Kolkata Knight Riders splurged a record-breaking Rs 25.20 to land top Australian all-rounder Cameron Green and Rs 18 crore to acquire the services of Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana in the Indian Premier League players' auction in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
India's in-form Prithvi Shaw was bought by Delhi Capitals at his base price of Rs 75 lakh in the 3rd round of the accelerated auction.
Sarfaraz Khan, who smashed a 22-ball 73 in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match for Mumbai on Tuesday, was bought by Chennai Super Kings for RS 75 lakh.
Sarfaraz, 28, strengthened his case in the build-up to the auction with a stunning knock of 64 from 25 balls against Haryana to power Mumbai to a four-wicket victory in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Before Tuesday's knock, he piled up 256 runs from six innings in this year's Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at a strike-rate of 182.85, averaging 64.
KKR also went after Venkatesh Iyer before pulling out of the race against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who fetched the services of the India all-rounder for Rs 7 crore.
Bangladesh's seasoned left-arm pacer Mustafizur Raham was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 9.20 crore.
Australian Cooper Connolly was snared by Punjab Kings for Rs 3 crore in what was the franchise's first buy of Tuesday's mini auction.
KKR entered the fray to buy Pathirana after Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants withdrew following an intense bidding war between the two franchises. Entering the auction at a base price of Rs 2 crore, Pathirana became the most expensive Sri Lankan sold in an IPL auction.
Pathirana has picked up 31 wickets in 21 T20Is at an average of 18.25, with two four-fers. The right-arm speedster has taken 133 wickets in 100 T20s at an average of 21.40. In the IPL, Pathirana scalped 47 wickets for Chennai Super Kings in 32 matches at an average of over 21. In the 2025 season, in 13 games, he scalped 12 wickets at an average of 32.61.
Big-hitting South African batter David Miller was bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 2 crore, but New Zealand swashbuckler Devon Conway, whose base price was also Rs 2 crore, went unsold in the auction.
Delhi Capitals also bought England batter Ben Duckett for 2 crore.
Seasoned South African opener Quinton de Kock returned to his old base Mumbai Indians for a base price of Rs 1 crore.
Spencer Johnson remained unsold, while Anrich Nortje, who came with a base price of Rs 2 crore, was enlisted by LSG, who opened the bidding for the South Africa pacer.
England's swashbuckling hitter Liam Livingstone was signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for Rs 13 crores in some late drama after going unsold earlier in the day.
Livingstone brings vast T20 experience, having scored 7,496 runs in 330 T20 matches at an average of 28.18 and a strike rate of 144.93, including two centuries and 39 half-centuries, along with 143 wickets at an average just over 25.
In the IPL, Livingstone has scored 1,051 runs in 49 matches for Rajasthan Royals (RR), Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at a strike rate of over 158, with seven half-centuries, while also taking 13 wickets.
For England, he has 955 runs in 60 T20Is at an average of 25.13 and a strike rate of 148.98, with one century and two fifties, besides 43 wickets.
Though he was part of RCB's title-winning campaign last season, he scored 112 runs in eight matches.
He arrives on the back of a strong Hundred season for Birmingham Phoenix, where he scored 241 runs at an average of 40.16 and took seven wickets, and an impressive Vitality Blast for Lancashire, amassing 260 runs at an average of 52 and a strike rate above 176, along with six wickets.
A total of 359 players -- 246 Indians and 113 overseas players -- were part of the mini auction pool with the 10 franchises bidding to fill up a maximum of 77 slots, including 31 reserved for foreign players.
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