IPL Auction 2022: Pacers rule the roost on Day 1 – Many players fetched mega-money contracts on Day 1 of the IPL auction 2022, but if we are to categorize them according to their respective skill-sets, the pacers rule the roost. If Deepak Chahar was the costliest pacer on Day 1, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna Harshal Patel all went for over 10 Cr. Follow live updates on InsideSport.IN.
Franchises broke their bank to get hold of world-class pacers in their team, as six speedsters earned INR 10 crore or more. Among the 388.10 crore spent on day one, 126.85 crore were shelled out on the pacers.
IPL Auction 2022: Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel highlight pacers’ day out on Day 1 of auction, franchises spend total of Rs 126.85 for speedsters
Check out how the pacers defeated the batters in terms of bagging big contracts:
List of pacers sold on Day 1:
- Deepak Chahar – 14 crore
- Shardul Thakur – 10.75 crore
- Lockie Ferguson – 10 crore
- Mohammed Shami – 6.25 crore
- Pat Cummins – 7.25 crore
- Mark Wood – 7.50 crore
- Kagiso Rabada – 9.25 crore
- Trent Boult – 8 crore
- Prasidh Krishna – 10 crore
- Josh Hazlewood – 7.75 crore
- Harshal Patel – 10.75 crore
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 4.20 crore
- T Natarajan – 4 crore
- Mustafizur Rahman – 2 crore
- Basil Thampi – 30 lakhs
- KM Asif – 20 lakhs
- Tushar Deshpande – 20 lakhs
- Avesh Khan – 10 crore
- Akash Deep – 20 lakhs
- Ishan Porel – 25 lakhs
- Kartik Tyagi – 4 crore
TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT ON PACERS SO FAR – 126.85 CRORE
IPL Auction 2022: Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel highlight pacers’ day out on Day 1 of auction, franchises spend total of Rs 126.85 for speedsters
Shardul Thakur: Indian pacers were sought by all the teams in the auction and thus it was no surprise that they got big bucks from the teams. Indian fast bowler, Shardul Thakur joined the Delhi Capitals for a salary cap of 10.75 Crores.
Prasidh Krishna: Young Indian pacer Prasidh Krishna attracted all attention of the fans when he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals for a price of 10 Crores. He will form a deadly fast bowling pair alongside Trent Boult.
Lockie Ferguson: The Kiwi pacer was the only player who crossed the 10 Crore mark for debutants Gujarat Kings on the opening day of the IPL 2022 Auction. Ferguson bought for 10 Crores will join Mohammed Shami in forming a deadly bowling lineup for the Gujarat outfits.
IPL Auction 2022: Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel highlight pacers’ day out on Day 1 of auction, franchises spend total of Rs 126.85 for speedsters
List of batters sold on Day 1:
- Robin Uthappa – 2 crore
- Ambati Rayudu – 6.75
- David Warner – 6.25 crore
- Jason Roy – 2 crore
- Nitish Rana – 8 crore
- Shreyas Iyer – 12.25 crore
- Manish Pandey – 4.60 crore
- Shikhar Dhawan – 8.25 crore
- Shimron Hetmyer – 8.50 crore
- Devdutt Padikkal – 7.75 crore
- Faf du Plessis – 7 crore
- Abhinav Manohar Sadarangani – 2.60 crore
- Rahul Tripathi – 8.50 crore
- Priyam Garg – 20 lakhs
- Ashwin Hebbar – 20 lakhs
- Dewald Brevis – 3 crore
TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT ON BATTERS SO FAR – 87.85 CRORE
IPL Auction 2022: Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel highlight pacers’ day out on Day 1 of auction, franchises spend total of Rs 126.85 for speedsters
