Wicketkeeper-batter Kartik Sharma, hailed as 'Rajasthan's six-hitting machine', was bought by CSK for ₹14.2 crore at the IPL 2026 auction, making him the joint-most expensive uncapped player in IPL history. The 19-year-old has played eight first-class, nine List A and 12 T20 matches, scoring a total of 1,258 runs. The right-hander has a strike rate of 162.92 in T20 cricket.