IPL 2022: Lucknow named KL Rahul the captain, included these two more players via draft

Ahead of the start of the 2022 Indian Premier League season, the Lucknow franchise has announced its 3 drafts. The Lucknow team, who joined the IPL from this year, have selected KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis and Ravi Vishnoi. Lucknow has spent Rs 17 crore on KL Rahul, Rs 9.2 crore on Australian star Marcus Stoinis and Rs 4 crore on spinner Ravi Bishnoi.

With the inclusion of Lucknow and Ahmedabad in IPL 2022, the total number of teams increased to ten. The eight teams that were already part of this Mahakumbh had the opportunity to retain the players. While the new teams Ahmedabad and Lucknow had the opportunity to include three players each in their squad before the mega auction. With these two teams announcing the names of the players, the way has been cleared for the mega auction. Let us tell you that the Lucknow team was bought by Sanjeev Goenka Group for a record Rs 7090 crore. At the same time, CVC Capital Group had made a bid of Rs 5,665 for the Ahmedabad team.