5 MP players sold in IPL auction: RCB buys Mangesh Yadav for ₹5.2 crore; Venkatesh Iyer’s price falls – Bhaskar English

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The mini-auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 took place on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi. All 10 IPL teams took part in the bidding. A total of 156 players were listed, and teams spent ₹215.45 crore to buy 77 players, including 29 foreign and 48 Indian players. The IPL 2026 season will begin on March 26.
Fourteen players from Madhya Pradesh entered the auction. However, only five of them were sold. These players are Venkatesh Iyer, Mangesh Yadav, Akshat Raghuvanshi, Shivang Kumar and Kuldeep Sen.
Mangesh Yadav turned out to be the biggest buy among first-time IPL players. On the other hand, Venkatesh Iyer saw a sharp fall in his price. Royal Challengers Bangalore bought him for ₹7 crore, while Kolkata Knight Riders had paid ₹23.75 crore for him last season.
Mangesh Yadav has been bought by RCB for a hefty sum of 5 crore 20 lakh rupees. This year, he got the opportunity to play two matches in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where he scored 28 runs in just one innings with an excellent strike rate of 233.33 and also took three wickets. However, Yadav’s bowling figures were not as expected, as he conceded 47 and 38 runs respectively in two matches.
Akshat Raghuvanshi picked up the bat at the age of 3 Akshat Raghuvanshi was bought by Lucknow for Rs 2.20 crore. His base price was Rs 30 lakh. Akshat scored 239 runs in four matches playing for Indore Pink Panthers in the Madhya Pradesh Premier League (MPL) 2025. He was among the select players to score a century in the tournament. He went unsold in the previous auction.
Akshat Raghuvanshi lives with his father KP Raghuvanshi and family at Sen Chauraha in Ashoknagar, where his father has a shop. Akshat picked up the bat at the age of three. Initially, he was played cricket at home.
Rewa’s Kuldeep Sen Sold at Base Price Fast bowler Kuldeep Sen from Rewa district has been bought by Rajasthan Royals. Last time, Punjab Kings had included Kuldeep in their team. Punjab had also bought him at his base price. However, Kuldeep did not get a chance to play a single match.
This year, Kuldeep’s base price was set at 75 lakh. Kuldeep Sen is adept at bowling at a speed of 140 kilometers per hour. Kuldeep has played 12 IPL matches from 2018 to 2024, taking 14 wickets. However, Kuldeep has incurred a loss of 5 lakh rupees this year. Last year, Kuldeep was bought by Punjab for 80 lakh rupees.
Shivang Kumar will play for the Hyderabad team All-rounder Shivang Kumar has been bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for 30 lakh rupees. Shivang, who plays for Bhopal Leopard, scored 120 runs and took 5 wickets in 7 matches of MPL 2025. This also includes an explosive innings of 91 runs off 42 balls. So far, he has taken 4 wickets in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. His base price was set at 30 lakh rupees.
Venkatesh incurred a loss of 16.75 crore rupees this time All eyes were on Indore-based all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer in the mini-auction of the Indian Premier League 2026. It was expected that a team would buy him for an even higher amount than last time, but the result was the opposite.
Venkatesh found a buyer, but this time he was sold for only 7 crore rupees. This resulted in a loss of 16.75 crore rupees compared to the previous season. This time, Venkatesh Iyer has been bought by RCB. Iyer’s base price for IPL 2026 was 2 crore rupees.
Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders had bought Iyer for 23.75 crore rupees for IPL 2024. The team retained him in the next season. In the last season, Venkatesh Iyer played 11 matches and scored only 142 runs.
These players from Madhya Pradesh were retained
These players remained unsold
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