Tata IPL 2022 Mega Auction Updates, Schedule, Lucknow and Ahmedabad Player List: The forthcoming fifteenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is expected to be a lot more delightful and exhilarating for the fans with the addition of the two new IPL teams. The Board Of Control for Cricket in India, earlier, announced the induction of two new IPL teams – Ahmedabad (owned by CVC Capitals) and Lucknow (Owned by RPSG Group).
Recently, the BCCI provided the Letter of Intent (LOI) to the two newly inducted IPL teams. With the expansion of the tournament, the cash-rich league has now become a ten teams affair.
Last Year in October, all the eight existing IPL teams announced their list of retained players. As many as 27 players were retained by eight teams which included four overseas cricketers.
IPL Franchise Player Retentions:
Chennai Super Kings – Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali.
Delhi Capitals – Rishabh Pant, Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw.
Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard.
Kolkata Knight Riders – Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer.
Rajasthan Royals – Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Sunrisers Hyderabad – Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik.
Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj.
Punjab Kings – Mayank Agarwal, Arshdeep Singh.
The two newly inducted IPL teams are also now allowed to pick three players as their draft picks. As many as two domestic and one overseas player can be picked by the two new teams ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 Mega Auction.
As per the latest developments, the BCCI has confirmed that the IPL 2022 Mega Auction will be a two days affair hosted in Bangalore. The franchises will assemble on 12th and 13th February in Bangalore and the process of the mega auction will get underway.
Tata IPL 2022 Mega Auction Updates, Schedule, Lucknow and Ahmedabad Player List.
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IPL 2022 Complete Schedule:
The BCCI hasn’t yet released the official schedule for the Tata IPL 2022. The schedule is expected to be unveiled after the completion of the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
The tentative schedule for the Tata IPL 2022 is given down below:
CSK vs KKR 02-April 7:30 PM Chennai
SRH vs RR 03-April 7:30 PM Hyderabad
DC vs MI 05-April 7:30 PM Delhi
Ahmedabad vs RCB 04-April 7:30 PM Ahmedabad
Lucknow vs PBKS 06-April 7:30 PM Mumbai
KKR vs SRH 07-April 7:30 PM Kolkata
RR vs DC 08-April 7:30 PM Jaipur
Lucknow vs Ahmedabad 09-April 7:30 PM Mumbai
RCB vs MI 09-April 3:30 PM Bangalore
PBKS vs CSK 10-April 3:30 PM Mohali
SRH vs RCB 10-April 7:30 PM Hyderabad
DC vs KKR 12-April 7:30 PM Delhi
MI vs Ahmedabad 11-April 7:30 PM Mumbai
CSK vs RCB 13-April 7:30 PM Chennai
SRH vs PBKS 14-April 3:30 PM Hyderabad
RR vs KKR 14-April 7:30 PM Jaipur
Lucknow vs DC 15-April 7:30 PM Mumbai
DC vs SRH 16-April 7:30 PM Delhi
Ahmedabad vs CSK 16-April 3:30 PM Ahmedabad
RCB vs RR 17-April 3:30 PM Bangalore
MI vs Lucknow 17-April 7:30 PM Mumbai
PBKS vs RR 19-April 7:30 PM Mohali
KKR vs Ahmedabad 18-April 7:30 PM Kolkata
MI vs CSK 20-April 7:30 PM Mumbai
KKR vs RCB 21-April 7:30 PM Kolkata
DC vs PBKS 22-April 7:30 PM Delhi
RR vs Ahmedabad 23-April 7:30 PM Jaipur
SRH vs MI 23-April 3:30 PM Hyderabad
CSK vs Lucknow 24-April 3:30 PM Chennai
DC vs RCB 24-April 7:30 PM Delhi
Ahmedabad vs SRH 25-April 7:30 PM Ahmedabad
Lucknow vs CSK 26-April 7:30 PM Mumbai
KKR vs PBKS 27-April 7:30 PM Kolkata
RR vs MI 28-April 7:30 PM Jaipur
RCB vs Lucknow 29-April 7:30 PM Bangalore
Ahmedabad vs DC 30-April 3:30 PM Ahmedabad
RR vs Lucknow 30-May 3:30 PM Jaipur
MI vs PBKS 01-April 7:30 PM Mumbai
CSK vs SRH 01-May 7:30 PM Chennai
DC vs Ahmedabad 02-May 7:30 PM Delhi
SRH vs KKR 03-May 7:30 PM Hyderabad
Lucknow vs MI 04-May 7:30 PM Mumbai
CSK vs RR 05-May 7:30 PM Chennai
Ahmedabad vs KKR 06-May 7:30 PM Ahmedabad
SRH vs DC 07-May 3:30 PM Hyderabad
RCB vs PBKS 07-May 7:30 PM Bangalore
KKR vs CSK 08-May 3:30 PM Kolkata
MI vs DC 08-May 7:30 PM Mumbai
PBKS vs Lucknow 9-May 7:30 PM Mohali
RCB vs Ahmedabad 10-May 7:30 PM Bangalore
RR vs CSK 11-May 7:30 PM Jaipur
PBKS vs MI 12-May 7:30 PM Mohali
SRH vs Lucknow 13-May 7:30 PM Hyderabad
RR vs RCB 14-May 7:30 PM Jaipur
Ahmedabad vs PBKS 15-May 7:30 PM Ahmedabad
CSK vs DC 15-May 3:30 PM Chennai
MI vs SRH 16-May 7:30 PM Mumbai
PBKS vs DC 17-May 7:30 PM Kolkata
RCB vs KKR 18-May 7:30 PM Bangalore
Ahmedabad vs RR 19-May 7:30 PM Indore
KKR vs MI 20-May 7:30 PM Kolkata
Lucknow vs SRH 21-May 3:30 PM Lucknow
PBKS vs RCB 21-May 7:30 PM Kolkata
Lucknow vs KKR 22-May 7:30 PM Lucknow
CSK vs Ahmedabad 22-May 3:30 PM Chennai
MI vs RR 23-May 7:30 PM Mumbai
PBKS vs SRH 24-May 7:30 PM Kolkata
DC vs Lucknow 25-May 7:30 PM Delhi
RCB vs CSK 26-May 7:30 PM Bangalore
KKR vs RR 27-May 7:30 PM Kolkata
Qualifier-1 29-May 7:30 PM Mumbai
Eliminator 30-May 7:30 PM Mumbai
Qualifier-2 01-June 7:30 PM Chennai
FINAL 03-June 7:30 PM Chennai
Ahmedabad and Lucknow Player List:
The CVC Capitals Partners owned Ahmedabad based IPL franchise is likely to rope in all-rounder Hardik Pandya as their skipper. The other two draft pick options are Rashid Khan and Subhab Gill.
Ahmedabad draft players list (confirm): Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill
The RPSG Group-owned Lucknow based IPL team is reportedly in contact with KL Rahul as team skipper for IPL 2022. The other two options for Lucknow are Marcus Stoinis and Ravi Bishnoi.
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