IPL 2022 Auction Date and Time Announced: Know When and Where to Watch LIVE

IPL 2022 Auction Date and Time: The IPL Auction 2022 date and time have been announced! The Tata IPL Auction 2022 will take place on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru, Karnataka. All ten IPL teams will be decided at the auction. 

The IPL Auction 2022 will begin at 11 am on February 12th. The event will be broadcasted live on the Star Sports network across the two days. 

The IPL 2022 will be a ten team event with two new teams in the fray- Lucknow and Ahmedabad. The two teams have already announced the names of three players that they have picked including their captain.

Lucknow IPL Team

Lucknow IPL Team name: Lucknow Super Giants

Lucknow IPL Team owners: RPSG Group

Lucknow IPL team captain: KL Rahul

Players: KL Rahul (17 crores), Marcus Stoinis (Rs 9.2 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 4 crore)

Read more about Lucknow IPL Team here

Ahmedabad IPL Team

Ahmedabad IPL Team name- Ahmedabad Titans (not confirmed)

Ahmedabad IPL Team owner- CVC Capital Partners 

Ahmedabad IPL Team Captain- Hardik Pandya 

Players -Hardik Pandya (Rs 15 crore), Rashid Khan (Rs 15 Crore), Shubman Gill (Rs 7 Crore)

Read more about Ahmedabad IPL team here 

IPL 2022 Player Auction List

IPL announced the final player auction list on February 1, 2022. The list comprises 590 players, including 370 Indian players and 220 foreign players. The IPL 2022 mega auction will see key Indian players in the fray including Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, David Warner, Steve Smith, R Ashwin, Pat Cummins, Faf du Plessis and Kagiso Rabada.

Following is the remaining purse of all 10 IPL teams for the IPL 2022 mega auction: 

Punjab Kings- 72 Cr

Sunrisers Hyderabad– 68 Cr

Rajasthan Royals – 62 Cr

Lucknow-60 Cr

Royal Challengers Bangalore– 57 Cr

Ahmedabad– 53 Cr

Mumbai Indians– 48 Cr

Chennai Super Kings– 48 Cr

Kolkata Knight Riders– 48 Cr

Delhi Capitals– 47.5 Cr

Background 

A total of 27 players were retained by their respective franchises and remaining were released in the IPL 2022 Retention event on November 30, 2021. All eight IPL franchises retained few of their star players and had to let go of others, including some key players under IPL 2022 Retention Policy. 

Read more- Check Retained Player List of All Teams- CSK, RCB, MI, PBKS, KKR, SRH, RR, DC