Every mega IPL auction reveals a bit more about how franchises plan when building a team. It was no different this time

Nagraj Gollapudi and Gaurav Sundararaman14-Feb-20225:30

Best and worst buys? Biggest surprise? Missed opportunity?

Got wheels and can bat? We’ll pay you a million dollars
“Fast bowlers were definitely the commodity of the auction,” Akash Ambani, Mumbai Indians’ owner, said. He decided to pay more than USD 1 million to secure Jofra Archer, who is not even going to play this season.This year there were 13 fast bowlers, including fast-bowling allrounders, who were million-dollar buys. Five of those were Indians. In 2018 (when the dollar exchange rate was INR 64), seven players in that category were paid at least a million dollars of which there was just one Indian player.The best fast bowlers have always been among the top buys in IPL auctions. However, during this auction the franchises were also on the lookout for fast bowlers who are handy batters too. Deepak Chahar, who has hit a couple of stand-out half-centuries for India in the last six months, entered the auction tipped to be one of the most expensive buys. That prediction came true as he finished as the most expensive Indian bowler at INR 14 crore.India bowling allrounder Shardul Thakur, another Chennai Super Kings product, missed out on returning to his original franchise after Delhi Capitals snapped him for INR 10.75 crore, the same amount paid by Royal Challengers Bangalore to get back Harshal Patel, the 2021 IPL’s highest wicket-taker who is also a handy bat. Former West Indies captain Jason Holder, who has been in scintillating form recently, was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for INR 8.75 crore. Another West Indies allrounder, Romario Shepherd, who has never played the IPL but can bowl good pace and smack the ball hard, was picked by Holder’s former franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 7.75 crore.But it is not mandatory that the fast men need to bat. The franchises also placed big money on bowlers who either have extreme pace – Lockie Ferguson (Gujarat Titans, INR 10 crore), Mark Wood (INR 7.5 crore, Super Giants) – as well those with good pace and bowling smarts, including Prasidh Krishna (INR 10 crore, Rajasthan Royals), Avesh Khan (INR 10 crores, Super Giants) and Josh Hazelwood (INR 7.75 crore, Royal Challengers).As Anil Kumble, the Punjab Kings director of cricket, told ESPNcricinfo, “for once this was a bowler’s auction”.Chennai Super Kings bought back Deepak Chahar for INR 14 crore•BCCITeams focus on core strength
Successful franchises will agree that auctions are disruptive. Because after investing big money in players who are then looked after well and are assigned key roles, teams are forced back to the drawing board for a mega auction. However, at least four of the eight old franchises focused on retaining the core they had created in 2018 as part of their auction strategy this time. Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Capitals and Sunrisers decided that continuity was what would get them short- and long-term success.Little surprise that the franchise to sign the largest number of players who were part of their squad last year were defending champions Super Kings, with seven players. This bunch included Deepak, Ambati Rayudu and Robin Uthappa – all of them had played key roles in Super Kings winning the title in 2021. Super Kings also tried hard to get back Faf du Plessis and Thakur but had to quit the bidding race to the rivals with bigger purses.Super Kings even bought back the uncapped pairing of Prashant Solanki and Tushar Deshpande, who were mostly in the reserves last season.Knight Riders bought back Nitish Rana, Pat Cummins and Shivam Mavi and tried hard to buy back the uncapped Indian batter Rahul Tripathi, who became one of the million-dollar buys after Sunrisers signed him for INR 8.5 crore (USD 1.13 million). Sunrisers themselves were not shy to bring back Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and the uncapped pair of Abhishek Sharma and Priyam Garg, all of whom played for them last season.Mumbai Indians held back their purse for Jofra Archer and Tim David•BCCIBut it was Capitals who matched Super Kings in bidding aggressively for virtually every player who had been part of their roster over the last two seasons. The fact that four key players from their 2021 batch were in the marquee set of ten did not help Capitals, but that did not dissuade them. Having already retained four players before the auction, Capitals bid hard for Shikhar Dhawan, R Ashwin and Kagiso Rabada in the marquee set and later for Shimron Hetmyer and Avesh Khan. In the case of Dhawan, Ashwin and Hetmeyer, Capitals made the penultimate bid. Even for Avesh, who was Capitals’ second-best bowler last season after Anrich Nortje, Capitals raised the paddle until INR 8.75 crore before Super Giants won the bid at INR 10 crore.Conservative and high-risk: franchises take different lanes on auction highway
The pattern of spending the purse this time around was very different from previous auctions. Different teams had different strategies to make up their squads. Most teams went heavy on the first day to pocket as many players as possible for their first XI. Super Giants, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Royals and Knight Riders spent in excess of 85% of their purse for 9 to 11 players. Consequently, these teams were keen buyers during the accelerated phase of the auction to cover all the slots as well as get as close as possible to the maximum allowed squad size of 25. Royals bought four overseas players within five minutes at the fag end of the auction at base price.However, Punjab Kings and Mumbai were both conservative on the first day for different reasons, spending just around 65% of their respective purses. Kings’ strategy was to go big on a couple of marquee players and play the waiting game so that they could spread their purse till the end of the auction. Still, they managed to pick up 11 players on the first day.This allowed them to buy Liam Livingstone and Odean Smith, two multi-skilled match-winners, at high prices on the second day. In contrast, Mumbai went for the high-risk approach, spending INR 31.5 crore (USD 4.2 million) to secure just three players and a little above half of that figure – INR 16.4 crore (USD 2.2 million) – to get their 18 other players. But if Mumbai remained silent until the accelerated phase, it was because part of their strategy was to bag Jofra Archer and Tim David at high prices. In the end, Mumbai’s recovery was swift and while they might not have the best squad, they still have a decent first XI.Shahrukh Khan is proven finisher for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket•Deepak Malik/BCCILesser-known Indians a hit
Shahrukh Khan was bought back by Punjab Kings for INR 9 crore. Rahul Tewatia, too, got the same amount. Tripathi was clinched by Sunrisers for INR 8.5 crore. Knight Riders did not blink to spend INR 8 crore to bring back Rana, who has performed the No. 3 role for them for the past few years. Sunrisers staved off stiff competition to get Punjab allrounder Abhishek Sharma for INR 6.5 crore while India allrounder Deepak Hooda, who got his maiden international cap days before the auction, was picked by Lucknow Super Giants for INR 5.75 crore.Those were the top five buys among low-profile or emerging Indian talent. The one clear trend to emerge in this auction, and one that might also suggest that the IPL franchises have matured in their strategy, is picking uncapped and fringe Indian talent and willing to pay them more than established Indian names. Shahrukh is recognised as a power-hitting finisher in domestic cricket and has played a big role in Tamil Nadu’s white-ball success in the past few years. Tewatia has not made headlines since that memorable evening in Sharjah where he hit Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over back in 2020, but has the promise of being a good finisher and a decent legspinner.Tripathi has grown from playing cameos to becoming one of the most consistent Indian batters in the IPL. In 2021, he had a strike rate of nearly 147 in the middle overs (overs 7-15) which was the fourth-highest. As for Abhishek, scouts are impressed by his all-round talent that enables him to float in the batting order and also deliver a few overs of left-arm spin. The potential he has for growth is what compelled Sunrisers to pay him more than ten times the price they paid him in 2018 (INR 55 lakhs).Another name that can be added to the list is Punjab left-arm spinner and lower-order batter Harpreet Brar. Remember him? Brar, playing for Kings, silenced Royal Challengers’ top order last IPL by picking up Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell off successive deliveries and AB de Villiers in his next over. He can also smack the ball hard and that is what Kings are likely to have kept in mind before they shelled out INR 3.2 crore to buy him back. Kumble told ESPNcricinfo that the franchise did not think of filling up the eighth overseas spot because they had placed their belief in players like Atharva Taide, an uncapped 21-year-old from Akola in Vidarbha. Taide is an opening batter who bowls handy left-arm spin and impressed scouts during the Vijay Hazare and Syed Mushtaq Ali tournaments last December.This approach of paying more to fringe talent is also another indicator of the vast pool of Indian players that keeps getting stronger. Not only will it make lesser-known players get exposure and big money, but also limit teams’ over-reliance on overseas players.David Warner was a bargain buy for Delhi Capitals•BCCI/IPLHow auction draw created bargain buys
Bargains are what make markets dynamic. You can get lucky in the IPL auctions, too, if a player comes up at the right time and you have the money and are proactive. Take Capitals, for instance. They knew they could not get all the four players who played for them in 2021 and were part of the marquee set this time. In fact, they got none of them, but bagged the prize catch of David Warner for just INR 6.25 crore. Warner is one of the IPL’s greatest players and was expected to become a multi-millionaire. In Warner, Capitals have found an opener who can play the aggressor or drop anchor, a proven IPL-winning captain, and an ace fielder. Also, his rapport with head coach Ricky Ponting will come in handy. Importantly, Warner and Prithvi Shaw could be one of the IPL’s best opening pairs in the powerplay.A conservative approach from a fair few franchises also ended up affecting the price points of players, especially up front. R Ashwin was bagged by Royals for INR 5 crore, Quinton de Kock went to Super Giants for INR 6.75 crore. Titans might have seemingly had a scrambled auction plan, but they would have been happy to get Jason Roy at his base price of INR 2 crore.Supply and demand can always skew the auction dynamics. If the pool for a certain skillset is shallow, one odd player can get an exponential price. This auction featured a lack of quality Indian wristspinners. Yet, it came as a bit of surprise when Rahul Chahar, Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav were acquired at INR 5.25 crore, 6.5 crore and 2 crore respectively. Similarly, as the auction entered the accelerated phase, the likes of Alex Hales, Evin Lewis, Tymal Mills and Jason Behrendorff – performers in overseas franchise cricket – were all bought at significantly low prices.

West Indies batters produce fire and fight to capitalise on absence of Anderson and Broad

Cameron Ponsonby09-Mar-2022When Kraigg Brathwaite bats, he does so for a long time and not for a good time. Normally.But on day two in Antigua, he broke character to score a brisk 55 off 70 balls and made clear the West Indies strategy when faced with an England opening attack absent of either James Anderson or Stuart Broad. Whack it.Ahead of the series, both Brathwaite and West Indies head coach Phil Simmons had refused to be drawn on whether they considered it an advantage that neither Broad nor Anderson were lining up against them. That to do so would be “complacent”. We’re focusing on us, not them etc.Related

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But there is a difference between saying and doing. Because West Indies came with a plan. Faced with two opening bowlers burdened with the unknown pressure of leading the attack for the first time in Chris Woakes, and opening the bowling in Tests for the first time in Craig Overton, they put their foot down.”It was pretty much just playing as it came,” Brathwaite said at the close, maintaining the party line. “I obviously got into some good positions and it paid off and we got some early runs, but I wouldn’t say it was a change. It’s a good pitch.””Some of the guys aren’t as experienced as Anderson and stuff but I thought they were decent and we’ve just got to buckle down and fight. Do not underestimate, that’s the key for us.”The first ten overs brought 45 runs and CricViz stats aplenty. Only twice in the last two years have England conceded more. Woakes’ first 20 balls brought 27 runs, the most he’d ever conceded by that stage in an innings (admittedly a small sample size). The 50 arrived in the 11th over, the fourth fastest during Joe Root’s captaincy. It was, by whichever metric you choose, right up among least-threatening new-ball spells England had bowled in the last decade. It was not good.But it would be unfair to say that England’s failings were all of their own doing. Missteps still need to be capitalised on and neither Brathwaite nor his opening partner John Campbell missed a beat in doing so. Brathwaite drove and Campbell slashed, and just when England thought they’d put a lid on proceedings as Jack Leach tied together a maiden or two, Brathwaite launched him for six.You can have all the strategies, spreadsheets, nutritionists and data scientists you want, but when it comes down to it, nothing beats hitting the ball really far as your Plan A.Brathwaite is a man riding high on batting adrenaline. For all the talk of how out-of-character this innings was in terms of his career, it wasn’t in terms of his month. In the lead up to this series, Brathwaite scored a career-best 276 for Barbados against Jamaica, an innings which came at a strike-rate of 67.81.It is a stark change for a man who has often suffered from the same criticism levelled at players such as Dom Sibley and Cheteshwar Pujara, that his slow batting adversely affects his team by putting undue pressure on the batter at the other end. But here, Brathwaite went to a run-a-ball 20, 30 and 40 before bringing up his fastest Test half-century off 62 balls.If Brathwaite set the tone with his fire, his team followed suit with their fight. A collapse from 83 for 0 to 127 for 4 threatened to derail the excellent start West Indies had made, and with the ball beginning to reverse-swing, had either Nkrumah Bonner or former captain Jason Holder fallen and exposed a fragile tail, the day could’ve comfortably belonged to England. As it happened, Bonner and Holder shared a crucial, unbroken 75-run partnership to steer West Indies to 202 for 4 at the close with the game evenly poised.”Holder and Bonner put on a really good partnership,” Brathwaite said. “The England bowlers were in a good spell and you saw the maturity fighting through, especially a period of eight overs where the ball was doing a bit. He’s [Holder] leading from the front and we just have to follow.”

An injury replacement for Aditya Tare, the keeper-batter scored 115 to help Mumbai post a competitive total

Srinidhi Ramanujam15-Jun-2022The sun only shone sporadically at the Just Cricket Academy on Wednesday, but Hardik Tamore made hay anyway.The wicketkeeper-batter brightened gloomy Bengaluru with his 115 and drove Mumbai’s progress on day two of their Ranji Trophy semi-final against Uttar Pradesh as the team posted a first-innings total of 393. It began as a dull morning, and play was delayed by two hours following heavy overnight rain, forcing the first session to be washed out without a ball bowled.But once the sun began to emerge, Tamore and Shams Mulani put Mumbai in the driver’s seat with a century stand before the bowlers took two early wickets to leave Uttar Pradesh on 25 for 2 at stumps.Related

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It has been quite a few months for Tamore. The 24-year-old from Boisar, which lies in the Palghar district in Maharashtra, led Mumbai in the CK Nayudu U-25 tournament early this year, having also previously captained their U-16, U-19 and U-23 teams. Tamore was down with Covid-19 just before landing in Ahmedabad for the CK Nayudu tournament, before returning to score 391 runs at an average of 35.55 – including a hundred and two fifties.But when it came to the Ranji Trophy, Tamore had to play the waiting game. The right-hander had played only four first-class matches prior to the Uttar Pradesh game, having made his debut as a specialist batter during the 2019-20 season. Who knew then that the Ranji Trophy wouldn’t be held the following season?And he may have not even played in 2021-22 at all, had Aditya Tare, Mumbai’s first-choice wicketkeeper, not injured his finger during the quarter-final against Uttarakhand.However, when the opportunity came his way in an all-important fixture, Tamore grabbed it and made a statement.”Before the knockouts, when we were in Bombay, he [Tare] told me ‘Just express yourself. Don’t think much. Just do whatever you have done at the Under-25 level’,” Tamore said after the second day’s play.And that is what he did on Wednesday. After bringing up his half-century off 73 balls on Day 1, he was determined to convert it into a big score. He drove through the covers; pulled and hooked with ease; and punished the half-volleys.File photo – Tamore says Mumbai coach Amol Muzumdar advised him to ‘just stay [at the crease] for as long as possible’•Cricket South AfricaHis real test came in the first hour after lunch, when Uttar Pradesh’s bowlers stuck to a fifth-stump line and hoped to find swing under overcast skies. Once conditions brightened up, though, the fast bowlers toiled as Tamore stitched a solid 113-run partnership with Mulani for the sixth wicket.”I was confident coming into this game,” Tamore said. “I played in an Under-25 tournament recently. All my team-mates, Sarfaraz [Khan] and Amol [Muzumdar, the coach] sir have encouraged me, and sir has always shown faith in me. I just wanted to perform for my team.”I was just waiting for an opportunity to bat. I did not set a target that I have to score this many runs in this match. My plan was just to play till the end. It was cloudy in the morning and the ball was swinging a lot. So Amol sir asked me to just stay for as long as possible. I didn’t want to play any flashy shots, so I relied on my basic cricketing shots.”For all that, though, Tamore stepped away from those basic shots when he was batting on 98. He may have been playing his first first-class game of the season – a semi-final, that too – but when the opportunity arose, he had the confidence to neatly find a gap with a reverse-sweep and pick up the two runs he needed to reach three figures, shortly after tea. He had gotten there in 172 balls.It was an important knock, enabling Mumbai to post a total of 393 after having been 260 for 5 overnight. They could have scored even more had it not been for a late collapse that saw them lose their last four wickets for just seven runs.But by then, Tamore had done exactly what he had set out to do: to “use the opportunity if and when that arrives”.

He is often overlooked because of the buzz around the T20 superstars, but the middle-order batter has quietly been moving up the ranks

Mohammad Isam31-Aug-20222:21

Jaffer: Najibullah Zadran was spectacular

Najibullah Zadran has been moving up the big-hitters’ list for a while now, and took his game to the next level on Tuesday against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, hitting six sixes – the last finishing the match – in a seven-wicket win. That made it two wins in two for Afghanistan, and another of their number has emerged as a power-packed performer in an already impressive catalogue of match-winners.Despite his 140-plus strike rate in T20s, Najibullah usually goes about his business quietly in ODIs. Najibullah has become something of a regular in T20 franchise leagues around the world, recently even signing up with MI Emirates in the UAE’s ILT20. This, though, came at a crucial moment in a major tournament. As with any Najibullah innings, however, it was all calculated. He was in control while hitting each of his sixes, even the one where he ended up spinning a full 360 degrees. He packs a lot of power, after all, despite his not-too-powerful appearance.Related

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When he struck Mahedi Hasan for the first six of the Afghanistan innings, in the 16th over, it was perfectly timed. Bangladesh had established something of a chokehold with a lot of dot balls, and the scoreboard read 79 for 3. So Afghanistan needed one big hit, or at least a show of intent. Najibullah provided it.Mustafizur Rahman was next in his radar, as Najibullah swung him over square-leg, before pasting him down the ground. Both in the 17th over. That second was a simple reaction to what Mustafizur was trying to get away with, a dot ball. The finish line in the chase of 128 suddenly looked around the corner, with 26 needed from 18.But Najibullah was in a hurry. The two sixes off Mohammad Saifuddin in the 18th over were pleasing too. Against a short ball, he swung his body around completely, playing a sort of waft over his head. The ball-by-ball commentary on ESPNcricinfo described it as a “pull/hook/scoop/ramp”. It went soaring over deep square-leg. It will certainly make it to the end-of-tournament montages and packages, or social media memes.One more went over long-off, and then the last one, straight down the ground.”We understood it wasn’t going to be an easy total,” Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi said after the game. “We wanted to keep wickets in hand as we have the ability to hit the ball really hard. It is what Najib Zadran did. In the middle, Ibrahim Zadran [42 in 41 balls] rotated the strike, hit the (odd) four.

“We are known to defend totals, not chase totals. This time, we chased quite well. We weren’t under pressure. Our team looks properly balanced”Mohammad Nabi

“We put Ibrahim on top so that he can bat till the death overs. He would be in one side, and we (would) attack from the other side. We need this type of batsman to rotate the strike easily. He wasn’t under pressure all the time. He can also hit the ball quite well.”Najibullah has had a decent year so far, hitting three fifties in ODIs and two in T20Is. But he is somewhat low profile, often lost in the clamour around Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Rashid Khan, or even Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman.Nabi said that Afghanistan have been trying to break a few notions about the team’s batting in the Asia Cup, especially their ability (or lack of it) while chasing totals. Najibullah, obviously, plays a big role there.”As a unit, as a team, we showed in the Asia Cup that Afghanistan has quality batsmen, bowlers and fielders,” Nabi said after back-to-back – and comfortable – wins while chasing. “We are known to defend totals, not chase totals. This time, we chased quite well. We weren’t under pressure. Our team looks properly balanced. I hope we do well in the next round against big teams [likely to be India and Pakistan, unless Hong Kong spring a surprise].Job done, and the arms go up in celebration•Getty ImagesHe said that Afghanistan’s experience in playing a lot of their cricket in the UAE recently has come in handy, but they were also lucky that Bangladesh chose to bat first on Tuesday.”We have played a lot in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi in the last 15 years. We know the conditions better,” Nabi said. “We didn’t think we could score 200 in Sharjah. Sometimes a low total is tough to chase. It was better not to throw early wickets, it made us easier to target the bowlers, and finish the game with two overs [nine balls] left.”The pitch is new. They changed the soil. Nobody has played on this pitch. That’s why it was better to bowl first, to see the reaction of the pitch. The opposition team was under pressure as we took early wickets.”Afghanistan now have a few days to rest before hitting their stride in the second round, the Super 4s. The opposition might be tougher, but they seem to be relishing their new status, of not being a novelty in multi-team competitions, and being taken seriously, even feared.Expectations will go up, understandably, but with their line-up of T20 superstars, and the under-the-radar Najibullah doing his thing, they will be backing themselves to win more often than not.

With just over a year until the 50-over World Cup, a few of the questions facing Aaron Finch’s team

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Chance for Abbott
For a cricketer of the quality of Sean Abbott, 13 international appearances since a debut in 2014 is scant reward. Injury has not always been kind to him – his recent tour to Sri Lanka was ended before it started due to a broken finger – and as a pace bowler (and pace-bowling allrounder) he is in a skillset where Australia are well served. But with Pat Cummins rested from these two series and six matches in quick succession it would be a surprise if there wasn’t an opportunity for him at some stage. He was in the side for the three games against Pakistan earlier this year where he had stronger returns with the bat than ball in what were tough conditions for pace bowlers. He enters this series on the back of a useful spell for Manchester Originals at the Hundred which included a return of 4 for 8 where he became the first bowler to complete two maiden sets of five balls in the men’s competition.Cameron Green could be down at No. 8 in an allrounder-heavy side•Getty ImagesHow many allrounders?
Abbott is also part of a wider debate about the balance of Australia’s one-day side. Ahead of next year’s World Cup there is a move to lengthen the batting at the expense of another specialist bowler. In the six matches Cameron Green has played this year he has batted at Nos. 7 and 8, effectively becoming one of three quick bowlers alongside whichever pair of specialists is selected. He took the new ball during the series against Pakistan although was sparingly used against Sri Lanka given conditions. Australia are trying to work out if the combined overs from the likes of Green, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Marcus Stoinis and Marnus Labuschagne give them enough bowling depth alongside two specialist quicks plus Adam Zampa. Having the batting ability of Green as low as No. 8 should, in theory, allow them to go harder earlier in an innings and push for totals well beyond 300.Related

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Who at No. 3
The day before the opening match, Aaron Finch confirmed that Steven Smith would slot in at No.3. It makes a lot of sense. Marsh has been a resounding success since moving to No. 3 in Australia’s T20I side and in his most recent ODIs – three games against West Indies last year and three against Sri Lanka after recovering from a side strain – he has taken the same role. In the 50-over format he has yet to enjoy the same returns, with a top score of 29 in six innings against West Indies and Sri Lanka, and was seen as a player capable of exploiting the powerplay. However, the knock-on effect was moving Steven Smith and Labuschagne a spot lower down in the order. Smith makes no secret of liking to start an innings as soon as possible – he made a half-century at No. 3 against Sri Lanka when Marsh was sidelined – and in 2020 against India (he has only played two ODIs since) he scored back-to-back hundreds from 62 balls from No. 3. Overall, his ODI average in the position is 53.85 – putting him comfortably inside the top 10 – it drops to 35.61 at No. 4.