India has Abhishek Sharma, while New Zealand has Tim Seifert. The only difference between the two is that Abhishek’s form is very strong, but Seifert failed to play a big innings, but in the fourth T20 match against India, he scored a half-century in just 25 balls. His and Abhishek’s style of playing and beating the bowlers seems to be similar.

Tim Seifert is also able to hit sixes to Jasprit Bumrah easily. After all, who is Tim Seifert, who has created fear among other teams before the T20 World Cup 2026? Has this dreaded New Zealand batsman also played in the Indian Premier League? If yes, then which team will they play in IPL 2026 and how many crores were bid for them in the auction.

Tim Seifert’s team in IPL 2026

Tim Seifert made his IPL debut in 2021. He has been able to play only 3 matches in his IPL career so far. Seifert has been a part of the squads of Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League, but due to lack of opportunities, he has not been able to leave an impression on the hearts of Indian fans. He will be seen playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026. KKR had bid Rs 1.50 crore on him in the IPL 2026 auction.

Harshit hits a six of 89 meters

In the fourth T20 match, Tim Seifert first hit an 89 meter long six to Harshit Rana. The fifth over of the innings was bowled by Jasprit Bumrah, on whose third ball Seifert hit a six right in front. He swung the bat very easily and took the ball across the boundary. Tim Seifert has been scoring runs with a stormy strike of more than 142 in international T20 cricket.

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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.

mustafizur rahman ipl 2026

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.