Vijay Pawle emerged as the auction’s biggest headline, fetching INR 32.50 lakh, the league’s highest ever price tag, from defending champions Majhi Mumbai
Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) officials
The Indian Street Premier League (ISPL), India’s pioneering tennis-ball T10 cricket tournament, delivered a blockbuster Season 3 Player Auction with close to INR 10 crore spent on 144 players as eight franchises went head-to-head in an intense day of bidding in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Vijay Pawle emerged as the auction’s biggest headline, fetching INR 32.50 lakh, the league’s highest ever price tag, from defending champions Majhi Mumbai. The star all-rounder from the West Zone returns to familiar territory, having led Mumbai to the title last season. Ketan Mhatre, also from the West Zone, was retained by Chennai Singams through the Right to Match (RTM) card for INR 26.40 lakh, making him the second-highest pick of the day.
With two new teams, Ahmedabad Lions and Delhi Superheros, joining the league, Season 3 promises to be the most competitive edition yet. The tournament will be held from January 9 – February 6, 2026 at the Lalbhai Contractor Stadium, Surat. Tickets will be available on BookMyShow soon.
This year’s auction showcased ISPL’s growing influence, with 408 players from 101 cities going under the hammer.
The event drew some of the biggest names in cricket and entertainment, including ISPL Core Committee members Sachin Tendulkar, Ashish Shelar, Minal Amol Kale, Suraj Samat, and Dipak Chauhan, President – Operations. Team co-owners in attendance included Akshay Kumar (Srinagar Ke Veer), Saif Ali Khan & Aksha Kamboj (Tiigers of Kolkata), Hrithik Roshan and Divy Dangi (Bengaluru Strikers), Niti Agarwal (Majhi Mumbai), Zayd Noman (Falcon Risers Hyderabad), Rajdip Gupta (Chennai Singams), and Ajay Devgn, Jahidhmohmed Vijapura & Izazahmad Khanusiya (Ahmedabad Lions), along with Salman Khan and Arpita Khan Sharma (Delhi Superheros).
The day opened on a spectacular note with the official unveiling of the ‘Street Star’, a humanoid innovation set to redefine fan engagement in ISPL Season 3.
The U-19 category saw spirited bidding. Ankit Yadav emerged as the costliest youngster, snapped up by the Tiigers of Kolkata for INR 6.50 lakh. Meanwhile, 16-year-old Rudra Patil created history as the youngest player of Season 3, picked by Srinagar Ke Veer at his base price of INR 3 lakh.
The league has expanded to eight teams with the addition of Delhi Superheros, owned by Salman Khan, and Ahmedabad Lions, owned by Ajay Devgn. They joined Majhi Mumbai (Amitabh Bachchan), Tiigers of Kolkata (Saif Ali Khan & Kareena Kapoor Khan), Srinagar Ke Veer (Akshay Kumar), Chennai Singams (Suriya), Bengaluru Strikers (Hrithik Roshan) and Falcon Risers Hyderabad (Ram Charan).
ISPL has also announced that the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of Season 3 will receive a Porsche 911, making it one of the most valuable individual awards in Indian sport.
Top-5 buys:
Vijay Pawle - ₹32.50 lakh (Majhi Mumbai) RTM
Ketan Mhatre - ₹26.40 lakh (Chennai Singams) RTM
Rajendra Singh - ₹26.10 lakh (Bengaluru Strikers)
Sanjay Kanojjiya - ₹24.55 lakh (Ahmedabad Lions)
Saif Ali - ₹23.65 lakh (Tiigers of Kolkata)
Top-5 batsmen:
Ketan Mhatre - ₹26.40 lakh (Chennai Singams) RTM
Sanjay Kanojjiya - ₹24.55 lakh (Ahmedabad Lions)
Saif Ali - ₹23.65 lakh (Tiigers of Kolkata)
Yogesh Penkar - ₹22.45 lakh (Falcon Risers Hyderabad)
Fardeen Kazi - ₹22.30 (Bengaluru Strikers)
Top-5 bowlers:
Rajendra Singh - ₹26.10 (Bengaluru Strikers)
Anurag Sarshar - ₹19.20 lakh (Chennai Singams)
Vicky Bhoir - ₹12 lakh (Falcon Risers Hyderabad)
Nizam Ali - ₹9 lakh (Ahmedabad Lions)
Vivek Shelar - ₹7 lakh (Tiigers of Kolkata)
Top all-rounders:
Vijay Pawle - ₹32.50 lakh (Majhi Mumbai) RTM
Saroj Parmanik - ₹20.60 lakh (Tiigers of Kolkata)
Praveen Kumar - ₹16.50 lakh (Falcon Risers Hyderabad)
Vishwajit Thakur - ₹15 lakh (Falcon Risers Hyderabad)
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