IPL Auction 2026 Highlights: KKR break bank for Green, Pathirana; CSK splurge on uncapped talent

1. Cameron Green to KKR for Rs 25.20 crore
2. Matheesha Pathirana to KKR for Rs 18 crore
3. Kartik Sharma to CSK for Rs 14.20 crore
4. Prashant Veer to CSK for Rs 14.20 crore
5. Liam Livingstone to SRH for Rs 13 crore

England pacer Luke Wood goes to Gujarat Titans for Rs 75 lakh. India U-19 star Vihaan Malhotra signed by RCB for Rs 30 lakh. Prithvi Raj Yarra gets a bid and will play for the Titans.

RS Ambrish goes unsold. Australia’s Will Sutherland also unsold.

RCB sign Vicky Ostwal for Rs 30 lakh. RR get Kuldeep Sen for Rs 75 lakh. Interesting base price buys for both the sides.

Kyle Jamieson does not find a taker.

New Zealand pacer Adam Milne has been bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 2.4 crore. England opener Tom Banton goes to Gujarat Titans for Rs 2 crore.

Sanvir Singh has gone unsold.

New Zealand pacer Zak Foulkes will be playing for Chennai Super Kings in the next season He has been sold at his base price of Rs 75 lakh to CSK.

Jamie Smith and Spencer Johnson go unsold.

• CSK 1
• DC 2
• GT 3
• KKR 0
• LSG 0
• MI 0
• PBKS 0
• RR 2
• RCB 3
• SRH 0

Sydney Sixers all-rounder Jack Edwards is going to SunRisers Hyderabad for Rs 3 crore. It was an interesting bidding war. CSK and GT fought hard before SRH entered late to win the bid.

Siddharth Yadav, Swastik Chikara go unsold.

Sahil Parekh has been bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 30 lakhs. Also, Vishal Nishad has been bought by Punjab Kings for his base price. Rajasthan Royals sign Brijesh Sharma for Rs 30 lakhs.

Mayank Dagar, Money Grewal, Macneil Noronha go unsold.

Rajasthan Royals are the only bidders for Aman Rao and the talented Hyderabad opener will be playing for RR next season for Rs 30 lakh.

Mayank Rawat, meanwhile, goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakh while Punjab Kings bring back Pravin Dubey for the same amount.

Atharva Taide, Rajvardhan Hangargekar and Kamlesh Nagarkoti all go without finding any bids. They have played in the IPL but nobody wants them.

Sanvir Singh is another name that goes unsold. He too has IPL experience.

Matt Henry has been bought by Chennai Super Kings and he will be donning yellow next season. He goes to CSK for his base price of Rs 2 crore.

Spencer Johnson gets no bid.

Rachin Ravindra will be donning the Kolkata Knight Riders jersey next season. He has been signed for only Rs 2 crore by KKR. Good, smart buy from them.

Meanwhile, Jamie Smith has gone unsold.

Sarfaraz Khan will be playing for CSK who get the Indian star for just Rs 75 lakh. A really good buy and he is in stunning form in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Jake Fraser-McGurk goes unsold. No buyers for the Australian who lit up the league a couple of seasons back.

“Very satisfied with the team we have. Different challenge, don’t think we’ve had this kinda auction in 19 years. Lowest purse we’ve come in with, but it shows us how balanced we were. Knew we had to fill just a couple of gaps. Happy with all our picks, just one more to go.”

“Atharva Ankolekar – he’s a Mumbai boy, we wanted the Mumbai connect back. We also traded Shardul who is captaining Mumbai. We remember we play seven games at Wankhede, that was a critical factor in our planning. Very happy to have Atharva and Danish, who of course plays for Vidarbha.

“We haven’t reached our peak for the last five years. Hopefully this is the year. We believe it’s a complete and competitive squad.”

• CSK 4 (2 overseas)
• DC 4 (2 overseas)
• GT 3 overseas
• KKR 2 (1 overseas)
• LSG 1 (2 overseas)
• MI 1 (0 overseas)
• PBKS 3 (1 overseas)
• RR 4 (1 overseas)
• RCB 4 (1 overseas)
• SRH 3 (2 overseas)

• CSK 11.4 crore
• DC 5.4 crore
• GT 5 crore
• KKR 3.45 crore
• LSG 13.15 crore
• MI 85 lakh
• PBKS 8.5 crore
• RR 6.4 crore
• RCB 1.9 crore
• SRH 22.2 crore

Krains Fuletra will be playing for SRH next season for Rs 30 lakh. He is a left-arm wrist-spinner from Saurashtra and is said to have troubled Heinrich Klaasen in the SRH nets last season.

Sarthak Ranjan and Daksh Kamra have been sold to KKR at Rs 30 lakhs each.