The 26-year-old opener went unsold last year, but has found new form in 2025 but interestingly he has gone Unsold once again in this IPL MINI AUCTION. Shaw has scored heavily since switching from Mumbai to Maharashtra, including a double century in Ranji. In the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy he has scored 183 runs from seven innings at a strike-rate of 160.52. Shaw scored 66 off 36 balls for Maharashtra against Hyderabad and 66 off 30 balls against Bihar.
It will be interesting to see if he find any bidder in the accelerated round. Across 79 IPL matches, Shaw tallied 1892 runs in 79 innings at 23.95 average and 147.7 strike rate, boasting 14 fifties. The India batter has a highest score of 99 runs and has hit 238 fours and 61 sixes.
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of 359 players – 246 Indians and 113 overseas players will be part of the IPL 2026 auction pool with the 10 franchises bidding to fill up a maximum of 77 slots, including 31 reserved for foreign players. As per the IPL rules, each team can register a maximum squad size of 25. The number of overseas players is eight.
The IPL 2026 auction will also introduce a salary cap for overseas players. The maximum fee payable will be the lower of two figures – the highest retention price (₹18 crore) or the highest bid from the previous mega auction. In a mini-auction defined by scarcity, franchises will pay not for reputation, but for fit and those holding the purse strings know it. The Indian Premier League 2026 will start on March 26 and go on till May 31. There will be 74 matches for this season
