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IPL 2026 player auction will be held in Abu Dhabi. © BCCI

IPL 2026 AUCTION TRACKER || FULL SQUADS

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 most expensive overseas player in IPL history – bought by KKR for INR 25.2 crore. And they’re very happy with the price. 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 here.

Here’s how the teams stack up.

We’re done then!

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.

Adam Milne has RR and DC interested.Rajasthan get him at INR 2.40 crore. They also get Kuldeep Sen at base price INR 75 lakh.

Tom Banton goes to Gujarat Titans at INR 2 crore.

Zak Foulkes at 75 lakh to CSK.

Deepak Hooda and Jamie Smith are unsold again.

Prithvi Shaw is first up, and he goes back to DC for INR 75 lakh.

3rd and final accelerated round. Here we go, one last time this year.

Australian Jack Edwards 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.

DC get Lungi Ngidi at base price, INR 2 crore.

Josh Inglis – base price INR 2 crore –has SRH and LSG interested in him. LSG outbid Hyderabad, who ran out of money after the INR 8.40 crore bid. Inglis will get INR 8.60 crore from LSG.

Jordan Cox gets a bid from RCB. sold for base price 75 lakh.

Ben Dwarshuis, for the base price of INR 1 crore.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. Punjab finally buy him at INR 4.40 crore.

Atharva Taide is unsold again. Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Sanvir Singh too.

Rahul Chahar, at INR 1 crore base price.CSK raise their paddle and find a counter from PBKS. CSK sign him for INr 5.20 crore finally.

Shivam Mavi finds a base-price bid from SRH. Sold for INR 75 lakh.

Matt Henry is at INR 2 crore base price. CSK bid, and bag.

Akash Deep gets base-price deal from KKR. INR 1 crore.

Jamie Smithis back again. Unsold again.

Rachin Ravindra will represent KKR in IPL 2026. Goes for base price INR 2 crore.

Liam Livingstone up next – base price INR 2 crore. 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. SRH have him at INR 13 crore as LSG have run out of purse allowance.

Prithvi Shaw and Deepak Hooda find no bidders again.

Sarfaraz Khan finds a base-price bid from CSK at INR 75 lakh.

Jake Fraser-McGurk goes unsold again.

We’re back for the second accelerated round.

SRH bag Praful HingeandKrains Fuletraboth for their base price of INR 30 lakh.

Atharva Ankolekar goes to MI at INR 30 lakh. RR contemplate but don’t bid.

SRH bag Amit Kumar at base price INR 30 lakh.

Taskin Ahmed, Alzarri Joseph and Riley Meredith all go unsold.

Cooper Connolly. Base price bid from KKR at INR 2 crore. PBKS raise, and sign him eventually at INR 3 crore. Punjab have their first purchase of the night!

M Ashwin, Tejas Baroka, KC Cariappa – all unsold.

Onkar Tarmale, at 30 Lakh, signed by SRH.

Mohd Izhar, 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.

Ravi Singh.RCB make opening bid, RR counter. Base price was INR 30 lakh, fetches INR 95 lakh eventually and will play for RR.

Salil Arora. Base price 30 lakh. SRH and MI are at it. SRH get him at INR 1.50 crore.

Mangesh Yadav at 30 lakh – RCB and SRH chase. RCB get him at INR 5.20 crore

Allrounder Aman Khaninvites as a base-price bid from CSK. Hold press, PBKS have finally come to the party!They counter at the last second but the Khan goes to CSK at 40 lakh eventually.

Satvik Deswal to RCB at INR 30 lakh.

Akshat Raghuwanshi invites bids from SRH and LSG. SRH back out and LSG have him at INR 2.20 crore.

Danish Malewar is sold to MI at a base price of INR of 30 Lakh.

Chetan Sakariya and Kuldeep Sen are unsold.

Mustafizur Rahman 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.

Tim Seifert at INR 1.50 crore, and KKR are interested.Base price buy for them.

Tom Banton for 2 crore? No bids. No interest in Jordan Cox or Josh Inglis.

Matthew Short, for his base price of INR 1.50 cr, goes to CSK.

Daryl Mitchell is also at the base price of INR 2 crore, but no bids. Nothing for Dasun Shanaka as well.

Jason Holder commands a base price of INR 2 crore. CSK make the opening bid. Gujarat Titans raise. He goes to the Titans for INR 7 crore.

Ben Dwarshuisis unsold at INR 1 crore.

Sean Abbott goes unsold. No takers for Michael Bracewell as well.

Rahul Tripathi fetches a base-price bid of 75 Lakh from KKR.

Pathum Nissanka (Base price 75 L) is up next. KKR and DC in a bidding war. KKR contemplate but eventually back out at INR 4 crore. Nissanka will play for DC.

We’re back!

There will be a 45-minute break now

Kumar Kartikeya and veteran Karn Sharma find no takers

‘Vignesh Puthur. RR sign him for 30 lakh

Prashant Solanki.KKR sign him for 30 lakh

Yash Raj Punja. RR sign him for 30 lakh

Set 10 – uncapped spinners – is coming up next.

Sushant Mishra. RR sign him for 90 lakh.

Akash Madhwal finds no takers.

Naman Tiwari available at 30 lakh. Delhi start, and RR counter. Goes for 1 crore to LSG.

Simarjeet Singh – at 30 lakh base price – gets no bids.

Kartik Tyagi gets an opening bid.KKR bag him for 30 lakh.

Raj Limbani (30 lakh) – unsold.

Ashok Sharma (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 90 lakh.

Get ready for Set 9 – uncapped pacers

Tushar Raheja, available at 30 lakh.No bids.

Vansh Bedigoes unsold.

Tejasvi Singh is next. MI make the base-price bid at 30 Lakh. KKR raise. RR come in with 90 lakh bid. KKR out-bid all competition with a bid of INR 3 crore.

Mukul Choudhary– base price of 30 Lakh – fetches the opening bid from RR. MI counter. LSG enter at INR 1.10 crore. LSG win with a bid of INR 2.60 crore.

Kartik Sharma 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. Read about him here. CSK almost had him for 13 crore but SRH raise it to 13.20 crore. SOLD to CSK at INR 14.20 crore. Joint-richest uncapped player sold in IPL auction, alongside Prashant Veer a few minutes ago.

Ruchit Ahir (30 lakh) – UNSOLD!

Uncapped wicketkeepers coming up next!

Tanush Kotian, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Sanvir Singh are all unsold.

Shivang Kumar will represent SRH, who bag him at base price of INR 30 Lakh.

Prashant Veer 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. CSK bag him at 14.20 crore – making Veer the richest Indian sold today yet.Who’s he? BTW, Veer is now also the richest uncapped player sold, beating Avesh Khan’s 10 crore bid.

Vijay Shankar, at INR 30 lakh. UNSOLD. Same with Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Eden Tom and Mahipal Lomror.

Auqib Nabi Dar is available at the base price of INR 30 lakh. Delhi and RR engaged in the bidding war. You can read about him here. RCB come in at INR 1.10 cr.SRH join with a bid of INR 2.2 crore. SRH’s bid of INR 7.40 crore makes him the highest-paid Indian today, but we’ll wait for the final winning bid. Delhi Capitals bag him at INR 8.4 crore.

Next set is uncapped allrounders.

“Keen but not attached” – here’s what Venky Mysore had to say about the record Cam Green purchase.

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS:Ravi Bishnoi becomes the most expensive Indian so far in this auction.

Yash Dhull goes unsold.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 keep an eye out for.

Akeal Hosein goes to CSK at his base price of INR 2 crore.

Mujeeb ur Rahman at INR 2 crore gets no bids.

Maheesh Theekshana is unsold.

Ravi Bishnoi is available at INR 2 crore.Rajasthan Royals raise the paddle. CSK come in with a counter-bid. SRH join in at INR 6.20 crore. RR eventually bag him for INR 7.2 crore.

Rahul Chahalset his base price at INR 1 crore but finds no bidders.

Spinners coming up now

Fazalhaq Farooqi (1 crore) attracts no bids.

Anrich Nortje (2 crore)goes to LSG at his base price.

Spencer Johnson (1.5 crore) is unsold.

Matheesha Pathirana, base price INR 2 crore.Delhi come in. LSG join the battle. This is getting intense. The bid is at 10 crore with DC and it’s already the second-highest of the day so far. LSG almost bagged him at INR 16 crore but KKR join in. LSG back out, and KKR get Pathirana at INR 18 crore.

Gerald Coetzeeat INR 2 crore, but finds no takers.

Shivam Mavi for a base price of INR 75 lakh.No bids.

Jacob Duffy for INR 2 crore base price. RCB raise their paddle, and are the only one. SOLD!

Akash Deep set his base price at INR 1 cr. No bids.

Matt Henry goes unsold.

We’re back on. Pacers are up next.

A 15-minute break before we get started with Set 4. Stay tuned!

SET HIGHLIGHTS:RCB and KRR were engaged in a bidding war, quite like the last auction, for Venkatesh Iyer. Mo Bobat, in an exclusive interview with Cricbuzz earlier this year, had talked about pursuing the Indian allrounder who they have now signed for INR 7 crore.

Finn Allen goes to KKR at INR 2 crore, his base price.

Ben Duckett gets the opening bid from Delhi Capitals at base price INR 2 crore.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jonny Bairstow and Jamie Smith are all unsold.

Quinton de Kock, starting at INR 1 crore.MI go up right away. SOLD.

KS Bharat – unsold!

Set 3 is up next – wicketkeepers!

The last of the allrounders is Deepak Hooda at the base price of INR 75 lakh. However, no bids.

Venkatesh Iyer 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. RCB come in at INR 3 crore. At INR 3.60 crore, KKR join the party. KKR concede, and Iyer goes to RCB for INR 7 crore.

Wanindu Hasaranga finds an opening bid from LSG at his base price INR 2 crore. SOLD!

Wiaan Mulder, at INR 1 crore, also goes unsold.

Liam Livingstone, at INR 2 crore. No paddles.

Next up is Rachin Ravindra, at INR 2 crore. UNSOLD.

Gus Atkinson is the first player from all-rounders category. Base price – INR 2 crore. He’s unsold.

Set 2 coming up after a 5-minute break…

SET HIGHLIGHTS:Cam Green becomes the most expensive overseas buy in IPL history

Sarfaraz Khan at INR 75 Lakh is unsold.

KKR’s bid at INR 24.80 for Cam Green made him the most expensive overseas player at an IPL auction. CSK eventually bowed out at INR 25.20 crore and KKR get Green for the record sum!

Cam Green is here. 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 Royals bow out at INR 13.60 cr and CSK have now entered the chat.

Devon Conway, at INR 2 cr is next up. No bids – he’s UNSOLD.

Prithvi Shawis next, at INR 75 lakh base price. He’s unsoldas well.

David Miller is up next. Base price: INR 2 cr. Delhi Capitals get the South African at the base price.

The first player up is Jake Fraser-McGurk, at the base price of INR 2 cr. And he goes UNSOLD.

We’re about to get started…

Hello!

Welcome to our live blog for the IPL 2026 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 auction preview from our man at the venue, Vijay Tagore.

Stay tuned as we bring you every bid, every buy and every update live as it unfolds right here on our Auction Tracker.

Cam Green, 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. Part 1 with CSK, SRH, DC, last edition’s finalists RCB and PBKS. Part 2 covers KKR, GT, MI, RR and LSG.

Speaking of scouting, here’s a deep-dive into how Rajasthan Royals use data analytics & AI 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.