{"id":22446,"date":"2025-12-12T13:16:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=670629"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:46:22","slug":"watch-ipl-2026-kkr-takes-playful-dig-at-csks-auction-plans-ahead-of-auctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/watch-ipl-2026-kkr-takes-playful-dig-at-csks-auction-plans-ahead-of-auctions\/","title":{"rendered":"[WATCH] IPL 2026: KKR takes playful dig at CSK\u2019s auction plans ahead of auctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"182\" data-end=\"561\">Two days after Chennai Super Kings (CSK) posted a video teasing their IPL 2026 auction strategy, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has responded with a witty social media clip of its own. The back-and-forth comes as both teams prepare for the December 16 mini-auction in Abu Dhabi, where KKR enters with the <strong data-start=\"484\" data-end=\"519\">highest purse of Rs 64.30 crore<\/strong>, followed by CSK with <strong data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"560\">Rs 43.40 crore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"563\" data-end=\"842\">The interaction began on December 10 when CSK shared a video of their mascot Leo shopping at a local market, hinting at the type of players the franchise might pursue. Fans decoded possible references to a New Zealand cricketer, a Jammu & Kashmir player, and a Tamil Nadu talent.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"844\" data-end=\"1094\">KKR replied on Friday with a humorous video featuring a man flaunting a stack of currency notes while shopping. In the clip, he even buys another man\u2019s watch and phone\u2014an apparent nod to KKR\u2019s massive auction purse and their ability to outbid rivals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\ude46\ud835\ude46\ud835\ude4d \ud835\ude5b\ud835\ude56\ud835\ude63\ud835\ude68 \ud835\ude60\ud835\ude64 \ud835\ude5f\ud835\ude64 \ud835\ude58\ud835\ude5d\ud835\ude56\ud835\ude56\ud835\ude5d\ud835\ude5e\ud835\ude6e\ud835\ude5a, \ud835\ude6c\ud835\ude64\ud835\ude5d \ud835\ude62\ud835\ude5e\ud835\ude61\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude5c\ud835\ude56 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>16 December | Auction Bazaar:\u00a0Stay\u00a0tuned\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ra4VXbImcT\">pic.twitter.com\/Ra4VXbImcT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KKRiders\/status\/1999335904679461099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1379\">CSK heads into the auction after releasing <strong data-start=\"1139\" data-end=\"1153\">11 players<\/strong>, including Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Sam Curran, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Matheesha Pathirana and Kamlesh Nagarkoti. The franchise is expected to undergo a major overhaul following its last-place finish in IPL 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1381\" data-end=\"1652\">KKR, meanwhile, released <strong data-start=\"1406\" data-end=\"1422\">nine players<\/strong>, notably parting ways with their Rs 23.75 crore buy Venkatesh Iyer and long-time star Andre Russell. Other players let go include Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Moeen Ali and Spencer Johnson.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1654\" data-end=\"1801\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">With both teams equipped with significant purses and signalling aggressive plans, the IPL 2026 mini-auction is set for a fiery battle in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two days after Chennai Super Kings (CSK) posted a video teasing their IPL 2026 auction strategy, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}