Ipl Auction

IPL Auction 2026 LIVE: Kolkata Knight Riders make all the headlines in IPL 2026 auction as the three-time champions got Australian all-rounder Cameron Green for a whopping ₹25.20 crore and Matheesha Pathirana for ₹18 crore respectively. IPL 2026 starts in March.

IPL 2026 will commence on March 26 and end on May 31. RCB is expected to play the first match, but the venue is unconfirmed.

350 players will be going under the hammer as the IPL mini auction is set for 16 December. KKR, the three-time champions, will enter the auction with the biggest purse - ₹63.40 crore.

Faf du Plessis has withdrawn from the IPL 2026 auction and confirmed he will play in the Pakistan Super League instead. The former South Africa captain reflects on 14 seasons in the IPL and explains why he’s chosen a new challenge.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi was picked up by Rajasthan Royals for ₹1.1 crore on Day 2 in Jeddah, following which many eyebrows were raised on what the franchise's head coach, Rahul Dravid, wants to do with the explosive young player.

Out of ₹120 crore allotted to each franchise, the Punjab-based franchise, co-owned by Bollywood actress Preity Zinta and businessman Ness Wadia, had the highest purse of ₹110.15 crore.

Just after the auction, Lalit Modi explosively accused former BCCI President and CSK owner N Srinivasan of how the latter requested him to drop Sri Lanka’s Thisara Perera to make room for the English all-rounder Andrew Flintoff.

Looking at details, PBKS spent ₹19.85 crore of their total purse of ₹110.5 crore on Australian players.

Apart from Virat Kohli, the RCB also retained , Rajat Patidar for ₹11 crore and Yash Dayal ₹5 crore.