IPL 2026 Auction: Prashant Veer has become the most expensive uncapped player in the history of this tournament for a whopping amount of Rs 14.20 cr during the auction. He had registered his name at the base price of Rs 30 lakhs, and teams like Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians started a bidding war, and Chennai Super Kings also joined. They took the bidding price to Rs 4.2 cr, and then Rajasthan Royals entered and took it to Rs 6 cr. CSK then took the price to Rs 6.6 cr.
Sunrisers Hyderabad then tried to make the war dramatic as they took the war to Rs 6.8 cr, and the bidding then reached double figures till Rs 14 cr. CSK then won the last stage of the bidding war and bought him for a whopping amount of Rs 14.20 cr.
Veer has represented Noida Super Kings in the UP T20 League. This left-arm spin-bowling all-rounder has performed brilliantly in SMAT. They will aim to prepare Veer as Ravindra Jadeja's long-time successor.
At the same time, Veer is one of those players, along with Sameer Rizvi, who have featured in six games in the last week in SMAT and Uttar Pradesh’s Under-23 matches. He has scored 112 runs at a brilliant strike rate of 170 and has taken nine wickets at an economy rate of 6.76.
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Fast bowler Rasikh Dar, too, was the most expensive uncapped player as he was bought by RCB for Rs 6 cr. Avesh Khan, too, was the most expensive uncapped as he was bought by LSG for Rs 10 cr in IPL 2022.