IPL Auction 2022: IPL on 11 eligible Vidarbha players’ mind

NAGPUR: All the hullabaloo among Vidarbha players in the entire season so far was to impress the IPL franchises’ talent scouts. In both the domestic limited overs tournaments, Vidarbha players caught the eyes of men that hold the key in the IPL auction. There are 11 players from Vidarbha who are in the fray and their fate will be decided in the next two days when the 590 shortlisted players go under the hammer from Saturday.
Franchises have shown interest in Vidarbha’s Atharva Taide, Apoorv Wankhade, Akshay Karnewar, Akshay Wakhare, Jitesh Sharma, Yash Thakur, Darshan Nalkande, Lalit Yadav, Siddhesh Wath, Prerit Agrawal and Saurabh Dubey.They all have been included in the shortlist of 590 players at the base price of Rs20 lakh. The list was pruned from 1,214 players who filled the forms for auction.
With two news teams added in the mega events, more than two players may expect a call for this edition of mega event. Umesh Yadav will go under the hammer at a base price of Rs2 crore.
Vidarbha's opener Taide is on the radar of almost all the franchises. The southpaw appeared for trials of almost all the franchises soon after Vijay Hazare Trophy. His exploits in high-pressure games of Syed Mushtaq Ali T20s and Vijay Hazare Trophy one-dayers made him standout as a promising opener. Though the competition is tough for openers, the young Taide could still make it.
The middle-order bat Wankhade, who has been with Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders earlier, could easily make it especially after his 2-3 match-winning knocks in T20 and one-dayers. The right-hand batter Wankhade, who is being mentored by Waseem Jaffer these days, is looking forward to another stint.
If performances in Syed Mushtaq Ali are given more weightage, wicketkeeper Sharma and ambidextrous spinner Karnewar are likely to get benefited. Both of them missed the majority of one-day matches.
The Indian board will have an accelerated round for all the players other than top 161 in the list of 590 players. All Vidarbha players will be up for consideration in this accelerated round.