The IPL 2026 auction took place on Tuesday, December 16, in Abu Dhabi. 350 players were there in the auction as all ten franchises were involved in the bidding wars. Many big names like Cameron Green, Venkatesh Iyer, and Liam Livingstone were in the auction, and they were expected to fetch a huge sum at the auction.
Meanwhile, three-time IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders will be there with the biggest purse of Rs 64.3 crore. However, the 10 teams need to fill up 77 slots with a total purse of Rs 237.55 crore and among them as well.
Here are the players the Rajasthan Royals retained before the mega auction.
Before Auction
Retained Players: Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira (T), Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-Dre Pretorious, Nandre Burger, Ravindra Jadeja (T), Riyan Parag, Sam Curran (T), Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Yudhvir Charak
Total spent: ₹108.95 crore, Purse remaining: ₹16.05 crore – Remaining slots – 9 slots (1 overseas)
During Auction
Ravi Bishnoi: Star India spinner had a base price of INR 2 crore. Rajasthan Royals raised the paddle and then CSK joined the counter-bid.
SRH also joined in at INR 6.20 crore. However, RR eventually bought him for INR 7.2 crore.
Sushant Mishra: RR bought him for 90 lakh.
Yash Raj Punja: RR signed him for 30 lakh.
Vignesh Puthur: RR acquired him for 30 lakh.
