{"id":22476,"date":"2025-12-16T14:19:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=671794"},"modified":"2025-12-16T21:16:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:46:17","slug":"ipl-2026-auction-live-updates-cameron-green-pathirana-draw-big-money-as-indian-uncapped-prashant-veer-auqib-dar-and-kartik-sharma-steal-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-auction-live-updates-cameron-green-pathirana-draw-big-money-as-indian-uncapped-prashant-veer-auqib-dar-and-kartik-sharma-steal-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 auction live updates: Cameron Green, Pathirana draw big money as Indian uncapped Prashant Veer, Auqib Dar and Kartik Sharma steal spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The IPL Auction 2026 gets underway today in Dubai, with all ten franchises set to reshape their squads ahead of the new season. With several marquee names in the auction pool, strategic gaps to fill, and no Right to Match (RTM) cards available due to the mini-auction format, teams will have little margin for error at the table.<\/p>\n<p>Kolkata Knight Riders enter the auction looking for a like-for-like replacement for Andre Russell, while Rajasthan Royals are keen to strengthen their spin attack and add domestic depth. Lucknow Super Giants are expected to focus on a middle-order batter and an all-rounder, even as their Indian pace stocks look settled. Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, come in with largely settled squads and limited spending power, meaning smart buys will be the priority.<\/p>\n<p>Several high-profile players such as Cameron Green, David Miller, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jonny Bairstow and Matheesha Pathirana are expected to attract strong bidding interest, while big names like Andre Russell and Glenn Maxwell will be absent after not registering for the auction.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned here for ball-by-ball style IPL Auction 2026 live updates, including player sales, unsold lists, bidding wars, team strategies and key takeaways from Dubai as the auction unfolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IPL Auction 2026 gets underway today in Dubai, with all ten franchises set to reshape their squads ahead of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":32494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4057],"class_list":["post-22476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22476","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\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}