The youth will take center stage during the IPL 2026 mini-auction
Franchises showed a marked shift from experienced superstars to young, uncapped Indian talents, reflecting long-term team selection against tight budgets. Chennai Super Kings set records by spending ₹14.20 crore each on unlimited prospects Prashant Veer And Kartik Sharmathe joint highest for domestics in IPL history, indicating confidence in future stars over established names. Teams like KKR and RCB prioritized balanced units with emerging pacers and all-rounders Mumbai Indianswith only ₹2.75 crore left, targeting transactions such as Sherfane Rutherford to increase depth without heavy auction expenditure.
This influx of youngsters is in line with recent trends, which saw 224 uncapped Indians dominate the pool, outpacing overseas options and forcing captains to bet on domestic potential for consistency in IPL 2026. Stock market leaders like KKR (₹64.3 crore pre-auction) restructured aggressively after the release of Venkatesh Iyerwhich later raised just ₹7 crore from RCB, underscoring the devaluation of underperformers.
Unexpected twist in IPL 2026 mini-auction as star players remain unsold
The auction delivered breathtaking twists, with England‘S Liam Livingstone (₹2 crore basis) and Prithvi Shaw (₹75 lakh) among the stars who surprised fans by going unsold despite the hype. Livingstone, expected as an all-rounder, initially failed to attract interest, while Shaw’s domestic form failed to convince bidders amid strategic mistakes. New Zealand opener Devon Conway (₹2 crore) and Afghan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman (₹2 crore) also missed out, echoing mini-auctions where timing mattered more than reputation.
Other surprises were those of South Africa Gerald Coetzee (₹2 crore) and Sri Lanka Mahesh Theekshana (₹2 crore), overlooked as teams chased pacers Anrich Nortje (₹2 crore for LSG). Jake Fraser-McGurk‘s unsold draw in the opener added to the chaos, with franchises reporting form dips and role mismatches. These moments, amid bidding wars for Ravi Bishnoi (₹7.20 crore for RR), exposed the brutal evolution of IPL
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Complete list of unsold players along with their base price in the IPL 2026 mini-auction
Batters
- Jake Fraser-McGurk – ₹2 crore
- Devon Conway – ₹2 crore
- Atharva Taide – ₹30 lakh
- A Singh Anmolpreet – ₹30 lakh
- Abhinav Tejrana – ₹30 lakh
- Abhinav Manohar – ₹30 lakh
- Yash Dhull – ₹30 lakh
- Arya Desai – ₹30 lakh
- Sediqullah Attal – ₹75 lakh
- Salman Nizar – ₹30 lakh
- Dheeraj Kumar – ₹30 lakh
- Chintal Gandhi – ₹30 lakh
- Daniel’s Down – ₹30 okh
- Manan Vohra – ₹30 lakh
- Swastik Chikara – ₹30 lakh
Bowlers
- Gerald Coetzee – ₹2 crore
- Spencer Johnson – ₹1.5 crore
- Fazalhaq Farooqi – ₹1 crore
- Maheesh Theekshana – ₹2 crore
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman – ₹2 crore
- Raj Limbani – ₹30 lakh
- Simarjeet Singh – ₹30 lakh
- Akash Madhwal – ₹30 lakh
- Wahidullah Zadran – ₹30 lakh
- Shivam Shukla – ₹30 lakh
- Karan Sharma – ₹50 lakh
- Singh’s Features – ₹30.
- Chetan Sakariya – ₹75 lakh
- Waqar Salamkheil – ₹1 crore
- KM Asif – ₹40 lakh
- Murugan Ashwin – ₹30 lakh
- Tejas Baroka – ₹30 lakh
- KC Cariappa – ₹30 lakh
- Mohit Rathee – ₹30 lakh
- Taskin Ahmed – ₹75 lakh
- Richard Gleeson – ₹75 lakh
- Alzarri Joseph – ₹2 crore
- Riley Meredith – ₹1.5 crore
- Jhye Richardson – ₹1.5 crore
- Irfan Umair – ₹30 lakh
- Mayank Dagar – ₹30 lakh
- Bright’s belt – ₹30 lakh
- Izaz Sawariya – ₹30 lakh
- Money grew – ₹30 lakh
- RS Ambrish – ₹30 lakh
All-rounders
- Gus Atkinson – ₹2 crore
- Wiaan Mulder – ₹1 crore
- Deepak Hooda – ₹75 lakh
- Vijay Shankar – ₹30 lakh
- Rajvardhan Hangargekar – ₹40 lakh
- Mahipal Lomror – ₹50 lakh
- Eden Tom – ₹30 lakh
- Tanush Kotian – ₹30 lakh
- Kamlesh Nagarkoti – ₹30 lakh
- Sanvir Singh – ₹30 lakh
- Sean Abbott – ₹2 crore
- Michael Bracewell – ₹2 crore
- Daryl Mitchell – ₹2 crore
- Dasun Shanaka – ₹75 lakh
- Dan Lawrence – ₹2 crore
- Tanay Thyagarajan – ₹30 lakh
- Nathan Smith – ₹75 lakh
- Karan Lal – ₹30 lakh
- Utkarsh Singh – ₹30 lakh
- Ayush Vartak – ₹30 lakh
- Manisankar Murasingh – ₹30 lakh
- Noronha Macnha – ₹30 lakh
- Siddharth Yadav – ₹30 lakh
- Hrithik Tada – ₹30 lakh
- Chama Milind – ₹30 lakh
- William Sutherland – ₹1 crore
Wicketkeepers
- KS Bharat – ₹75 lakh
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz – ₹1.5 crore
- Jonny Bairstow – ₹1 crore
- Jamie Smith – ₹2 crore
- Ruchit Ahir – ₹30 lakh
- Vansh Bedi – ₹30 lakh
- Tushar Raheja – ₹30 lakh
- Connor Esterhuizen – ₹30 lakh
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