IPL 2022: Starting Date, Host Country, Auction, Teams List, Basic Facts – All You Need To Know

When
is
IPL
2022?

The
IPL
2022
is
most
likely
to
be
held
at
home.
Team
India
will
be
hosting
Sri
Lanka
in
February-March
next
year
for
two
Tests
and
three
T20Is.
The
series
will
conclude
on
March
18
and
IPL
2022
will
most
likely
kick
off
a
week
after.

With
the
number
of
teams
to
going
10
from
next
year,
the
tournament
will
see
76
games,
going
by
the
current
format.
Hosting
76
games
will
mean
the
BCCI
will
require
at
least
60
days
to
complete
the
mega
event.
Hence
the
IPL
2022
final
will
be
held
by
May
30th.
Team
India’s
next
international
assignment
begins
on
June
9
when
they
host
South
Africa
for
a
five-match
T20I
series.

The
players
will
there
get
the
rest
of
nearly
a
week
between
IPL
and
the
international
season.

Two
new
IPL
teams
in
2022

The
board
has
already
confirmed
bringing
two
new
franchises
for
the
new
season,
thus
taking
the
number
of
teams
to
10.
The
cities
of
Ahmedabad
and
Lucknow
–
which
possess
two
newly
constructed
world-class
international
stadiums
–
are
the
frontrunners.

Corporate
giants
such
as
Kolkata-based
RP-Sanjiv
Goenka
Group,
Hyderabad-based
Aurobindo
Pharma
Ltd,
the
Adani
Group
based
in
Ahmedabad
and
the
Torrent
Group
have
shown
interest
in
joining
the
IPL
bandwagon.

Possible
Venues
of
IPL
2022:

As
the
event
will
get
bigger
from
next
year
with
two
more
teams
getting
into
the
mix,
the
IPL
2022
will
be
held
at
a
minimum
of
10
venues.

In
IPL
2021
first
phase,
the
matches
were
held
in
Chennai,
Mumbai,
Ahmedabad
and
Delhi
but
that
won’t
be
the
case
next
year.
All
the
10
franchises
will
get
to
play
some
or
half
of
their
league
games
at
home.
That
means
Delhi,
Mohali,
Jaipur,
Mumbai,
Kolkata,
Bangalore,
Hyderabad,
Chennai
along
with
two
new
cities
possibly
between
Ahmedabad,
Pune
and
Lucknow
will
get
to
host
IPL
2022
games.

Why
the
BCCI
would
want
to
host
IPL
2021
in
India

The
BCCI
would
want
to
organise
IPL
2021
in
India
with
the
sole
objective
of
connecting
the
tournament
with
the
masses
as
the
crowd
will
be
allowed
entry
into
the
stadium.

The
vaccination
drive
in
the
country
is
in
full
swing
and
by
March
every
citizen
would
have
been
completely
vaccinated,
paving
a
way
for
packed
stadiums.

State
cricket
associations’ stadiums
get
to
earn
a
handsome
amount
of
money
by
hosting
IPL
games.
The
revenue
collected
goes
into
the
upkeep
of
the
venue
and
the
salary
of
the
employees.

IPL
2022
Auction
is
going
to
be
grander

Ahead
of
next
year’s
IPL,
the
upcoming
IPL
2022
mega-auction
is
the
most
talked-about
topic
already.
The
auction
is
likely
to
be
held
in
December
this
year
where
most
of
the
players
will
be
going
into
the
pool.

The
BCCI,
however,
hasn’t
specified
the
retention
rules
ahead
of
the
mega
auction
it
is
certain
that
several
big
names
in
the
tournament
are
set
to
go
under
the
hammer.

Ahead
of
the
IPL
2021
Auction,
the
BCCI
had
upgraded
the
purse
limit
of
each
team
to
Rs
90
crore
from
Rs
85
crore.
With
the
introduction
of
two
new
teams,
the
purse
could
touch
Rs
100
crore.

5.
Is
there
a
change
in
retention
fee?

The
salary
of
the
retained
players
stood
at
Rs
15
crore,
Rs
11
crore
and
Rs
7
crore
if
a
team
retains
three
cricketers.
The
franchise
had
to
pay
Rs
12.5
crore
and
Rs
8.5
crore
if
two
players
were
retained
by
a
team
and
Rs
12.5
crore
if
only
one
player
was
retained.

With
the
purse
of
teams
getting
increased,
the
BCCI
might
look
for
pay
parity
for
marquee
players.
Hence,
the
board
might
just
increase
the
existing
retainership
pattern.

We
will
see
big
ticket
players
like
Rohit
Sharma,
MS
Dhoni,
Virat
Kohli,
AB
de
Villiers,
Kane
Williamson,
KL
Rahul,
Jasprit
Bumrah,
Rishabh
Pant,
etc.
coming
under
a
lot
of
focus
in
the
next
few
weeks.

More
doubleheaders
at
same
time

The
BCCI
on
October
8
hosted
two
IPL
games
simultaneously
at
the
same
time.
Two
different
teams
played
at
two
different
venues
one
time
and
the
move
was
welcomed
by
a
section
of
the
audience
for
that
meant
they
could
watch
the
game
of
their
choice.

Many
believe
that
the
experiment
was
a
teaser
of
more
such
games
in
the
upcoming
edition.
So,
we
won’t
be
surprised
if
the
BCCI
goes
on
hosting
more
doubleheaders
at
the
same
time
from
IPL
2022.
The
move
will
also
ensure
the
players
won’t
have
to
play
in
the
extremely
hot
and
humid
weather
conditions
during
the
day
games.