{"id":22912,"date":"2025-12-16T20:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=672176"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:16:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:46:00","slug":"ipl-2026-auction-csk-re-sign-matt-henry-for-rs-2-crore-after-initial-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-auction-csk-re-sign-matt-henry-for-rs-2-crore-after-initial-snub\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 auction: CSK re-sign Matt Henry for Rs 2 crore after initial snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand fast bowler <strong>Matt Henry<\/strong> has finally found a buyer in the <strong>IPL 2026 mini-auction<\/strong>, with <strong>Chennai Super Kings (CSK)<\/strong> picking him up for <strong>Rs 2 crore<\/strong> in the later rounds after he went unsold initially at his base price.<\/p>\n<p>Henry\u2019s return to CSK marks a familiar association, even though his IPL career has been fragmented by limited opportunities. Despite being a proven white-ball bowler at the international level, the right-arm pacer has struggled to secure a sustained run in the league.<\/p>\n<h3>Matt Henry\u2019s IPL journey so far<\/h3>\n<p>Across stints with multiple franchises, Henry has played <strong>six IPL matches<\/strong>, picking up <strong>two wickets<\/strong> at an average of <strong>90.50<\/strong> and an economy rate of <strong>10.65<\/strong>, with best figures of <strong>1\/28<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He was first part of the <strong>Chennai Super Kings squad between 2014 and 2015<\/strong>, though he did not feature in a match during that period. Henry later played for <strong>Punjab Kings (2017)<\/strong> and returned to the IPL as a <strong>replacement player in 2024<\/strong>, representing both <strong>CSK<\/strong> and <strong>Lucknow Super Giants<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Why CSK moved late<\/h3>\n<p>Despite going unsold in the initial rounds of the auction, CSK moved in during the accelerated phase to secure Henry at base price. With injuries, national commitments, and workload management always a concern, Henry offers <strong>experienced overseas pace depth<\/strong> and familiarity with CSK\u2019s setup.<\/p>\n<h3>Another chance in yellow<\/h3>\n<p>For Matt Henry, this Rs 2 crore deal represents another opportunity to convert international pedigree into IPL impact. While his past numbers in the league remain modest, CSK\u2019s faith suggests the franchise sees value in his experience and ability to step in when conditions and team balance demand it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry has finally found a buyer in the IPL 2026 mini-auction, with Chennai Super Kings\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":43087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22912","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\/22912","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=22912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}