
Bengaluru, February 13: The 2016 champions Sunrisers Hyderabad started slowly, but ended the IPL 2022 Mega Auction by buying back five players from their IPL 2021 squad and added some sensible buys to the squad.
Sunrisers, who retained skipper Kane Williamson and couple of uncapped Indian players - pacer Umran Malik and all-pacer Abdul Samad, also bought back Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Priyam Garg and Jagadeesha Suchith at the IPL 2022 Auction in Bengaluru.
SRH headed into the auction with a purse of Rs. 68 Crore, but did not bid for any player in the marquee list on Saturday (February 12) nor pre-lunch break.
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However, they started off their bidding process with a Rs. 8.75 Crore purchase of India all-rounder Washington Sundar once the auction resumed.
Later, Sunrisers made West Indies wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran their most expensive buy in the IPL 2022 auction with a winning bid of Rs. 10.75 Crore. Pooran also became the most expensive overseas wicketkeeper in the process.
SRH followed that bringing back two former pacers of the men in Orange with the signing of Bhuvneshwar for Rs. 4.20 Crore and T Natarajan for Rs. 4 Crore. They also bought back Suchith for Rs. 20 Lakh, Priyam Garg for Rs. 20 Lakh and Abhishek Sharma for Rs. 6.50 Crore.
Sunrisers also won the battle for uncapped batter Rahul Tripathi with the winning bid of Rs. 8.50 Crore and signed young pacer Kartik Tyagi for Rs. 4 Crore.
On day two of the auction, Sunrisers bought South Africa pair - batter Aiden Markram for Rs. 2.60 Crore and all-rounder Marco Jansen for Rs. 4.20 Crore before the lunch break.
SRH, bought West Indies all-rounder Romaria Shepherd for Rs. 7.75 Crore, Australia pacer Sean Abbott for Rs. 2.40 Crore once the auction resumed.
They also added uncapped players - Shashank Singh, R Samarth and Saurabh Dubey - for 20 Lakh each. In the end, they spent a total of Rs. 67.90 Crore in the auction to bring in 20 players in addition to their three retentions.
SRH assembled a squad of 23 players and were left with a remaining purse of Rs. 10 lakh at the end of the auction.
Here is a look at the SRH 2022 Team players list with price after the IPL 2022 Auction:
Players Retained
Kane Williamson (New Zealand) - INR 14 Crore
Abdul Samad (India/Uncapped) - INR 4 Crore
Umran Malik (India/Uncapped) - INR 4 Crore
Players Bought At Auction
Nicholas Pooran (West Indies) - INR 10.75 Crore
Washington Sundar (India) - INR 8.75 Crore
Rahul Tripathi (India/Uncapped) - INR 8.50 Crore
Romario Shepherd (West Indies) - INR 7.75 Crore
Abhishek Sharma (India/Uncapped) - INR 6.50 Crore
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India) - INR 4.20 Crore
Marco Jansen (South Africa) - INR 4.20 Crore
T Natarajan (India) - INR 4 Crore
Kartik Tyagi (India/Uncapped) - INR 4 Crore
Aiden Markram (South Africa) - INR 2.60 Crore
Sean Abbott (Australia) - INR 2.40 Crore
Glenn Phillips (New Zealand) - INR 1.50 Crore
Shreyas Gopal (India/Uncapped) - INR 75 Lakh
Vishnu Vinod (India/Uncapped) - INR 50 Lakh
Fazalhaq Farooqui (Afghanistan) - INR 50 Lakh
Priyam Garg (India/Uncapped) - INR 20 Lakh
Jagadeesha Suchith (India/Uncapped) - INR 20 Lakh
R Samarth (India/Uncapped) - INR 20 Lakh
Shashank Singh (India/Uncapped) - INR 20 Lakh
Saurabh Dubey (India/Uncapped) - INR 20 Lakh
SRH Squad for IPL 2022
Batters: Kane Williamson (captain/overseas), Aiden Markram (overseas), Rahul Tripathi, Priyam Garg, R Samarth
Wicketkeeper: Nicholas Pooran (overseas), Glenn Phillips (overseas), Vishnu Vinod
All-rounder: Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen (overseas), Abhishek Sharma, Romario Shepherd, Shashank Singh
Fast Bowlers: Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kartik Tyagi, Sean Abbott (overseas), Saurabh Dubey
Spinners: Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Fazalhaq Farooqui (overseas)