Reports: Ahmedabad IPL team to be called Ahmedabad Titans

The IPL 2022 mega auction is around the corner. This year’s Indian Premier League will be a 10-team affair with the introduction of two new franchises- Lucknow and Ahmedabad. While Lucknow have already given the name to their new team as Lucknow Super Giants with the Indian limited-overs vice-captain KL Rahul as the skipper, Ahmedabad have also come up with a new team name just days before the two-day bidding event in Bengaluru.

Having appointed star India and Mumbai Indians all-rounder Hardik Pandya as their captain, the Ahmedabad-based franchise has come up with a unique name for the side for the 15th edition of the marquee tournament. They have decided to name the new franchise as Ahmedabad Titans. Although any official announcement is yet to come, this developement is all over the internet.

Hardik Pandya will lead Ahmedabad Titans in IPL 2022 

Meanwhile, IPL 2022 is set to be a grand affair as for the very first time since 2011, 10 teams are set to ply their trade in the competition. As far as the Ahmedabad Titans are concerned, all-rounder Hardik Pandya will lead the team while Rashid Khan and Shubman Gill are the two players picked by the franchise ahead of the bidding event.

All teams were allotted a massive purse of INR 90 crore. With Ahmedabad retaining three capped players, they have been left with a purse of INR 52 crore. Hence, they’ll have the onus to build a formidable team in the auction. Meanwhile, the bidding event will take place in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.

As many as 590 players – 370 Indians and 220 overseas – are set to go under the hammer and all 10 franchises would be busy brainstorming. With a mega auction being in schedule, the eight existing teams were allowed to retain a maximum of just four players. While some tried retaining their core, others saved money for a revamp in the auction event. Meanwhile, the two new teams picked three players apiece from the list of non-retained players.

This means all 10 teams will step into the auction with a different purse amount and it would be interesting to see how the finalize squads would look like. Meanwhile, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has planned to kick-start IPL 2022 in the last week of March.