The IPL 2026 auction has proved to be unpredictable, with Cameron Green becoming the most expensive foreign player in auction history, while on the other hand, many big-name stars have remained unsold. Apart from Indian batsman Prithvi Shaw, many international stars have also gone unsold in the auction. Australia’s legendary player Steve Smith has also not found any buyer, while no one has bought Jonny Bairstow either.

Many famous Indian players were also included in the list of players who remained unsold. No one bought all-rounder Vijay Shankar, while no one bought spin bowler Karn Sharma, who was a part of the four-time IPL winning team.

Unsold list so far in IPL 2026:

• jake fraser mcgurk
• devon conway
• Gus Atkinson
• vian mulder
• Srikar Bharat
• jonny bairstow
• Rahmanullah Gurbaz
• jamie smith
• Deepak Hooda
• Gerald Coetzee
• spencer johnson
• Fazal Haq Farooqui
• Mahish Teekshana
• mujeeb ur rehman
• Atharva Tawde
• Anmolpreet Singh
• Abhinav Tejrana
• Abhinav Manohar
• Yash Dhul
• Arya Desai
• Vijay Shankar
• RS Hungergekar
• Mahipal Lomror
• eden apple tom
• Tanush Kotian
• Kamlesh Nagarkoti
• Sanveer Singh
• Ruchit Ahir
• Vansh Bedi
• Tushar Raheja
• Raj Limbani
• Simarjeet Singh
• Akash Madhwal
• Wahidullah Zadran
• Shivam Shukla
• Karan Sharma
• Kumar Karthikeya
• Sediqullah Atal
• sean abbott
• Michael Bracewell
• darryl mitchell
• Dasun Shanaka
• Manan Vohra
• Chetan Sakariya
• Waqar Salamkhail
• salman nizar
• KM Asif
• Murugan Ashwin
• Tejas Baroka
• KC Cariappa
• Mohit Rathi
• dan lawrence
• Taskin Ahmed
• Richard Gleason
• Alzarri Joseph
• Riley Meredith
• jhay richardson
• Dheeraj Kumar
• Mani Shankar Murasingh
• Ijaz Sawaria
• Jikku Bright
• Ayush Vartak
• Utkarsh Singh
• Karan Lal
• Daniel Lategan
• nathan smith
• Chintal Gandhi
• Irfan Umair
• Connor Esterhuizen
• Tanay Thiagarajan
• swastika gazelle
• chama v milind
• Hrithik Tada
• Siddharth Yadav
• McNeil Noronha
• Mayank Dagar
• Mani Grewal
• Sanveer Singh
• Will Sutherland
• RS Ambris

The most surprising name in the list of unsold players is that of Liam Livingstone of England, because he is a big international star and many teams needed an all-rounder. Despite this, no team has bid on him. Livingstone had set his base price at Rs 2 crore.

On the other hand, the names of Sarfaraz Khan and Prithvi Shaw were present in the set first, yet they could not find any buyer. The base price of both the Indian batsmen was Rs 75 lakh. Devon Conway and England’s legendary batsman Jonny Bairstow also did not find any buyer.

The auction for IPL 2026 continues. In the mini auction, the son of independent MP from Purnia seat of Bihar, Pappu Yadav, has been sold for Rs 30 lakh. KKR has bought him. This is a big achievement for a father. MP Pappu Yadav’s first reaction regarding this has come. He expressed happiness by posting from his X handle on Tuesday (December 16, 2025) evening.

Pappu Yadav has written on X, “Congratulations son, play hard, on the basis of your talent. Make your mark, fulfill your desires! Now our identity will be made in the name of Sarthak!” People are also congratulating him (Pappu Yadav) on this post of Pappu Yadav.

congratulations son
play hard

on the strength of your talent
make your mark
Fulfill your wish!

Now in the name of Sarthak
Our identity will be formed! pic.twitter.com/s3gOGe72c2

— Pappu Yadav (@pappuyadavjapl) December 16, 2025

On the other hand, residents of Supaul, Bihar Mohammad Izhar has been bought by Mumbai Indians. He has been bought for Rs 30 lakh. Australia’s dreaded all-rounder Cameron Green has been sold for the highest price in the auction. Green was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 25.20 crore. He has become the most expensive foreign player in the history of IPL.

Who else sold for Rs 30 lakh?

• KKR bought Tejashwi Dahiya for 30 lakhs
• Sunrisers Hyderabad bought Amit Kumar for 30 lakhs
• KKR bought Daksh Kamra for 30 lakhs
• Omkar Tukaram Tarmale bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for 30 lakhs
• Mohammad Izhar was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakh.
• Shakib Hasan was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for 30 lakhs
• Mumbai Indians bought Atharva Ankolkar for 30 lakhs
• Hyderabad bought Praful Hinge for Rs 30 lakh
• KKR bought Sarthak Ranjan for 30 lakhs

Sarthak had performed brilliantly in DPL

Let us tell you that Pappu Yadav’s son Sarthak Ranjan had performed brilliantly in Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2025. While playing for North Delhi Strikers, Sarthak scored a century in just 58 balls. This included 7 fours and 7 sixes. Now he is in the headlines again after being sold for Rs 30 lakh in the IPL auction.

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Sarfaraz Khan remained unsold in the first set of IPL 2026 auction, but he was bought by Chennai Super Kings in the second set. After this, CSK bought Rahul Chahar for Rs 5.2 crore, his base price was Rs 1 crore. Rachin Ravindra was also sold in the second bid, he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders.

Sarfaraz Khan’s comeback

Sarfaraz Khan was bought by Chennai Super Kings for his base price (Rs 75 lakh). Sarfaraz has not played in the last 2 IPL editions, he was last part of Delhi Capitals in 2023. Sarfaraz has played for 3 teams (RCB, PBKS and DC) in IPL since 2015. In 50 matches played in IPL, he has scored 585 runs, he has been able to score only one half-century. If we look at his IPL record, he is still in search of his dream IPL season.

CSK also bought Rahul Chahar

Spinner Rahul Chahar was a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last edition, although he got to play only 1 match. In that too he had bowled only 1 over. Before Hyderabad, he has played in Punjab Kings, Mumbai Indians. He made his IPL debut while playing for Rising Pune Supergiants.

The base price of Rahul Chahar in the IPL 2026 auction was Rs 1 crore. His former franchise Punjab Kings also wanted to buy him, which went up to Rs 5 crore for him. But Chennai Super Kings included Chahar in their team by bidding Rs 5.20 crore. Chahar has taken 75 wickets in 79 matches played in IPL.

KKR bought Rachin Ravindra

New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for his base price. Rachin’s base price was Rs 2 crore, when his name came up, KKR made the first bid. Apart from them, no other team showed interest in buying Rachin. Rachin has scored 413 runs in 18 matches for CSK in IPL.

After going unsold in the first round of IPL 2026 auction, Liam Livingstone has been bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second round. SRH bought him with a bid of Rs 13 crore. Lucknow Super Giants also wanted to buy Livingstone, but they ran out of money in their purse. There was a race between KKR, SRH and Lucknow Super Giants to buy Livingstone, but in the end the Hyderabad franchise won.

The base price of Livingstone was Rs 2 crore, which remained unsold in the first round. When his name was called in the second round, the first bid was made by KKR, which was out of the race after Rs 2.80 crores. After that, Gujarat Titans also tried their hand up to Rs 4 crore, but did not have much money left in their purse.

After that, a fierce competition started between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants to buy Livingstone. Lucknow went up to Rs 12.80 crore, but due to not having much money left in the purse, it also dropped out of the race to buy Livingstone. Finally, Kavya Maran’s Sunrisers Hyderabad included Livingstone in their squad by bidding Rs 13 crores.

The IPL 2025 season was not very good for Livingstone, in which he scored only 112 runs in 8 innings while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He was able to take 2 wickets in the entire season.

In his 49-match IPL career, Livingstone has scored 1051 runs and also taken 13 wickets. Let us tell you that after the conclusion of IPL 2025 season, Livingstone’s T20 form has gained momentum. While captaining Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred League, he scored 241 runs. During this period his strike rate was 155.48. In the last season of The Hundred League, he was also successful in taking 7 wickets. In the T20 Blast tournament, he scored 260 runs and also took 6 wickets.

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.

Chennai Super Kings spent a lot of money on 2 uncapped players in the IPL 2026 auction. CSK bought Prashant Veer and Karthik Sharma for Rs 28.4 crore, making them jointly the most expensive uncapped players in IPL history. Whereas Delhi Capitals bought Aaqib Dar, who is making a splash in the domestic field, for Rs 8 crore 40 lakh. See which 7 uncapped players got the highest price in the auction this time.

Rs 14.2 crore- Prashant Veer (CSK)

Chennai Super Kings bought Prashant Veer for Rs 14 crore 20 lakh, his base price was Rs 30 lakh but Sunrisers Hyderabad was also trying hard to buy him. Prashant performed brilliantly in UP T20 League and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. CSK had seen Prashant closely in the trials also, only after which they played a big bet on him.

Rs 14.2 crore- Karthik Sharma (CSK)

Chennai Super Kings also spent Rs 14 crore 20 lakh for Karthik Sharma. Hyderabad was also bidding for Karthik, but keeping the purse balance in mind, Hyderabad had to back out. Prashant and Karthik have jointly become the most expensive uncapped players in IPL history.

Rs 8.4 crore- Aaqib Dar (DC)

Aaqib Dar made a lot of noise in domestic cricket, seeing which Delhi Capitals played a big bet on him. Aaqib’s base price in the auction was Rs 30 lakh. Aaqib’s specialty is his swing bowling, especially in the death overs. He has taken 15 wickets in 7 matches of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26. His statistics show that he can become a game changer bowler in IPL also.

Rs 3 crore- Tejashwi Singh (KKR)

Tejashwi Singh Dahiya was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 3 crore. Earlier Mumbai was also bidding for him, later Rajasthan Royals also came. Tejashwi is an explosive batsman. His average in T20 is 56.5. Tejashwi scored a half-century in just 12 balls in the Delhi Premier League, in the entire tournament he scored 339 runs at a strike rate of 190. He hit 29 sixes in the tournament.

Rs 2.6 crore- Mukul Choudhary (LSG)

Mukul’s performance in domestic cricket was also excellent, he scores runs at a fast pace. This player from Rajasthan has scored 210 runs in 7 T20 matches at a strike rate of 165.35. On the day of the auction itself, he played an unbeaten inning of 54 runs in 28 balls in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, in which he hit 3 sixes and 4 fours.

Rs 1 crore- Naman Tiwari (LSG)

20 year old Naman Tiwari is a left arm bowler. Naman has been bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 1 crore. Naman’s base price was Rs 30 lakh, Rajasthan Royals were also gambling to buy him but they stopped at Rs 95 lakh.

Rs 90 lakh- Sushant Mishra (RR), Ashok Sharma (GT)

Rajasthan Royals bought Sushant Mishra and Gujarat Titans bought Ashok Sharma for Rs 90 lakh each. The base price of both in the IPL 2026 auction was Rs 30 lakh.

The most expensive player sold in the IPL 2026 auction is Cameron Green, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 25 crore 20 lakh. He has also become the most expensive foreign player in IPL history. Apart from him, KKR also spent a huge amount of Rs 18 crore for Sri Lankan fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana. Whereas Chennai Super Kings spent more than Rs 28 crore for 2 uncapped players Prashant Veer and Karthik Sharma. See who are the 7 most expensive players of IPL 2026 auction.

Cameron Green- Rs 25.2 crore (KKR)

Australian batsman Cameron Green was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 25 crore 20 lakh. Apart from KKR, Chennai Super Kings were also eager to buy him, but CSK made the last bid of Rs 25 crore. Green has become the most expensive foreign player in IPL history, breaking the record of his compatriot (Mitchell Starc).

Mathisha Pathirana – Rs 18 crore (KKR)

Kolkata Knight Riders placed the second most expensive bet in the auction on Sri Lankan fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana. KKR had the highest purse balance in the auction, which they used well. KKR bought Pathirana for Rs 18 crore. He has become Sri Lanka’s most expensive selling player in IPL history.

Prashant Veer- Rs 14.2 crore (CSK)

Prashant Veer had performed brilliantly while playing for Noida Super Kings in the UP T20 League. He also did wonders with bat and ball in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Scored 192 runs at a strike rate of 160 and took 9 wickets in 7 matches of SMAT. After the departure of Ravindra Jadeja, Chennai Super Kings was looking for a similar left-handed all-rounder, which is now complete. Chennai Super Kings bought uncapped player Prashant for Rs 14 crore 20 lakh, while his base price was Rs 30 lakh. Hyderabad also wanted to buy him, who raised their bid to Rs 14 crore.

Karthik Sharma- Rs 14.2 crore (CSK)

On behalf of Prashant Veer, there was a fight between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings in the auction regarding Karthik Sharma, in this also CSK won. Hyderabad bid up to Rs 14 crore, after which Chennai Super Kings included Karthik Sharma in their team by bidding Rs 14.20 crore.

Aaqib Dar – Rs 8.4 crore (DC)

Indian domestic cricket legend Aaqib Dar has joined the list of expensive players sold in the IPL auction. The base price of all-rounder Aaqib Ali Dar was only Rs 30 lakh, along with Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad was also continuously increasing the bid to buy him. Hyderabad made its last bid of Rs 8.20 crore, after which Delhi increased the price to Rs 8.40. Then Hyderabad ‘give-up’. Delhi Capitals bought Aaqib Dar for Rs 8.40 crore.

Ravi Bishnoi- Rs 7.2 crore (RR)

Rajasthan Royals have bought Ravi Bishnoi for Rs 7 crore 20 lakh, whose base price was Rs 2 crore. 25-year-old Bishnoi was playing for Lucknow Super Giants for the last 4 editions. Rajasthan Royals is his third IPL team, he played for Punjab Kings in 2020 and 2021.

Venkatesh Iyer- Rs 7 crore (RCB)

Venkatesh Iyer was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2026 auction. His former team KKR also wanted to buy him, but they did not put forward their bid after Rs 6.80 crores. Last year his IPL price was Rs 23 crore 75 lakh, this time Venkatesh Iyer’s IPL price is Rs 7 crore.

Experienced South African batsman David Miller has been bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price. Miller is considered a big match player, who also has good experience in IPL. He was earlier in Lucknow Super Giants. Delhi Capitals bought Miller for Rs 2 crore.

The base price of David Miller was Rs 2 crore. Their bidding started, first no team bid, then Delhi raised its hand. However, no franchise showed interest in his name, due to which Delhi included him in their team for just Rs 2 crore. The Delhi camp looked very happy after this winning bid.

Indian Premier League 2026 will be the 19th edition of the tournament, for which the auction is taking place today. All 10 teams had released their retention list on 15th of last month (November). Let us tell you that there can be a maximum of 25 players in a team. The auction process is taking place in Abu Dhabi today to fill the remaining slots of the team.

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Miller has played 141 matches for 4 IPL teams from 2012 to 2025, in which he has 3077 runs in his name. His highest innings in IPL is 101 runs. He has scored 1 century and 13 half-centuries in the tournament. Last year he was in Lucknow Super Giants, before this he has played for Gujarat Titans, Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings.

These players remained unsold in the first set

The first name to appear in the Indian Premier League auction was Devon Conway, who was not bought by any team. His base price was 2 crores. The biggest surprise was when no team bought Prithvi Shaw even at the base price of Rs 75 lakh. David Miller became the first player to be sold in this auction, who was bought by Delhi for his base price of Rs 2 crore. Australian explosive batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk also remained unbeaten in the first set.

After Aaqib Nabi Dar and Prashant Veer, a new name has emerged – Karthik Sharma. In the IPL 2026 auction, he was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 14.20 crore. Karthik Sharma’s base price was only Rs 30 lakh and the bid of Rs 14.20 crore has made him the most expensive uncapped player in IPL history.

The first bid on Karthik Sharma was made by Mumbai Indians, but after that there was a fierce battle between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants to buy him. After LSG pulled out, Chennai Super Kings took on Kolkata Knight Riders. Finally, CSK bought 19-year-old Karthik Sharma by bidding Rs 14.20 crore. Let us tell you that Karthik is a wicketkeeper batsman.

Who is Karthik Sharma?

Karthik Sharma plays for Rajasthan Royals in Indian domestic cricket. He is known for hitting big shots and bats at a tremendous strike rate. He has scored 133 runs at a staggering strike rate of 160 for Rajasthan in 5 matches in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26 season. One specialty of Karthik Sharma is that he can play the role of a finisher while hitting big shots in the death overs.

Earned name for Rajasthan at Under-14 and then Under-16 level also. He has scored 334 runs in 12 matches so far in his T20 career. His T20 strike rate is around 163. Since Karthik brings hitting power along with being a wicketkeeper, he could solve the problems of many teams for the next season.

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Prashant Veer is now ready to make a splash in the IPL, he was bought by Chennai Super Kings in the auction for a huge amount of Rs 14 crore 20 lakh. The base price of uncapped player Prashant in the auction was only Rs 30 lakh, but considering his performance in the UP T20 League, there was competition between Sunrisers Hyderabad and CSK.

Who is Prashant Veer who joined CSK?

Prashant, who joined Chennai Super Kings, was born on November 24, 2024 in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. 20 year old Prashant is an all-rounder player. He is a left-handed batsman, who is a slow left arm orthodox bowler.

Prashant Veer made his mark while playing for Noida Super Kings in the UP T20 League. The all-rounder player also performed brilliantly in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. After the departure of Ravindra Jadeja, CSK was looking for a similar player.

Prashant Veer has scored 112 runs in 7 innings of 9 T20 matches. His strike rate was 167.16. He has taken 12 wickets in 9 T20s. In his last match played on 8 December, he scored unbeaten 40 runs against Bihar and took 1 wicket.

Performed brilliantly in SMAT

Prashant Veer took 9 wickets in 7 matches played in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26, and also scored 192 at a strike rate of 170. His economy in bowling was 6.76.

Chennai Super Kings spent a huge amount not only for Prashant Veer but also for Karthik Sharma. Karthik’s base price towards Prashant was also Rs 30 lakh. Chennai also bought him for Rs 14 crore 20 lakh. Karthik also wanted to buy Hyderabad, but keeping her purse balance in mind, she had to step back. It had reached 14 crores for Hyderabad Karthik.

Before Karthik and Prashant Veer, Chennai Super Kings bought the first player in the IPL 2026 auction in the form of Akeal Hosein. CSK bought this capped foreign player at his base price (Rs 2 crore).