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IPL 2022 likely to start from March 27

Mumbai slotted in as first option to host 10-team tournament, with UAE and South Africa as back-ups

The 2022 season of IPL is set to start in the last week of March, and is scheduled to run till May end. ESPNcricinfo has learned that in a meeting with the ten franchises on Saturday (January 22), the IPL authorities informed owners that they had pencilled in March 27 as a likely start date.

 

The franchises were also told that the tournament would be held in India, with Mumbai slotted in as the main venue. And in case the Covid-19 numbers in India are low at the time, Ahmedabad could be considered as a second venue to host the playoffs. In case the pandemic situation in India is not feasible to host the tournament, then South Africa and the UAE will be the back-up options in no particular order. At Saturday's meeting, the IPL told the franchises that a final decision is expected to be taken by February 20.

 

"I am delighted to confirm that the 15th season of the IPL will start in the last week of March and will run until May end," BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a statement released on Saturday evening. "A majority of the team owners expressed their wish that the tournament be held in India. The BCCI was always keen on staging the 2022 edition that will see two new teams - Ahmedabad and Lucknow - in India. I can tell you that we will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that IPL stays in India. The BCCI has not compromised on the health and safety of its stakeholders in the past and will concurrently work on Plan B since the COVID-19 situation with new variants remains fluid. The mega IPL Auction will take place on February 12-13th and we will lock in venues before that."

 

The reason the IPL has zeroed in on just one venue in Mumbai, which has multiple grounds, was to avoid travel and the debacle of 2021 edition, when the tournament had to be called off at the halfway stage due to the spike in the number of cases among teams. One key reason responsible for teams reporting growing Covid-19 positive cases was travelling between different cities. The tournament was postponed, before the second leg was held in the UAE in September-October.

 

India is currently experiencing the third wave of the pandemic, with the Omicron variant dominant across the country. Though the impact is less severe, the high degree of transmissibility has led to stringent curbs on movement and public activities in big cities.

 

Incidentally, even in 2021, the IPL had thought about holding the entire tournament in Mumbai, before deciding to host it across two cities at a time. This time they have decided to wait until mid-February, by when necessary government permissions would have been received and the feasibiity of hosting the tournament, which will feature 74 matches, in Mumbai can be checked.

Along with the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai also has two other grounds that have hosted international matches: the Brabourne Stadium and the DY Patil stadium. There is also the Mumbai Cricket Association-run ground in Bandra-Kurla Complex, which has hosted domestic tournaments and where IPL teams have trained in the past.

 

Teams split over UAE and South Africa
It is learned that not all teams are unanimous about either of the two back-up options. Some of the franchises pointed out that the UAE, which has three venues, was becoming more predictable in terms of results as witnessed during the men's T20 World Cup that was held in 2021, as well as the second leg of IPL 2021 that immediately preceded it. Another concern with the UAE was that the pitches could become weary by April-May, after a long season with multiple tournaments. However, others felt that barring Sharjah, which dished out slower pitches with low bounce last IPL, Dubai and Abu Dhabi hosted close contests.

Some franchises also backed UAE only because there was no internal travel involved and the venue itself overall had been one of the safest spots globally during the pandemic. It was also pointed out by the IPL authorities that South Africa had one clear advantage in terms of multiple venues, but the counter to that - as pointed out by some franchises - was that any travel during the pandemic came laden with risk, as was already experienced in the first half of IPL 2021 in India, when the country had struggled to cope with the Delta variant.

 

It is learned that some franchises said that one crucial aspect that the IPL had to take into account was the absence of any window in 2022 in case the tournament were to disrupted once again, due to travel-related reasons.

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Lucknow Super Giants unveiled as new name for IPL franchise

The RP Sanjiv Goenka group had earlier called the Pune franchise they acquired for two years Rising Pune Supergiants

Lucknow Super Giants. That is the team name unveiled on Monday by the new IPL franchise bought by the RP Sanjiv Goenka group, a diversified Indian business group, for a record sum of INR 7090 crore (USD 940 million approx.) in October last year.

 

Last week Sanjiv Goenka, the owner of Lucknow Super Giants, announced that KL Rahul would be the captain of the new franchise. The Lucknow Super Giants bought Rahul for INR 17 crore (USD 2.28 million approx.), the joint-highest fee paid to a player in IPL.

 

This is not the RP Sanjiv Goenka group's first tryst with IPL team ownership, or indeed with the team name. They had acquired a franchise in Pune for IPL 2016 and 2017 - when two new franchises temporarily replaced the suspended Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals. They had then called their franchise the Rising Pune Super Giants, later changing the name in 2017 to Rising Pune Supergiant.

 

Goenka said the name for the Lucknow franchise had been finalised based on a crowd-sourced campaign.

 

The Lucknow Super Giants also acquired Australian allrounder Marcus Stoinis and Ravi Bishnoi, the uncapped Indian legspinner. While Stonis will be paid INR 9.2 crore (USD 1.24 million approx.), a sum of 10 crore will be deducted from the franchise's overall auction purse as per the IPL rules. Bishnoi meanwhile will be paid INR 4 crore (USD 0.54 million approx.), which was the baseline price set by the IPL for uncapped Indian players. The franchise will consequently have a purse of INR 59 crore at the two-day auction, which is scheduled in Bengaluru between February 12 and 13.

 

IPL 2022 is expected to start on March 27, with the authorities keen that the tournament be hosted in India itself, although that could change depending on the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Alongside Lucknow, the other new IPL franchise was bought by global private equity giants CVC Capital, and will be based in Ahmedabad. The three players they bought ahead of the mega auction were Hardik Pandya and Rashid Khan for INR 15 crore (USD 2.02 million approx.), and Shubman Gill for INR 8 crore (USD 1.07 million approx.). As per the auction rules, the Ahmedabad franchise's purse will be lighter by INR 38 crore - with the actual amount paid to Rashid and Gill subtracted since it stands higher than the slabs set by the IPL of INR 11 crore and INR 7 crore when three capped players are retained by a franchise. Ahmedabad will thus go in with INR 52 crore to spend in the auction.

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Lucknow Super Giants unveiled as new name for IPL franchise

The RP Sanjiv Goenka group had earlier called the Pune franchise they acquired for two years Rising Pune Supergiants

Lucknow Super Giants. That is the team name unveiled on Monday by the new IPL franchise bought by the RP Sanjiv Goenka group, a diversified Indian business group, for a record sum of INR 7090 crore (USD 940 million approx.) in October last year.

 

Last week Sanjiv Goenka, the owner of Lucknow Super Giants, announced that KL Rahul would be the captain of the new franchise. The Lucknow Super Giants bought Rahul for INR 17 crore (USD 2.28 million approx.), the joint-highest fee paid to a player in IPL.

 

This is not the RP Sanjiv Goenka group's first tryst with IPL team ownership, or indeed with the team name. They had acquired a franchise in Pune for IPL 2016 and 2017 - when two new franchises temporarily replaced the suspended Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals. They had then called their franchise the Rising Pune Super Giants, later changing the name in 2017 to Rising Pune Supergiant.

 

Goenka said the name for the Lucknow franchise had been finalised based on a crowd-sourced campaign.

 

The Lucknow Super Giants also acquired Australian allrounder Marcus Stoinis and Ravi Bishnoi, the uncapped Indian legspinner. While Stonis will be paid INR 9.2 crore (USD 1.24 million approx.), a sum of 10 crore will be deducted from the franchise's overall auction purse as per the IPL rules. Bishnoi meanwhile will be paid INR 4 crore (USD 0.54 million approx.), which was the baseline price set by the IPL for uncapped Indian players. The franchise will consequently have a purse of INR 59 crore at the two-day auction, which is scheduled in Bengaluru between February 12 and 13.

 

IPL 2022 is expected to start on March 27, with the authorities keen that the tournament be hosted in India itself, although that could change depending on the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Alongside Lucknow, the other new IPL franchise was bought by global private equity giants CVC Capital, and will be based in Ahmedabad. The three players they bought ahead of the mega auction were Hardik Pandya and Rashid Khan for INR 15 crore (USD 2.02 million approx.), and Shubman Gill for INR 8 crore (USD 1.07 million approx.). As per the auction rules, the Ahmedabad franchise's purse will be lighter by INR 38 crore - with the actual amount paid to Rashid and Gill subtracted since it stands higher than the slabs set by the IPL of INR 11 crore and INR 7 crore when three capped players are retained by a franchise. Ahmedabad will thus go in with INR 52 crore to spend in the auction.

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Iyer, Warner, Ashwin, Rabada and Shami among marquee set at IPL 2022 auction

Jofra Archer has been listed in the auction but he is unlikely to feature in the 2022 season.

R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Pat Cummins, Quinton de Kock, Shikhar Dhawan, Faf du Plessis, Shreyas Iyer, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Shami and David Warner. These 10 players will be part of the marquee set that will ring in the 2022 IPL mega auction, which this time will be a two-day event, scheduled on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru.

 

On Tuesday the IPL sent out its final auction pool, which has been halved from the original longlist of 1214 players to a pruned version, based on the wishlist of the 10 franchises, comprising 590 players. This final list includes 44 new names that were registered in the auction pool upon the request of the franchises.

 

Archer enters auction, but unlikely for 2022 season
One of those 44 happens to be the England fast bowler Jofra Archer, who the ECB recently said is in the final stages of his recovery from elbow surgery with a planned return to all cricket in June. In the email sent to franchises on Tuesday, which has been seen by ESPNcricinfo, the IPL chief operating officer Hemang Amin said Archer would be part of the accelerated set of players, which will commence from player No. 161.

 

Amin also said the ECB had made it clear that Archer was "unlikely" to play in IPL 2022 and if any franchise picks him up they will not be able to get a replacement. "The ECB has registered Jofra Archer for the auction with a view to potential participation in 2023 and 2024, as due to his current injury it is unlikely that he can participate in IPL 2022," Amin said. "Therefore, his name has been included in the auction list but he won't feature in the marquee or other sets to be presented. He will be available to be called during the accelerated auction and whoever picks him will not get a replacement player for IPL 2022 season for his place as he is already injured and unlikely to participate in IPL 2022 season."

 

Off the 590 there are 228 capped players, 355 uncapped, and seven from Associate countries. Following the marquee players the auction will alternate between sets of capped and uncapped players. The order of specialism will be batters, allrounders, wicketkeeper-batters, fast bowlers and spin bowlers.

 

Dewald Brevis, who enjoyed an eye-catching Under-19 World Cup with South Africa, could be a potential buy with an eye to the future  Cricket South Africa

 

There are several players in the first round - capped and uncapped - who could potentially end up being among the biggest buys this auction. This includes the India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan, who decided to enter the auction despite both the new IPL teams - Lucknow Supergiants and Ahmedabad - learned to have expressed strong interest in acquiring him pre-auction.

 

Other key names in this first round of capped players include Harshal Patel, IPL 2021's highest wicket-taker, Australia allrounder Mitchell Marsh, player of the T20 World Cup final, West Indies white-ball vice-captain Nicholas Pooran, young India opener Devdutt Padikkal, allrounder Jason Holder, who this week set records in the T20I series against England including becoming the first West Indies player to bag a hat-trick in the format. There are also experienced hands and T20 greats in the first round including India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik, former West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo, and former India allrounder Suresh Raina.

 

Tamil Nadu batter Shahrukh Khan, who has been added to India's squad for the T20I series against West Indies as a standby, features among the first round of uncapped players, which will start from player No. 55. Shahrukh, tall and muscular, is rated by IPL franchises as one of the most powerful finishers in domestic cricket and is likely to be one of the biggest buys in the uncapped category.

 

Another player who is likely to attract attention is the 18-year-old Dewald Brevis, who recently made headlines with his batting exploits for South Africa at the Under-19 World Cup. Brevis, who imitates his idol AB de Villiers, has caught the eye of several franchises who have told ESPNcricnfo that his fluent technique makes him a good buy with an eye to the future.

 

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