IPL 2026 Auction: In a dramatic last-minute change, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has added 19 players to the IPL 2026 auction list, taking the total to 369 just before the start of the bidding in Abu Dhabi. According to a report in Cricbuzz, the franchise and BCCI officials have described this last-minute change as ‘unprecedented’.
Shocked franchise officials claim that so many players were never added at the last minute. Some of the most prominent names added to the list of late inclusion players is Bengal’s Abhimanyu Easwaran. They are listed at a base price of Rs 30 lakh. He has been under the radar of the national team, but has not made his debut for the national team yet. He is one of the most consistent domestic cricketers.
Another big name added to the list is South African wicketkeeper-batsman Kyle Verreynne. He is a regular player for his country across all formats and is entering the auction with a base price of Rs 1.25 crore.
Complete list of newly added players in IPL auction
Mani Shankar Mursingh (Rs 30 lakh), Swastik Chikara (Rs 30 lakh), Ethan Bosch (Rs 75 lakh), Virandeep Singh (Rs 30 lakh), Chama Milind (Rs 30 lakh), KL. Srijit (Rs 30 lakh), Rahul Raj Namala (Rs 30 lakh), Chris Green (Rs 75 lakh), Virat Singh (Rs 30 lakh), Abhimanyu Easwaran (Rs 30 lakh), Tripuresh Singh (Rs 30 lakh), Kyle Verrey (Rs 1.25 crore), Blessing Muzarabani (Rs 75 lakh), Ben Sears (Rs 1.50 crore), Rajesh Mohanty (Rs 30 lakh), Swastik Samal (Rs 30 lakh), Saransh Jain. (Rs 30 lakh), Suraj Sangaraju (Rs 30 lakh), Tanmay Agarwal (Rs 30 lakh).
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