The IPL 2022 Mega Auction has been scheduled for the weekend so that people from around the world can tune in to this super exciting event taking place in Bengaluru. The 2-day event has a total of 590 players going under the hammer (IPL Auction 2022 LIVE updates) and while some of them are international stars, others are T20 specialists who only concentrate on such franchise leagues around the world.
We’re talking about one such player in the Singapore-born Australia, Tim David. Prior to the IPL 2021 season, he became the first ever player from Singapore to make the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the last 12-18 months has been brilliant for this player. He wasn’t in the highest base price category for the IPL 2022 Auction but we knew he was going to attract a lot of bids, and he certainly did.
Tim David goes to Mumbai Indians for IPL 2022
Earlier known as a wicket-keeper batsman, it turns out he’s a big smasher of the ball, can roll his arm over too, and not to forget his amazing abilities in the field. That’s some of the reasons that led him to being picked by Royal Challengers Bangalore last season as a replacement player, after initially being UNSOLD in the auction.
He’s played multiple leagues around the world ever since and is currently dazzling in the Pakistan Super League 2022 as well, where he plays for Multan Sultans. He’s scored 24, 34, 51*, 71, 28* in his last five PSL 2022 outings, peaking right before the IPL 2022 Auction, and all of these knocks have come at an impressive strike rate of 206 in the season. Now, he’ll represent Mumbai in IPL 2022.
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Though he was signed by RCB last season, he only got to play one game where he was dismissed for 1 run. However, he’s set to be a regular part of IPL 2022 considering his recent exploits in Pakistan, where the pitch conditions are more or less similar to what we can expect in India. He’s the ideal T20 finisher and his ability to bowl when needed and be a livewire in the field are added benefits.
In the auction, he was hot property even though his name was drawn on Day 2 of the IPL 2022 mega auction. Kolkata, Mumbai, Rajasthan, Lucknow, Delhi and Punjab were seen bidding for him, and that just shows how important a player he is to any squad. Eventually, the battle was between KKR and MI for the longest time and the latter outbid their opponents to get this Singaporean cricketer.
Tim David gets ₹8.25 Crore contract
There was an intense bidding war for him, even though he wasn’t listed in the highest base price category. He had a base price of ₹40 Lakh but as interest was shown, the bids started flowing in at the IPL 2022 Auction, with David eventually being SOLD for a contract of ₹8.25 Crore. And this is a massive improvement from his IPL 2021 salary of just ₹20 Lakh which he was paid by RCB.
Just the day before the auction, Aussie commentators on-air during the Australia vs Sri Lanka 1st T20 were discussing about how much Tim David could fetch, with them mentioning at least $500,000, while Shane Warne even mentioning $1.5 million on air, and he was pretty close when you convert that to Indian Rupees.
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