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Pune: Punjab’s 23-year-old batsman Salil Arora has caught everyone’s attention by playing a brilliant innings ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 auction. He scored a century in just 39 balls against Jharkhand in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Jharkhand’s bowlers looked completely helpless in front of him. Salil played an unbeaten inning of 125 runs, facing 45 balls. After this match, there is talk that he may get a much higher amount than his base price. Now many franchises of Punjab are eyeing him.

Punjab Kings have indicated that they are thinking of playing a big bet on Arora. He wrote on his social media handle

Salil Arora may be lottery in IPL auction

This knockout match between Punjab and Jharkhand took place at DY Patil Academy in Pune. Salil Arora hit 9 fours and 11 sixes in his innings of 125 runs. By scoring a century in 25 balls, he became the third player from Punjab to score the fastest century in this tournament.

Let us tell you that before this Abhishek Sharma has done this feat twice. Arora has been placed in the wicketkeeper category in the IPL auction, and his base price has been kept at Rs 30 lakh.

Apart from Punjab, who has an eye on Arora?

Kolkata Knight Riders is looking for an Indian wicketkeeper. In such a situation, after this innings of Arora, they can pay attention to him in the auction. Arora performed brilliantly against Sushant Mishra, especially in the final over, when he hit three sixes and a four. With this brilliant innings, he took Punjab’s score to 235 runs for 6 wickets.

Where is IPL 2026 auction?

The mini auction for IPL 2026 will take place on December 16 in Abu Dhabi. A total of 359 players will be bid in this auction. All 10 franchises are keeping an eye on which domestic or foreign cricketers they bet on.