The IPL 2026 auction was held at Abu Dhabi on Tuesday (December 16). Here’s the complete list of players that went unsold.
The ten franchises stepped into the IPL 2026 mini auction looking for specific skillsets to fill the gaps and fix their weakness from the last season, leaving many quality players without suitors.
The event in Abu Dhabi saw the likes of Cameron Green (INR 25.20 cr) and Matheesha Pathirana (INR 18 cr) go for big bucks, but some top names like Rachin Ravindra, Liam Livingstone and Prithvi Shaw, among others, went unsold.
Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings were expected to battle it out for Green, and they did, with KKR signing him eventually. Pathirana would join the Australian all-rounder in Kolkata, who also signed New Zealand opener Finn Allen.
Notably, from the first five sets of capped players, only two Indian players found suitors, whereas 10 overseas stars were sold. And as compared to 12 signings, 22 cricketers went unsold.
Full list of players that went unsold in the IPL 2026 auction:
*This list will be updated after every set.
| Player | Base Price (in INR) | Capped/Uncapped | Set |
| Jake Fraser-McGurk | 2 cr | Capped | 1 |
| Devon Conway | 2 cr | Capped | 1 |
| Prithvi Shaw | 75 lakh | Capped | 1 |
| Sarfaraz Khan | 75 lakh | Capped | 1 |
| Rachin Ravindra | 2 cr | Capped | 2 |
| Gus Atkinson | 2 cr | Capped | 2 |
| Liam Livingstone | 2 cr | Capped | 2 |
| Jamie Smith | 2 cr | Capped | 2 |
| Deepak Hooda | 75 lakh | Capped | 2 |
| Wiaan Mulder | 1 cr | Capped | 2 |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | 1.5 cr | Capped | 3 |
| Jonny Bairstow | 1 cr | Capped | 3 |
| K.S. Bharat | 75 lakh | Capped | 3 |
| Matt Henry | 2 cr | Capped | 4 |
| Gerald Coetzee | 2 cr | Capped | 4 |
| Spencer Johnson | 1.5 cr | Capped | 4 |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | 1 cr | Capped | 4 |
| Akash Deep | 1 cr | Capped | 4 |
| Shivam Mavi | 75 lakh | Capped | 4 |
| Maheesh Theekshana | 2 cr | Capped | 5 |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 2 cr | Capped | 5 |
| Rahul Chahar | 1 cr | Capped | 5 |
| Aarya Desai | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 6 |
| Yash Dhull | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 6 |
| Abhinav Manohar | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 6 |
| Anmolpreet Singh | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 6 |
| Atharva Taide | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 6 |
| Abhinav Tejrana | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 6 |
| Mahipal Lomror | 50 lakh | Uncapped | 7 |
| Rajvardhan Hangargekar | 40 lakh | Uncapped | 7 |
| Vijay Shankar | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 7 |
| Eden Apple Tom | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 7 |
| Tanush Kotian | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 7 |
| Kamlesh Nagarkoti | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 7 |
| Ruchit Ahir | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 8 |
| Sanvir Singh | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 8 |
| Vansh Bedi | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 8 |
| Tushar Raheja | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 8 |
| Raj Limbani | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 9 |
| Simarjeet Singh | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 9 |
| Akash Madhwal | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 9 |
| Wahidullah Zadran | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 10 |
| Shivam Shukla | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 10 |
| Karn Sharma | 50 lakh | Uncapped | 10 |
| Kartikeya Singh | 30 lakh | Uncapped | 10 |
| Sediqullah Atal | 75 lakh | Capped | 11 |
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