Deepak and Rahul Chahar together will take most money in IPL 2022 mega auction: Aakash Chopra

With the IPL 2022 mega auction being just around the corner, former Indian cricketers expressed their views on who could bag the most money and cricketers to watch out for in the event. As many as 590 players will go under the hammer after being shortlisted by the ten franchises and out of which, 228 are capped players, 355 are uncapped players, and seven belong to Associate Nations.

It will be an intense battle between the franchises as they will have their strategies cut out ahead of the mega auction and the Indian contingent will be one of the most sought after. Added skills like captaincy, wicket-keeping, fielding, and all-rounders will be hugely taken into account. A strong Indian group certainly had great value in IPL over the years. Meanwhile, several big names have been retained while the likes of Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer are expected to create a bidding war in the mega auction.

Indian players be laughing their way to the banks: Aakash Chopra

Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra mentioned that the Indian cricketers will benefit a lot in the mega auction and named a few players who are likely to create a bidding war among the franchises. He also noted that cousins Deepak Chahar and Rahul Chahar, combinedly as a family, will have a huge sum of money at the end of the auction.

“Indians are going to have a field day, they’ll be laughing their way to the banks. Ishan Kishan will be expensive and Shreyas Iyer will be expensive. So, watch out for Indians like Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Yuzi Chahal, Rahul Chahar. Cumulatively, if you put Chahar brothers together, I think that family will take most money on this auction day.” Chopra told in the Star Sports Exclusive show ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction

Former Indian fast bowler Ajit Agarkar, who was part of the same panel, also responded to Chopra’s views stating that the retention of big names by the eight franchises have made it a little bit tougher for the new franchise. He also feels that the balance is still uneven ahead of the auction. Lucknow named KL Rahul as their captain for IPL 2022 while Hardik was given the captaincy role for the first time by the Ahmedabad franchise.

“Yes, I think so- I think to a large extent you have got some of the big names like say, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul those sorts of names that you have been able to retain, which was not the case before when the two new teams had come earlier which was a lot harder on those new teams. So, I am not sure if it’s even-stevens at the moment.” Agarkar added in the Star Sports Exclusive show ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction.