@B0$
That brings us to the end of the mini IPL 2026 player auction. 77 players were sold this evening with all 10 teams completing their 25-member quota.
Cam Green became the @L2$ - bought by KKR for INR 25.2 crore. And they're very @L3$. KKR also broke the bank for Matheesha Pathirana (INR 18 crore) and Mustafizur Rahman (INR 9.20 crore).
On the other hand, CSK made allrounder Prashant Veer and wicketkeeper-bat Kartik Sharma the richest uncapped players ever, at INR 14.20 crore each. Find out more about the duo @L4$.
Here's @L5$.
@B1$
DC have one last slot remaining, so they opt for Kyle Jamieson. INR 2 crore which is his base price.
Vihaan Malhotra goes to RCB at 30 lakh. They also get the last player of the evening, Kanishk Chouhan, also at INR 30 lakh.
Vicky Ostwal to RCB at INR 30 lakh, his base price. Prithvi Raj to GT at 30 lakh as well as Luke Wood, for 75 lakh.
@B2$Rajasthan get him at INR 2.40 crore. They also get Kuldeep Sen at base price INR 75 lakh.
@B3$
Zak Foulkes at 75 lakh to CSK.
Deepak Hooda and Jamie Smith are unsold again.
@B4$
@I0$
Australian @B5$ gets opening bid from CSK on base price, INR 50 lakh. GT raise, after some thought. SRH come in with a bid of INR 1.60 crore once GT exit. SRH are pushed to INR 3 crore by CSK (purse available INR 3.15 crore) and the hammer goes down finally.
Brijesh Sharma gets a base-price deal from RR at INR 30 lakh.
Sahil Parakh to DC at his base price of INR 30 lakh.
Pravin Dubey goes to PBKS at base price INR 30 lakh. They get Vishal Nishad too for the same price.
Aman Rao, uncapped batter, gets base price deal from RR at INR 30 lakh. Mayank Rawat goes to MI at INR 30 lakh.
@B6$
@B7$has SRH and LSG interested in him. LSG outbid Hyderabad, who ran out of money after the INR 8.40 crore bid. @B8$
@B9$ gets a bid from RCB. sold for base price 75 lakh.
@B10$PBKS and CSK at it again. PBKS outbid CSK, who had only INR 3.15 crore in the purse. But here's the twist, GT are in now. @B11$
@B12$ is unsold again. Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Sanvir Singh too.
@B13$CSK raise their paddle and find a counter from PBKS. CSK sign him for INr 5.20 crore finally.
@B14$ finds a base-price bid from SRH. Sold for INR 75 lakh.
@B15$ is at INR 2 crore base price. CSK bid, and bag. @B16$
@B17$
@B18$is back again. @B19$.
@B20$
@B21$. KKR and Hyderabad are keen. GT come in at INR 3.20 crore. LSG have coe in at INR 4.40 crore. Intense bidding war now between Lucknow and Hyderabad. @B22$ as LSG have run out of purse allowance.
@B23$
@B24$
Jake Fraser-McGurk goes @B25$.
@I1$
SRH bag @B26$and@B27$both for their base price of INR 30 lakh.
@B28$ goes to MI at INR 30 lakh. RR contemplate but don't bid.
SRH bag Amit Kumar at base price INR 30 lakh.
@B29$
@B30$. Base price bid from KKR at INR 2 crore. PBKS raise, and sign him eventually at INR 3 crore. @B31$
M Ashwin, Tejas Baroka, KC Cariappa - all unsold.
Onkar Tarmale, at 30 Lakh, signed by SRH.
@B32$ base price INr 30 lakh. MI are the only ones to raise the paddle.
Sakib Hussain will play for SRH. Signed for base price INr 30 lakh.
@B33$RCB make opening bid, RR counter. Base price was INR 30 lakh, fetches INR 95 lakh eventually and will play for RR. @B34$
@B35$. Base price 30 lakh. SRH and MI are at it. SRH get him at INR 1.50 crore.
@B36$ at 30 lakh - RCB and SRH chase. RCB get him at INR 5.20 crore
Allrounder @B37$invites as a base-price bid from CSK. Hold press, @B38$They counter at the last second but the Khan goes to CSK at 40 lakh eventually.
@B39$
@B40$. SRH back out and LSG have him at INR 2.20 crore.
@B41$ is sold to MI at a base price of INR of 30 Lakh.
Chetan Sakariya and Kuldeep Sen are unsold.
@B42$ is at INR 2 crore. Delhi and Chennai are keen. DC had only 5.4 crore in the purse and went upto 5.2 crore before KKR came in. They sign him at INR 9.20 crore.
Kyle Jamieson set his base price at INR 2 crore. No bids, though. Adam Milne - no interest. Lungi Ngidi finds no takers either.
@B43$Base price buy for them.@B44$
@B45$. No interest in Jordan Cox or Josh Inglis.
@B46$
@B47$, but no bids. Nothing for @B48$ as well.
@B49$. CSK make the opening bid. Gujarat Titans raise. He goes to the Titans for INR 7 crore.
@B50$is unsold at INR 1 crore.
Sean Abbott goes unsold. No takers for Michael Bracewell as well.
@B51$
@B52$. KKR and DC in a bidding war. KKR contemplate but eventually back out at INR 4 crore. Nissanka will play for DC.
@I2$
@I3$
Kumar Kartikeya and veteran Karn Sharma find no takers
@B53$ RR sign him for 30 lakh
@B54$KKR sign him for 30 lakh
@B55$. RR sign him for 30 lakh
@I4$
@B56$. RR sign him for 90 lakh.
@B57$ finds no takers.@B58$
@B59$ available at 30 lakh. Delhi start, and RR counter. @B60$
@B61$ - at 30 lakh base price - gets no bids.
@B62$KKR bag him for 30 lakh.
@B63$
@B64$ (30 lakh base price). KKR and CSK are interested. RR come in with 45 lakh. Titans too make a bid at 80 lakh, and eventually bag him for @B65$
@I5$
@B66$No bids.
@B67$goes unsold.
@B68$ is next. MI make the base-price bid at 30 Lakh. KKR raise. RR come in with 90 lakh bid. @B69$
@B70$- base price of 30 Lakh - fetches the opening bid from RR. MI counter. LSG enter at INR 1.10 crore. @B71$
@B72$ comes at a base price of INR 30 lakh. MI go up rightaway. LSG offer a counter. KKR are also interested. CSK present a 3 crore bid now. @L6$. CSK almost had him for 13 crore but SRH raise it to 13.20 crore. @B73$ @B74$, alongside Prashant Veer a few minutes ago.
Ruchit Ahir (30 lakh) - @B75$
@I6$
Tanush Kotian, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Sanvir Singh are all unsold.
@B76$ will represent SRH, who bag him at base price of INR 30 Lakh.
@B77$ at base price of INR 3 lakh. MI and then LSG start off. CSK join with a bid of INR 1.3 crore. RR show ineterest now, bid is at INR 4.4 crore. SRH join - bid is at INR 6.8 crore now. @B78$@L7$ BTW, Veer is now also the @B79$, beating Avesh Khan's 10 crore bid.
@B80$. UNSOLD. Same with Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Eden Tom and @B81$
@B82$. Delhi and RR engaged in the bidding war. You can read about him @L8$. @B83$SRH join with a bid of INR 2.2 crore. SRH's bid of @B84$, but we'll wait for the final winning bid. @B85$
@I7$
"@L9$" - here's what Venky Mysore had to say about the record Cam Green purchase.
@B86$@L10$ becomes the most expensive Indian so far in this auction.
@B87$So is Aarya Desai.
Atharva Taide, Anmolpreet Singh, Abhinav Tejrana, Abhinav Manohar are all unsold.
That's the end of spinners' section. Set 6 is uncapped batters. Here's some to @L11$.
@B88$
@B89$
@B90$
@B91$Rajasthan Royals raise the paddle. CSK come in with a counter-bid. SRH join in at INR 6.20 crore. @B92$
@B93$set his base price at INR 1 crore but finds no bidders.
@I8$
@B94$ (1 crore) attracts no bids.
@B95$goes to LSG at his base price.
@B96$ is unsold. @B97$
@B98$Delhi come in. LSG join the battle. This is getting intense. The @B99$ and it's already the @B100$. LSG almost bagged him at INR 16 crore but @B101$@B102$
@B103$at INR 2 crore, but finds no takers.
@B104$ for a base price of INR 75 lakh.@B105$No bids.@B105$
@B107$ for INR 2 crore base price. @B108$ raise their paddle, and are the only one. @B109$
@B110$ set his base price at INR 1 cr. No bids.
@B111$ goes unsold.
We're back on. Pacers are up next.
@I9$
@B112$RCB and KRR were engaged in a bidding war, quite like the last auction, for Venkatesh Iyer. Mo Bobat, in an @L12$ with Cricbuzz earlier this year, had talked about pursuing the Indian allrounder who they have now signed for INR 7 crore.
@B113$, his base price.
@B114$ gets the opening bid from @B115$ at base price @B116$.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jonny Bairstow and Jamie Smith are all @B117$
@B118$, starting at INR 1 crore.@B119$
@B120$
@I10$
The last of the allrounders is @B121$ at the base price of INR 75 lakh. However, @B122$.
@B123$ is next up. INR 2 crore is his base price. LSG again are the only ones to raise the paddle at first before GT come in after a bid of deliberation. @B124$. At INR 3.60 crore, @B125$ join the party. KKR concede, and Iyer goes to @B126$.
@B127$ finds an opening bid from @B128$ at his base price INR 2 crore. @B129$!
@B130$, at INR 1 crore, also goes unsold.
@B131$, at INR 2 crore. No paddles.
Next up is @B132$, at INR 2 crore. @B133$
@B134$ is the first player from all-rounders category. Base price - INR 2 crore. He's unsold.
@I11$
@B135$@L13$
@B136$ at INR 75 Lakh is unsold.
@B137$
@B138$. INR 2 crore is the base price. Mumbai Indians raise the paddle almost right away, and RR come in next. KKR come in at INR 2.80 cr. KKR and RR are at it now. The @B139$ and @B140$.
@B141$, at INR 2 cr is next up. No bids - he's @B142$
@B143$is next, at INR 75 lakh base price. He's @B144$as well.
@B145$ is up next. Base price: INR 2 cr. @B146$ get the South African at the base price.
The first player up is @B147$, at the base price of INR 2 cr. And he goes @B148$
We're about to get started...
@B149$
Welcome to our live blog for the @L15$ player mini auction, where some careers are about to be changed. Up to 77 players are set to be sold of the 369 shortlisted, and a total auction purse stands at INR 237.55 crore. It may be a mini auction, but for at least two franchies - KKR and CSK - the stakes are anything but! With two of the biggest purses, they are likely to dictate proceedings at least at the start of the session. Here's the @L16$ from our man at the venue, @L17$.
Stay tuned as we bring you every bid, every buy and every update live as it unfolds right here on our @L18$.
@L19$, expectedly, has been the most talked about player in the build-up. Despite listing himself in the batters' category, the Australian has made clear his availability to bowl in IPL 2026. Which team, do you think, will
The scouts work round the year to identify talent and plug in the gaps. We've tried to analyse what the 10 teams will be shopping for in Abu Dhabi. @L20$ with CSK, SRH, DC, last edition's finalists RCB and PBKS. @L21$ covers KKR, GT, MI, RR and LSG.
Speaking of scouting, here's a deep-dive into @L22$ behind-the-scenes to shape their IPL auction strategy.
Meanwhile, have you ever wondered what happens in case of a tie-breaker? In the past, Kieron Pollard and Shane Bond (in 2010) and Ravindra Jadeja (in 2012) were snapped up through tie-break secret bids, but the rules governing such situations have since been updated. Find them @L23$.
