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Big‑ticket rookies: How the most expensive uncapped signings at IPL 2026 auction have fared so far
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Big‑ticket rookies: How the most expensive uncapped signings at IPL 2026 auction have fared so far

We are past the halfway mark of IPL 2026 - here's looking at how the most expensive uncapped players signed at the auction have fared so far this season.


How the most expensive uncapped signings at IPL 2026 auction have fared so far All amounts in INR Stats as on April 30. Akshat Raghuwanshi (2.20 crore – LSG) Yet to play The middle-order batter from Madhya Pradesh last played professional T20 cricket in 2022, but his exploits in the Madhya Pradesh Premier League brought him to LSG's attention. He hasn't played this season so far. Mukul Choudhary (2.60 crore – LSG) Matches: 8 | 158 runs @ 31.20, SR 145.79, 1 fifty Mukul Choudhary has been the most impressive rookie with the bat so far this season. Playing in the middle order for LSG, he has shown why Justin Langer felt he could be the "scariest No.6 or No.7 batter in India in the next four months." In just his third IPL appearance, he rescued LSG from a near-certain defeat, hitting 54 off 27 from No.7, featuring as many as seven sixes, to complete a last-ball chase. Also read: Who is Mukul Choudhary, the 21-year-old LSG debutant touted to become the 'scariest batter in India'? Tejasvi Dahiya (3 crore – KKR) Yet to play A stellar Delhi Premier League season in 2025 earned the wicketkeeper-batter a contract from KKR. But with a packed middle order, he has yet to find

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