IPL 2022: 5 Prominent Players Who Have Not Registered for Mega Auction

IPL 2022: BCCI and IPL committee have announced a final schedule of the IPL mega auction. The event is scheduled to take place on 12th and 13th February. On Saturday, BCCI announced the list of players who have registered for the mega auction. The list includes 1214 players (270 capped, 903 uncapped, and 41 Associate players) out of which 318 are foreign players that have registered for the Mega Auction 2022.

These 1214 players will appear for the action, out of which 217 can be picked by the franchises to play in the IPL 2022. IPL coming back to the TV screens with some big changes this year. Two new teams have been added i.e. Ahmedabad and Lucknow. They both have already announced their primary players this week. IPL 2022 is already making headlines because of the list of retained players.

At this moment, all media houses are focusing on the players who are participating in the auction or have already been offered. There are a few big names who have decided not to play in IPL 2022. These announcements came as shock to cricket pundits and team scouts. Some of these players might have started a big bidding war among all the franchises. These names set a benchmark in the tournament in the past few years.

We have compiled a list of 5 players, who are brilliant T20 cricketers but they have not registered for the tournament and will give a miss to IPL 2022. You can check the live bbl scorecard here.

IPL 2022: 5 Big Players Who Have Not Registered for Auction

5) Ben Stokes opted out of IPL 2022 Auction

One of the best English all-rounders, Ben Stokes, has made a decision to not play IPL 2022. This came out as a shock to Rajasthan Royals and all the other franchises in the tournament. Stokes was part of 43 games in IPL and scored 920 runs at a strike rate of 134.5. With two match winnings centuries, Sokes was on the shopping list of all the franchises.

A brilliant pacer took 28 wickets in 37 innings. Stokes was also part of some brilliant innings for team England in the last year. In IPL 2021, he suffered an injury at the beginning of the tournament, and Rajasthan Royals had to replace the irreplaceable Stokes. He was a crucial part of Royals for 3 years from 2018 to 2021.

4) Chris Gayle

Since the inception of IPL, Chris Gayle was one player who became an integral part of the tournament. After 14 years of IPL, Gayle reached a point where it has become difficult to imagine IPL without Gayle.

Unfortunately, this year Chirs Gayle won’t be part of the tournament. The West Indian power-hitter has a record of 357 sixes on his name in the tournament. After 8 years, Gayle still holds the record of the fastest century in IPL. In 142 IPL games, he has scored 4965 runs at an average of 39.72. Gayle stayed with Royal Challengers Bangalore for 7 years which helped him to gain a huge fan base in India. His 3 years run at Punjab Kings was not that successful.

3) Jofra Archer opted out of IPL 2022 Auction

Jofra Archer is going through a tough time since January 2021. His last year’s injury has not been cured successfully. For about 10 months, he is suffering from elbow issues and his recovery is currently under process. The ferocious pacer was an integral part of the Rajasthan Royals for 2 years.

In 35 appearances, he has picked up 46 wickets at an average of 21.33. Archer’s pace is mostly unplayable and lethal. He was first seen in the Big Bash League while playing for Hobart Hurricanes. Archer was expected to make a comeback through IPL and a lot of teams were eying a huge bid on the player. Check our live cricket prediction and you will get an idea of who will win.

2) Mitchell Starc

There were some hints from Mitchell Starc that he will be part of IPL 2022. However, after the release of the listed players, it is clear that Starc won’t be playing in the tournament. Mitchell made his IPL debut in 2014 with Royal Challengers Bangalore. He was an integral part of the team for 3 years.

Since then he has not played a single match in the tournament. The 31-year-old pacer is still active in Australian domestic cricket. Mitchell is also making being in and out of the Australian team in the past 2 years of time span. He was a crucial pacer in the T20 world cup and in the Ashes for Australia and helped them to overpower England.

1) Sam Curran opted out of IPL 2022 Auction

The young and flamboyant all-rounder from England, Sam Curran, has announced that he won’t be part of IPL 2022. It came out as a shock for most of the IPL teams. He made his debut for IPL in the 2019 season for Punjab Kings. In 2020 he was purchased by Chennai Super Kings and it was at that time his real talent was witnessed by the world. In 32 matches of IPL, he took 32 wickets.

Not only with bowling, but Sam Curran is also a brilliant lower-order batsman as well. In just 23 innings, Curran reached a score of 237 runs. He is young, talented and can be very useful for any team in the opening overs with the new ball. Here’s expert betting tips and tricks of how to bet smartly.