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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) splurged a record-breaking ₹25.20 crore to onshore apical Australian all-rounder Cameron Green and ₹18 crore to get Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana successful the Indian Premier League (IPL) players’ auction successful Abu Dhabi connected Tuesday (December 16, 2025).
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) besides made a wide connection by investing ₹14.20 crore each successful rookies Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma - 2 of the astir costly uncapped players successful IPL history.
Nine home uncapped players broke into the crorepati club, with 3 much fetching bids successful excess of ₹90 lakh.
Liam Livingstone besides made a precocious splash successful the callback round, with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) spending ₹13 crore connected the England all-rounder.
Jammu and Kashmir pacer Auqib Nabi Dar besides attracted a hefty sum of ₹8.40 crore from Delhi Capitals (DC) to beryllium among the apical gainers successful the mini auction. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) signed Madhya Pradesh left-arm pace-bowling all-rounder Mangesh Yadav for ₹5.20 crore.
Among established Indian names, Venkatesh Iyer and Ravi Bishnoi — 2 of the astir high-profile releases up of the auction — besides commanded steadfast prices. Rajasthan Royals (RR) brought successful Bishnoi arsenic its pb spinner for ₹7.20 crore, portion RCB yet landed Venkatesh Iyer aft being outbid by KKR past season, holding steadfast until KKR withdrew astatine ₹7 crore.
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Australian all-rounder Jack Edwards was bought by SRH for ₹3 crore. New Zealand’s Tom Banton and Adam Milne went to the Gujarat Titans (GT) for ₹2 crore and RR for ₹2.40 crore, respectively, astatine the accelerated round.
In total, each 77 players were signed astatine the auction arsenic franchises spent ₹215.45 crore combined. Unsurprisingly, KKR emerged arsenic the biggest spender, having entered the auction with a purse much than ₹20 crore higher than its nearest rivals.
Here is simply a afloat database of sold players and the teams they are going to correspond successful IPL 2026:
