IPL 2022: 5 retained players who could have been bought at a lower price in mega auction

The governing council of the Indian Premier League made the eight existing teams mention their retained players on the 30^th of November. BCCI already gave the salary cap of each player according to the number of retentions a team decides to make. As the rules were already framed, the teams had to plan and calculate accordingly.

A total of 27 players have been retained by the eight teams. Some teams had to fit the spots based on the regulations and have given excessive prices than the player deserved.

Here are 5 players who could have been bought at a lower price in the mega auction:

1. Mayank Agarwal

Mayank Agarwal, the opening batter of Punjab Kings, has been retained as the first player for an amount of INR 14 crores. He has been playing the IPL since 2011. w, and was signed by Punjab Kings in 2018 for a salary of 1 crore.

His batting stats for Punjab steadily increased. In 2018, he averaged just 12 and his strike rate was 127.65. His average and strike rates improved to 38.54 and 156.45 respectively in 2020. He averaged 40.09 in the 2021’s season. Hence, it is evident from his batting records.

His overall average for the Punjab Kings stands at 28.02. Agarwal has been a much-improved cricketer in recent times, but he has not done much for his exponential generous growth of salary. It is cent percent sure that he would have not got this whopping salary if he had been in the auction.