{"id":22484,"date":"2025-12-16T14:47:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=671831"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:47:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:17:53","slug":"ipl-2026-auctions-devon-conway-goes-unsold-at-base-price-of-rs-2-crore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-auctions-devon-conway-goes-unsold-at-base-price-of-rs-2-crore\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 Auctions: Devon Conway goes unsold at base price of Rs 2 crore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand batter <strong>Devon Conway<\/strong> went <strong>unsold at the IPL 2026 auctions<\/strong>, with no franchise bidding for him despite a <strong>base price of Rs 2 crore<\/strong>. Conway, who was a key part of <strong>Chennai Super Kings (CSK)<\/strong> between 2022 and 2025, was released ahead of the auction following a dip in form.<\/p>\n<p>Conway has played <strong>29 IPL matches<\/strong>, all for CSK, scoring <strong>1,080 runs<\/strong> at an impressive <strong>average of 43.20<\/strong> and a <strong>strike rate of 139.72<\/strong>. His IPL career includes <strong>11 half-centuries<\/strong>, with a highest score of <strong>92 not out<\/strong>, underlining his consistency at the top of the order.<\/p>\n<p>He was acquired by CSK in the <strong>2022 mega auction<\/strong> at a base price of <strong>Rs 1 crore<\/strong> and quickly became a vital cog in the side. Conway\u2019s standout season came in <strong>IPL 2023<\/strong>, when he finished as CSK\u2019s <strong>leading run-scorer with 672 runs<\/strong>, playing a crucial role in the franchise\u2019s title-winning campaign. He was also named <strong>Player of the Match in the final<\/strong>, scoring <strong>47 off 25 balls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>During the <strong>2025 season<\/strong>, Conway became the <strong>third-fastest batter in IPL history to reach 1,000 runs<\/strong>, achieving the milestone in just <strong>24 innings<\/strong>. However, his momentum was disrupted after he missed the entire <strong>2024 season due to a thumb injury<\/strong>. Upon returning in 2025, he struggled for consistency, scoring <strong>156 runs in six matches<\/strong> at an average of <strong>26.00<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Conway was also at the centre of discussion during IPL 2025 after being <strong>retired out<\/strong> in a match against Punjab Kings as part of a tactical move by CSK to accelerate the scoring rate.<\/p>\n<p>Following his release, Conway entered the <strong>IPL 2026 auctions<\/strong> but found no takers. Players who go unsold in the auction can still return later in the season as <strong>injury replacements<\/strong>, keeping the door open for Conway to feature again in the IPL if an opportunity arises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand batter Devon Conway went unsold at the IPL 2026 auctions, with no franchise bidding for him despite a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22484","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\/22484","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=22484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}