On the eve of the 15th season of IPL next year, BCCI has launched two new teams for IPL 2022. Indian Premier League, which is getting more competitive each year, is set to welcome new teams to make the league more excited and competitive. In this article, we tell you about the Indian Premier League 2022 new teams, retent players list, and IPL mega auction date.
IPL New Teams
On October 25, 2021, The Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) has announce the successful bidders for new teams in IPL 2022. RPSG Ventures Ltd. and Irelia Company Pte Ltd. (CVC Capital) have bagged IPL new teams.
- RP Sanjiv Goenka Group of Sajniv Goenka bid for INR 7090 Crore for Lucknow Franchise.
- CVC Captial, an international investment fimr bid for INR 5600 Crore for Ahmedabad Franchise.
IPL team list: Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Team Ahmedabad, and Lucknow Super Giants.
IPL 2022 Retained Players List
Thirty-three players have been retained by the Franchise/Teams ahead of the IPL auction. Here is the list of all IPL teams’ retained players.
| CSK | MI | KKR | DC | PBKS |
| MS Dhoni | Rohit Sharma | Sunil Narine | Rishabh Pant | Arshdeep Singh |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | Suryakumar Yadav | Andre Russell | Prithvi Shaw | Mayank Agarwal |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Jasprit Bumrah | Venkatesh Iyer | Anrich Nortje | |
| Moeen Ali | Kieron Pollard | Varun Chakaravarthy | Axar Patel |
| RCB | SRH | RR | Lucknow Super Giants | Team Ahmedabad |
| Virat Kohli | Kane Williamson | Jos Buttler | KL Rahul | Shubman Gill |
| Mohammed Siraj | Abdul Samad | Sanju Samson | Ravi Bishnoi | Hardik Pandya |
| Glenn Maxwell | Umran Malik | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Marcus Stoinis | Rashid Khan |
IPL 2022 Mega Auction Date
BCCI has revealed the IPL auction date. IPL Auction 2022 is scheduled to be held on February 12 and February 13, 2022, in Bangalore. A total of 1214 players have been enrolled for participation in IPL mega auction 2022.
However, a total of 590 players make their place on the final list. If every team were to have a maximum of 25 players in their squad, then a total of 217 players will be taken in the IPL auction 2022.
IPL 2022 Squad:
The IPL teams’ squad is not yet revealed. You can look at the IPL 2021 squad.
CSK: Ambati Rayudu, Josh Hazlewood, Sam Curran, R Sai Kishore, N Jagadeesan (WK), CH Nishaanth, Faf du Plessis, Bhagat Varma, MS Dhoni (C&WK), Harishankar Reddy, Robin Uthappa (WK), Moeen Ali, KM Asif, Suresh Raina, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Lungi Ngidi, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shardul Thakur
Delhi Capitals: Ajinkya Rahane, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant (WK), Lalit Yadav, Sam Billings (WK), Shikhar Dhawan, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Shreyas Iyer, Steve Smith, Ravichandran Ashwin, Vishnu Vinod (WK), Lukman Meriwala, Amit Mishra, Anrich Nortje, Ripal Patel, Avesh Khan, Ishant Sharma, Ben Dwarshuis, Kagiso Rabada, Kulwant Kejroliya, Pravin Dubey, Tom Curran, Umesh Yadav
Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik (WK), Varun Chakravarthy, Eoin Morgan (C), Karun Nair, Shivam Mavi, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Sandeep Warrier, Rinku Singh, Sheldon Jackson, Shubman Gill, Tim Seifert, Andre Russell, Kuldeep Yadav, Ben Cutting, Pawan Negi, Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Venkatesh Iyer, Harbhajan Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna, Vaibhav Arora, Tim Southee.
Mumbai Indians: Aditya Tare (WK), Yudhvir Charak, Anmolpreet Singh, Krunal Pandya, Chris Lynn, Ishan Kishan (WK), Quinton de(WK), Jayant Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Arjun Tendulkar, Hardik Pandya, James Neesham, Kieron Pollard, Roosh Kalaria, Adam Milne, Dhawal Kulkarni, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Marco Jensen, Piyush Chawla, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Nathan Coulter-Nile.
Punjab Kings: Aiden Markram, Nathan Ellis, KL Rahul (C&WK), Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Ishan Porel, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Prabsimran Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Arshdeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Harpreet Brar, Jalaj Saxena, Moises Henriques, Saurabh Kumar, Fabien Allen, Utkarsh Singh, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Mohammed Shami, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi
Rajasthan Royals: Anuj Rawat (WK), Shreyas Gopal, David Miller, Evin Lewis, Glen Philips, Mayank Markhande, Liam Livingstone, KC Cariappa, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson (WK), Jaydev Unadkat, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akash Singh, Mahipal Lomrar, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Shivam Dube, Chetan Sakariya, Kartik Tyagi, Kuldip Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Oshane Thomas, Tabraiz Shami
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Ab de Villiers (WK), Navdeep Saini, Devdutt Padikkal, Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson, KS Bharath, Suyash Prabhu Desai, Mohd. Azharuddeen (WK), Rajat Patidar, George Garton, Sachin Baby, Tim David, Akash Deep, Virat Kohli (C), Daniel Christian, Shahbaz Ahmad, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pavan Deshpande, Dushmantha Chameera, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, T Natarajan, Jason Roy, Kane Williamson (C), Sandeep Sharma, Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Rashid Khan, Shreevats Goswami (WK), Virat Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Sherfane Rutherford, Kedar Jadhav, Basil Thampi, Jagadeesha Suchith, Abhishek Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Mujeeb Zadran, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddharth Kaul. (source)
IPL 2022 Schedule
IPL schedule 2022 is not out yet. Stay tuned with us for more updates about the schedule.
FAQ
Will Dhoni play IPL
Yes MS Dhoni will be available for the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League. Chennai Super Kings have retained Dhoni ahead of the mega auction.