Devon Conway remained unsold in the IPL 2026 auction. Whereas Kolkata Knight Riders made a bid of Rs 30.50 crore on Australian all-rounder Cameron Green and David Miller was bought by Delhi Capitals. In fact, before the auction to be held on 16th December, Star Sports conducted a mock auction, in which former Indian cricketers represented the IPL teams.
The mock auction conducted by Star Sports included Rajasthan Royals (Aakash Chopra), Lucknow Super Giants (Irfan Pathan), Delhi Capitals (Mohammed Kaif), Mumbai Indians (Abhinav Mukund), Chennai Super Kings (Suresh Raina), Punjab Kings (Sanjay Bangar), Kolkata Knight Riders (Robin Uthappa), Sunrisers Hyderabad (Subramaniam Badrinath), Gujarat Titans (Cheteshwar Pujara) and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Anil Kumble bid for Challengers Bangalore.
30.50 crores on Cameron Green
According to this mock auction, Cameron Green is going to become the most expensive player in IPL history. In the mock auction, there was a war between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders for Green. KKR has bought him for Rs 30.50 crore. If this happens in the real auction tomorrow, he will become the most expensive player in IPL history. Last year, in the mega auction, LSG had bought Rishabh Pant for Rs 27 crore.
How much was bid on Miller-Iyer
David Miller played for Lucknow Super Giants last season. This time in the mock auction, he was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 9.5 crore, while a bid of Rs 7 crore has been placed on Sarfaraz Khan, who has been included by CSK in their squad. Venkatesh Iyer, who was sold for Rs 23.75 crore in the mega auction, was released by KKR, but in the Star Sports mock auction, RCB representative Anil Kumble did not give up chasing Iyer and bought him with a bid of Rs 6 crore.
19 crores on Liam Livingstone
Liam Livingstone’s recent IPL statistics have not been very good, but in the mock auction, Lucknow Super Giants bid Rs 19 crore for him. CSK also bid up to Rs 18.50 crore for Livingstone, but LSG bought Livingstone with a final bid of Rs 19 crore. Akashdeep was bought by SRH for Rs 5 crore and South African fast bowler Anrich Nortje was bought by CSK for Rs 7.5 crore. Shivam Mavi was also bought by CSK for Rs 2.50 crore.
KKR spent 13 crores on Pathirana
Sri Lankan fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana, released by Chennai Super Kings, was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 13 crore. CSK spent Rs 10 crore on Rahul Chahar, while Rajasthan Royals bid Rs 11.50 crore for another leg spin bowler Ravi Bishnoi.
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