IPL 2022: 5 Retained/Picked Players Who Could’ve Earned More Money
IPL 2022: IPL is one of the most-watched cricket tournaments across the globe. Every year it comes up with more entertainment and more quality of players. The upcoming season of IPL is expected to be more exciting and entertaining because of two reasons primarily. Firstly, the league will be played with two new teams and a total of 10 teams will clash for one trophy.
Secondly, the quality of players IPL fans will witness in the new season of the tournament. There are a total of 590 players who will be taking part in the mega auctions. Out of this number, there will be 370 domestic and 220 overseas players who will take part in the auction. The quality of players from both segments will be exceptional. All 10 teams have announced their retained and picked players and now they will be bidding for new players in February.
However, the list of retained/picked players has few players who deserve much better money than their current contracts. We have compiled a list of 5 players who are retained/picked by respective teams but could have got more money in the mega auction 2022. Here are the IPL team list for this season.
IPL 2022: 5 Retained/Picked Players Who Could’ve Earned More Money
5) Anrich Nortje
Anrich Nortje made his debut for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2020. He made an immediate impression on the team by picking up 22 wickets in 16 appearances. Nortje played an important role in the performance of the Delhi Capitals taking them to the finals. In last year’s tournament, Nortje appeared in 8 fixtures and picked up 12 wickets for the team.
He was not part of the second leg of the tournament but his first leg was brilliant. Delhi Capitals has retained the services of Nortje for 6 Crores, which is way more than his 2020 price. However, looking at his performance graph, Nortje could have easily got a big deal if he would have made a choice to appear in the IPL 2022 mega auction.
4) Prithvi Shaw
Another Delhi Capitals’ player who was in high tide mode in IPL 2021. Prithvi Shaw has turned out to be the most impactful player for the team. He made his debut for Delhi Capitals in 2019 and helped the team to reach one final (2020) and two playoffs. Shaw’s partnership with Shikhar Dhawan for DC turned out to be the highest-scoring partnership in the tournament. DC made the right decision and quickly retained their hard-hitting opening batsman Prithvi Shaw by offering a contract of 7.5 Crore. The 2018 U19 World Cup-winning captain could have easily bagged a few more crores had he been released by DC. A lot more teams would’ve bid for him which would’ve earned him a lot of money. Learn how we do cricket prediction for upcoming matches.
3) Arshdeep Singh
Punjab Kings have only retained two of their players and Arshdeep Singh is one of them. He became an overnight sensation since he made his debut for Punjab Kings in 2019. However, the team is one of the unsuccessful teams in the tournament, Arshdeep has always been consistent in his performance.
In 12 appearances last year, the Punjab pacer picked up 18 wickets. Only because of this reason, Punjab Kings retained the player for an amount of 4 Crores. In 2019, Arshdeep was bought by Punjab Kings for a value of 20 Lakhs. Looking at his stats since 2019, the tall pacer could have easily bagged a better deal from the mega auctions if he would have chosen to go for it.
2) Ruturaj Gaikwad
Just like Arshdeep, Ruturaj was also bought by Chennai Super Kings for a small price of 20 Lakhs in the 2020 season of IPL. Chennai had a very disappointing season in 2020 but Ruturaj Gaikwad was the golden boy for them. He start his debut season slowly but by the end of the tournament impressed everyone in the league.
Not only that, Gaikwad continued his performance in 2021 as well did a brilliant job as an opening batter who can hit hard on the pace attack of the opposition. The opener was retained by the defending champions for a sum of INR 6 crore which is a significant hike from the 2021 edition. However, Ruturaj Gaikwad deserved to get a better deal as he was a match-winner for CSK last year.
1) Venkatesh Iyer
The second leg of the last year’s IPL came out as a huge boost for Venkatesh Iyer. There was a complete 180-degree turn in his performance and the opposition was shocked to see him hitting the ball hard. In matches, Iyer ended up scoring 370 runs and took 3 wickets as well. His all-rounder performances helped KKR to reach the finals. KKR has shown their faith in the newcomer by retaining him for 8 Crores.
This amount is a 400% hike as compared to his last edition with the team. Not only in IPL Iyer has played some brilliant knocks while playing for his country. If he would have chosen to not sign the deal with KKR, it was definite that Iyer would have got a much better hike through the mega auction. Here are top betting apps for android.
