23-year-old Kishan sold the most expensive, only Harshal's age is more than 30 in the top-11 players

Young players have been in the limelight since the very beginning of the IPL. The first season of this tournament was also won by the Rajasthan team full of youth. Even after this, young players have been doing wonders for every team. Most of the teams in the auction also spend money on young players as much as experienced players. The same has happened this time as well. The 11 highest selling players in Mega Auction have an average age of 27 years.

The special thing is that only Harshal Patel is such, whose age is more than 30 years. 31-year-old Harshal has been bought by RCB for 10.75 crores. Seven Indian and four foreign players are included in the 11 most expensive players of the mega auction.

Most Expensive Players of IPL 2022 Auction

Player	Age	Role	Price	Team
Ishan Kishan	23	Wicketkeeper	15.25 Crore	Mumbai Indians
Deepak Chaha	29	Fast bowler	14 Crore	Chennai Super Kings
Shreyas Iyer	27	Batsmen	12.25 Crore	Kolkata Knight Riders
Liam Livingston	28	All-rounder	11.50 Crore	Punjab Kings
Shardul Thakur	30	All-rounder	10.75 Crore	Delhi Capitals
Vanindu Hasaranga	24	All-rounder	10.75 Crore	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Harshal Patel	31	All-rounder	10.75 Crore	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Nicholas Pooran	26	Wicketkeeper	10.75 Crore	Sunrisers Hyderabad
Loki Ferguson	30	Fast bowler	10 Crore	Gujarat Titans
Avesh Khan	25	Fast bowler	10 Crore	Lucknow Super Giants
Prasiddh Krishna	25	Fast bowler	10 Crore	Rajasthan Royals

Fast bowlers got a lot of money

Six fast bowlers are included in the 11 most expensive players of IPL Auction 2022. Six of the 10 teams in the tournament have spent 10 crores or more for a fast bowler in the auction. At the same time, many teams had already retained their fast dominant pace. However, there are three of these fast bowlers who can contribute with the bat as well. Good fast bowlers get wickets in the powerplay and are able to stop runs in the end. For this reason, the importance of fast bowlers increases in the T20 format.

Marquee players did not get money

The marquee players are the first to bid in the IPL auction. Only big players are included in this list, but this time there was no big bid on marquee players. Shreyas Iyer sold the most expensive among marquee players. He was bought by Kolkata for 12.25 crores. Apart from this, no marquee player could get more than 10 crores. Shreyas Iyer is the only marquee player among the 11 most expensive players of this auction.