The Indian Premier League (IPL)-2022 auction will take place on February 12-13 in Bangalore. The teams are busy strategizing before decorating the stage for the player auction. This time two more teams have been included in IPL, after which this tournament will now be played between 10 teams. The captains of 8 of these 10 teams have almost been decided, while the curtain on two will also be raised after the auction.
The five-time IPL champion can also play this time under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma has been captaining Mumbai since the 2013 season and has won the IPL Mumbai trophy under his stewardship five times. Mumbai has retained Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Kieron Pollard. Mumbai had gotten the winning combination, but now they have to rebuild the team that can give them the title.
IPL-2021 champions have retained Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Rituraj Gaikwad. Dhoni, who has been at the helm of Chennai since the first IPL season, can also be seen leading the team this time. Under Dhoni’s captaincy, CSK have won the IPL trophy 4 times. Dhoni will play a major role in creating the winning combination for CSK.
Rajasthan Royals have retained Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Sanju Samson was the captain of Rajasthan Royals in 2021 and now once again he can be seen taking the reins of the team. Sanju Samson is young and the team has invested in him. In such a situation, he can also be entrusted with great responsibility this time.
Punjab Kings have retained only two players. The team has retained Mayank Agarwal and Arshdeep Singh. KL Rahul, who took over the team last season, has been released. In such a situation, this time you can go out on the field with the new captain. Mayank Agarwal may become the captain of the Punjab Kings.
The Ahmedabad team has been included in the IPL for the first time. The team has selected its three players. Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill and Rashid Khan have joined the Ahmedabad franchise. Hardik Pandya will be the captain of the Ahmedabad team. It was previously part of the Mumbai Indians. He was an important member of the team. However, he was released. Hardik now has to start over from here and also put together a new team.
There is another new IPL team. The franchise has signed KL Rahul, Ravi Bishnoi and Marcus Stoinis. Rahul has been bought for 17 million rupees and with this he has also become the most expensive player in IPL history. Rahul will take command of the Lucknow team. He was previously the captain of the Punjab Kings team. Rahul has good captaincy experience. He was recently captain of the India team in the ODI series which played against South Africa.
KKR retained Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and Venkatesh Iyer. The franchise has not opened its letters regarding the captain. Eoin Morgan used to be the captain of KKR, but has been released. Now it remains to be seen to whom KKR entrusts this responsibility.
Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad and Umran Malik. Kane Williamson is believed to be able to take command of the team. Williamson has already taken over the captaincy of the Sunrisers. Following David Warner’s removal from the captaincy last season, Williamson was handed the responsibility.
Delhi Capitals have retained Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw and Enrique Notarje. The team played under Pant’s captaincy in the last season. This time she can also be seen playing under the leadership of young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant.
RCB will play with the new captain in this IPL. Virat Kohli was in charge of the team captaincy during the last few seasons. He made the decision to step down from the captaincy after IPL-2021. RCB has retained Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammad Siraj. The team is believed to be able to hand over the captaincy to Glenn Maxwell. Maxwell is also the captain of the Big Bash League and has a lot of experience captaining the T20 format. However, only after the auction will it become clear to whom the team entrusts this important responsibility.
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