IPL 2026 auction: Cameron Green sets record; 77 players sold, Rs 215.45 cr spent
Australia's Cameron Green (Rs 25.20 crore) surpassed compatriot Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore) to become the most expensive overseas buy at an IPL auction
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) splurged a record-breaking Rs 25.20 crore to land top Australian all-rounder Cameron Green and Rs 18 crore to acquire the services of Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana in the IPL 2026 auction in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday (December 16). A total of 77 players, including 29, were sold, and Rs 215.45 crore was spent.
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Uncapped Indian players were also a big hit with Uttar Pradesh's 20-year-old left-arm spinner Prashant Veer going to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 14.20 crore. He became the highest-paid uncapped player in the history of IPL auction after coming in at a base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Also read: Full list of sold players at IPL 2026 auction
Jammu and Kashmir pacer Auqib Nabi Dar also attracted a hefty sum of Rs 8.40 crore from Delhi Capitals to be among the top gainers in the mini auction. Dar's base price was also Rs 30 lakh.
Indian stars Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan, however, went unsold in the auction despite their good run of form with the bat.
Green surpassed compatriot Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore) to become the most expensive overseas player at an IPL auction. This was after Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings were involved in an intense bidding war for him before the latter emerged winner.
Also read: IPL's 10 most expensive players
KKR also went after Venkatesh Iyer before pulling out of the race against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who got the India all-rounder for Rs 7 crore.
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Live Updates
- 16 Dec 2025 2:46 PM IST
Mumbai Indians open bidding for Cameron Green
Australian all-rounder Cameron Green is the next player to go under the hammer. MI open the bid with Rs 2 crore. Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) join in.
- 16 Dec 2025 2:45 PM IST
Devon Conway unsold
No bids for New Zealand left-handed batter Devon Conway. His reserve price is Rs 2 crore.
- 16 Dec 2025 2:44 PM IST
Prithvi Shaw unsold
No bids for India batter Prithvi Shaw. His reserve price was Rs 75 lakh.
- 16 Dec 2025 2:43 PM IST
David Miller sold to Delhi Capitals
South African left-hand batter David Miller is the first player to be sold, for Rs 2 crore. Delhi Capitals sign him up. Only Delhi placed the bid for Miller.
- 16 Dec 2025 2:42 PM IST
First player goes unsold
Jake Fraser-McGurk of Australia goes unsold. No bids for him.
- 16 Dec 2025 2:41 PM IST
First set: Capped batters
First player to be auctioned is Jake Fraser-McGurk. Reserve price Rs 2 crore.
- 16 Dec 2025 2:40 PM IST
Mallika Sagar is auctioneer
Mallika Sagar arrives on stage. IPL 2026 auction is set to begin soon.
- 16 Dec 2025 2:32 PM IST
IPL 2026 auction set to begin shortly
First up are capped batters, including Australia's Cameron Green, who is listed as pure batter because of his manager's "stuff up". However, he has confirmed that he will bowl during the IPL.
- 16 Dec 2025 2:29 PM IST
Players retained by all 10 teams before auction
Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson (traded in from RR), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dube, Urvil Patel, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Khaleel Ahmed, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Jamie Overton, Gurjapneet Singh, Anshul Kamboj.
Delhi Capitals
Nitish Rana (traded in from RR), Abishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mukesh Kumar.
Gujarat Titans
Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Arshad Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Prasidh Krishna, R Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, B Sai Sudharsan, M Shahrukh Khan, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy.
Lucknow Super Giants
Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar (traded in from MI), Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Mohammed Shami (traded in from SRH), Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed.
Mumbai Indians
Shardul Thakur (traded in from LSG), Sherfane Rutherford (traded in from GT), Mayank Markande (traded in from KKR), AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks.
Punjab Kings
Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Singh Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Rajasthan Royals
Donovan Ferreira (traded in from DC), Ravindra Jadeja (traded in from CSK), Sam Curran (traded in from CSK), Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Nandre Burger, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yudhvir Singh Charak.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Jitesh Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Bethell, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Dar, Swapnil Singh.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, R Smaran, Travis Head, Zeeshan Ansari.
- 16 Dec 2025 2:25 PM IST
Purse remaining for all 10 teams
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have the highest purse at the IPL 2026 auction.
CSK
Purse remaining: Rs 43.40 crore out of Rs 125 crore
Slots remaining: 9 (4 overseas)
DC
Purse remaining: Rs 21.80 crore
Slots remaining: 8 (5 overseas)
GT
Purse remaining: Rs 12.90 crore
Slots remaining: 5 (4 overseas)
KKR
Purse remaining: Rs 64.30 crore
Slots remaining: 13 (6 overseas)
LSG
Purse remaining: Rs 22.95 crore
Slots remaining: 6 (4 overseas)
MI
Purse remaining: Rs 2.75 crore
Slots remaining: 5 (1 overseas)
PBKS
Purse remaining: Rs 11.50 crore
Slots remaining: 4 (2 overseas)
RR
Purse remaining: Rs 16.05 crore
Slots remaining: 9 (1 overseas)
RCB
Purse remaining: Rs 16.40 crore
Slots remaining: 8 (2 overseas)
SRH
Purse remaining: Rs 25.50 crore
Slots remaining: 10 (2 overseas)
