Crores bet on these Under-19 players in IPL Auction 2022, know how much they were bought

IPL Auction 2022 under 19 players Yash Dhull Rajvardhan Hangargekar Raj Bawa: Timing is very important in cricket and the Under-19 cricket team headed in the right direction by winning the World Cup ahead of the big IPL auction, but did it fetch star players huge sums of money in the Indian Premier League auctions? After two days of auction, it was found that the franchise took a lot of caution while bidding on the young talented players of Indian cricket.

Uncapped players like Avesh Khan, who has proved himself, got bids up to Rs 10 crore. Along with this, some under-19 star players including captain Yash Dhul also got contracts in the auction. Dhul, who was part of the Delhi Capitals-run academy, was the top scorer of the Under-19 World Cup and was bought for Rs 50 lakh by the same franchise that had groomed him.

All-rounder Raj Bawa was bought by his home team Punjab Kings for two crore rupees. Whereas four-time champion Chennai Super Kings bid Rs 1.5 crore for Rajvardhan Hengargekar with a base price of Rs 30 lakh. Vicky Ostwal was bought by Delhi Capitals at his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

Maharashtra all-rounder Rajvardhan is known for his yorker skills and will now get a chance to learn the tricks of the game with the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It seemed that the IPL team was cautious while bidding on the Under-19 players and they were not ready to bid heavily. Due to his all-round skills, Raj Bawa was the highest bidder among the India Under-19 team.

Mumbai Indians spent Rs 3 crore for South Africa’s Under-19 star Dewald Brevis and he will get a chance to play alongside legends like India’s limited overs captain Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard. Brevis, popularly known as ‘Baby Abby’, is touted as the future superstar of South Africa. In the recent past, players like Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill have received lucrative IPL contracts from franchises soon after their good performances in the junior world. But this time there was not much enthusiasm in bidding on Under-19 players.

Prithvi was bought by Delhi in 2018 for one crore 20 lakh rupees. Since then he and Gill have made their debut for the senior team. Gill was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders while playing in the Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. He has also played some memorable innings for the senior team. The members of U-19 World Cup 2018 like Prithvi and Gill where they have proved themselves at the senior level. At the same time, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ishan Porel and Riyan Parag have to do the same. He has been a part of IPL but does not play regularly.

Mavi was bought by Knight Riders for Rs 7.75 crore while his base price was Rs 40 lakh. Sunrisers Hyderabad spent four crore rupees for Kartik Tyagi, a member of the Under-19 World Cup 2020. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was Tyagi’s partner, was bought by Rajasthan Royals in 2020 for Rs 2 crore 40 lakh and retained it for Rs 4 crore before the auction. Tyagi and Jaiswal’s partner in the Under-19 World Cup, leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi was bought by the new franchise Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 4 crore. He played for Punjab Kings in the last season, which bought him for Rs 2 crore in 2020.

Arshdeep Singh, a member of the Under-19 World Champion 2018 team, was retained by the Punjab Kings for Rs 4 crore after his impressive performance in IPL 2021. Due to maturity, the players of the last Under-19 World Cup got a good bid but the team did not play a big bet on the players of the current Under-19 champion team as they are still quite young.

Uncapped player Avesh Khan’s base price was only 20 lakhs but he got a contract of 10 crores with the team of Lucknow. He is the most expensive uncapped Indian player ever sold in the auction. Avesh, who got a contract of 50 times the base price, overtook K Gautam, who was bought by Super Kings in 2021 for Rs 9 crore 25 lakh.

Tamil Nadu’s aggressive player Shahrukh Khan was bought by the Punjab team for nine crores, while last year the team had bid for him for five crore 25 lakh rupees. Rahul Teotia joined Gujarat Titans for Rs 9 crore and Rahul Tripathi was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 8 crore 50 lakh.

For Uttar Pradesh’s left-arm fast bowler Yash Dayal, Gujarat made a bid of three crore 20 lakhs while for Himachal Pradesh bowler Vaibhav Arora, Punjab made a bid of two crores. Apart from this, Tamil Nadu spinner R Sai Kishore was also included in the uncapped players, who was added by Gujarat for Rs 3 crore.