Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya will lead the Ahmedabad franchise in IPL 2022 as the franchise announced its draft of signings of players and coaching staff on Saturday
Ahmedabad IPL team
The 28-year-old was born in Choryasi, a place in the Surat district of Indian state Gujarat and the franchise wanted to synchronise itself with the identity of a local Gujarati player
The Gujrati Guy
Apart from Hardik (INR 15 crore), the Ahmedabad franchise has picked Afghanistan’s sensational spinner Rashid Khan (15 crore) and opening batter Shubman Gill (8 crore)
Other Players picked by Ahmedabad
The Indian all-rounder scored 1476 runs from 85 innings and claimed 42 scalps and also won four titles in his long stint with the five-time IPL champions
The Captains Record
Former England player Vikram Solanki, who recently quit from Surrey’s head coach role, has been appointed as Ahmedabad team’s Director of Cricket
The Coach
2011 World Cup winning coach Gary Kirsten (with the Indian team) will be serving dual roles of mentor and batting coach of the Ahmedabad outfit
The mentor and Batting coach
former Indian pace bowler Ashish Nehra will be the head coach to the new IPL team of Ahmedabad
The head coach
On January 11, the IPL Governing Council issued the Letter of Intent (LOI) to both the new IPL franchises (Lucknow and Ahmedabad), formalising their entry into the cash-rich league
The two new teams
The IPL 2022 mega auction will be conducted on February 12 and February 13 in Bengaluru
The Mega Auction Date