Wicketkeeper-batter Kartik Sharma and all-rounder Prashant Veer are the joint-most expensive Indian buys of IPL 2026 auction, being bought by CSK for ₹14.2 crore each. They are followed by all-rounder Auqib Dar (₹8.4 crore, DC), leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi (₹7.2 crore, RR) and all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer (₹7 crore, RCB).