Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan and India batter Shubman Gill are the two other draft picks in the Ahmedabad team.
Hardik and Rashid were picked by the CVC-capital owned franchise for Rs 15 crore, while while Shubman has been signed for Rs 8 crore.
South Africa legend Gary Kirsten, who was the head coach of India’s 2011 World Cup-winning team, has been appointed as mentor of Team Ahmedabad.
After drafting three players for IPL 2022, the Ahmedabad franchise are left with a purse of Rs 52 crore.
Meanwhile, as was reported already, the Lucknow franchise has signed KL Rahul (INR 17 crores), Marcus Stoinis (INR 9.2 crores) and Ravi Bishnoi (INR 4 crores), and will have a purse of INR 59.89 crores to spend at the auction table. Rahul will captain the team.
Here are the stats of the three Ahmedabad players in IPL over the years :-
- Hardik Pandya
Matches: 92, Runs: 1476, Highest Score: 91, Wickets: 42, Best figures: 3/20
- Rashid Khan
Matches: 76, Wickets: 93, Best figures: 3/7
- Shubman Gill
Matches: 58, Runs: 1417, Highest Score: 76
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