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Desk: A mini auction was held in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday for the Indian Premier League to be held in 2026. Australian all-rounder Cameron Green had the highest bid. With Rs 25.20 crore, he has become the most expensive player of IPL. Cameron has broken the record of his own countryman Mitchell Starc. Left-arm fast bowler Starc was bought by KKR for Rs 24.75 crore in the IPL 2024 auction. Rishabh Pant (Rs 27 crore) is the most expensive player of IPL.

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The first bid for Cameron Green was made by Mumbai Indians (MI) for Rs 2 crore, which was the base price of Green. After this Rajasthan Royals (RR) entered. Then Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) made a bid of Rs 2.8 crore. Within no time the bid crossed Rs 8 crore, where a fierce competition was seen between KKR and Royals. Rajasthan Royals increased the bid to Rs 11.8 crore, which was more than 80 percent of their total purse. At the same time, KKR, which had the highest purse, increased the bid to Rs 12 crore. The Rajasthan team made one last effort and raised the bid to Rs 13.6 crore, perhaps knowing that KKR was not going to stop here. After this the Rajasthan team was seen getting eliminated.

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Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) entered by bidding Rs 13.8 crore. Now the match was between KKR and CSK. The bidding rapidly increased to Rs 16.2 crore, with CSK leading. In no time, KKR raised the bid to Rs 18.4 crore, but CSK without any delay increased the bid to Rs 18.6 crore. The pedals were rising so fast that even the calculator kept on the table was left behind. Now the bid had crossed Rs 24 crore, but CSK was still not ready to back down. Eventually KKR made a historic bid of Rs 25.2 crore. CSK conceded defeat here and Kolkata Knight Riders named Cameron Green.

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Apart from this, Indian all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer has been included in its team by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 7 crore. Sri Lankan fast bowler Matisha Pathirana has also been bought by KKR. He was bought by KKR for a hefty sum of Rs 18 crore, beating Lucknow and Delhi. He has become the most expensive Sri Lankan player. New Zealand fast bowler Jacob Duffy has been bought by RCB at a base price of Rs 2 crore. Duffy is entering the IPL for the first time. New Zealand’s explosive opener Finn Allen has been bought by KKR at a base price of Rs 2 crore. With this, the Kiwi opener has returned to the IPL. England’s explosive opener Ben Duckett has entered the IPL for the first time. He was bought by Delhi Capitals at a base price of Rs 2 crore. Veteran South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock has once again returned to Mumbai Indians. He was bought for the base price of Rs 1 crore. The 10 teams have a total of 77 players’ slots vacant. The teams will face the challenge of filling the same places in the IPL 2026 auction. Now the place is 77 but for that 369 players have entered the auction.

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