TATA IPL Mega Auction 2022: Shikhar Dhawan made a spark in the first bidding round
Tata IPL 2022 Mega Auction has been commenced with desperate pace. It was begin at 11:00 am IST at Bengaluru on 12 February 2022.
Shikhar Dhawan bid started with Delhi Capitals with 2 Crore and 20 lakhs. Bids continued with Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings.
Shikhar Dhawan got the early bid in the auction. Dhawan’s base price was 2 Crore. Dhawan was bought by Punjab Kings. Initially there was excited bidding for Dhawan who was the player of Delhi Capitals (DC) in IPL 2021.
Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals did fierce bidding and eventually Punjab kings played a bid of 8 Crore for Shikhar Dhawan. But as bidding was increasing, the environment in Bengaluru was getting too excited. Finally, Punjab kings bought him to the army as a opening batsman.
As per the scorecard of the previous IPL 2021, Dhawan has captained the whole IPL in words of runs. The senior opening batsman has earned 380 runs from his 8 match. He has enjoyed the whole IPL 2021 by hitting 43 fours and 8 sixes.
India’s star batsman Shikhar is an extremely powerful batsman, his skill of hitting sixes is well recognized to everyone. He is a performer of huge tournaments. Previously Delhi Capitals, Shikhar Dhawan played for Hyderabad in IPL. He has achieved 5784 runs in 192 games in IPL.