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.

Shaheen Afridi made his debut in the Big Bash League on 15 December, in which he was badly beaten. Shaheen Afridi is playing for Brisbane Heat in the BBL, which was defeated by Melbourne Renegades by 14 runs. In this match, Tim Seifert, who scored a century in 53 balls, also hit a lot of fours and sixes on Afridi’s balls.

In this match, with the help of Tim Seifert’s century, Melbourne Renegades had scored 212 runs while playing first. Seifert scored 102 runs in 56 balls in this match. In reply, Brisbane Heat team was able to score 198 runs in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 14 runs. Shaheen Afridi was badly beaten in bowling and then flopped in batting also.

Shaheen Afridi got insulted

Shaheen Afridi had given 9 runs in his first over, when he came to bowl the 13th over of the innings, Tim Seifert and Oliver Peak scored 19 runs in his over, which included one six and 2 fours. Afridi had given away 28 runs in 2 overs. Afridi’s headache was not over yet, because when he came to bowl the 18th over of the innings, he could not complete the over due to bowling two beamers.

Oliver Peak hit a six on the very first ball of the 18th over. This six made Afridi nervous, so he bowled 3 no-balls in the over. In which 2 beamers were included. However, the batsmen could not hit a six on even a single free hit. In the same over, Seifert completed his century in 53 balls. Later in the same over, Oliver Peak completed his fifty in 25 balls by hitting a four.

Afridi was removed from bowling after the second beamer in the over. According to the rules, if a bowler bowls two beamers in the same over, he is removed from bowling. Nathan McSweeney bowled the last 2 balls in place of Afridi. Afridi gave away 43 runs in 2.4 overs in the match.

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The auction for IPL 2026 will take place on December 16, in which shortlisted players will be bid for 77 vacant slots. There are 110 foreign players in the shortlist. Of these, 96 are capped and 14 are uncapped. Let us tell you that 31 slots for foreign players are vacant for all 10 teams together. Know which 10 foreign players everyone will keep an eye on, out of these, there are 3 who can get Rs 10 crore or more.

Cameron Green (Australia)

Cameron Green’s name is being discussed the most in the IPL 2026 auction. The base price of Green is Rs 2 crore. Green is a batting all-rounder, who has played for Mumbai in 2023 and Bengaluru in 2024. In 29 matches played in IPL, he has scored 707 runs and taken 16 wickets. His IPL price can also go up to Rs 10 crore.

David Miller (South Africa)

South Africa’s explosive batsman David Miller is called a player of big matches. The base price of Miller is Rs 2 crore, for which many teams can go to the big bid to buy him. The middle order batsman has played 141 matches for 4 teams in IPL, in which he has 3077 runs in his name. Miller’s strike rate is 138.60. His bid can also go up to Rs 10 crore.

Liam Livingstone (England)

England’s explosive batsman Liam Livingston was a part of the champion team (RCB) in the last edition, although RCB did not retain him. 32-year-old Livingston can play an important role in bowling along with batting. He has played a total of 49 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 1051 runs. His strike rate is 158.76. He also has 13 wickets to his name in IPL, it will be interesting to see which team buys him.

Jamie Smith (England)

Everyone’s eyes will also be on 25-year-old wicket-keeper batsman Jamie Smith, he has not played in IPL before. His base price is Rs 2 crore. If we look at the records of T20 International, Smith has scored 130 runs in 5 matches. In T20 he scored 1687 runs in 97 matches, KKR is looking for a wicket keeper.

Steve Smith (Australia)

Steve Smith played his last IPL match in 2021, this time he is in the auction again. Smith’s base price is Rs 2 crore, although Smith will not be anyone’s first choice for this format. Smith is a big name in the cricket world, but teams may hesitate in buying him. Therefore, it will be interesting to see the bids on him, or he may remain unsold. Smith has scored 2485 runs in 103 matches in IPL.

Jason Holder (West Indies)

There was a bid of more than Rs 5 crore for Jason Holder in 2023. Holder will be in the auction again this time, his base price is Rs 2 crore. However, this time the difficulty for him is that he has not played IPL for the last 2 years, so it will be interesting to see whether any team would like to bet on him this time. The positive thing about Holder is that he can bat well in the lower order. If we look at Holder’s IPL record, he has taken 53 wickets in 46 matches played for 5 teams and scored 259 runs in 27 innings.

Lungi Ngidi (South Africa)

After Green and Miller, Lungi Ngidi is such a player, it would not be surprising if the bid on him goes beyond Rs 10 crore or more. His performance in the T20 series against India has been good, he dismissed Shubman Gill in the first over of both the opening T20 matches. Ngidi also tricks the batsmen with his speed. Ngidi has taken 29 wickets in 16 matches for 2 teams in IPL. He was a part of the RCB team last year but could play only 2 matches.

Tim Seifert (New Zealand)

The base price of New Zealand wicketkeeper batsman Tim Seifert is Rs 1.5 crore. 30-year-old Seifert played the last IPL season in 2022, he played only 2 matches for Delhi that season. Seifert scored only 26 runs in total 3 matches played in IPL. It remains to be seen whether Seifert is able to become a part of any IPL team this time.

Jonny Bairstow (England)

The base price of England wicketkeeper batsman Jonny Bairstow is Rs 1 crore. He came as a replacement for Mumbai Indians last year to play the knockout matches, in which he performed effectively. Because of this, he can get a good amount in the auction to be held this time. 36-year-old Bairstow had scored 85 runs in 2 matches last year, and did good wicket-keeping. He has played a total of 52 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 1674 runs. Kolkata can make a big bid to buy him.

Quinton de Kock (South Africa)

Quinton de Kock played an explosive inning of 90 runs in the second T20 against India, he also scored a century in the ODI. However, there is a lack of consistency in his performance, which can come in the way of him fetching big money in the auction. De Kock was in Kolkata Knight Riders last year, but the team released him. It will be interesting to see which team buys him.

32-year-old De Kock has played a total of 115 matches for 6 teams in IPL, in which he has scored 3309 runs. He has scored 2 centuries and 24 half-centuries in IPL. De Kock’s base price in the IPL 2026 auction is Rs 1 crore.

Royal Challengers Bangalore has released its retention list for IPL 2026. RCB has released 8 players including international stars like Liam Livingstone and Lungi Ngidi. 17 players including Virat Kohli, Phil Salt and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been retained.

RCB won the IPL 2025 title under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar. Patidar can be seen captaining this matter also. Bengaluru has retained 11 Indian players, while 6 foreign players have been dismissed.

Liam Livingstone released

England all-rounder Liam Livingstone has been released by Bengaluru. Apart from him, RCB has shown the way out to two other senior players in the form of Mayank Agarwal and Lungi Ngidi. Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and other experienced players including Jitesh Sharma and Krunal Pandya will try to take Bengaluru to another title.

RCB’s retention list: Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethel, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salaam, Abhinandan Singh and Suyyash Sharma.

RCB released these players: Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, Mohit Rathi

16.4 crores left with Bengaluru

After retaining 17 players, Royal Challengers Bangalore are left with Rs 16.4 crore in their purse. In the auction, Bengaluru team can buy maximum 8 more players, out of which it is mandatory to have 2 foreign players.

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In the Caribbean Premier League 2025, Tim Cifart played an explosive and historic innings on Sunday, making history by scoring a century in 40 balls. He has equaled Andre Russell in terms of scoring the fastest century in CPL history. This explosive player from New Zealand is playing for St. Lucia Kings in CPL. He also broke 3 records.

Tim CIFT scored 94 runs in this innings only sixes with fours. He scored 9 sixes (54 runs) and 10 fours (40 runs). St. Lucia defeated Antigua and Barbuda Falcons by 6 wickets in this match. Tim was adjudged Player of the Match.

Mountain target made small

Batting first in this match held on Sunday, Antigua and Barbuda Falcons scored 204 runs. Amir Jungu scored 56 runs, Shakib Al Hasan scored 61 runs in 26 balls. Fabian Alan scored 38 runs in 17 balls. The target of 205 runs was not small but Tim CIFart made this target short and St. Lucia won by 6 wickets with 13 balls remaining.

Tim CIFT breaks 3 records

Apart from the fastest century in CPL, he broke 3 records. St. Lucia broke the record of the most boundaries in an innings for Kings, Tim Ciferti broke, he scored 94 runs in this innings with just sixes. Earlier this record was in the name of Faf Duplessis, who scored 82 runs with boundaries. He has also become the biggest innings batsman for this franchise, in this case also he broke the record (120) of duplessis.

What a player !!!

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– Saint Lucia Kings (@SAINTLUCICINGS) August 31, 2025

With this, Tim CIFT broke another record, he has become the highest sixes batsman for St. Lucia Kings in an innings. He hit a total of 9 sixes, before that this record was in the name of Kearon Pollard who hit 8 sixes in an innings.

New Zealand defeated Zimbabwe badly in the match played on Thursday in the Zimbabwe Tri Nation Series 2025. New Zealand scored 190 runs while batting first with the brilliant half -century innings of Team CIFT, Rachin Ravindra. In response, Zimbabwe’s team collapsed for 130 runs, Esh Sodhi played an important role in the team’s victory by performing the best of his T20 career.

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and decided to bat first. The first wicket as Tim Robinson (10) fell on a score of 19, but was followed by a 108 -run partnership between Tim CIFT and Rachin Ravindra. CIFart scored 75 runs in 45 balls with the help of 1 six and 9 fours. Rachin scored 63 runs in 39 balls, in which he hit 2 sixes and 7 fours.

Ish Sodhi became player of the match

Chasing the target, Zimbabwe’s team was all out for 130 runs in 18.5 overs. Zimbabwe’s 8 players could not even touch the double -tens figure. Tony Monayga scored the highest 40 runs, including his wicket, Ish Sodhi took a total of 4 wickets. In his 4 -overs spell, Sodhi gave 12 runs, this is his best spell of T20 international career. Sodhi was voted the best player of the match.

A Career-Best 4-What haul from Ish Sodhi (4-12) Saw New Zealand Claim A 60-R Win in the Final Round-Robin match of the Tri-Series.

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– Blackcaps (@blackcaps) July 24, 2025

New Zealand and South Africa will be finalized

Talking about the tri -series, it was decided before this match that the final would be played between New Zealand and South Africa cricket team. Zimbabwe could not win any match of the Tri -series being played at his home ground, he lost all 4 matches. While New Zealand won all four matches. South Africa won 2 matches and lost 2 matches from New Zealand.

The final match of the tri -series between New Zealand and South Africa will be played on 26 July. According to Indian time, the match will start at 4:30 pm.