Ishan Kishan IPL 2022 Auction Price and Team: Mumbai Indians buy wicketkeeper batsman for Rs 15.25 crore

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Bengaluru, February 12: Ishan Kishan became the costliest buy of the IPL Auction 2022 with a bid of Rs 15.25 crore by Mumbai Indians on Saturday (February 12).

Till that moment, Shreyas Iyer was the costliest buy at Rs 12.25 crore by Kolkata Knight Riders. In fact, Ishan was released by Mumbai Indians as they preferred to retain Suryakumar Yadav ahead of the auction.

Kishan also became one of the most expensive Indian player in the IPL auction ever, led by Yuvraj Singh at Rs 16 crore.

There will be some big names like David Warner, Pat Cummins, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer etc who will be the obvious attractions in the IPL auction.

But there will be some dark horses like Shahrukh Khan or some World Cup winning India under-19 players who may land a big deal in the auction.

Then we will also miss some familiar names like Chris Gayle, Ben Stokes, Mitchell Starc etc who have opted out of the auction for several reasons.

But that in no way will affect the whole enthusiasm surrounding the auction.

The presence of two new teams in Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans will add that much flavour to the auction as the existing franchises will have to redraft their strategies keeping in mind two more adversaries.

Interesting rules

The Silent Tie-Breaker: When two teams are tied and exhausted all their purse trying to bid for a player, they can submit a final closed bid amount and the one who's bid more will get the player.

The extra amount bid is to be deposited with BCCI and will not be part of Rs 90 crore purse. Process can be repeated till a clear winner emerges.

Accelerated Process: Here franchises put up a common wish-list of players they want auctioned

Status of Right To Match Cards (RTM): NO RTM Cards available in this IPL auction 2022.

Squad Strength: Minimum Players: 18; Maximum Players: 25

Slabs of Base Prices: Rs 2 Crore, 1.5 Cr, 1 Cr, 75 Lakh, 50 lk, 40 lk, 30 lk, 20 lk.