The IPL 2026 mega auction, the cricketing world’s most extravagant bazaar, exploded into a frenzy of fortune and fate on Monday at the Ritz-Carlton Jeddah, with all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer stealing the spotlight in the opening session as the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) shelled out a whopping INR 17.25 crore to secure the 28-year-old KKR mainstay in a bidding blitz that lasted 16 minutes and involved four franchises