Published: Dec 18, 2025, 06:38 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 18, 2025, 06:40 PM (IST)
Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra shared his reaction after the IPL 2026 mini-auction. Aakash was surprised that some great players went unsold at the event.
Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra was surprised after star players like Michael Bracewell, Jamie Smith and Jonny Bairstow went unsold at the IPL auction 2026. However, the most expensive players in the event were Cameron Green, who joins Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 25.20 crore and also the domestic players like Aquib Nabi, Prashant Veer, Karthik Sharma and Mangesh Yadav got a good prices.
“I do not know what’s wrong with the IPL. There is a player named Michael Bracewell. Don’t know why no one rates him. He is a phenomenal player. I still remember the century he scored against India in Hyderabad. Plenty of teams needed an off-spinner batter. I felt Chennai would be interested in him. I felt LSG would be interested in him. At least some team should have been interested in him, but no one was interested. Very, very surprising,” Aakash Chopra speaking about Bracewell on his Youtube Channel.
He also names on the list Jamie Smith “Jamie Smith, how did he go unsold? He came three times. Someone put his name every time in the auction list. He was shortlisted for both accelerators, and then no one bought him. It was beyond my understanding. Jamie is a wicketkeeper-batter who bats both up and down the order. He is a gun player, but not to be seen. I am very, very surprised. I have got no logic. Logic has failed here.“
“Logic has failed for Jonny Bairstow. Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Ben Duckett, Pathum Nissanka, Tom Banton and Quinton de Kock got sold, but there is no place for Jonny Bairstow, who played so well in the couple of matches he played last season. He would have been available for the entire season,“
