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The 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) will be a landmark season for the competition as many expect to see plenty of changes across the board including the cash-rich league’s expansion to a ten-team tournament from one with eight teams.
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To accommodate the two new teams (Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans); a mega auction was held with a major reshuffle of the playing squads across the competition. Even the eight existing teams have plenty of new names in their squad while lot of players have parted ways with franchises they represented for a long while.
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The biggest impact of this fell on one of the league’s finest players in history -Suresh Raina who is popularly called ‘Mr IPL.’ For the first time since the league’s inception in 2008,
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As CSK prepare to play their first match of the 2022 season on Saturday (March 26) against the Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai’s iconic Wankhede Stadium, CSK fans remembered Raina and trended ‘We will miss miss you MR IPL’ on Twitter.
Never forgive , never forget 💔🥺#WeWillMissYouMrIPL pic.twitter.com/HjwxqO0Gku
— Tuk Tuk 🐢 (@Cric_fanatic_) March 26, 2022
Csk’s top Run scorer against KKR 🔥#SureshRaina #WeWillMissYouMrIPLpic.twitter.com/7ejN6xHpmt
— Rajwardhan (@im_Rajwardhan) March 26, 2022
Raina X The Slim Shady
We miss you Mr IPL @ImRaina#Raina#WeWillMissYouMrIPL pic.twitter.com/cEeqmBBuU3— 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐀𝐍_𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐊𝐇𝐀𝐑 (@Prakharpsr) March 26, 2022