Former Australia spinner, Brad Hogg has opined that Faf du Plessis will be reaping some high rewards in the upcoming mega-auction of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 owing to his leadership skills. Hogg further predicted that RCB, PBKS and KKR and CSK will go for Du Plessis for any value between INR 7 crores and 11 crores. IPL 2022 will be a 10-team affair with the addition of Lucknow Supergiants and Ahmedabad franchise to the list of participant teams.

Also, there will be a mega auction ahead of the 15th edition of the IPL as all the franchises have submitted their final list of retentions ahead of the mega auction. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) retained Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali and Ruturaj Gaikwad ahead of the mega auction.

However, the Chennai-based franchise released their trusted opener Faf du Plessis, and the former South Africa captain will feature in the mega auction, scheduled on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru.

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Talking about Faf du Plessis, in a video on his Youtube channel, Brad Hogg said, “Du Plessis will be the most sought out player in the auction, because of his leadership skills. RCB, PBKS and KKR and CSK will go for him. He has leadership skills, which is why the other three teams will look to bring him in. He is very consistent at the top of the order as well. I reckon he could go for 7 crores, could blow out to 11 crores, especially after what he did last year.”

Brad Hogg also added that Punjab Kings (PBKS), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be eyeing to rope in the services of Shreyas Iyer in the mega auction. The former Australian spinner further precited that pacers Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Shami will win a huge amount in the auction.

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Elaborating the same, Brad Hogg said, “Iyer is a consistent player, who controls the innings, but also with his experience of captaining in the IPL, I think PBKS and RCB will go for Iyer. KKR might even have a dab as well. Rabada, always bowling in those dangerous situations and he does the job well, picks up wickets, bowls with a reasonable economy. All 10 teams will be very aggressive going after Shami. Don’t see Warner going for anything more than 4 crores.”