Ahmedabad selected 3 players in IPL / Hardik, Rashid will get 15-15 crores, Shubman Gill was bought by the franchise for 7 crores

For IPL 2022, the Ahmedabad team has added three players to the franchise. According to the report of ESPN Cricinfo, Hardik Pandya and Rashid Khan will get 15 crores each and Shubman Gill will get seven crores. Pandya will also be the captain of the team. Till January 22, two new IPL teams Lucknow and Ahmedabad were to retain three players.

Ahmedabad has also selected its coaching staff. The head coach of the team will be Ashish Nehra. Former England opener Vikram Solanki has been made the director of the team. At the same time, former India coach Gary Kirsten will be the mentor of the team. Earlier, Hardik was playing for Mumbai Indians, Rashid Sunrisers Hyderabad and Shubman Gill for Kolkata Knight Riders.

Shubman and Rashid's second team

Talking about Shubman Gill, Ahmedabad will be his second team in the IPL. Shubman was playing from Kolkata since 2018. Then Kolkata bought him for 1.8 crores. At the same time, Rashid was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2017 for Rs 4 crore. After this, in 2018, Hyderabad retained him for nine crore rupees.

Local factor worked for Hardik

In 2015, the Mumbai team added Pandya to their team for 10 lakhs. Experts believe that Pandya hails from Gujarat and to capitalize on his popularity among the local fans, the franchise has made him the captain. The franchise hopes that even if Pandya does not bowl, it will prove to be a profitable deal for the team.

Pandya was unable to bowl

Hardik Pandya has been battling fitness since the ODI World Cup played in England in 2019. He also underwent back surgery, but despite this he could not achieve bowling fitness. He did not bowl in the last season of IPL. He did not bowl even in the initial matches of the T20 World Cup. Due to this, Pandya eventually lost his place from the Indian team. Mumbai Indians also decided not to retain him.

10 teams in the league from this year

There will be a total of 10 teams in the Indian Premier League this year. Last month, the teams submitted the list of maximum four players of their choice to the IPL management. The Lucknow and Ahmedabad teams have to submit the list of some of their players by the second week of this month. This time there is a mega auction in IPL. The auction will take place on February 7 and 8 in Chennai.