Overview
- At the Abu Dhabi event, Kolkata Knight Riders also bought Sri Lankan quick Matheesha Pathirana for ₹18 crore, the costliest Sri Lankan ever sold at an IPL auction.
- Chennai Super Kings made the top uncapped splashes, signing Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma for ₹14.20 crore each, the highest fees for uncapped players in IPL auction history.
- Delhi Capitals paid ₹8.40 crore for Jammu & Kashmir pacer Auqib Nabi, while Sunrisers Hyderabad secured Liam Livingstone for ₹13 crore and Lucknow Super Giants bought Josh Inglis for ₹8.60 crore.
- India internationals Sarfaraz Khan and Prithvi Shaw were picked in the accelerated round for ₹75 lakh each, with Sarfaraz joining CSK and Shaw returning to Delhi Capitals.
- Ten franchises filled the available slots up to finalized 25‑player squads, and under the BCCI maximum‑fee mechanism Cameron Green will receive ₹18 crore with the surplus routed to league funds.