The mega auction for the 2022 edition of the world's biggest T20 cricket tournament, the Indian Premier League, happened on February 12 and 13. All the 10 teams, including two new franchises, have formed the squad with 18 to 25 players. It is worth mentioning that several U19 and domestic players from Tamil Nadu has been sold for promising rates.

Around 30 players have made themself available in the auction pool for IPL 2022. They went under the hammer to find themselves landing a spot in the famous franchises. On the first day, there was a fierce competition between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings team to bid for Tamil Nadu player Shah Rukh Khan. In the end, the PBKS team bought Shah Rukh Khan for Rs 9 crores.

Similarly, the Sunrisers Hyderabad team bid for Tamil Nadu player Washington Sundar for Rs 8 .75 crores. The Orange Army has also won the bid to get the Yorker King Natarajan for Rs 4 crores. Also, Dinesh Karthik of Tamil Nadu has been auctioned by Bangalore for Rs 5.5 crores and Ravichandran Ashwin by Rajasthan for Rs 5 crores. Murugan Ashwin from Sivagangai was sold to the Mumbai Indians for Rs 1.6 crores.

Sai Kishore, a young player from Tamil Nadu, was bought at Rs 3 crores for Gujarat Titans. Last but not least, Chennai Super Kings which represents Tamil Nadu has bagged the wicketkeeper-batsman N Jegadeesan and the opening batter Hari Nishanth for the base price of Rs 20 lakhs each.