Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has said that Michael Bracewell is among the surprisingly unsold players at the IPL 2026 auction as well. He also shared that the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) should have been among the franchises interested in buying him as well. Notably, he didn’t find any takers at the IPL 2026 auction as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “I don’t know what’s wrong with the IPL. There is a player named Michael Bracewell. Don’t know why no one rates him. He is a phenomenal player. I still remember the century he scored against India in Hyderabad,” Chopra said.”Plenty of teams needed an off-spinner batter. I felt Chennai would be interested in him. I felt LSG would be interested in him. At least some team should have been interested in him, but no one was interested. Very, very surprising.”

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However, Aakash Chopra also stated that Jamie Smith went unsold in the IPL 2026 auction wasn’t understandable as well.

“Jamie Smith, how did he go unsold? He came three times. Someone put his name every time in the auction list. He was shortlisted for both accelerators, and then no one bought him. It was beyond my understanding,” the cricketer-turned-commentator said.”Jamie Smith is a wicketkeeper-batter who bats both up and down the order. He is a gun player, but not to be seen. I am very, very surprised. I have got no logic. Logic has failed here,” he added.

“Logic has failed for Jonny Bairstow. Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Ben Duckett, Pathum Nissanka, Tom Banton and Quinton de Kock got sold, but there is no place for Jonny Bairstow, who played so well in the couple of matches he played last season. He would have been available for the entire season,” Aakash Chopra concluded.