Mumbai Indians re-signed wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan for a record INR 15.25 crores on Day 1 of the IPL 2022 mega-auction. Earlier, Ishan was not retained by Mumbai ahead of the mega auction, instead the franchise chose to keep Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Kieron Pollard, and Suryakumar Yadav.
Multiple franchises battled for Kishan in a fierce bidding war, as expected. Kishan has now surpassed Shreyas Iyer (12.25 cr) and become the most expensive player of the 2022 auctions. Overall, the young wicketkeeper became the second most expensive Indian player ever at the IPL auctions. The only other Indian ahead of Ishan is Yuvraj Singh, who was signed by the Delhi Daredevils in 2015 for Rs 16 crores.
Even Indian teammate Ravichandran Ashwin had predicted before the auctions that Ishan Kishan can be the most expensive player at the IPL 2022 auctions. He added that Ishan is a huge asset to any side, and his wicketkeeping and batting skiils add a lot of value to any team.
“Ishan Kishan is one exciting option. But Mumbai also used him in the middle-order. So, he is a 3-in-1 package since his main dynamic of being a keeper adds a massive value. A keeper who can bat at the top, in the middle and he provides another variety of him being a left-hander as well. The general perception is that he will go for 15-17 crores. I don’t know about the exact value. But he is worth every crore that you are gonna be spending”, Ashwin had said.
Here is how twitter reacted to Ishan Kishan going back to Mumbai Indians:
History: Mumbai Indians has got a player for more than 10 cr in the IPL auction – Ishan kishan for 15.25 cr.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 12, 2022
Most Expensive Indian players in IPL Auction history:
Yuvraj Singh – 16 cr
Ishan Kishan – 15.25 cr— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 12, 2022
Wow! 15.25cr is a lot of money but @mipaltan seem delighted #IshanKishan https://t.co/7X5b3hpMQg
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 12, 2022
Ishan Kishan returns home! pic.twitter.com/EQTFvhHcGA
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 12, 2022
📰 In today's Breaking News 📰
Ishan Kishan's coming back home 💙#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #AalaRe #IPLAuction @ishankishan51 pic.twitter.com/ed5OaC1Ttr
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) February 12, 2022
As predicted Most deserving, most dynamic, most dangerous @ishankishan51 @mipaltan aala re well done 💥💥💥💥💥💥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/qwvLxbhcay
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) February 12, 2022
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐨 shares a message for the Paltan after coming ℍ𝕆𝕄𝔼 💙#AalaRe #MumbaiIndians #AalaRe #IPLAuction @ishankishan51 pic.twitter.com/Q9QcTQ34gL
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) February 12, 2022
Mumbai Indians dropped Ishan Kishan during the UAE leg of last year's IPL. Today, they re-sign him for Rs 15.25 crore (US $2m)
— Matt Roller (@mroller98) February 12, 2022
Ishan Kishan – @mipaltan on a mission.
Second most expensive Indian player in the history of the auction. Go well, young man @ishankishan51 – May you be a star in every blue jersey. #IPL2022Auction— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) February 12, 2022
2nd Jharkhandi in so much demand in Cricket history.
— Shivani (@meme_ki_diwani) February 12, 2022
So I guess we can conclude that MI didn't retain Kishan because they felt that SKY was more valuable?
Interesting..
— Gurkirat Singh Gill (@gurkiratsgill) February 12, 2022
Ishan Kishan first appeared in the IPL in 2016, where he played for Gujarat Lions. He has appeared in 61 IPL games and scored 1,452 runs at a strike rate of 136.34 with 9 half-centuries.