Alleppey stirred up an absolute tidal wave in the auction when it bought all-rounder Sibin Girish for ₹11.80 lakh, making him the most expensive player of the season.
Sibin Girish, who had a base price of ₹75,000, attracted bids from Calicut Globstars, Thrissur Titans and Kochi Blue Tigers. The Globstars withdrew from the race when the price crossed seven lakhs and Titans exited at ₹10.40 lakh. Ripples then out-bid the Blue Tigers to pocket the all-rounder. Sibin is also the most expensive player to be bought in category C in the history of KCL.
The Ripples first buy in the auction was Kerala captain Sachin Baby for whom it splurged ₹10 lakhs after warding off bids from the Thrissur Titans, Alleppey also spent ₹6 lakh for Kerala under-23 captain and all-rounder Abhijith Praveen.
Mohammed Azharuddeen, Alleppey Ripples captain and one of the retained players, said the team was keen to sign Sibin Girish after seeing his consistent performances in various tournaments.
“We had a clear cut plan for the auction and had fixed our budgets for each player we wanted and it went as planned. We had Sibin on our radar following his good all round performances in various tournaments, He bowls medium pace and is a good finisher and he will bring a lot of balance to our squad. We also wanted an experienced player like Sachin Baby who will be an asset for us, ‘’’ said Azharuddeen, For the record, Sachin Baby was the most expensive player in Category A.
Another category C player, Krishna Devan was the second most expensive player in the auction with Calicut Globstars spending ₹11.20 lakh to buy him, outbidding Kochi Blue Tigers.
Category A players. Abdul Basith, Vishnu Vinod, M.D. Nidheesh and Basil Thampi attracted multiple bids from franchises in the first round. Calicut shelled out ₹ 8 lakh from its budget for all rounder Abdul Basith.
Trivandrum Royals picked the swashbuckling batter Vishnu Vinod for ₹7.80 lakh after outbidding Alleppey Ripples. Vishnu Vinod was Royals’ most expensive buy in the auction.
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Aries Kollam pocketed M.D. Nidheesh for ₹6.60 lakh while Kochi Blue Tigers bought Basil Thampi for ₹5.40 lakh.
Vignesh Puthur, who was the find of the first season of KCL, surprisingly didn’t attract any buyers in the first two rounds. He was finally picked by Calicut Globstars for ₹1.50 lakh in the accelerated round, which was half of his base price of ₹3 lakh,
All rounder M. Nikhil was the most expensive player in Category B (base price ₹1.5 lakh) as Trivandrum Royals used the RTM card to buy him for ₹6.20 lakh from Thrissur Titans.
Trivandrum Royals also doled out ₹4.80lakh for all rounder Akshay Manohar, making him the second most expensive player in category B. In all 89 players were sold from the 137 players who were available for auction.
Published on Jul 11, 2026
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