IPL Mega Auction 2022 - Day 1

This blog post serves as a document that predicts the costs of the 161 players going under the hammer on Day 1 of the IPL Mega Auction. The results have been inferred from the results of an in house predictive model. I will iterate the post over time to reflect the offset as I learn the validity and closeness of my findings to aid further analysis.

HOT TAKE - Most Expensive Player: Deepak Chahar 11.25 CR

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Capped Sets I - Predictions for every player have been included. Some unsold players will come back to be sold the following day. Remember that players within each set appear in a random order that is drawn live.

The sets are in order of auction appearance:

SET 1 - Marquee Set

R. Ashwin - 4.15 CR

T. Boult - 5.35 CR

Pat Cummins - 9.25 CR

Q. De Kock - 6.25 CR

S. Dhawan - 5.85 CR

F. Du Plessis - 5.25 CR

S. Iyer - 10.25 CR

K. Rabada - 7 CR

M. Shami - 7.25 CR

D. Warner - 6.15 CR

SET 2 - Batsmen 1

S. Hetmyer - 3.55 CR

D. Miller - unsold

D. Padikkal - 6 CR

M. Pandey - 4 CR

S. Raina - unsold

J. Roy - 7.6 CR

S. Smith- unsold

R. Uthappa - 3.25 CR

SET 3 - All Rounders 1

S. Al Hasan - 5.85 CR

D. Bravo - unsold

W. Hasaranga - 7.25 CR

J. Holder - 7 CR

M. Marsh - 8.25 CR

M. Nabi - unsold

K. Pandya - 8.25 CR

H. Patel - 6.75 CR

N. Rana - 6.6 CR

W. Sundar - 9.5 CR

SET 4 - Wicketkeepers 1

J. Bairstow - 5.85 CR

S. Billings - 5.35 CR

D. Karthik - 6.7 CR

I. Kishan - 9.25 CR

N. Pooran - 5.85 CR

A. Rayudu - 3.25 CR

W. Saha - unsold

M. Wade - 5.25 CR

SET 5 - Fast bowlers 1

D. Chahar - 11.25 CR

L. Ferguson - 6.25 CR

J. Hazelwood - 5.85 CR

P. Krishna - 7.5 CR

B. Kumar - 4.25 CR

T. Natarajan - 3.65 CR

M. Rahman - 7.5 CR

S. Thakur - 7 CR

M. Wood - 6.75 CR

U. Yadav - 3.95 CR

SET 6 - Spinners 1

Y. Chahal - 6.6 CR

R. Chahar - 6 CR

A. Mishra - unsold

A. Rashid - 3.25 CR

I. Tahir - unsold

K. Yadav - 5.35 CR

M. Zadran - unsold

A. Zampa - 4.8 CR

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Uncapped Sets I - Predictions only for players I think will receive bids on day 1 have been included. Some unsold players will come back to be sold the following day. Remember that players within each set appear in a random order that is drawn live.

The sets are in order of auction appearance:

SET 7 - Uncapped Batsmen 1

Dewald Brevis - 3.25 CR

Priyam Garg - unsold

Ashwin Hebbar - unsold

C. Hari Nishaanth - 1.25 CR

Rajat Patidar - unsold

Abhinav Sadarangani - unsold

Anmolpreet Singh - unsold

Rahul Tripathi - 6.5 CR

SET 8 - Uncapped All Rounders 1

Shahbaz Ahamad - unsold

Harpreet brar - 2.75 CR

Deepak Hooda - 6.75 CR

Sarfaraz Khan - unsold

Shahrukh Khan - 8.5 CR

Shivam Mavi - 3 CR

Kamlesh NagarKoti - 4 CR

Riyan Parag - 2.8 CR

Abhishek Sharma - 2 CR

Rahul Tewatia - 4.75 CR

SET 9 - Uncapped Wicketkeepers 1

Mohammed Azharuddeen - unsold

K.S. Bharat - 3 CR

Sheldon Jackson - unsold

N. Jagadeesan - 3.75 CR

Anuj Rawat - unsold

Jitesh Sharma - unsold

Prabhsimran Singh

Vishnu Solanki - unsold

Vishnu Vinod - unsold

SET 10 - Uncapped Fast Bowlers 1

K.M Asif - unsold

Akash Deep - unsold

Tushar Deshpande - unsold

Avesh Khan - 7 CR

Ishan Porel - unsold

Ankit Singh Rajpoot - unsold

Basil Thampi - unsold

Kartik Tyagi - 5.75 CR

SET 11 - Uncapped Spinners 1

Noor Ahmad - unsold

Murugan Ashwin - unsold

K.C Cariappa - unsold

Shreyas Gopal - 2.75 CR

Sandeep Lamichhane - unsold

R. Sai Kishore - 4.75 CR

M. Siddharth - 2.5 CR

J. Suchith - 1.2 CR

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Capped Sets II - Predictions only for players I think will receive bids on day 1 have been included. Some unsold players will come back to be sold the following day. Remember that players within each set appear in a random order that is drawn live.

The sets are in order of auction appearance:

SET 12 - Batsman 2

Aaron Finch - unsold

Marnus Labuschagne - unsold

Dawid Malan - unsold

Aiden Markram - 6.75 CR

Eoin Morgan - unsold

C. Pujara - unsold

A. Rahane - 3.75 CR

M. Singh - unsold

S. Tiwary - unsold

SET 13 - All Rounders 2

Dominic Drakes - unsold

S. Dube - 4 CR

K. Gowtham - 3.75 CR

M. Jansen - 3 CR

C. Jordan - unsold

L. Livingstone - 6.75 CR

J. Neesham - unsold

V. Shankar - unsold

Odean Smith - 4.25 CR

J. Yadav - unsold

SET 14 - Fast Bowlers 2

Khaleel Ahmed - 3.75 CR

Dushmanta Chameera - unsold

S. Cottrell - unsold

N. Coulter-Nile - unsold

L. Ngidi - 3.25 CR

N. Saini - 4.5 CR

C. Sakariya - 6.75 CR

I. Sharma - unsold

S. Sharma - unsold

J. Unadkat - 3.25 CR

SET 15 - Spinners 2

Qais Ahmad - unsold

P. Chawla - 3 CR

M. Markande - unsold

S. Nadeem - unsold

T. Shamsi - unsold

K. Sharma - unsold

I. Sodhi - 2.75 CR

M. Theekshana - 3.75 CR

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Uncapped Sets II - Predictions only for players I think will receive bids on day 1 have been included. Some unsold players will come back to be sold the following day. Remember that players within each set appear in a random order that is drawn live.

The sets are in order of auction appearance:

SET 16 - Uncapped Batsmen 2

S. Baby - unsold

R. Bhui - unsold

Himanshu Rana - unsold

Harnoor Singh - 0.8 CR

Himmat Singh - unsold

Rinku Singh - unsold

Virat Singh - unsold

Manan Vohra - unsold

SET 17 - Uncapped All Rounders 2

Raj Angad Bawa - 6.75 CR

Yash Dhull - 4.25 CR

Rajvardhan Hangargekar - 3 CR

M. Lomror - 2 CR

D. Nalkande - unsold

V. Otswal - 0.8 CR

Ripal Patel - unsold

A. Roy - 1.75 CR

N. Tilak Varma - unsold

L. Yadav - 2.75 CR

Sanjay Yadav - unsold

SET 18 - Uncapped Fast Bowlers 2

Yash Dayal - unsold

Arzan Nagwaswalla * - 1.25 CR

Kuldeep Sen - unsold

Akash Singh - unsold

Simarjeet Singh - unsold

Yash thakur - unsold

Vasu Vats * - 0.8 CR

Mujtaba Yousuf - unsold

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Stay tuned for updates and check in tomorrow for the handbook for Day 2.