IPL Auction 2026 LIVE Updates: CSK Stun All With Rs 28.40 Crore Bids For Prashant Veer And Kartik Sharma; Green Gets 25.20
IPL 2026 Auction LIVE Updates: CSK has made history as they picked uncapped duo Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma for Rs 14.20 crore each. This is the highest IPL salary for any uncapped player in history. Another uncapped player, Kashmir’s Aquib Dar, was bought for Rs 8.40 crore by Delhi Capitals. Cameron Green (KKR, Rs 25.20 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (KKR, Rs 18 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (RR, Rs 7.20 crore), and Venkatesh Iyer (RCB, Rs 7 crore) have also secured huge deals. A total of 369 players are set to go under the hammer today. Top names like Sarfaraz Khan, Prithvi Shaw, and Liam Livingstone have gone unsold. (IPL Auction 2026: Full List Of All Sold And Unsold Players, Base Price And Salaries)
Australian Cameron Green became the costliest overseas player in the history of the IPL. In fact, Green’s bid is a world-record amount for any overseas player in any franchise competition. Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings engaged in an intense bidding war for the Australian, but the Shah Rukh Khan-owned KKR roped in the all-rounder for a whopping Rs 25.20 crore. He broke the record of compatriot Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore, IPL 2024, KKR) to become the costliest foreign player ever.
IPL 2026 Auction LIVE Updates, straight from Abu Dhabi, UAE:
