The most awaited IPL auction is going to be bit different as two new teams are all set to compete with the already existing eight teams in buying players with big money. A total of 590 cricketers are set to go under the hammer in the mega auction which is taking place after four long years gap. It is going to be a two day event in Bengaluru starting from 12th of February.

Think tank all geared up for the Super Auction. Get. Set. Yellove! 💛#SuperAuction #WhistlePodu 🦁 pic.twitter.com/vrgdBfRmfo

— Chennai Super Kings – Mask P😷du Whistle P🥳du! (@ChennaiIPL) February 12, 2022

Among the 590 cricketers, a total of 229 are capped players while 355 are uncapped and seven belong to associate nations. Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants are going to contest in the upcoming IPL edition along with 8 other known teams. Predictions on which team is going to buy whom are being made in online platforms by fans and experts.

Team Chennai Super kings, on the auction day, came up with a tweet in their official twitter handle, posting the picture of their space in the most expected event. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali and Ruturaj Gaikwad are the four players they retained and fans have been making suggestions to the franchise through their respective social media handles. The online handles of the yellow team is pretty much active in making memes, updates about the auction.

On Saturday morning, the team came up with a post saying “Lights. Camera. Auction.! The stage is set for a new journey! 😍🥺👀💛🦁🤞🏼… What’s the Vidiyal emotion #SuperFans.?” and uploaded the picture of their table in the auction hall. Check out their post below :

Lights. Camera. Auction.!
The stage is set for a new journey! 😍🥺👀💛🦁🤞🏼… What’s the Vidiyal emotion #SuperFans.?👇#SuperAuction #WhistlePodu pic.twitter.com/IU0HMMET7k

— Chennai Super Kings – Mask P😷du Whistle P🥳du! (@ChennaiIPL) February 12, 2022

The post garnered huge reach several kind of reactions but a fan came up with a comment asking where the “mixture” is to troll the franchise, auction performance of which is not so good in the past. The team got trolled for buying Krishnappa Gautham for w whopping amount of Rs. 9. 25 crores and made very less use of him. As we all know, “eating mixture” refers to someone who stays mum and inactive when he is required do something.

“Mixture enga Leo ?” the fan asked and the official twitter handle of the 4 times champion replied saying “Suda suda getting ready!”

Here’s the comment and CSK’s reply :

Suda suda getting ready! 😋

— Chennai Super Kings – Mask P😷du Whistle P🥳du! (@ChennaiIPL) February 12, 2022

CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan, in an earlier interview, has said that “Thalaivan” Dhoni will always say about the options he has for each spot and would crystalize it only on the day of the auction.

‘Thalaivan ena decide panraru….’
Auction prep & plan with the think tank ft. Kasi Sir & L Balaji. Full 📹 ➡️ https://t.co/TaTRzN07YL#SuperAuction #WhistlePodu 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/YWXicBi3jn

— Chennai Super Kings – Mask P😷du Whistle P🥳du! (@ChennaiIPL) February 12, 2022