Suresh Raina went unsold in the IPL 2022 Mega Auction in Bengaluru.
There were no buyers in the first bid for Raina, who had a base price of Rs 2 crore.
Raina represented the Chennai Super Kings since the opening edition of the tournament (barring the 2016 and 2017 editions, when the franchise was banned).
The left-handed batter led the now-defunct Gujarat Lions side during those two seasons before making a return to the Chennai franchise.
He was released by CSK after the 2021 edition and also lost his place in the playing eleven during the closing stages of the season due to inconsistent performances.
It wasn't a memorable day for Indian Test specialists at the IPL 2022 mega auction.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma went unsold. Pujara and Ishant had a base price of Rs 50 lakhs and 1.5 crore, respectively.
Pujara, the red-ball specialist hasn't played an IPL fixture since 2014. In 2021, Chennai Super Kings had bought him at his base price of Rs 50 lakhs.
Unsurprisingly, he couldn't break into playing XI but is a one-time IPL champion. Pujara's previous IPL stints came with Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings. He has 390 runs in 30 IPL matches.
Ishant, who is likely to be dropped from the Test team for the Sri Lanka series, also failed to draw a bid. The senior pacer last played for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2021.
After going unsold in IPL 2018 auction, Ishant made a brilliant comeback and scalped 13 wickets for DC in as many matches, while maintaining an economy rate of 7.58. Ishant only played 1 game in IPL 2020 before being ruled out while other pacers' dream run in the previous season saw him getting to play only three games.
England captain Eoin Morgan had a base price of Rs 1.50 crore in the IPL Auction and went unsold in the first hour of the second day. The England captain is well known for his leadership abilities, and helped turn around KKR’s season last year, however did not attract any interest on Sunday.
Ditto for Steve Smith, who had no takers.
The former Australia skipper was part of the Delhi Capitals roster in the 2021 edition and led Rajasthan Royals in two editions (2019 and 2020) of the tournament.
Australia's World-Cup winning skipper Aaron Finch went unsold in the players auction for this year's Indian Premier League (IPL).
Finch led Australia to their maiden Twenty20 World Cup title last year but did not interest any of the league's 10 franchises on the second and final day of auction in Bengaluru.
Compatriots Marnus Labuschagne and England batsman Dawid Malan also went unsold.
There was a healthy appetite for quick bowlers in the two-day auction but South African Lungi Ngidi and England's Chris Jordan found teams after going unsold in the early rounds.
Wriddhiman Saha, who has been told that he won't be picked for Test matches, also went unsold as teams looked beyond the soon-to-be 38 year-old Bengal stumper.
Umesh Yadav, for his inconsistent white ball record, also went unsold.
Australia's Adam Zampa, who last played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, also did not find a buyer.
There were no takers for South Africa's veteran spinner Imran Tahir too.
Afghanistan All-rounder Mohammad Nabi and spinner Mujeeb Zadran also did not have any takers.
