KL Rahul become costliest player for IPL 2022

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 matches will be held in India without a crowd Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) source said media. KL Rahul, Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis and uncapped leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi signed Lucknow for IPL 2022. KL Rahul become costliest player for IPL 2022.

The new Lucknow franchise in the IPL has signed on KL Rahul for a fee of INR 17 crores become costliest player, making the batter the joint-highest paid player in the league’s history. A similar sum was commanded by former India captain Virat Kohli when the Royal Challengers Bangalore retained him ahead of the IPL 2018 auction.

KL Rahul, it was confirmed, will captain a side that’ll include Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis (signed for INR 9.2 crores) and uncapped legspinner Ravi Bishnoi (signed for INR 4 crores). The Lucknow team will head to the IPL 2022 auction with a purse of INR 59.80 crores. KL Rahul is not only an outstanding batsman but also a great wicketkeeper,” Sanjiv Goenka, head of the RPSG Group that owns the franchise told Star Sports.

KL Rahul as captain “Marcus is a great finisher, a good bowler and a phenomenal fielder. Ravi brings a unique dimension to the spin department and is an exceptional fielder. We want players to be here for 3-4-5-6-7-8 years. Speaking to Star Sports, team mentor Gautam Gambhir added: “He’s a work in progress, he keeps, he opens the batting.”

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Meanwhile, as was reported already, the Ahmedabad franchise has signed Hardik Pandya (INR 15 crores), Rashid Khan (INR 15 crores) and Shubman Gill (INR 8 crores) and will have a purse of INR 52 crores to spend at the auction table. Pandya will captain the team.

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Of the 1,214 names on the Auction Register, 896 are Indian players and 318 overseas players. The list incorporates 270 capped, 903 uncapped and 41 players from Associate nations like Nepal, UAE, Oman, Scotland and the Netherlands. There are 14 players from the USA too. If every franchise were to have the maximum of 25 players in their squad, 217 players will be bought in the auction, of which up to 70 may be overseas players.