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IPL 2022 Mega-auction: Suresh Raina, Steve Smith Were The Notable Unsold Players
By CricShots - Feb 14, 2022 11:43 am
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204 players managed to find bidders in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega-auction and they accounted for a sum of ₹551.70 crores in 2 days of the event. However, some of the stalwarts of the game like Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, and Steve Smith, went unsold in the mega-auction for the upcoming 15th edition of the IPL. It looks like, Mr. IPL Suresh Raina’s storied IPL career has come to an end as none of the franchises picked him even during the final accelerated round on Day 2 of the mega auction.

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Suresh Raina

Suresh Raina has amassed 5528 runs in 204 IPL matches and he is still the 4th highest run-getter in the list with only Virat Kohli (6283), Shikhar Dhawan (5784), and Rohit Sharma (5611) in front of him. However, he retired from international cricket in 2020, did not play competitive cricket ahead of the mega auction with his last competitive appearance coming in IPL 2021.

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The decline of Raina’s stocks in the IPL was evident when he was not picked in the playing XI of CSK towards the end of the last season. Raina placed his base price at ₹2 crores and despite some franchises were not having many Indian batters, no one went for him over the 2 days of the mega auction.

Meanwhile, senior pacer, Ishant Sharma who has played more than 100 Test matches for India, found no bidders. It remains to be seen if Ishant will ever be able to return to the IPL. The Delhi pacer has scalped 73 wickets from 93 games after having played 13 of the last 14 seasons.

Meanwhile, Cheteshwar Pujara also went unsold in the IPL 2022 mega auction. He returned to the IPL last year with Chennai Super Kings bidding for him with ₹50 lakhs. Other notable big-name Indian players which went unsold are, Piyush Chawla, Amit Mishra, Dhawal Kulkarni, and Saurabh Tiwary.

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Meanwhile, there were plenty of surprises when it came to the overseas contingent. Australia’s Test deputy skipper, Steve Smith did not get a contract while England’s World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan failed to find a buyer despite leading Kolkata Knight Riders to the final last season.

PlayerTypeBase Price in ₹
Steve SmithBatsman₹ 2,00,00,000
Shakib Al HasanAll-Rounder₹ 2,00,00,000
Adil RashidBowler₹ 2,00,00,000
Imran TahirBowler₹ 2,00,00,000
Mujeeb ZadranBowler₹ 2,00,00,000
Adam ZampaBowler₹ 2,00,00,000
Suresh RainaBatsman₹ 2,00,00,000
Ishant SharmaBowler₹ 1,50,00,000
Eoin MorganBatsman₹ 1,50,00,000
Dawid MalanBatsman₹ 1,50,00,000
Aaron FinchBatsman₹ 1,50,00,000
Kane RichardsonBowler₹ 1,50,00,000
Colin MunroAll-Rounder₹ 1,50,00,000
Amit MishraBowler₹ 1,50,00,000
Roston ChaseAll-Rounder₹ 1,00,00,000
Andrew TyeBowler₹ 1,00,00,000
Piyush ChawlaBowler₹ 1,00,00,000
Tabraiz ShamsiBowler₹ 1,00,00,000
Marnus LabuschagneBatsman₹ 1,00,00,000
Sheldon CottrellBowler₹ 75,00,000
Reece TopleyBowler₹ 75,00,000
Dhawal KulkarniBowler₹ 75,00,000
Ben CuttingAll-Rounder₹ 75,00,000
Martin GuptillBatsman₹ 75,00,000
Blessing MuzarabaniBowler₹ 50,00,000
Saurabh TiwaryBatsman₹ 50,00,000
Sandeep WarrierBowler₹ 50,00,000
Ben McdermottWicket Keeper₹ 50,00,000
Rahmanullah GurbazWicket Keeper₹ 50,00,000
George GartonAll-Rounder₹ 50,00,000
Charith AsalankaAll-Rounder₹ 50,00,000
David WieseAll-Rounder₹ 50,00,000
Pawan NegiAll-Rounder₹ 50,00,000
Ish SodhiBowler₹ 50,00,000
Qais AhmadBowler₹ 50,00,000
Cheteshwar PujaraBatsman₹ 50,00,000
Kennar LewisWicket Keeper₹ 40,00,000
Sandeep LamichhaneBowler₹ 40,00,000
Laurie EvansBatsman₹ 40,00,000
Tom Kohler-CadmoreBatsman₹ 40,00,000
Ben DwarshuisBowler₹ 30,00,000
Atit ShethAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
B.R. SharathWicket Keeper₹ 20,00,000
Shams MulaniAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Dhruv PatelAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Sushant MishraBowler₹ 20,00,000
Rohan RanaAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Kaushal TambeAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Shivank VashisthAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Kulwant KhejroliyaBowler₹ 20,00,000
Mukesh Kumar SinghBowler₹ 20,00,000
Gerald CoetzeeAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Ninad RathvaAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Akash MadhwalBowler₹ 20,00,000
Amit AliAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Pratyush SinghAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Lalit YadavBowler₹ 20,00,000
Shubham SharmaAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Chinntla ReaddiBowler₹ 20,00,000
Bharat SharmaAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Ashutosh SharmaAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Duan JansenAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Khizar DafedarAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Yash ThakurBowler₹ 20,00,000
Rajat PatidarBatsman₹ 20,00,000
Mohammed AzharuddeenWicket Keeper₹ 20,00,000
Vishnu SolankiWicket Keeper₹ 20,00,000
M. SiddharthBowler₹ 20,00,000
Sachin BabyBatsman₹ 20,00,000
Ricky BhuiBatsman₹ 20,00,000
Himanshu RanaBatsman₹ 20,00,000
Harnoor SinghBatsman₹ 20,00,000
Himmat SinghBatsman₹ 20,00,000
Virat SinghBatsman₹ 20,00,000
Arzan NagwaswallaBowler₹ 20,00,000
Akash SinghBowler₹ 20,00,000
Saurabh KumarAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Vasu VatsBowler₹ 20,00,000
Mujtaba YousufBowler₹ 20,00,000
Tanmay AgarwalBatsman₹ 20,00,000
Rohan KadamBatsman₹ 20,00,000
Sameer RizviBatsman₹ 20,00,000
Apoorv WankhadeBatsman₹ 20,00,000
Atharva AnkolekarAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000
Prashant ChopraWicket Keeper₹ 20,00,000
Pankaj JaswalBowler₹ 20,00,000
Yuvraj ChudasamaBowler₹ 20,00,000
Midhun SudhesanBowler₹ 20,00,000
Hayden KerrAll-Rounder₹ 20,00,000