IPL 2022 Auction LIVE – Rajasthan Royals IPL Auction: IPL Auction is now less than 48 hours away. Rajasthan Royals (RR) finished No. 7th on IPL Points table in IPL 2021. But now captain Sanju Samson & Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara are all geared up for IPL Auction. According to Samson RR will target players who can serve 5-6 years for the team in IPL. Follow all IPL 2022 LIVE Updates & IPL Auction LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN.
“This auction is really important because we know we could very well be preparing our base for the next 5-6 years. So, we’ve made sure to track everyone and give the opportunity to as many players as possible. Our goal is to now target the ones we think align with our vision, can embrace our values, and help our team get back to the top,” Sanju Samson said in an official release.
IPL 2022 Auction LIVE: Sanju Samson on RR in IPL Auction, ‘Rajasthan Royals will target players who can serve 5-6 years’
Rajasthan Royals IPL Auction: Going into the auction, the Royals will have INR 62 crore in their player purse. h
RR have retained three players in the form of Sanju Samson (14 crore), Jos Buttler (10 crore), and Yashasvi Jaiswal (4 crore).
Kumar Sangakkara Overseeing RR Auction Strategy: Known for being pioneers in technology adoption, across the IPL, the Royals have embraced several tools and technologies for monitoring and performance measurement purposes.
The technology comes into play both during the trials where select players are invited and when analyzing the data gathered from a larger global pool of players i.e close to 2000 – which means every single player who has played in any T20 league, either domestic or overseas, is monitored.
IPL 2022 Auction LIVE: Sanju Samson on RR in IPL Auction, ‘Rajasthan Royals will target players who can serve 5-6 years’
“Our analytical assessments are detailed, right from the information we’ve collected on players to getting them integrated into a central database. We further filter the data, backed with a robust analytic process which enables us to arrive at the right metrics further refining our overall player identification process. It’s really quite a comprehensive process,” said Sangakkara.
Mega auctions have, in the past, seen some incredible picks, ones that may not have been the absolute superstars to the common eye but were vital in the larger scheme of things, with diligent analytical backing. Something that has been the hallmark of the Royals franchise in terms of their recruitment, which the team and Director of Cricket, Kumar Sangakkara feels could once again come to the fore, and provide the team with further clarity as they build for the potential with a view to the long-term.
This will be the 5th mega auction in the history of the IPL, and all previous ones have been extraordinarily surprising for very different reasons.
Auction in numbers – Rajasthan Royals
- Total purse: ₹90 crores / Purse used: ₹28 crores / Purse left: ₹62 crores
- Rajasthan Royals Retained Players: Sanju Samson (14 crore), Jos Buttler (10 crore), and Yashasvi Jaiswal (4 crores
- Number of open player slots for RR: 22
- Number of open overseas players slots for RR: 7
- Most expensive player in IPL Auction history: Chris Morris (bought by RR for ₹16.25 crores in 2021)
- Most expensive Indian player in IPL Auction history: Yuvraj Singh (bought by DD for ₹16.00 crores in 2015)
- First-ever player bought by RR at the IPL Auction: Shane Warne (for $450,000 in 2008)
- Last player bought by RR at the IPL Auction: Akash Singh (for ₹20 lakhs in 2021)
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