IPL Auction 2026 HIGHLIGHTS: Cameron Green joins KKR for Rs 25.20; CSK spend big on uncapped Prashant, Kartik

IPL Auction 2026 HIGHLIGHTS:  A total of 212.85 crore was spent as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) made some big buys in the Indian Premier League (IPL) mini-auction on Tuesday. KKR invested Rs 25.20 crore on Australian all-rounder Cameron Green and Rs 18 crore on Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) spent Rs 14.2 crore each on Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma.

Ravi Bishnoi joined the Rajasthan Royals (RR) for 7.2 crore. Quinton de Kock returns to the Mumbai Indians (MI) for a base price of Rs 1 crore. West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder sold to the Gujarat Titans (GT) for Rs 7 crore. Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman goes to KKR for Rs 9.20 crore. Australia's Matthew Short sold to CSK for Rs 1.5 crore, and Cooper Connelly joined PBKS for Rs 3 crore.

A total of 77 players were sold this evening, with all 10 franchises completing their 25-player quota. That brings us to the end of the IPL 2026 mini-auction. Goodbye and take care!!

DC bag Prithvi Shaw for Rs 75 lakh. Deepak Hooda, Jamie Smith, Spencer Johnson, Sanvir Singh remain unsold.  Zak Foulkes sold to CSK for Rs 75 lakh. Kyle Jamieson goes unsold. Adam Milne joins RR for Rs 2.40 crore.  Kuldeep Sen goes to RR for Rs 75 lakh. Tom Banton joins GT for Rs 2 crore.

Vicky Ostwal sold to RCB for Rs 30 lakh. Prithvi Raj goes to GT for Rs 30 lakh. William Sutherland goes unsold. Luke Wood sold to GT for Rs 75 lakh. RS Ambrish remains unsold. Vihaan Malhotra sold to RCB for Rs 30 lakh, and Kanishk Chouhan goes to RCB for Rs 30 lakh. Kyle Jamieson's name again submitted by the DC, and he's also the last player of the auction. The New Zealand pacer joins DC for Rs 2 crore.

One more accelerated round is coming up shortly. Stay with us.

Josh Inglis sold to SRH for Rs 8.6 crore. Lungi Ngidi sold to DC for Rs 2 crore. Salman Nizar remains unsold. Aman Rao goes to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 30 lakh. Manan Vohra goes unsold. Mayank Rawat joins MI for Rs 30 lakh. Pravin Dubey sold to PBKS for Rs 30 lakh. Richard Gleeson, Mayank Dagar, Money Grewal and Riley Meredith remain unsold. Sahil Parakh goes to DC for Rs 30 lakh. 

Vishal Nishad goes to PBKS for Rs 30 lakh. Macneil Noronha, Ritik Tada, CV Milind and Siddharth Yadav go unsold. Brijesh Sharma sold to RR for Rs 30 lakh. Jack Edwards sold to SRH for Rs 3 crore. 

Rahul Chahar sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 5.20 crore. Atharva Taide, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sanvir Singh and Rajvardhan Hangargekar remain unsold. Akash Madhwal, Michael Bracewell also goes unsold. Ben Dwarshuis sold to PBKS for Rs 4.40 crore. Jordon Cox joins RCB for Rs 75 lakh. 

England all-rounder Liam Livingstone joins SRH for Rs 13 crore. Rachin Ravindra sold to KKR for Rs 2 crore base price. KKR bag Akash Deep for Rs 1 crore. Jamie Smith and Spencer Johnson remains sold. Matt Henry goes to CSK for Rs 2 crore base price. Shivam Mavi goes to SRH for Rs 75 lakh. Swastik Chikara also goes unsold.

Sarfaraz Khan sold to CSK for Rs 75 lakh. Jake Fraser-McGurk, Deepak Hooda and Prithvi Shaw remain unsold.

Irfan Umair (30 L), Connor Esterhuizen (30 L) remain unsold. Amit Kumar joins SRH for Rs 30 Lakh. Chintal Gandhi (Rs 30 L), Nathan Smith (Rs 75 L), Vishal Nishad (Rs 30 L) go unsold. Atharva Ankolekar sold to MI for Rs 30 lakh. Karan Lal and Utkarsh Singh go unsold. Praful Hinge goes to SRH for Rs 30 lakh. 

Krains Fuletra joins SRH for Rs 30 lakh. Ayush Vartak, Izaz Sawariya and Jikku Bright remain unsold. Sarthak Ranjan and Daksh Kamra sold to KKR for 30 lakh each. Manusankar Murasingh goes unsold.

Onkar Tukaram Tarmale joins SRH for Rs 30 lakh. Murugan Ashwin remains unsold, Australia's Cooper Connolly sold to PBKS for Rs 3 crore. Mohit Rathee, KC Cariappa, and Tejas Baroka remain unsold.

Dan Lawrence (Rs 2 Cr), Taskin Ahmed (Rs 75 L), Richard Gleeson (Rs 75 L), Alzarri Joseph (Rs 2 Cr), Riley Meredith (Rs 1.50 Cr), Jhye Richardson (Rs 1.5 Cr), and Dheeraj Kumar (Rs 30 L) remain unsold. 

Madhya Pradesh's Mangesh Yadav joins RCB for Rs 5.2 crore. SRH bag Salil Arora for Rs 1.50 crore. Ravi Singh sold to RR for Rs 95 lakh. KM Asif remain unsold, Sakib Hussain joins SRH for Rs 30 lakh. Mohammed Salahuddin Izhar sold to MI for Rs 30 lakh.

Akshat Raghuvanshi joins LSG for Rs 2 Crore. Satwik Deswal sold to RCB for Rs 30 lakh. Aman Khan goes to CSK for Rs 40 lakh. Mayank Rawat, Vicky Ostwal remain unsold.

Lungi Ngidi (Rs 2 Cr) goes unsold. Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman sold to KKR for Rs 9.20 Crore. Chetan Sakriya (Rs 75 L), Afghanistan's Waqar Salamkheil (Rs 1 Cr) and Kuldeep Sen (Rs 75 L) remain unsold. Danish Malewar joins MI for Rs 30 lakh. Salman Nizar (Rs 30 L) goes unsold.

Australia's Matt Short joins CSK for base price of Rs 1.5 crore. Tom Banton (Rs 2 Cr), Jordon Cox (75 L) and Josh Inglis (Rs 2 Cr) remain unsold. Tim Siefert sold to KKR for Rs 1.5 crore. Kyle Jamieson (Rs 2 Cr) and Adam Milne (Rs 2 Cr) go unsold.

West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder joins Gujarat Titans for Rs 7 Crore. New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell and Sri Lanka's Dasun Shanaka remain unsold.

Afghanistan's Sediqullah Atal (75 lakh) remains unsold. Sri Lanka Pathum Nissanka goes to DC for Rs 4 crore. Rahul Tripathi joins KKR for Rs 75 lakh. New Zealand's Michael Bracewell and Ben Dwarshuis remain unsold.

42 players will come up for bidding in the accelerated round. After the accelerated round, the unsold players will be brought back based on the franchises' wishlist.

Afghanistan's Wahidullah Zadran, and Shivam Shukla go unsold. Yash Raj joins RR for Rs 30 lakh, and Prashant Solanki sold to KKR for Rs 30 lakh. Vignesh Puthur also joins RR for Rs 30 lakh. Karn Sharma and Kumar Kartikeya Singh remains unsold. We'll have a 45-minute break here before the accelerated round.

Naman Tiwari sold to LSG for Rs 1 Crore. Former MI pacer Akash Madhwal remains unsold. Sushant Mishra goes to RR for Rs 90 lakh.

Ashok Sharma sold to KKR for Rs 90 lakh. Raj Limbani goes unsold for Rs 30 lakh. Kartik Tyagi joins KKR for Rs 30 lakh. Simarjeet Singh remains unsold.

After another bidding war between multiple franchises, uncapped wicketkeeper-batter Kartik Sharma sold to CSK for Rs 14.20 Crore. Mukul Choudhary joins LSG for Rs 2.60 Crore. Tejasvi Singh joins KKR for Rs 3 Crore. Tushar Raheja and Vansh Bedi remain unsold. That concludes the set.

LSG, MI raise the paddle quickly for UP's Prashant Veer. LSG, MI raise the paddle quickly. CSK joins after MI, while RR comes in after LSG. But, the all-rounder sold to CSK for Rs 14.20 Crore. Shivang Kumar goes to SRH for Rs 30 lakh base price. Tanush Kotian (30 L), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (30 L) and Sanvir Singh (30 L) remain unsold.

After a bidding war between multiple franchise, J&K all-rounder Auqib Nabi sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 8.4 crore. Vijay Shankar (30 L) and RS Hangargekar (40 L) remain unsold.

Uncapped batters Atharva Taide, Anmolpreet Singh, Abhinav Tejrana, Abhinav Manohr, Yash Dhull, and Arya Desai remain unsold. Back in 15 minutes for uncapped all-rounders set.

Chennai Super Kings bag Akeal Hosein for Rs 2 Crore base price. Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Rs 2 Crore) and Maheesh Theekshana (Rs 2 Crore) go unsold.

Rahul Chahar (Rs 1 Crore) goes unsold. Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals are involved in a battle for Ravi Bishnoi. CSK out, SRH joins the bidding war. He joins RR for Rs 7.2 Crore.

Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants are currently involved in an intense bidding war for Sri Lanka's Pathirana. But KKR won the battle for Rs 18 Crore. Australia's Spencer Johnson (Rs 1.5 Crore), Fazalhaq Farooqi (Rs 1 Crore) goes unsold. Anrich Nortje joins LSG for Rs 2 Crore base price.

Matt Henry (Rs 2 Crore), Akash Deep (1 Crore), found no buyers in the auction. New Zealand's Jacob Duffy sold to RCB for Rs 2 Crore base price. Shivam Mavi also goes unsold for Rs 75 lakh.

England's Jonny Bairstow (Rs 1 Cr) and Jamie Smith (Rs 2 Cr) goes unsold in the auction, while Delhi Capitals bag Ben Duckett for Rs 2 Cr base price. New Zealand's Finn Allen joins Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 2 Cr base price. This brings an end to the third set.

KS Bharat goes unsold for Rs 75 lakh base price. Afghanistan's Rahmanullah Gurbaz also found no buyers for Rs 1.5 Crore.  South Africa's De Kock returns to MI for a base price of Rs 1 crore. 

After an intense bidding battle between RCB and KKR, Venkatesh Iyer sold to RCB for Rs 7 Crore. Rajasthan allrounder Deepak Hooda goes unsold for Rs 75 lakh base price.

Sri Lankan all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga sold to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for Rs 2 Crore base price. South Africa's Wiaan Mulder goes unsold for Rs 1 Crore.

England all-rounder Gus Atkinson (Rs 2 crore), and New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra (Rs 2 crore) are unsold in the auction. Liam Livingstone (Rs 2 crore) also goes unsold.

Sarfaraz Khan goes unsold in the auction. He was in sensational form in the SMAT 2025, scoring 329 runs in seven innings at a strike rate of 203.08.

The all-rounder comes with a base price of Rs 2 crore. Mumbai Indians open the bidding for the all-rounder. Now, KKR and RR are battling for the Aussie. The bid goes past Rs 20 crore as KKR and CSK go hammer and tongs. KKR bag Cameron Green for Rs 25.20, which the highest-ever for an overseas player at an auction.

Australia's Jake Fraser-McGurk goes unsold in the auction, Delhi Capitals bag David Miller for Rs 2 Crore base price. Devon Conway and Prithvi Shaw also go unsold.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are heading into the mini-auction with the biggest purse, while five-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have the second-biggest purse.

According to a cricbuzz report, the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 will be staged from Thursday, March 26 to Sunday, May 31, with the dates emerging from a meeting between franchise officials and IPL authorities in Abu Dhabi on Monday evening.

Good Afternoon!! Welcome to the live coverage of the IPL 2026 Auction. Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings are well set to dominate the day. Stay with us for all the updates.