Sam Curran was bought by Punjab Kings in 2019 and after that he was released and in the IPL 2020 Auction Curran was bought by CSK for INR 5.5 crore. And now he is back with Punjab Kings.
Meanwhile, South African batter Rilee Rossouw and England batter Joe Root went unsold in their initial bids. Rossouw had the base price of INR 2 crore while Root had a base price of INR 1 crore.
Bravo is the highest-ever wicket-taker in the IPL, with 183 wickets from 161 matches. The all-rounder has also scored 1560 runs at a strike rate of around 130, playing key parts in many victories for the Super Kings. Bravo has overall played 144 matches for Chennai Super Kings, picking up 16
The Chennai franchise had appointed Jadeja as the captain for the 2022 edition, but the player had left the leadership role midway. Dhoni had stepped in as captain for the remainder of the season.
The franchise retained the core of the group but let go of English pacer Chris Jordan who recently won the T20 World cup with England and is considered a death-overs specialist.
A maximum of four players were allowed for the teams to be retained in the major auction last year. Each team will also have an additional INR 5 crore (USD 607,000) to spend on top of the money from the previous auction, bringing the total auction pot to INR 95 crore ( USD 11.5 million).
India's World Cup-winning captain added in the video that he tried playing like Sachin but later realised that his style of play was different and he could not play like him.
Earlier on August 15, 2020, Raina announced his retirement from international cricket. Suresh Raina was also an integral part of four-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings.