The 15th edition of IPL has started on 26 March 2022 after two years of being held in UAE due to COVID situations in the country. Four grounds are being used namely Wankhede Stadium, Brabourne Stadium, D.Y. Patil Stadium in Mumbai and MCA Stadium in Pune. A total of 74 matches including playoffs will be played in a lapse of two months in these stadiums so the pitches are destined to be slower as the league progresses. And after playing 10 matches by almost every team, we are witnessing this phenomenon on all playing grounds.
With a previous of 8 teams, two new teams are being added in this season i.e. Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans. This has added a sense of freshness in the tournament and we are enjoying the excellence of performance both the teams are showing us by beating almost every other team and has grabbed top two positions of the points table after playing 10 and 9 matches respectively. Who would have thought that these new comers will change the history of IPL in their debut tournament?
New Team of IPL 2022: Gujarat Titans
It is an Ahmadabad based team introduced in this season and the team has been sold for US $750 million to CVC Capital Partners. The key players it own are Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan and Muhmmad Shami. Pandya as captain and Ashish Nehra was given the responsibility of head coach. Till to date, the team is laeding the tournament with 8 wins out of 9 matches it has played with an NRR of 0.377.
Gujarat Titans Captain: Hardik Pandya
Gujarat Titans Head Coach: Ashish Nehra
Gujarat Titans Mentor: Gary Kirsten
Gujarat Titans Batting Coach: Gary Kirsten
Gujarat Titans Owner: CVC Capital Partners
Gujarat Titans Squad
- Varun Aaron
- Dominic Drakes
- Lockie Ferguson
- Gurkeerat Singh Mann
- Alzarri Joseph
- Abhinav Manohar
- David Miller
- Mohammed Shami
- Darshan Nalkande
- Noor Ahmad
- Hardik Pandya
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz
- Rashid Khan
- Wriddhiman Saha
- Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
- Sai Sudharsan
- Pradeep Sangwan
- Vijay Shankar
- Shubman Gill
- Rahul Tewatia
- Matthew Wade
- Jayant Yadav
- Yash Dayal
- Jason Roy
New Team of IPL 2022: Lucknow Super Giants
The second new arrival of this tournament is LSG owned by RP Sanjiv Goenka Group. It was sold for an amount of US$ 940 million. The owner had and experience of owing a team in 2016 and 2017. The key players it own are KL Rahul (as captain), Avesh Khan and Quinton de kock. The head coach for team is Andy Flower. The team is currently at 2nd position after playing 10 matches and winning 7 out of them.
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Lucknow Super Giants Captain: KL Rahul
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Lucknow Super Giants Head Coach: Andy Flower
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Lucknow Super Giants Batting Coach: Gautam Gambhir
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Lucknow Super Giants Mentor: Gautam Gambhir
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Lucknow Super Giants Owner: RP Sanjiv Goenka Group
Lucknow Super Giants Squad
- Avesh Khan
- Ayush Badoni
- Dushmantha Chameera
- Quinton de Kock
- Krishnappa Gowtham
- Jason Holder
- Deepak Hooda
- Evin Lewis
- Kyle Mayers
- Mohsin Khan
- Shahbaz Nadeem
- Manish Pandey
- Krunal Pandya
- KL Rahul
- Ankit Rajpoot
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Karan Sharma
- Marcus Stoinis
- Manan Vohra
- Mark Wood
- Mayank Yadav