Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Top Player out from IPL 2022

IPL 2022 mega auction will be held on 12 and 13 January, BCCI released player list for IPL 2022 mega auction. All 10 teams planning to buy top players, two new teams Lucknow and Ahmedabad announced 3 players each. In between sad news for IPL fans, Chennai Super Kings CSK top player out from IPL 2022. Former CSK all-rounder Sam Curran said on Saturday that he will not enter the IPL 2022 auctions.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Top Player out from IPL 2022
Sam Curran and MS Dhoni -image credit BCCI / IPL

England all-rounder Sam Curran said on Saturday that he will not enter the IPL 2022 auctions in order to focus on his rehabilitation from a lower back injury. In October 2021, Curran, who was turning out for the CSK in the second half of IPL in the UAE, suffered a lower-back injury which ruled him out of the remainder of the tournament as well as mens T20 World Cup and the Ashes.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Top Player out from IPL 2022
Sam Curran -image credit – BCCI / IPL

Former CSK all-rounder Sam Curran, said that he will be focusing on his rehabilitation and will be starting his season with Surrey Cricket. Taking to his Twitter, Curran wrote, “It was agreed that sadly I should not enter the IPL auction this year and to focus on my rehabilitation. I`m back in the nets and feeling great so hope to be back soon, Wishing everyone all the best for the tournament. I look forward to starting the season with @surreycricket.”

12 days ago, on January 10, CSK player Sam Curran had posted a picture of himself on social media from the dressing room of his county side Surrey, indicating that he was getting back to playing cricket after three months due to a lower back injury. In 32 IPL matches, Curran made 337 runs at an average of 22.47, including two half-centuries. With the ball, he picked 32 wickets at an average of 31.09 and an economy rate of 9.21, with a best of 4/11.

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Apart from turning out for Chennai Super Kings in 2020 and 2021, Curran had represented Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in his maiden IPL season in 2019.The IPL player registration closed on January 20 and a total of 1,214 players (896 Indian and 318 overseas) have signed up to be part of the 2022 player auction. The two-day mega auction will see 10 teams bidding for some of the finest talents in world cricket.

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The players` list incorporates 270 capped, 903 uncapped, and 41 Associate players. The detailed list is as follows: Capped Indian (61 players), Capped International (209 players), Associate (41 players), Uncapped Indians who were a part of previous IPL seasons (143 players), Uncapped International who were a part of previous IPL seasons (6 players), Uncapped Indians (692 players), and Uncapped Internationals (62 players).  

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