3 Players Ahmedabad franchise should sign before IPL 2022 auction

The Ahmedabad franchise is one of the two new teams set to enter the league’s fold from what will be an expanded ten-team IPL 2022. The Ahmedabad side was bought by the international equity investment firm CVC Capital for a huge sum of INR 5,600 crores. The team will be hoping to make a successful […]
 
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3 Players Ahmedabad franchise should sign before IPL 2022 auction

The Ahmedabad franchise is one of the two new teams set to enter the league’s fold from what will be an expanded ten-team IPL 2022. The Ahmedabad side was bought by the international equity investment firm CVC Capital for a huge sum of INR 5,600 crores.

The team will be hoping to make a successful start to their journey, a part of which includes making the right kind of signings in the pre mega auction phase and getting their desired squad in place by the end of the auction whenever it is held.

Despite existing franchises keeping a significant chunk of their first-choice stars, the Ahmedabad franchise has a great pool of talent available to finalise their signings from before the mega auction for IPL 2022 and build their final squad around.

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3 Players Ahmedabad franchise should sign before IPL 2022 auction

The Ahmedabad franchise can sign upto three players before the mega auction for IPL 2022.

Who could Ahmedabad franchise sign before the IPL 2022 mega auction?

Firstly, the focus should be on identifying a leader and multiple players who can help them cover-up bases in the two main departments of the game. With a cap of two Indian and one overseas cricketer, here is a list of three individuals that the Ahmedabad side can look to sign up for IPL 2022.

3 Players Ahmedabad franchise should sign before IPL 2022 auction

1. David Warner

Treated indifferently by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) this year, David Warner has parted ways with them and is now set to play for a new team in IPL 2022. This is an opportunity that the Ahmedabad franchise must seize as Warner remains one of the most explosive opening batters in world cricket, with great level of experience under his belt. He is an ideal skipper to build a team around, having shown his mettle and leadership qualities with SRH, taking them the title in 2016. Despite a poor IPL 2021, Warner boasts of an excellent record with the bat in the league, making 5,449 runs from 150 matches at an average of 41.59 and strike-rate of 139.96.

2. Ravichandran Ashwin

Like Warner, Ashwin too had an indifferent IPL 2021, taking only 7 wickets in his 13 games with an economy rate of 7.41. But hardly anyone can doubt that he is one of the greats of IPL cricket with an overall record boasting 145 wickets at a shade less than 7 runs an over across 164 games. In T20Is for India, Ashwin has bagged 61 wickets while maintaining an economy rate of only 6.79. He is one of the finest T20 bowlers in the game and must be on the priority list for the Ahmedabad side.

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3. Avesh Khan

Another of the Delhi Capitals (DC) players that the Ahmedabad franchise can look to sign up before the mega auction for IPL 2022 is pacer Avesh Khan. It is rare still for an IPL franchise to find a four-over pace bank in the Indian category, which made it surprising that DC let go of Avesh. But that has opened up an opportunity for the Ahmedabad side as the tall right-arm quick has been in fantastic form with the ball. In IPL 2021, Avesh took 24 wickets from 16 games at an economy rate of 7.37.