TNPL auction 2026 ends, Ashwanth Valthapa emerges most expensive player

Chepauk add B Arun, Harish Aadhitya, Vignesh M, Sujay, and Mohana Prasath M. That marks the conclusion of the TNPL 2026 auction, and what an evening this has been. All the teams should be happy with the players they have managed to bag. Now, the tournament isn't far away -- and starts on August 4. So, see you there.

Last few players under the hammer. Kovai get Madhav Prasad for 30k. Two teams still remain to complete their squads. Dinesh Veda Guru sold for 30k to Salem, and that perhaps ends the auction. Oh, there is scope for a couple of more. And done. Chepauk have added their 5 as well.

Ajay K Krishnan - UNSOLD

Mohammed Tibiyan - UNSOLD

Nitin Ramanan - UNSOLD

Swadesh B - UNSOLD

Thamarai Selvan - UNSOLD

Nirankar Sharma - Sold to Dindgul for 1.7L

Sakthi Karuppaswamy - 30k to Dindigul

Himalaya - 30k to Madurai

Vijay Abhimanyu T - 30k to Trichy

Ashwin M - UNSOLD

Pranav B - UNSOLD

Bharath M - Sold for 40k to Tiruppur

Ramesh K - 30k to Trichy

Kavin R - Sold to Salem for 1.45L

Mohana Prasath - Chepauk for 30k

Lakshay Jain - UNSOLD

Ram Kumar R - Sold to Madurai for 30k

BK Kishore - Sold to Dindiul for 30k

Arun B - UNSOLD

Sujay S - UNSOLD

Dinesh Veda Guru - UNSOLD

Harish Aadhitya - UNSOLD

Mithul Raj M - UNSOLD

Bharath Kumar M - 30k to NRK

Vishal M - Sold to 30k to Tirruppur

Teams are taking their own sweet time to come up with a list of players for the accelerated round. Abhinav Mukund hardly has a control over the delay in proceedings. Nonetheless, take a look at the purse.

Now, we are on to the last accelerated round of the evening, where all the teams will get a chance to complete their squads. Expect 30-32 players to go under the hammer now.

Some picks in the previous session

The race to build the perfect squad continues! 🚀

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Now, it is time for a break and post break, it will be an accelerated round, where the teams will present their own set of preferred players. Hopefully the proceedings should be done soon. Auction to resume at 5.50 PM

Prasid Akash H - Sold to Kovai for 30K

Vineeth VK - He seems to have an SR of 70, but still the teams seem to be going after him. The bid has reached at 2.7 lakh here; a bit surprising. Sold for 2.8L to Dindigul.

Hari Ragavendra - Sold to Madurai for 1.6L

Rohit Suthar - UNSOLD

Udaya Kumar M - SOLD to Salem for 2.05L

Kiran Karthikeyan - Sold for 30k to Madurai

Rohan Ravi - Sold for 55k to Madurai

Rajkumar K - Sold for 90k to Trichy

Veerraviswa K - UNSOLD

Nirmal Kumar P - UNSOLD

Manav Parakh - Sold for 40k to Kovai

Himalaya - UNSOLD

Shavin V - Sold to Madurai for 1.55L

Waseem Ahmed - There has been some chatter about this particular player among the fans. This batter already has played a few FC matches for MP. Must be a known player here in TN too. The bod is over 3 lakh already. So definitely Waseem adds a lot of value to the team. The 32-year-old also has an SR of 125. Finally sold for 5.2L to Chepauk.

Sachin Sre Dev - Sold for 30k to Nellai

Vijay Abimanyu - UNSOLD

Sanjay MS - UNSOLD

Nitin R Ramanan - UNSOLD

Mohammed Saad - UNSOLD

Deeban Lingesh - SOLD for 30k to Chepauk

Ram Aravindh R - Sold for 2.05L to Chepauk

Shyam Sundar S - Sold to Trichy for 35 K

This is growing into a big-big bid once again. That means clearly, the teams are taretting the same players. Madurai, CSG in it now. Nearing 9 lakh. Solf for 8.7 lakh to Madurai eventually.

Jitnedra Kumar CH - Sold for 30k to Kovai

Ashwin M - UNSOLD

Rathnam AVR - UNSOLD

Siddharth G - UNSOLD

Sai Shriraam G - SOLD for 30k to Trichy

Siddharth Mahadevan - A bidding war between Salem and Chepauk. Finally he goes to... Nope still no conclusion to this bid. The teams are taking their fair share of time. They will have to speed up for sure.

Salem: 4.42L

Chepauk: 9.58L

Kovai: 3.49L

Madurai: 17.03L

Trichy: 14.06L

Nellai: 2.26L

Didigul: 16.83L

Tiruppur: 6.82L

Represented UAE in ODIs and T20s now shifted his base to TN a bit of mystery spinner.

From under the radar to the top of the bid chart! 📈

Ashwanth Valthapa sold to Chepauk Super Gillies for 14.45 Lakhs! 🔥

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So, a lot of purchases were made in the 1st session of the TNPL auction here. But the headlines were made by Ashwath (14.45L) and Mukilesh U (13.7), for being the most expensive buys of the day. For now, it is a short break and we would return shortly.

A string of unsold players come. 

Abhinav M - UNSOLD

Khush Bardia - UNSOLD

Kishoor G - UNSOLD 

Anuraag Rajesh Nair - Sold to Dindigul for 30K

Iyappan B - Sold to Salem for 30K

Krish E - Sold to Dindigul for 70k

Gangadharan A - UNSOLD

Hariharan S - UNSOLD

Mabye these guys are uber talented. For now, the numbers reflecting on the board suggest, that Ashwath's SR is only 93 being a batter. Maybe teams know something that we aren't aware of. The numbers are going up, and it is over 12 lakh now. Most expensive of the day now, surpassing Mukilesh. Sold to 14.45 lakh to Chepuak.

Now, the organisers have decided to club all the names, irrespective of the player's category. The first name there is --

Wafar K - Sold for 50k to Tiruppur

Akshay Dev Kumar: Sold to Tiruppur for 30k

Abhinav K: Sold to Kovai Kings for 50k

Adhavan T: UNSOLD

Akram Khan M:UNSOLD

Alfred Jacob D: UNSOLD

Ashwanth Valthapa: Sold to Salem Spartans for........ wait, the bidding war has erupted for him, and the price has crossed 9 lakh already.

Gowtham Thamarai Kannan Sold for 1L to Trichy Grand Cholas.

Maan Bafna: Sold to Kovai Kings for 1.4L to Kovai Kings

Kavin R is the next man, he goes unsold. And the B category is done. 

Akshay Srinivasan 30K - UNSOLD

Rohit R 30k: Sold to Nellai Royal Kings for 60K

Periyasamy G: There is a huge bidding war between Chepauk and Madurai. The bid has gone up to 2.9L already. Let's see where it stops eventually. Open to all. For the unversed, he action resembles that of Lasith Malinga. Sold for 4.5L to Madurai.

Mohit Mittan is the next player up. Salem Spartans start the bid and Dindigul look interested as well for now. Sold to Dindigul for 2.45L.

Trilok Nath for 45k is up next. Kovai start the bid.  SOLD

DT Chandrasekhar is the next man up for 45k. He is unsold.

Ashwin Crist A is the next man, he is asking for 60K. No paddles up, and he too goes unsold.

Chepauk Super Gillies ₹24,03,125

Siechem Madurai Panthers ₹22,78,125

Dindigul Dragons ₹20,28,125

Nellai Royal Kings ₹16,56,250

Trichy Grand Cholas ₹15,06,250

iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans ₹7,62,500

Lyca Kovai Kings ₹5,84,375

SKM Salem Spartans ₹4,71,875

Here we go. Abhinav Mukund gets things underway, and it will be an exciting day to say the least. It starts with the address of the TNPL heads.

Abhishek Tanwar, Swapnil K Singh, N. Jagadeesan, R.S. Mokit Hariharan, T.D. Lokesh Raj, M. Silambarasan, K. Aashiq, J. Prem Kumar, S. Dinesh Raj, G. Rajalingam, N. Sunil Krishna.

J. Suresh Kumar, P. Saravana Kumar, J. Kousik, R. Sanjay Yadav, M.S. Washington Sundar, Jafar Jamal, R. Rajkumar, V. Athisayaraj Davidson, K. Easwaran, W. Antony Dhas, M. Ganesh Moorthi, N. Selva Kumaran, T. Saran.

R. Sonu Yadav, G. Ajitesh, Muhammed Adnan Khan, S. Rithik Easwaran, S.R. Athish, Sachin Rathi, V. Yudheeswaran, N.S. Harish, S. Selvaganapathi, B. Emmanuel Cherian, D. Santhosh Kumar, B. Rocky, J. Rohan, A. Arun Bala Yoghi, S. Risheek Kumar.

M. Karthik, M.A. Atheeq Ur Rahman, B. Anirudh Sita Ram, Gurjapneet Singh, D. Deepesh, P. Vignesh, P. Saravanan, N.S. Chaturved, S. Rajalingam, S. Surya Anand, S. Shankar Ganesh.

M. Mohammed, C. Hari Nishaanth, S. Nidhish Rajagopal, Boopathi Vaishna Kumar, S. Ajith Ram, M. Eshwar, S. Abishiek, Sunny Sandhu, R. Vivek, S. Harish Kumar, M. Poiyamozhi, Rahil Sanjay Shah, V.S. Karthick Manikandan, Sudhan Sanjeevi Kandeepan, D. Rahul, M.E. Yazh Arun Mozhi.

M. Shahrukh Khan, B. Sai Sudharsan, S. Lokeshwar, C. Andre Siddarth, M. Siddharth, R.S. Ambrish, B. Sachin, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, G. Govinth, R. Divakar, P. Vidyuth.

Varun Chakaravarthy, Hunny Saini, Sandeep Warrier, B. Indrajith, R. Vimal Khumar, Shivam Singh, R.K. Jayant, H. Dinesh, M. Karthik Saran, Athul Maruthi Vikar, M. Viju Arul, Sasidharan.

R. Sai Kishore, T. Natarajan, R. Silambarasan, Tushar Raheja, S. Mohamed Ali, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, U. Sasidev, R.D. Pranav Raghavendra, V.P. Amith Sathvik, S. Mohan Prasath, C.V. Achyuth, M. Mathivanan, A. Esakkimuthu, V. Anovankar.

🎥 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬… 💥

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• Chepauk Super Gillies ₹24,03,125
• Siechem Madurai Panthers ₹22,78,125
• Dindigul Dragons ₹20,28,125
• Nellai Royal Kings ₹16,56,250
• Trichy Grand Cholas ₹15,06,250
• iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans ₹7,62,500
• Lyca Kovai Kings ₹5,84,375
• SKM Salem Spartans ₹4,71,875