What does the captain do during the bidding or auction of his team in IPL?

 

Captain is the main person for any team and his role is pivotal for the team. This is true for all team related sport events in the world.

IPL (Indian Premiere League) has format of mini auction, mega auction, player transfer & trading. For mini auction or player transfer & trading, captain has role to play to strengthen his team along with coaching and analysis staff.

During mega auction, many teams are going into auction without their decided captain. In IPL 2022, old teams like Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore are going into mega auction without deciding their captain. The reasons for going into mega auction without captain are new team formation, player’s decision of not retained in team. So, in this case, role of coaching and analysis staff will be increased.

New teams of Gujarat and Lucknow have draft process before auction for finalizing their three players each. So, they will surely decide captain during draft process and will go into mega auction with their captains.

Before bid, captain will be involved into player decisions with coaching and analysis staff. Captain is instrumental in deciding his own team during bid process. He decides for alternative players and target price at which he wants to buy particular player. Captain is the person who will implement all strategy, tactics on the field and he will take on field decisions based on his available resources. So, if captain is involved before bid or auction stage for team selection, it will be most beneficial for any team.

These captains keep their core of team intact throughout seasons. Good examples of leaders in IPL are MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma who keep their main core team with changes of 2-3 playing eleven slots.