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Kolkata Knight Riders included Bangladesh bowler Mustafizur Rahman in their squad for a huge sum of Rs 9.2 crore. Chennai Super Kings was also showing interest in buying Mustafizur, but KKR won the final bid. New Zealand player Tim Seifert was also bought by KKR in the IPL 2026 auction.
The IPL 2026 auction had the highest purse balance after Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR had Rs 64.3 crore. He first bought Cameron Green for Rs 25.2 crore. After this he also spent Rs 18 crore for Mathisha Pathirana. After this, KKR made the third highest bid on Mustafizur Rahman.
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Kolkata Knight Riders bought Mustafizur Rahman for Rs 9 crore 20 lakh, his base price was Rs 2 crore. Talking about Mustafizur’s IPL record, he has played 60 matches for 5 teams. He has 65 wickets in IPL. In the last edition, he joined Delhi Capitals as a replacement, when he took 4 wickets in 3 matches.
KKR also bought Tim Seifert
KKR bought Tim Seifert at his base price (Rs 1.5 crore). Let us tell you that he has played for this team (KKR) in 2021. In 2022, he was a part of Delhi Capitals. He has 26 runs in 3 matches played in IPL.
Players bought by KKR
- Cameron Green – 25.2 crores
- Mathisha Pathirana – 18 crores
- Mustafizur Rahman – 9.2 crores
- Tejashwi Singh- 3 crores
- Finn Allen- 2 crores
- Tim Seifert – 1.5 crores
- Rahul Tripathi- 75 lakhs
- Daksh Kamra – 30 lakhs
- Sarthak Ranjan- 30 lakhs
- Prashant Solanki- 30 lakhs
- Kartik Tyagi- 30 lakhs
Before the Kolkata Knight Riders auction, 13 slots were vacant, the team has bought 11 players and can buy 2 more. Let us tell you that the team has used its strong purse well, the team was successful in including the most popular player Cameron Green in its team. Green has become the most expensive foreign player in IPL history.