No team bought him in the IPL 2026 auction. Yet, since stepping onto the 22-yard pitch, Abhinav Manohar has not been dismissed in any match he has played. No bowler has been able to beat him. In every match, he only scores runs and remains the last man standing. This is the same batsman whom Kavya Maran had released from her IPL team SRH. Now, the way he is playing, it seems he is determined to prove everyone wrong.
Played Five Matches After IPL 2026 Auction
The IPL 2026 auction was held on December 16, where Abhinav Manohar did not get any team. He played his first match after the auction on December 24 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Since then, he has featured in a total of five matches in the tournament. In none of these matches were the opposition bowlers able to dismiss him—he has remained unbeaten every time he batted.
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Match-by-Match Performance
In the current season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Abhinav Manohar played his first match for Karnataka against Jharkhand, where he played an unbeaten innings of 56 runs. After that, on December 26, he did not get a chance to bat in the second match against Kerala. On December 29, in the third match, he remained unbeaten on 20 runs against Tamil Nadu. On December 31, he remained unbeaten on 21 runs against Puducherry. And on January 3, he played an unbeaten innings of 79 runs for Karnataka against Tripura.
That means, after not being sold in the IPL 2026 auction, Abhinav Manohar has scored a total of 176 runs in 4 innings across 5 matches, facing 90 balls. He has hit a total of 9 sixes and 17 fours.
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SRH released Abhinav before the auction
Right-handed aggressive middle-order batsman and finisher Abhinav Manohar was released by SRH before the IPL auction. Sunrisers Hyderabad had bought him for Rs 3.20 crore in last year's auction. However, they did not retain him this time.
