{"id":22497,"date":"2025-12-16T15:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=671904"},"modified":"2025-12-16T15:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:27:11","slug":"ipl-2026-auctions-matt-henry-goes-unsold-at-base-price-of-rs-2-crore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-auctions-matt-henry-goes-unsold-at-base-price-of-rs-2-crore\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 Auctions: Matt Henry goes unsold at base price of Rs 2 crore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand fast bowler <strong>Matt Henry<\/strong> went <strong>unsold in the ongoing IPL 2026 mini-auction in Abu Dhabi<\/strong>, failing to attract any bids at his <strong>base price of Rs 2 crore<\/strong>. Henry was the <strong>first player in the capped fast bowlers set<\/strong>, but franchises chose to pass without raising the paddle.<\/p>\n<h3>Limited IPL exposure so far<\/h3>\n<p>Despite being a regular feature in New Zealand\u2019s white-ball squads, Henry has had <strong>limited opportunities in the IPL<\/strong>. He has played <strong>six IPL matches<\/strong> across multiple seasons, picking up <strong>two wickets<\/strong> at a bowling average of <strong>90.50<\/strong> and an economy rate of <strong>10.65<\/strong>, with best figures of <strong>1 for 28<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Franchise history<\/h3>\n<p>Henry has been part of IPL squads with <strong>Kings XI Punjab in 2017<\/strong>, <strong>Chennai Super Kings as a replacement player in 2024<\/strong>, and <strong>Lucknow Super Giants<\/strong>, also as a replacement, in <strong>2024<\/strong>. However, he struggled to secure a regular spot in the playing XI during these stints.<\/p>\n<h3>No bids at IPL 2026 mini-auction<\/h3>\n<p>At the <strong>IPL 2026 mini-auction<\/strong>, Henry was listed at a <strong>premium base price of Rs 2 crore<\/strong>, but no franchise placed a bid for him in the initial rounds. His unsold status reflects the continued challenge he has faced in translating his international white-ball success into sustained IPL opportunities.<\/p>\n<h3>Replacement option still open<\/h3>\n<p>Although unsold, Henry remains eligible to be signed later in the season as an <strong>injury or availability replacement<\/strong>. This leaves the door open for a potential return should franchises require an experienced fast bowler during the course of <strong>IPL 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry went unsold in the ongoing IPL 2026 mini-auction in Abu Dhabi, failing to attract\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22497","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\/22497","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=22497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}