Expensive Players of MI in IPL 2022 Auction: The five times champion Mumbai Indians spent a total of INR 47.90 crores in the IPL 2022 Auction and builds an impressive squad.
As of CSK, for the first time ever, MI roped a player for INR 10+ cores in an auction. MI’s former wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan was roped by MI for a whopping 15.25 crores. Notably, Kishan got the tag of the most expensive player of IPL 2022 auction.
Earlier to the IPL 2022 Auction all 8 existing teams announced their retained players list and released the remaining players to the auction pool from which the 2 new IPL teams are allowed to draft a maximum of 3 players each.
According to which, Lucknow Super Giants ropes KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, and uncapped player Ravi Bishnoi. Where Gujarat Titans picked Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, and Shubman Gill as their drafted players.
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Expensive Players of MI in IPL 2022 auction
MI spend a massive INR 8.25 crores on all-rounder Tim David and makes him the second-highest buy of the MI in the IPL 2022 Auction.
It is worth mentioning that MI picked the South African U19 World Cup sensation Dewald Brevis who is also known as ABD 2.0 for INR 3 crores.
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Following are the details of the Expensive Picks of MI in IPL 2022 auction:
| Player | Role | Auction Price |
| Ishan Kishan (wk) | WK-Batsman | INR 15.25 crores |
| Tim David | All-rounder | INR 8.25 Crores |
| Jofra Archer | Bowler | INR 8 crores |
| Dewald Brevis | Batsman | INR 3 crores |
| Daniel Sams | All-rounder | INR 2.60 Crores |
Ishan Kishan
Bought for a whopping INR 5.5 crore, Ishan, who played 14 games in 2018, played seven in 2019, scoring just 101 runs with an average of 16.83.
Ishan Kishan was the top run-getter for Mumbai Indians in the 2020 season, scoring 516 runs at an average of 57.33 and later went on to make his International T20 debut where he scored a fearless fifty.
In the 2021 edition of the tournament, Kishan scored 241 runs from playing 10 matches of the season.
| Year | Mat | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Career | 61 | 1452 | 99 | 28.47 | 1,065 | 136.33 | 0 | 9 | 121 | 74 |
| 2021 | 10 | 241 | 84 | 26.77 | 180 | 133.88 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10 |
| 2020 | 14 | 516 | 99 | 57.33 | 354 | 145.76 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 30 |
| 2019 | 7 | 101 | 28 | 16.83 | 100 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| 2018 | 14 | 275 | 62 | 22.91 | 184 | 149.45 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 17 |
Tim David
Timothy Hays David becomes the first cricketer from Singapore to feature in the Indian Premier League. IPL is not the first league match for Time David, Yes the Singaporean cricketer has played domestic cricket for Australian, England, and Pakistani teams.
Notably, Tim David have dual nationality he holds both Singapore and Australian citizenship. But the 6 feet 5 inches tall David currently plays international cricket for Singapore.
Tim David in IPL was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the second phase of the 2021 in the UAE. Just got one change against CSK, where he scored 1 run of 3 balls.
In IPL 2022 auction Tim avid was roped by Mumbai Indians for INR 8.25 crores.
Tim David Batting Stats
| M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
| T20I | 11 | 429 | 92 | 47.67 | 157.72 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 22 |
| IPL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tim David Bowling stats
| M | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
| T20I | 11 | 255 | 5 | 1/18 | 1/18 | 9.33 | 51 | 32.8 | 0 | 0 |
| IPL | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Jofra Archer
Jofra Archer was one of the most exciting picks in the IPL Player Auction 2018, fetching a massive INR 7.20 crore and following his impressive showings RR, as one would have expected, chose to retain the pacer for IPL 2020 and IPL 2021.
The England pacer set the stage on fire for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2020 and scalped 20 wickets from 14 games and on a few occasions, used the long handle with effect.
Archer missed the IPL 2021 season owing to an injury. Archer registers his name under the price category of INR 2 crores in the IPL 2022 auction. Though MI roped him in Auction, Archer is unlikely to get featured in the IPL 2022 season.
“The ECB has registered 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,” the BCCI wrote to the franchises ahead of the 2022 Auction.
Jofra Archer Bowling Stats
| Year | Mat | WKTS | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W |
| Career | 35 | 46 | 3/15 | 21.32 | 7.13 | 17.93 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2020 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 18.25 | 6.55 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 26.45 | 6.76 | 23.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 21.66 | 8.36 | 15.53 | 0 | 0 |
IPL 2022 Auction – Overview
A total of INR 551.7 Crore was spent in the two days of the IPL 2022 auction over 204 players including 67 overseas cricketers. The most expensive player to emerge at the auction was Ishan Kishan who was bought for Rs 15.25 crore by Mumbai Indians.
| Category | Player | Price in IPL 2022 Auction | Team |
| Most Expensive Player | Ishan Kishan | INR 15.25 crores | MI |
| Most Expensive Batter | Shreyas Iyer | INR 12.25 crores | KKR |
| Most Expensive Bowlers | Deepak Chahar | INR 14 crores | CSK |
| Most Expensive All-rounder | Liam Livingstone | INR 11.5 crores | PBKS |
| Most Expensive Wicketkeeper | Ishan Kishan | INR 15.25 crores | MI |
| Most Expensive overseas player | Liam Livingstone | INR 11.5 crores | PBKS |
| Most Expensive Uncapped player | Avesh Khan | INR 10 crores | LSG |
| Most Expensive capped player | Ishan Kishan | INR 15.25 crores | MI |
