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Rishabh Pant
Aiden Markram
Josh Inglis
Mukul Choudhary
Akshat Raghuwanshi
Wanindu Hasaranga
Anrich Nortje
Naman Tiwari
Hiimat Singh
Matthew Breetzke
Nicholas Pooran
Mitchell Marsh
Abdul Samad
Shahbaz Ahamad
Arshin Kulkarni
Ayush Badoni
Mohammad Shami
Avesh Khan
M Siddhart
Digvesh Singh
Akash Singh
Prince Yadav
Mohsin Khan
Mayank Yadav
Arjun Tendulkar
Shubman Gill
Jos Butler
Jason Holder
Tom Banton
Ashok Sharma
Luke Wood
Prithvi Raj
Kumar Kushagra
Anuj Rawat
Glenn Phillips
Nishant Sindhu
Washinton Sundar
Mohd. Arshad Khan
Sai Kishore
Jayant Yadav
Sai Sudharsan
Shahrukh Khan
Kagiso Rabada
Mohammed Siraj
Prasidh Krishna
Manav Suthar
Gurnoor SIngh Brar
Ishant Sharma
Rahul Tewatia
Rashid Khan
Shreyas Iyer
Nehal Wadhera
Vishnu Vinod
Harnoor Pannu
Pyla Avinash
Ben Dwarshuis
Cooper Connolly
Pravin Dubey
Vishal Nishad
Prabhsimran Singh
Shashank Singh
Marcus Stoinis
Harpreet Brar
Marco Jansen
Azmatullah Omarzai
Priyansh Arya
Musheer Khan
Suryansh Shedge
Mitch Owen
Arshdeep Singh
Yuzvendra Chahal
Vyshak Vijaykumar
Yash Thakur
Xavier Bartlett
Lockie Ferguson
Rohit Sharma
Surya Kumar Yadav
Quinton de Kock
Danish Malewar
Mohd Izhar
Atharva Ankolekar
Mayank Rawat
Robin Minz
Sherfane Ruthterford
Ryan Rickelton
Tilak Varma
Hardik Pandya
Naman Dhir
Mitchell Santner
Raj Angad Bawa
Corbin Bosch
Will Jacks
Shardul Thakur
Trent Boult
Mayank Markande
Deepak Chahar
Ashwani Kumar
Raghu Sharma
Allah Ghazanfar
Jasprit Bumrah
KL Rahul
Karun Nair
Auqib Dar
Pathum Nissanka
David Miller
Ben Duckett
Lungi Ngidi
Kyle Jamieson
Prithvi Shaw
Sahil Parakh
Abishek Porel
Tristan Stubbs
Axar Patel
Sameer Rizvi
Ashutosh Sharma
Vipraj Nigam
Ajay Mandal
Tripurana Vijay
Madhav Tiwari
Nitish Rana
Mitchell Starc
T Natarajan
Mukesh Kumar
Dushmantha Chameera
Kuldeep Yadav
Virat Kohli
Rajat Patidar
Devdutt Padikkal
Phil Salt
Jitesh Sharma
Krunal Pandya
Venkatesh Iyer
Mangesh Yadav
Jacop Duffy
Jordan Cox
Satvik Deswal
Vicky Ostwal
Vihaan Malhotra
Kanishk Chouhan
Swapnil Singh
Tim David
Romario Shepherd
Jacob Bethell
Josh Hazelwood
Rasikh Dar
Suyash Sharma
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
Nuwan Thushara
Abhinandan Singh
Yash Dayal
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Riyan Parag
Shubham Dubey
Vaibhav Suryavanshi
Ravi Bishnoi
Adam Milne
Ravi Singh
Sushant Mishra
Kuldeep Sen
Vighnesh Puthur
Yash Raj Punja
Aman Rao
Brijesh Sharma
Donovan Ferreira
Lhuan-Dre Pretorius
Shimron Hetmyer
Dhruv Jurel
Yudhir Singh Charak
Ravindra Jadeja
Sam Curran
Jofra Archer
Tushar Deshpande
Kwena Maphaka
Sandeep Sharma
Nandre Burger
Pat Cummins
Ishan Kishan
Travis Head
Heinrich Klaasen
Aniket Varma
Liam Livingstone
Abhishek Sharma
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Jack Edwards
Salil Arora
Shivam Mavi
Shivang Kumar
Onkar Tarmale
Amit Kumar
Krains Fuletra
Sakib Hussain
Praful Hinge
Smaran Ravichandran
Harshal Patel
Kamindu Mendis
Harsh Dubey
Brydon Carse
Zeeshan Ansari
Jaydev Unadkat
Eshan Malinga
MS Dhoni
Sanju Samson
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Dewald Bevis
Kartik Sharma
Prashant Veer
Rahuk Chahar
Akeal Hosein
Matt Henry
Matthew Short
Sarfaraz Khan
Zak Foulkes
Aman Khan
Ayush Mhatre
Urvil Patel
Anshul Kamboj
Jamie Overton
Ramakrishna Ghosh
Shivam Dube
Khaleel Ahmed
Noor Ahmad
Mukesh Choudhary
Nathan Ellis
Shreyas Gopal
Gurjapneet Singh
Ajinkya Rahane
Rinku Singh
Cameron Green
Angkrish Raghuvanshi
Manish Pandey
Matheesha Pathirana
Mustafizur Rahman
Tejasvi Singh
Finn Allen
Rachin Ravindra
Tim Seifert
Akash Deep
Rahul Tripathi
Kartik Tyagi
Prashant Solanki
Sarthak Ranjan
Daksh Kamra
Rovman Powell
Ankul Roy
Ramandeep Singh
Vaibhav Arora
Harshit Rana
Umran Malik
Sunil Narine
Varun Chakaravarthy
Cameron Green became the third-most expensive buy in IPL auction history as the KKR bid a whopping Rs 25.2 crore. Relative unknowns like Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer and Auqib Nabi went for eye-watering sums.
Click on the link here for a look at all the players who were sold in the auction.
Kyle Jamieson sold to DC for Rs 2 crore.
Kanishk Chouhan sold to RCB for Rs 30 lakh.
Vihaan Malhotra sold to RCB for Rs 30 lakh.
Luke Wood sold to GT for Rs 75 lakh.
Prithvi Raj sold to GT for Rs 30 lakh.
Vicky Ostwal sold to RCB for Rs 30 lakh.
Kuldeep Sen sold to RR for Rs 75 lakh.
Adam Milne sold to RR for Rs 2.4 crore.
Tom Banton sold to GT for Rs 2 crore.
Zak Foulkes sold to CSK for Rs 75 lakh.
Prithvi Shaw sold to DC for Rs 75 lakh.
Eleven players back in the list for the third accelerated round.
Third accelerated round to begin soon.
Jack Edwards sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 3 crore against base price of Rs 50 lakh.
Brijesh Sharma sold to RR for Rs 30 lakh.
Vishal Nishad sold to Punjab Kings for Rs 30 lakh.
Sahil Parakh sold to DC for Rs 30 lakh.
Pravin Dubey sold to Punjab Kings for Rs 30 lakh.
Mayank Rawat sold to MI for Rs 30 lakh.
Aman Rao sold to RR for Rs 30 lakh.
Lungi Ngidi sold to DC for Rs 2 crore.
Josh Inglis sold to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 8.6 crore against base price of Rs 2 crore.
Jordan Cox sold to RCB for Rs 75 lakh.
Ben Dwarshuis sold to Punjab Kings for Rs 4.4 crore against base price of Rs 1 crore.
Rahul Chahar sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 5.2 crore against base price of Rs 1 crore.
Shivam Mavi sold to SRH for Rs 75 lakh.
Matt Henry sold to CSK for Rs 2 crore.
Akash Deep sold to KKR for Rs 1 crore.
Rachin Ravindra sold to KKR for Rs 2 crore.
Liam Livingstone sold to SRH for Rs 13 crore against base price of Rs 2 crore.
Sarfaraz Khan sold to CSK for Rs 75 lakh.
The accelerated round to begin soon.
Alzarri Joseph, Daryl Mitchell, Kuldeep Sen, Sean Abbott, Josh Inglis, Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne and Taskin Ahmed are some of the players who went unsold.
Cameron Green became the third-most expensive buy in IPL auction history as the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bid a whopping Rs 25.2 crore. He is also the most expensive foreigner ever.
KKR didn't stop there as they bought Matheesha Pathirana for a staggering Rs 18 crore as well. Venkatesh Iyer and Ravi Bishnoi went to the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for Rs 7 crore and Rajasthan Royals (RR) for Rs 7.2 crore respectively.
Check the full list here:
Break before second phase of accelerated round.
Daksh Kamra sold to KKR for Rs 30 lakh.
Sarthak Ranjan sold to KKR for Rs 30 lakh.
Krains Fuletra sold to SRH for Rs 30 lakh.
Praful Hinge sold to SRH for Rs 30 lakh.
Atharva Ankolekar sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakh.
Amit Kumar sold to SRH for Rs 30 lakh.
Cooper Connolly sold to Punjab Kings for Rs 3 crore against base price of Rs 2 crore.
Onkar Tarmale sold to SRH for Rs 30 lakh.
Mohammad Izhar sold to MI for Rs 30 lakh.
Sakib Hussain sold to SRH for Rs 30 lakh.
Ravi Singh sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 95 lakh against base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Salil Arora sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1.5 crore against base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Mangesh Yadav sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for Rs 5.2 crore against base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Aman Khan sold to CSK for Rs 40 lakh.
Satvik Deswal sold to RCB for Rs 30 lakh.
Akshat Raghuwanshi sold to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 2.2 crore against base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Danish Malewar sold to MI for Rs 30 lakh.
Mustafizur Rahman sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 9.2 crore against base price of Rs 2 crore.
Lungi Ngidi goes unsold.
Tim Seifert sold to KKR for Rs 1.5 crore.
Matthew Short sold to CSK for Rs 1.5 crore.
Jason Holder sold to Gujarat Titans for Rs 7 crore against base price of Rs 2 crore.
Rahul Tripathi sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 75 lakh.
Pathum Nissanka sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 4 crore against base price of Rs 75 lakh.
Auqib Dar, an uncapped all-rounder from Jammu & Kashmir, made a lot of noise at the IPL season 19 auction.
Delhi Capitals invested heavily in pace talent, buying for Rs 8.40 crore as bidding unfolded at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. He had registered at a base price of Rs 30 lakh under the all-rounder category.
The accelerated round is set to start soon.
Australian all-rounder Cameron Green was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for record-breaking Rs 25.2 crore after bidding war at the Indian Premier League (IPL) players' auction 2026 in Abu Dhabi.
With this, Green joins the elite list of the most expensive buys in the history of the IPL tournament and the third most expensive IPL buy ever, behind Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer
Green was sold for Rs 25.2 crore, but according to the new rule, overseas players cannot receive more than the team's highest retainership price of Rs 18 crore. Therefore, Green will also receive only Rs 18 crore.
Break for 45 minutes before the accelerated round.
Uncapped spin bowler Vighnesh Puthur sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 30 lakh.
Uncapped spin bowler Prashant Solanki sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 30 lakh.
Uncapped spin bowler Yash Raj Punja sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 30 lakh.
Uncapped fast bowler Sushant Mishra sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 90 lakh against base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Uncapped fast bowler Naman Tiwari sold to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 1 crore against base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Uncapped fast bowler Kartik Tyagi sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 30 lakh.
Uncapped fast bowler Ashok Sharma sold to Gujarat Titans for Rs 90 lakh against base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Uncapped wicketkeeper Tejasvi Singh sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 3 crore against base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Uncapped wicketkeeper Mukul Choudhary sold to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 2.6 crore against base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Uncapped wicketkeeper Kartik Sharma sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 14.2 crore against base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Uncapped allrounder Shivang Kumar sold to SRH for Rs 30 lakh.
Uncapped allrounder Prashant Veer sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 14.2 crore against base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Uncapped allrounder Auqib Dar sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 8.4 crore against base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Time for a 15-minute break before moving on to set number 7.
Spinners Rahul Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana and Mujeeb ur Rahman go unsold.
Akeal Hosein sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 2 crore
Ravi Bishnoi sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 7.2 crore against base price of Rs 2 crore.
Anrich Nortje sold to LSG for Rs 2 crore.
Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana sold to KKR for Rs 18 crore against a base price of Rs 2 crore.
Gerald Coetzee goes unsold.
Shivam Mavi goes unsold.
Jacop Duffy sold to RCB for Rs 2 crore.
Akash Deep goes unsold at base price of Rs 1 crore.
Matt Henry goes unsold.
Bidding for bowlers set to begin soon.
Finn Allen joins Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 2 crore.
Delhi Capitals signs Ben Duckett for Rs 2 crore.
Jamie Smith goes unsold.
Jonny Bairstow goes unsold.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz goes unsold.
Quinton de Kock joins Mumbai Indians for Rs 1 crore.
KS Bharat goes unsold.
Deepak Hooda goes unsold.
Venkatesh Iyer joins Royal Challengers Bengaluru for Rs 7 crore.
RCB and KKR battle it out for Venkatesh Iyer.
Lucknow Super Giants buy Wanindu Hasaranga for Rs 2 crore.
Wiaan Mulder goes unsold.
Liam Livingstone goes unsold.
Rachin Ravindra goes unsold.
Gus Atkinson goes unsold.
First player in the all-rounder category is Gus Atkinson.
Here are the list of players coming up next, in Set 2.
Gus Atkinson, Wanindu Hasaranga, Deepak Hooda, Venkatesh Iyer, Liam Livingstone, Wiaan Mulder, Rachin Ravindra.
Sarfaraz Khan goes unsold.
Cameron Green becomes the third most expensive IPL buy ever, behind Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant.
Cameron Green joins Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 25.20 crore.
Bidding for Cameron Green reaches Rs 20 crore. KKR and CSK battling it out.
Right. Rajasthan Royals are out. But Chennai Super Kings now joins the race to sign the Aussie all-rounder.
Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals battling it out for Cameron Green.
Cameron Green is the next player on the auction table. Expect a long bidding session.
Devon Conway goes unsold.
Prithvi Shaw goes unsold. No takers at Rs 75 lakh.
First purchase of the auction! David Miller joins Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 crore.
Jake Fraser McGurk goes unsold!
Jake Fraser McGurk is the first player on the auction table!
The auction is about to start. Who is going to be the first name on the auction table?
The IPL auction will start with Lot 1, which features players such as Cameron Green, Prithvi Shaw, Devon Conway, Jake Fraser McGurk, David Miller and Sarfaraz Khan.
Sunrisers Hyderabad will be eyeing a few Indian fast-bowling options and might even opt for a spinner.
While SRH's batting remains strong, the team will look to strenghten their bowling unit in this IPL Auction. They have a sizable purse of Rs 25.5 crore.
Recent IPL auctions have been very unforgiving for players broadly considered as 'test' talents, including Steve Smith.
The former Pune Warriors India and Rajasthan Royals star has gone unsold on multiple occasions in the past. Could he find any takers this time out?
Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru do not necessarily require any reinforcements and is only expected to fish for backups. However, RCB could go big for Venkatesh Iyer this time, having missed out on him in the IPL 2025 Mega Auction.
Mumbai Indians is heading into the auction with the lowest budget of any IPL team at just Rs 2.75 crore. They will be likely sitting ducks for the majority of the auction. They are expected to expected to sign a backup keeper for Ryan Rickleton while signing a lesser-known middle-order batsman could also be on the agenda.
Chennai Super Kings are heading into this auction with the second biggest purse, only behind KKR.
Howeveer, the Men in Yellow also need significant reinforcements, including finding a replacement for Ravindra Jadeja.
The team also lacks depth in bowling while middle order and depth have lacked quality in the past.
Expect CSK to go after Cameron Green as well as Ravi Bishnoi in this auction while Matheesa Pathirana's return has not been ruled out.
Mallika Sagar will once again be the auctioneer in IPL Mini Auction 2026. She has become a familiar face of modern IPL auctions and will once again hold the gavel.
Mallika Sagar will once again be the auctioneer in IPL Mini Auction 2026. She has become a familiar face of modern IPL auctions and will once again hold the gavel.

Mallika Sagar is the auctioneer for IPL Auction 2026. (Photo: NDTV)
With a purse of Rs 64.3 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders will effectively control the auction and it will be interesting to see whether Abhishek Nayar and co. go after Cameron Green.
Having released Andre Russell, KKR desperately needs a star all-rounder in the team. But they also need a long-term captain, a reliable wicketkeeper and a fast bowler.
It won't be surprising to see KKR going after Green, Matheesa Pathirana and Jamie Smith while the team may also look to bring back Venkatesh Iyer.
The 2026 Mini IPL Auction is slated to today at 2:30 p.m. Indian Standard Time (IST).
CSK: 9 (4 overseas)
Delhi Capitals 8 (5 overseas)
Gujarat Titans: 5 (4 overseas)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 13 (6 overseas)
Lucknow Super Giants: 6 (4 overseas)
Mumbai Indians: 5 (1 overseas)
Punjab Kings: 4 (2 overseas)
Rajasthan Royals: 9 (1 overseas)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 8 (2 overseas)
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 10 (2 overseas)
Remaining purse for each team:
Kolkata Knight Riders - Rs 64.3 crore
Chennai Super Kings - Rs 43.4 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad - Rs 25.5 crore
Lucknow Super Giants - Rs 22.95 crore
Delhi Capitals - Rs 21.8 crore
Royal Challengers Bengaluru - Rs 16.4 crore
Rajasthan Royals - Rs 16.05 crore
Gujarat Titans - Rs 12.9 crore
Punjab Kings - Rs 11.5 crore
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