IPL 2022: By happenstance, Aaron Finch was brought in to replace this player in KKR after being 'unsold' in the auction.

The two-time champion Kolkata Knight Riders will begin their IPL season on March 26. Shreyas Iyer Brigade will take on MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on that day.

IPL 2022: The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have named Aaron Finch, the Australian limited overs skipper, to their team for the IPL 2022 season. Finch will replace English batsman Alex Hales, who withdrew from the event due to bio-bubble depletion.

Captain of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, Finch has played 88 T20 Internationals so far, scoring 2686 runs with two centuries and 15 half-centuries.

The IPL 2022 auction saw Aaron Finch go unsold. Finch cost Rs 1.5 crore during launch. In the IPL 2021 auction, Finch was "unsold." Finch's starting price was Rs 1 crore at the time. In T20 Internationals, Australia's highest run scorer is Aaron Finch.

Up T20, Hales put in a fantastic effort.

In the first round of the auction, no franchise purchased Alex Hales. On the second day, the Kolkata Knight Riders finally came out in support of the team. As a consequence, Alex Hales was purchased for 1.5 crores by the Kolkata franchise. Alex Hales has a lot of T20 cricket experience and plays in several T20 competitions all around the world. Aaron Finch will now attempt to replace this batsman's void in the IPL 2022.

Finch would be compensated with Rs 1.5 crore.

Aaron Finch would cost Rs 1.5 crore to join KKR. Finch has appeared in 87 IPL games to date. He scored almost 2000 runs at an average of 25.70 throughout this time, including 14 half-centuries.

KKR, a two-time IPL winner, will begin their season on March 26. When the Shreyas Iyer Brigade takes against MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.