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Kartik's ₹14.2cr price tag shows Rajasthan's surge
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
|December 17, 2025
The mini auction is a big deal for uncapped Indian players and so it proved for some of the Rajasthan players in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Paddles started going up when Kartik Sharma's name was announced, with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) locked in a bidding war with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) till the ₹13 crore mark when KKR opted out.
But Sunrisers Hyderabad jumped into the fray. However, CSK held on to buy the talented keeper-batter for ₹14.2 crore.
At every level the 19-year-old from Rajasthan's Bharatpur district has played, his reputation has preceded him. The money invested by CSK is also based on the reputation Kartik carries as one of the best young stroke players in the country.
That's how the Rajasthan team's senior coach Anshu Jain first came to know about Kartik.
This story is from the December 17, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Chandigarh.
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