{"id":22491,"date":"2025-12-16T15:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=671880"},"modified":"2025-12-16T15:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:48:21","slug":"ipl-2026-auctions-liam-livingstone-goes-unsold-at-base-price-of-rs-2-crore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-auctions-liam-livingstone-goes-unsold-at-base-price-of-rs-2-crore\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 Auctions: Liam Livingstone goes unsold at base price of Rs 2 crore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>England all-rounder <strong>Liam Livingstone<\/strong> went <strong>unsold in the ongoing IPL 2026 mini-auction<\/strong>, with franchises opting not to bid for him at his <strong>base price of Rs 2 crore<\/strong>. The result came as a surprise given Livingstone\u2019s reputation as one of the most destructive middle-order batters in T20 cricket.<\/p>\n<p>Livingstone has featured in <strong>49 IPL matches<\/strong>, scoring <strong>1,051 runs<\/strong> at an average of <strong>26.28<\/strong> and an aggressive <strong>strike rate of 158.76<\/strong>. His highest score in the league is <strong>94<\/strong>, and he has also contributed with the ball, taking <strong>13 wickets<\/strong> at a bowling average of <strong>36.08<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>IPL journey and key highlights<\/h3>\n<p>Livingstone has represented <strong>Rajasthan Royals (2019, 2021)<\/strong>, <strong>Punjab Kings (2022\u20132024)<\/strong>, and <strong>Royal Challengers Bengaluru (2025)<\/strong> during his IPL career. His standout season came in <strong>IPL 2022<\/strong> with Punjab Kings, where he scored <strong>437 runs<\/strong> at a strike rate of <strong>182.08<\/strong> and picked up <strong>six wickets<\/strong>, emerging as one of the most impactful overseas players that year.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the <strong>IPL 2025 season<\/strong>, Livingstone was bought by <strong>RCB for Rs 8.75 crore<\/strong>. However, he endured a difficult campaign, scoring just <strong>112 runs in 10 innings<\/strong>, which led to his release before the <strong>IPL 2026 auction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Unsold at IPL 2026 mini-auction<\/h3>\n<p>Despite his ability to offer power-hitting and part-time spin options, Livingstone failed to attract bids in the <strong>initial rounds of the IPL 2026 mini-auction in Abu Dhabi<\/strong>. Franchises appeared cautious, possibly influenced by recent form and team combination considerations.<\/p>\n<p>Although unsold for now, Livingstone could still return to the league later in the season as an <strong>injury replacement<\/strong>, keeping the door open for another IPL opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England all-rounder Liam Livingstone went unsold in the ongoing IPL 2026 mini-auction, with franchises opting not to bid for him\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22491","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\/22491","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=22491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}