IPL 2022 Auction Live Day-2: Ishan Kishan remains costliest at Rs 15.25 cr

IPL Auction 2022 Live Day 2- Punjab get Liam Livingstone for Rs 11.5 cr, Odean Smith at Rs 6 cr. MI get Jofra Archer for 8 cr, Tim David at 8.25 cr

1:15 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: Liam Livingstone to Punjab Kings

1:13 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: K Gowtham goes to Lucknow

 

The bidding for Gowtham begins at 50 Lakh and who is going for him? Lucknow are and Kolkata have joined as well

 

And at 90 Lakhs he is still with Lucknow and at this price he goes to LSG

1:12 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: At Rs 4 cr, CSK have Shivam Dube

 

The all-rounder from Mumbai who played for RR last season is the next player in the bidding zone and Lucknow start the bidding at 50 Lakhs 

 

Dube who can bowl and bat, but is not a great fielder has moved to 220 Lakhs slowly and steadily as LSG and PBKS go for him 

 

And at 240 come Chennai SuperKings.It's surprising how Dube without performing consistently gets heavy bidders every year. He has also played RCB and reminds people of Yuvraj Singh with his shot-making and batting stance

 

Now the bidding has moved to 400 Lakhs and Shivam Dube who got married just last year will be richer by at least Rs 4 crores it seems  

 

And at 400 Lakhs, CSK have Dube 

 

1:01 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: Marco Jansen goes to SRH at 4.2 Cr

 

This is another player who would attract big bids as he is someone who has got pace and bounce as well as Yorkers that are deadly and every Indian witnessed it Live on the national team's South Africa tour last month in January

 

And rightly so he has moved to 400 Lakhs after starting at 50 Lakhs

 

Mumbai, the previous recruit of Jansen did go for him but bowled out at 420 and SRH have him at the same price 

12:57 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: Odean Smith grabbed by Punjab at 6 Cr

12:54 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: Odean Smithin 5 cr zone

 

And here comes the man who has been talked about for hours before the Auction and after a lot of wait, Punjab Kings come in 

 

Starting at 100 Lakhs, Odean has moved to 180Lakhs and Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings are in it now 

 

As expected, SRH come in and the bidding moves past 200 Lakhs

 

And Punjab come back in it as Lucknow go out and at 340 Lakhs, Smith is at PBKS

 

But since Punjab already have Livingstone and Bairstow but could do with another foreign recruit who could bowl fast and tonk the cricket ball a mile

 

The bidding goes to 460 Lakh and it's a threeway fight between SRH, PBKS and the new bidder RR

 

And Odean Smith is in 5 crore zone now

12:44 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: Vijay Shankar to Gujarat at 1.4 Cr

 

Starting at 50Lakh and after a lot of time taken Gujarat start the bidding

 

Chennai come in at 55 and now the bidding has moved past 110 Lakhs

 

At 130 Lakhs, Vijay Shankar, who has played for India and is currently the skipper of the Tamil Nadu team is with Chennai but will he remain there?

 

And no as he is sold at 140Lakhs to Gujarat

12:41 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: Gujarat take Dominic Drakes, Jayant Yadav

 

Gujarat Titans are filling up their squad and have got Dominic Drakes and Jayant Yadav for 110 Lakhs and 170 Lakhs respectively. Not a lot of sweating was done for that

12:34 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: Liam Livingstone costliest Overseas at 11.5 Cr, goes to Punjab Kings

 

And Gujarat take Livingstone to 1000 Lakh and Punjab take it to 1025. So far 1075 Lakh has been the highest amount a foreigner has got in this edition of the IPL 2022 Auction Live

 

And SRH comes in and the bidding moves on. At 1075, he is still with SRH and the bidding moves to 1100 Lakh can someone pay 1100 Lakh. Well they can it seems and it moves to 1125

 

Will Livingstone break the 12 Cr barrier as well?

 

At 1150 Lakh he has already become the costliest overseas player and the bid is with PBKS

12:29 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: Liam Livingstone nearing the 10 Cr mark

 

It was excited that Liam Liviongstiohne would go for big money and start 150 Lakhs he has now moved to 550Lakhs as Punjab, KKR and CSK go for the Englishman who was with Rajasthan Royals last season but didn't get much game time

 

The bidding moves to 625 Lakh and it is with KKR 

 

At 650 Lakh the bid moves to Punjab Kings

 

The bidding moves to 700 Lakh as Gujarat Titans enter the race at 700 Lakhs 

 

Livingstone is a renowned hitter and can bowl both off-spin and leg spn and is as electrifying a fielder as can be found on the planet right now and thus becomes a multi-utility multi-bagger asset

 

At 900 Lakhs, Punjab and Gujarat are going for the Englishman

12:19 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: Morgan, Labuschagne, Malan & Finch unsold

 

While Dawid Malan remaining unsold was not surprising but England captain Eoin Morgan and Aussie Marnus Labuschagne remaining unsold is very surprising but they can very well come back later ion in the accelerated Auctions

And seems like Aussie captain Aaron Finch will also have to wait for accelerated Auction as he too remain unsold

12:17 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: Mandeep Singh to Delhi at 1.1Cr

 

Bidding for Mandeep Singh, the player from Punjab who has represented RCB and Punjab Kings in the IPL and has also played for India begins

 

Delhi and Lucknow are going for him at 50 Lakhs 

 

Delhi have  him at 110 Lakhs

12:15 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: Rahane grabbed by KKR at base price

 

Former India Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane has been grabbed by KKR for only 1 Cr

12:12 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: Aiden Markram goes to SRH at 2.6 Cr

 

Now that MI come in and have raised the bid to 260 Lakh and SRH go for it

 

Will Mumbai keep on going?

 

Seems like not and thus Markram goes to SRH at 260 Lakh

12:10 PM

IPL 2022 Auction Live Day 2: Aiden Markram is the first player today

 

The Auction begins with Set 2 of Capped players and the first player is Aiden Markram 

 

Bidding for Markram, who played for Punjab Kings begin at 100 Lakh and Punjab bid for him immediately and might have him cheap 

 

Well, no as Sunrisers come in and the bidding moves on 

 

At 150 Lakh Markram is with SRH and Punjab raise the paddle taking the bid to 160 Lakh

 

And the bid moves to 190 Lakh as both teams remain in the hunt for the South African who can bat and bowl as was seen in the T20 World Cup 2021

 

Punjab takes the bid to 200 Lakh and the next amount will begin from 20 Lakhs more 

 

And at 220 Markram is with SRH and MI come in