IPL Auction LIVE:KKR Beat CSK To Get Mustafizur, Dhoni’s Side’s Rs 28.40 Crore Bids Stun All

IPL Auction LIVE:KKR Beat CSK To Get Mustafizur, Dhoni’s Side’s Rs 28.40 Crore Bids Stun All

IPL 2026 Auction LIVE Updates: The accelerated Round 1 of the IPL 2026 auction has ended. Teams have now been asked to submit a list of 4-6 players for Round 2 of the accelerated auction. In the accelerated IPL auction round, Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman went to KKR for Rs 9.2 crore. RCB also picked uncapped Mangesh Yadav for Rs 5.20 crore. In the IPL 2026 auction, uncapped Indian stars were the real winners. CSK picked uncapped duo Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma for Rs 14.20 crore each – the highest-ever IPL salary for any uncapped player. Kashmir’s Aquib Dar (DC, Rs 8.40 crore), Mukul Choudhary (LSG, Rs 2.60 crore), and Naman Tiwari (LSG, Rs 1 crore) were the other uncapped crorepatis from the auction. Cameron Green (KKR, Rs 25.20 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (KKR, Rs 18 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (RR, Rs 7.20 crore), and Venkatesh Iyer (RCB, rs 7 crore) have also secured huge deals. Top names like Sarfaraz Khan, Prithvi Shaw, and Liam Livingstone have gone unsold. (IPL Auction 2026: Full List Of All Sold And Unsold Players, Base Price And Salaries)

Australian Green became the costliest overseas player in the history of the IPL. In fact, Green’s bid is a world-record amount for any overseas player in any franchise competition. Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings engaged in an intense bidding war for the Australian, but the Shah Rukh Khan-owned KKR roped in the all-rounder for a whopping Rs 25.20 crore. He broke the record of compatriot Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore, IPL 2024, KKR) to become the costliest foreign player ever.

The attention now shifts to the second accelerated round. We’re now going to see players who have already gone unsold re-enter the auction bidding again. Keep an eye out for big names like Liam Livingstone, Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan.

Key Highlights

Kolkata Knight Riders swoop in to get 2 more Indian uncapped players, in the form of all-rounders Daksh Kamra and Sarthak Ranjan. Both cost Rs 30 lakh each.Manisankar Murasingh from Tripura is the final player of this accelerated phase, but he goes unsold.

Mumbai Indians make another buy, picking up Indian uncapped all-rounder Atharva Ankolekar at base price of Rs 30 lakh. Rajasthan Royals consider bidding for him, but ultimately do not.SRH buy 3 more uncapped players – spinner Amit Kumar, pacer Praful Hinge and all-rounder Krains Fuletra for Rs 30 lakh each.M Dheeraj Kumar, Tanay Thyagarajan, Irfan Umair, Chintal Gandhi, Vishal Nishad, Karan Lal, Utkarsh Singh, Ayush Vartak, Izaz Sawariya, and Jikku Bright are all UNSOLD.

SRH buy 3 more uncapped players – spinner Amit Kumar, pacer Praful Hinge and all-rounder Krains Fuletra for Rs 30 lakh each.

Key Highlights

M Dheeraj Kumar, Tanay Thyagarajan, Irfan Umair, Chintal Gandhi, Vishal Nishad, Karan Lal, Utkarsh Singh, Ayush Vartak, Izaz Sawariya, and Jikku Bright are all UNSOLD.

West Indies pacer Alzarri Joseph, who has gone for many a big bid in previous mini auctions, goes UNSOLD today. The fate is similar for Jhye Richardson, Richard Gleeson, Taskin Ahmed, Nathan Smith, Riley Meredith, Dan Lawrence, Connor Esterhuizen and Daniel Letegan.

First buy for PBKS!The runners-up of last season finally open their account today, picking up talented Australian all-rounder Cooper Connolly for Rs 3 crore. KKR make the opening bid, but they don’t have much left in the bank to go hard.Another Australian added to the PBKS ranks, adding to the likes of Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen and Xavier Bartlett.

Key Highlights

Another Australian added to the PBKS ranks, adding to the likes of Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen and Xavier Bartlett.

A great deal for SRH!In-form wicket-keeper batter Salil Arora, who smashed a half-century in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy earlier today, is SOLD to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1.5 crore. Mumbai Indians entered the bidding war, but ran out of money.SRH also buy uncapped pacers Sakib Hussain and Onkar Tarmale at their base price of Rs 30 lakh! MI then buy Mohammad Izhar for Rs 30 lakh.Mayank Rawat, Vicky Ostwal, KM Asif, Tejas Baro