 Crores), Abdul Samad (INR 4 Crores), Umran Malik (INR 4 Crores); Purse remaining: INR 68 Crores
7) Punjab Kings: Players retained: Mayank Agarwal (INR 12 Crores), Arshdeep Singh (INR 4 Crores); Purse remaining: INR 72 Crores
8) Rajasthan Royals: Players retained: Sanju Samson (INR 14 Crores), Jos Buttler (INR 10 Crores), Yashaswi Jaiswal (INR 4 Crores); Purse remaining: INR 62 Crores
9) Team Ahmedabad: Players selected in draft: Hardik Pandya (INR 15 Crores), Rashid Khan (INR 15 Crores), Shubman Gill (INR 7 Crores); Purse remaining: INR 53 Crores
10) Team Lucknow: Players selected in draft: KL Rahul (INR 15 Crores), Marcus Stoinis (INR 11 Crores), Ravi Bishnoi (INR 4 Crores); Purse remaining: INR 60 Crores
