Indian Premier League 2022 comes to an end. What an exciting 15th season of the T20 tournament. After 2 years of inconvenience to players and fans, finally, this season has filled the hearts of cricket fans with extraordinary innings and games. Gujarat Titans led by Hardik Pandya won the tournament and shocked the cricket fans with their gameplay throughout the season. Fantasy App Developer and the Online Gaming industry have also made huge revenue because of the increase in two IPL franchises in the tournament.
Here we have re-collected all the details of the Indian T20 Premier League, let’s dive in and enjoy the quick throwback of IPL 2022.
Unexpected moments
This season was different from the rest of the seasons. Began with the addition of 2 new franchises GT and LSG, dividing the teams into Group A and B, changing the format of playing, and many more. Again, many players got a chance to unleash their true potential and cricket got many new names to raise the level of the game.
- Player Retention – The most shocking player retention was of players; Umraan Malik by SRH in Rs.4 crore, Abdul Samad by SRH in 4 crores, and Mohmmad Siraj by RCB in 7 crores.
- Player’s Injuries – Several players were retained by the IPL franchise with huge investments and players end up quitting the game in the middle due to injuries. Pat Cummins (KKR) quit the game due to a hip injury, Ravindra Jadeja (CSK) has to drop off the game due to a rib injury, and Adam Milne (CSK) has to leave the game in the first match itself due to a hamstring injury, Surya Kumar Yadav (MI) and Tymal Mills (MI) also dropped off the game.
Team Formations
CSK’s most expensive player Deepak Chahar missed more than half of the season due to a quadriceps injury. Chahar is not only a good pacer, but his batting skills might also have brought depth to the team’s batting lineup.
Jofra Archer was ruled out from the whole season due to injury. However, the injury of Surya Kumar Yadav also affected the Mumbai Indians in many ways. The unavailability of Suryakumar will weaken the batting lineup of the team.
Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, and Kyle Mayers will not be available for at least the first four games due to the national commitment. Losing Marcus made the team handicapped for the first few games. But eventually, LSG aced the whole season.
CSK, LSG, and PBKS had the strongest batting lineup, whereas DC, RCB, and MI had the strongest bowling lineup.
Champions in the bottom
This season was quite shocking for Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings fans. Mumbai Indians have won the title 5 times and CSK won it 4 times. But, this season was not theirs. They were the most underperformed teams and even failed to make their position in the top 5. This season is ruled by the new franchises Gujarat Titans and Lucknow SuperGiants.
A grade Player's performance
Dhoni smashed 21 runs off 8 balls, including 1 four and 2 sixes resulting in winning the match against DC. As Jadeja was leading the team; the team failed to perform well in the early matches. Under Dhoni Captaincy, the team won 3 out of 5 matches. In the same match, Dhoni became the second captain to score 6000 runs in T20 after Virat Kohli. However, CSK fans are very disappointed with the performance of the whole team this season.
RCB and Virat fans were expecting a stellar performance from the Run Machine named Virat. But, he failed everyone with his poor form. He only made 341 runs in 16 matches at an average rate of 22.73 with a strike rate of 115.99.
Rohit Sharma led Mumbai Indians, disappointed fans like no one else. The team had hardly won 4 matches out of 14 and lost 10 matches. Rohit Sharma was trolled by fans for his poor performance. His tally of runs is 155 in 9 innings with an average strike rate of 123.
IPL Stats (viewers, fantasy plays, etc.)
- In the Narendra Modi Stadium, the final of IPL 2022 is watched by 104,859 people. It has become the highest ever attended white ball game in the history of cricket.
- Research suggests that 84 new brands were advertised on IPL broadcast in 31 matches.
- Tata agreed to invest Rs 670 crore for the next two seasons of the IPL. This has been equally divided into Rs 355 crore each for 2022 and 2023.
- Fantasy Sports Apps have increased their platform fee by 30-40 percent this year.
- This season’s prize money is more than the last season which is 20 crore.
- There was a 100% increase in the user base on Fantasy Cricket App
Award Winners of IPL 2022
Title Winners – Gujarat Titans, the new franchise of Indian Premier League 2022, become the champions of the 15th edition of the T20 season. The team is rewarded with 20 Crore prize money.
The seasoned runner-up is Rajasthan Royals and the team is awarded 13 crore prize money. RR played its second finals in the history of IPL after they won IPL in 2008 under the captaincy of Shane Warne.
The seasoned runner-up is Rajasthan Royals and the team is awarded 13 crore prize money. RR played its second finals in the history of IPL after they won IPL in 2008 under the captaincy of Shane Warne.
Royal Challengers Bangalore again missed their chance of winning IPL after coming too close. The team acquired the third spot and won prize money of 7 Crores.
Lucknow Super Giants, the new franchise began IPL 2022 with a bang, but couldn’t make it finals and won 6.5 crore prize money by acquiring the fourth position in the season.
Purple Cap – Yuzvendra Chahal of RR became the Purple Cap winner of the Indian Premier League T20 by taking the highest wicket (27) this season. He is awarded Rs. 15 lakhs.
Orange Cap – Joss Buttler of Rajasthan Royals has won the Orange Cap by scoring 863 runs this season with an average of 57.33. He is awarded Rs.15 lakh.
Emerging Player of the Season – Umran Malik of Sunrisers Hyderabad has become the emerging player of the season with his outstanding bowling skills. He is even the bowler who has delivered at the highest speed this season. He took 22 wickets in 14 matches and won Rs20 lakh as a reward.
Super Striker of the Season – IPL2022 has seen the rise of Dinesh Karthik of RCB again in the world of Fantasy Cricket with a strike rate of 183.33. He was awarded the Tata Punch Car.
Game Changer of the season – Along with the Orange Cap, Joss has won the ward of Gamechanger of the season with his exclusive game 863 runs in 17 matches (4 100s; 4 50s; strike rate 149.05; average 57.53; 83 fours; 45 sixes; highest score 116). He is rewarded with ₹10 lakh.
Perfect Catch of the Season – Evin Lewis of LSG catch is the perfect catch of the season where he took a one-handed diving catch which helped the LSG to end the match and make a place in the playoffs. He is rewarded with Rs.10lakh.
Most Valuable Player – Buttler of Rajasthan Royals with 387.5 points has become the most valuable player of IPL 2022. Rs.10 lakh prize money is awarded to him.
The Final Match IPL 2022
The final match was played between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans on 29th May 2022. Gujarat Titan was crowned as the champions of TATA Indian Premier League 2022.
Here are the snippets from the match:
Hardik Pandya led the team in the right direction which helped the team to beat the experienced teams to win the title.
Rajasthan Royals Game
RR opted to bat first with no change, while GT made one change by replacing Alzarri Joseph with Lockie Ferguson in the eleven for Fantasy Cricket. Joss Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal started the game cautiously, and Yash Dayal caught Jaiswal in the 4th over. Sanju Samson joined Butler on the field and moved to 45/1 at the end of the powerplay. Hardik Pandya bowled Samson, and Sai Kishore caught his shot.
Butler made sure of the flow of runs and boundaries. Rashid got his wicket after being economical in the first two overs as Devdutt Padikkal was caught. Hardik took his second wicket by dismissing Buttler, RR was overall 6 wickets down after losing Shimron and Ashwin. Shami dismissed Riyan Paragon the final delivery and RR finished their innings with a total of 130/9.
Gujarat Titans Innings
To chase 131 to win the fantasy cricket IPL title of 2022, GT lost Wriddhiman Shah, wicket after Prasidh Krishna knocked the stumps. After hitting the first six of the innings, Mathew Wade was caught inside the circle as Boult took his first wicket. Shubham Gill hit a 4 At the end of the powerplay, and then GT moved the game to 31/2 after six overs.
Pandya joined Gill on the ground, but RR kept things tight for GT. GT was halfway with 54/2 and still required 77 to win. Pandya added two fours against Ashwin by completing the fifty partnership up for the third wicket. Chahal put an end to the partnership and dismissed the GT skipper.
Before David Miller walked GT was on 97/3. He effortlessly took the pressure and with his elegant strokes made 22 off 24. Miller added two more fours in the total and Gill who anchored the innings from the beginning, finished the game with the total target. GT chased down with eleven balls to spare in their account.
Brief Scores: Gujarat Titans 133/3 (Shubman Gill 45*, Hardik Pandya 34; Trent Boult 1-14) beat Rajasthan Royals 130/9 (Jos Buttler 39, Yashasvi Jaiswal 22; Hardik Pandya 3-17) by 7 wickets.
Conclusion
What an incredible T20 league tournament it was. The game has entertained all sports fans with the outstanding performance of the IPL teams. It was a treat to the Fantasy Sports users too who were looking for the long-time opportunity to play their favorite game. Moreover, the Fantasy App Developers got a chance to extend their services and generate huge revenue. End to a 2-month-long Cricket battle among fans, teams, players, and Fantasy Sports Apps.
