The Hundred auction 2026, LIVE Updates: Shaheen Afridi withdraws

We are underway. The franchises will be in action in a short while. 

Shaheeh Afridi has withdrawn from the auction. Other big names are Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock and Allah Ghazanfar. The reason for the withdrawls aren't known right now. 

📰| The Hundred 2026

Five overseas players who have withdrawn their names from the Hundred's auction longlist. These include :

Sunil Narine 🏝️
Shaheen Afridi 🇵🇰
QDK 🇿🇦
AM Ghazanfar 🇦🇫
Peter Siddle 🇦🇺#TheHundred2026 | via @mroller98

— T20 Tracker (@t20tracker) March 12, 2026

The franchises have a budget of €2.05 million, seeing a rise by 45% from last year as they look to complete a squad comprising 14-16 players. The teams have so far used £950,000 of their purse in the pre-auction signings, leaving them with only £1.1 million going into the auction.

The auction will be divided into 3 phases. First the 'Hero Players' will come up, which will be the top 50 most nominated players by the franchises.

Then the 'Ranked Players', which will be 50 players who either missed in the first phase or were the next most wanted players.

The last one will be 'Nominated players. ' There won't be any fixed number here. The teams who'll need to fill up the squads will nominate players. This will be the last chance to get a bid.

The Hundred 2026 player auction will be streamed on The Hundred’s YouTube channel across the world, including India.

Of course, the best place to follow it will be InsideSport's blog. 

Each team can pick a maximum of 4 overseas players, including direct signings and retained players, in their squad and the playing XI.

• Birmingham Phoenix: £1,027,000
• London Spirit: £1,027,000
• Manchester Super Giants: £1,027,000
• MI London: £1,027,000
• Southern Brave: £1,027,000
• Sunrisers Leeds: £1,027,000
• Trent Rockets: £1,027,000
• Welsh Fire: £1,027,000

Marquee domestic: Jonny Bairstow, Adil Rashid, James Vince, Jordan Cox, Joe Root
Marquee international: Aiden Markram, David Miller, Sunil Narine, Haris Rauf, Daryl Mitchell
Tier 1 batters: Finn Allen, Quinton De Kock, Ryan Rickelton, Tim Seifert, Zak Crawley
Tier 1 fast bowlers: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Josh Tongue, Luke Wood, Sonny Baker, Saqib Mahmood
Tier 1 allrounders: Tom Curran, Shadab Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, David Willey, Gus Atkinson
Tier 1 spin bowlers: Akeal Hosein, AM Ghazanfar, Rishad Hossain, Usman Tariq, Jafer Choha

Birmingham Phoenix: Jacob Bethell (retained), Rehan Ahmed (direct signing), Mitch Owen (direct signing), Donovan Ferreira (direct signing).

London Spirit: Jamie Overton (retained), Liam Livingstone (direct signing), Adam Zampa (direct signing), Dewald Brevis (direct signing).

MI London: Sam Curran (retained), Will Jacks (retained), Rashid Khan (retained), Nicholas Pooran (direct signing).

Manchester Super Giants: Jos Buttler (retained), Noor Ahmad (retained), Heinrich Klaasen (retained), Liam Dawson (direct signing).

Southern Brave: Jofra Archer (retained), Jamie Smith (direct signing), Marcus Stoinis (direct signing), Tristan Stubbs (direct signing).

Sunrisers Leeds: Harry Brook (retained), Brydon Carse (retained), Mitchell Marsh (direct signing), Nathan Ellis (direct signing).

Trent Rockets: Tom Banton (retained), Ben Duckett (direct signing), Tim David (direct signing), Mitchell Santner (direct signing).

Welsh Fire: Chris Woakes (retained), Phil Salt (direct signing), Rachin Ravindra (direct signing), Marco Jansen (direct signing).

Who'll be the male Dani Gibon, today?

You can't take your eyes off #TheHundredAuction

How Dani Gibson became the most expensive domestic player of the day 👀 pic.twitter.com/QwquhlydC7

— The Hundred (@thehundred) March 11, 2026

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the The Men's Hundred auction 2026. After the first-ever women's auction, we now move to the men's. 

The 8 franchises will assemble in Piccadilly Lights in central London with players like Joe Root, Aiden Markram and Shaheen Afridi among those who'll go under the hammer.