The Hundred 2026 public sale has lastly ended. It was an thrilling public sale for the franchise. On Thursday 12 March 2026, The Hundred (males’s competitors) held its first-ever participant public sale at Piccadilly Lights in central London. The cricket league, which began in 2021, used a draft system to allocate gamers to franchises for the primary 5 editions.
The league additionally has new buyers, with some Indian Premier League (IPL) house owners proudly owning some stake in Hundred Auctions. The influence was fast, with three groups altering their earlier names to IPL-style names.
The Hundred will get new house owners
Oval Invincibles at the moment are often known as MI London, Manchester Originals at the moment are Manchester Tremendous Giants and Northern Superchargers at the moment are Sunrisers Leeds. Solely the Southern Braves haven’t modified their identify as they’re owned by GMR Group, which additionally owns the IPL’s Delhi Capitals.
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There have been experiences that Pakistani gamers will probably be banned from the public sale in the event that they win the stake. However that did not occur. A complete of 63 to 67 Pakistani gamers (together with women and men) had been registered for The Hundred Draft/Public sale 2026. Nonetheless, solely a choose group of 14 Pakistani gamers had been shortlisted for the ultimate bidding course of for the lads’s public sale.
Only a few Pakistani gamers had been shortlisted.
Pakistan ODI staff captain Shaheen Shah Afridi was the one Pakistani participant to withdraw from the public sale. Nonetheless, the opposite gamers registered had been Haris Rauf, Saim Ayub, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Zaman Khan, Usama Mir, Imad Wasim, Akif Javed and Salman Mirza.
Of these, solely two gamers had been up for public sale. The 2 gamers to be bought on the public sale are Usman Tariq and Abrar Ahmed. Tariq was the primary participant chosen on the public sale. He was bought to Birmingham Phoenix for £140,000 through the public sale.
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Abrar Ahmed turned the second participant from Sunrisers Leeds to be bought at public sale for £190,000, because the membership was owned by the SUN TV firm, which additionally owns IPL facet Sunrisers Hyderabad, and attracted a variety of consideration.
Apart from two gamers, Haris Rauch remained unsold on the public sale. Aside from them, no Pakistani participant was even chosen within the later levels of the public sale. James Coles turned The Hundred’s highest paid participant. He was bought to London Spirit for the next season of The Hundred for a price ticket of £390,000.
Record of Pakistani gamers who had been bought and unsold at Hundred Public sale 2026
| participant | state of affairs | staff | worth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abrar Ahmed | bought | birmingham phoenix | 140,000 kilos |
| Usman Tariq | bought | Sunrisers Leeds | £190,000 |
| Harris Rauch | unsold | — | — |
| Saim Ayub | unsold | — | — |
| Mohammad Nawaz | unsold | — | — |
| Naseem Shah | unsold | — | — |
| Mohammad Amir | unsold | — | — |
| Zaman Khan | unsold | — | — |
| Usama Mir | unsold | — | — |
| Imad Wasim | unsold | — | — |
| Akif Javed | unsold | — | — |
| salman mirza | unsold | — | — |
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