IPL 2022 Auction: Predicting Ahmedabad squad

Ahmedabad enter IPL 2022 Auction with three stars in their arsenal. Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan and Shubman Gill were drafted by the franchise. With Hardik and Rashid capped at INR 15 Cr, Gill comes in at INR 7 Cr. This sees the side enter the auction with INR 53 Cr in their purse.

With Pandya likely to take charge as skipper of the side, the team has one opener, a world-class tweaker and a finisher ready. They will look to bolster the side with big names and have the perfect blend of youth and experience.

That said, Ahmedabad have quite a few options to choose from. We attempt to predict the squad they may assemble during the IPL 2022 Auction.

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Predicting the players Ahmedabad will buy during IPL 2022 Auction

There are quite a few marquee players in the INR 2 Cr base price pool and some of them will surely be a "grab at no cost" agenda for Ahmedabad. Here are some of the batters that they can look at:

Player	Role
Shikhar Dhawan	Opening batter
Devdutt Padikkal	Opening batter
Robin Uthappa	Opening batter/WK
Ishan Kishan	Batter/WK
Quinton de Kock	Batter/WK
Evin Lewis	Batter

There are plenty of opener options for Ahmedabad with one of the above mentioned walking out with Gill. Dhawan and de Kock come in as explosive left-handed batters who can also play the long game. Ishan Kishan and Uthappa can be their middle-order options.

The question is whether the side will target David Warner. Although the former Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper enters the auction at a base price of INR 2 Cr, he will surely be the subject of an intense bidding war and rack up double digits.

Next up are the seamers that the franchise will target. We take a look at some of the quicks they hope to land.

Player	Role
Pat Cummins	Bowler
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Bowler
Mark Wood	Bowler
Trent Boult	Bowler
Mohammed Shami	Bowler
Chetan Sakariya	Bowler

Moving on to the all-rounders:

Player	Role
Shardul Thakur	All-rounder
Dwayne Bravo	All-rounder
Krunal Pandya	All-rounder
Mitchell Marsh	All-rounder
Harshal Patel	All-rounder

And finally the spin department.

Player	Role
Yuzvendra Chahal	Spin
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Spin
Shreyas Gopal	Spin
Mayank Markande	Spin
Kuldeep Yadav	Spin

What are your thoughts on some of the key players that Ahmedabad will target during the IPL 2022 Auction? The event will be held on February 12-13 in Bangalore, it has been confirmed. It will go on for two days for the first time since 2018 because of the large number of players who are expected to go under the hammer.