A mini auction of players for the next season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was held on 16 December (Tuesday) at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Australian all-rounder Cameron Green was the most expensive player in the mini auction, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for Rs 25.20 crore. KKR also added Sri Lankan fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana for a price of Rs 18 crore. Uncapped players Prashant Veer and Karthik Sharma joined Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for a similar amount of Rs 14.20 crore.
IPL There was also a successful bid on Sarthak Ranjan, son of Lok Sabha MP Pappu Yadav, in the mini auction for 2026. Three-time champion Kolkata Knight Riders added Sarthak to their team for Rs 30 lakh. The base price of Sarthak was Rs 30 lakh and he has joined KKR, co-owned by Shahrukh Khan, at this price. Sarthak will be seen in IPL for the first time. Now, it remains to be seen how many matches Sarthak plays for KKR in the upcoming IPL season.
Cricketers in Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2025 Sarthak Ranjan The bat had spoken fiercely. Opener Sarthak Ranjan scored 495 runs for North Delhi Strikers in 10 innings of 11 matches at an average of 55, which included four half-centuries. His best score was 82 runs. Sarthak hit 56 fours and 18 sixes. Sarthak remained second among the batsmen scoring the most runs in DPL 2025. Arpit Rana (495) scored more runs than Sarthak.
29-year-old Sarthak Ranjan came into limelight in March last year when he Pappu Yadav Had accepted membership of Congress Party with. Sarthak’s father is an MP from Purnia Lok Sabha seat. Whereas Sarthak’s mother Ranjit Ranjan is a Rajya Sabha MP from Chhattisgarh on Congress ticket.
How is Sarthak’s record for Delhi?
Sarthak Ranjan has so far played 2 first class, 4 List-A and 5 T20 matches in domestic cricket for Delhi. He has scored 28 runs in first class cricket, where his average was 9.33. In List-A, he has 105 runs in his name at an average of 26.25, while in T20 cricket, he has scored 66 runs and his average was 13.20.
Sarthak Ranjan made his first class debut against Hyderabad in November 2018. At that time Nitish Rana was captaining the Delhi team. Before this, he made his List-A debut against Himachal Pradesh under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant in February 2017, in that match Gautam Gambhir was also a part of the Delhi team. Whereas, Sarthak made his T20 debut against Vadodara in January 2016. During that time the command of Delhi team was in the hands of Gautam Gambhir.
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