The TATA IPL 2026 Player Auction will open with Set 1 (BA1), featuring a strong group of capped batters from India, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. These players will be the first to go under the hammer when the auction begins on December 16 in Abu Dhabi.
Set 1 includes established international names such as Devon Conway, Cameron Green and David Miller, along with India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Prithvi Shaw.
Here are the full details from IPL Auction Set 1:
Devon Conway (New Zealand)
– Base Price: Rs 2 crore
– Age: 34
– Specialisation: Left-hand batter
– Test caps: 29
– ODI caps: 40
– T20I caps: 62
– IPL: 29 matches
– Last IPL Team: CSK
Jake Fraser-McGurk (Australia)
– Base Price: Rs 2 crore
– Age: 23
– Specialisation: Right-hand batter
– ODI caps: 7
– T20I caps: 8
– IPL: 15 matches
– Last IPL Team: DC
Cameron Green (Australia)
– Base Price: Rs 2 crore
– Age: 26
– Specialisation: Right-hand batter, Right-arm fast
– Test caps: 33
– ODI caps: 31
– T20I caps: 21
– IPL: 29 matches
Sarfaraz Khan (India)
– Base Price: Rs 75 lakh
– Age: 28
– Specialisation: Right-hand batter, Right-arm leg-spin
– Test caps: 6
– IPL: 50 matches
David Miller (South Africa)
– Base Price: Rs 2 crore
– Age: 36
– Specialisation: Left-hand batter
– ODI caps: 178
– T20I caps: 130
– IPL: 141 matches
– Last IPL Team: LSG
Prithvi Shaw (India)
– Base Price: Rs 75 lakh
– Age: 26
– Specialisation: Right-hand batter
– ODI caps: 6
– T20I caps: 1
– IPL: 79 matches
These six names will headline the auction as Set 1 is expected to attract aggressive bidding, especially for proven internationals Conway, Green and Miller.
If you want, I can also prepare:
– Set 2 article
– A combined table for all sets
– A headline like “Who will attract the highest bid in Set 1?”
