IPL 2026 Auction: Rajasthan's star wicketkeeper batter has been roped in by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 2.6 crore in the auction. He had scored a match-winning knock against Delhi in SMAT.
After playing for just two years in domestic cricket, this prize money is quite huge for Mukul. Rajasthan Royals started the bidding war at the base price of Rs 30 lakh, and then Mumbai joined them.
MI stopped bidding after Rs 90 lakh, and then LSG joined the bidding war. RR stopped bidding at Rs 2.4 cr, and LSG then bought him for Rs 2.6 cr.
He played his debut match against Chhattisgarh in 2023. He had scored 51 runs after playing in three matches at a poor average of 12.75, and his highest individual score is 45.
He played his debut T20 match against Jharkhand in 2023 and scored 35 runs. He has scored 210 runs after playing in seven matches at an average of 42, where 62 was his highest score.
He was last seen in action in the SMAT match against Mumbai. Post Ram Chouhan's wicket, Ramnivas Golada and Deepak Hooda stitched a partnership of 103 runs for the second wicket.
Rajasthan were reeling at 112/3, but then Mahipal Lomror and Mukul built a partnership of 89 runs for the fourth wicket. They helped the team bounce back and score 216/4, where Mukul scored a gritty knock of 54 runs.
While chasing, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ajinkya Rahane built a partnership of 41 runs, but then Ashok Sharma took Jaiswal's wicket. Rahane and Sarfaraz Khan stitched a partnership of 111 runs, but Manav Suthar then took Sarfaraz's wicket.
Mumbai were reeling at 178/6 till the 16th over, but then Rahane and Atharva Ankolekar built a partnership for the seventh wicket, but then Ashok took Ankolekar's wicket. Rahane and Mulani took the team across the line.