{"id":22499,"date":"2025-12-16T16:12:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=671920"},"modified":"2025-12-16T16:12:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:42:20","slug":"ipl-2026-auctions-ravi-bishnoi-sold-to-rajasthan-royals-for-rs-7-20-crore-after-intense-bidding-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-auctions-ravi-bishnoi-sold-to-rajasthan-royals-for-rs-7-20-crore-after-intense-bidding-war\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 Auctions: Ravi Bishnoi sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 7.20 crore after intense bidding war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian leg-spinner <strong>Ravi Bishnoi<\/strong> was sold to <strong>Rajasthan Royals (RR)<\/strong> for <strong>Rs 7.20 crore<\/strong> at the ongoing <strong>IPL 2026 mini-auction<\/strong>, following a <strong>tough bidding battle<\/strong> that began with <strong>Chennai Super Kings (CSK)<\/strong> and later saw <strong>Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)<\/strong> and <strong>Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)<\/strong> also enter the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Bishnoi had entered the auction with a <strong>base price of Rs 2 crore<\/strong>, but demand for a high-quality Indian wrist-spinner quickly pushed his value higher. The bidding intensified as multiple franchises looked to secure his services, before RR eventually emerged victorious at <strong>Rs 7.20 crore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>IPL career and numbers<\/h3>\n<p>Bishnoi has been a <strong>consistent performer since his IPL debut in 2020<\/strong>. Across <strong>77 IPL matches<\/strong>, he has taken <strong>72 wickets<\/strong> at an economy rate of <strong>8.22<\/strong>, with best bowling figures of <strong>3 for 24<\/strong>. Known for his <strong>fast, flat leg-breaks and deceptive googly<\/strong>, Bishnoi has largely operated as a frontline bowler throughout his IPL career.<\/p>\n<h3>Franchise journey<\/h3>\n<p>Bishnoi began his IPL career with <strong>Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings)<\/strong> in <strong>2020<\/strong>, after being bought for <strong>Rs 2 crore<\/strong>. His impressive debut season saw him nominated for the <strong>Emerging Player award<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the <strong>IPL 2022 mega auction<\/strong>, he was drafted by the newly formed <strong>Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)<\/strong>, where he played until <strong>2025<\/strong>. During his time with LSG, Bishnoi was a key member of the bowling unit and played an important role in the franchise\u2019s <strong>playoff appearances in 2022 and 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Auction outcome<\/h3>\n<p>Released by LSG ahead of the <strong>IPL 2026 mini-auction<\/strong>, Bishnoi returned to the auction pool with expectations of strong interest\u2014and the bidding lived up to that anticipation. After competitive moves from CSK, KKR, and SRH, <strong>Rajasthan Royals secured him for Rs 7.20 crore<\/strong>, adding an experienced Indian leg-spinner to their bowling attack.<\/p>\n<p>The signing strengthens RR\u2019s spin resources as they build their squad for the <strong>IPL 2026 season<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi was sold to Rajasthan Royals (RR) for Rs 7.20 crore at the ongoing IPL 2026 mini-auction,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22499","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\/22499","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=22499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}