The upcoming season of the Indian Premier League is expected to get bigger with the addition of two new teams – Lucknow and Ahmedabad. The BCCI will give a fair chance to both the teams to form their teams in the mega auction of IPL 2022 as the old eight franchises only retained players as they were allowed to pick a maximum of five. However, BCCI is yet to announce the date for the mega auction as they are discussing the acceptance status of CVC Capital Partners, who courted controversy after buying the Ahmedabad franchise. CVC Capital made the second highest bid of Rs 5,600 crore to overtake the Adani Group for the Ahmedabad franchise, but they soon came under the scrutiny of the board for their alleged links with betting companies.
According to a report, the IPL 2022 mega auction will take place in the first week of February as Bangalore and Hyderabad are the frontrunners to host the mega event.
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According to a report published on cricket.com, “The IPL 2022 auction is scheduled to take place in the first week of February. The report also states that it will be a two-day affair as it was in 2018 but the IPL GC is planning to make it more grand this time. Bangalore and Hyderabad have emerged as the two leading cities for IPL 2022 auction keeping in mind the better screening process.
Meanwhile, the retention window for Lucknow and Ahmedabad began on December 1.
They can spend Rs 33-33 crore on those three players before the auction. Like player retention, this too has a fee break-up: INR 15 Crore, INR 11 Crore and INR 7 Crore for the first, second and third players respectively. Also, out of three players, two must be Indian.
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The Lucknow franchise has already roped in Andy Flower as its head coach and former India opener Gautam Gambhir as its mentor. Flower was working with Punjab Kings as an assistant coach for the last two seasons. KL Rahul, who was the captain of Punjab for the last two seasons, is also expected to move to the Sanjeev Goenka-owned franchise.
Earlier in a Cricbuzz report, it was stated that the fixtures for next season have not been finalized, but the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has internally apprised key stakeholders that April 2 is the most likely to start. Possible day. IPL 2022 campaign in Chennai.
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