Bihar’s Lal left politics and joined cricket, money rained in IPL auction, has a special connection with Gautam Gambhir

This time in IPL 2026, the dominance of Bihari players is being seen. After Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni), now Ishan Kishan and Vaibhav Suryavanshi have attracted the attention of IPL team franchises with their brilliant performances. This time in the IPL 2026 Mini Auction, the IPL franchise has included 4 players in its camp.

Among these 4 players, there is one name whose father is a big leader of Bihar and is very popular. This player has left politics and chosen cricket as his career.

Money rained on Bihar’s Lal in IPL

Sarthak Ranjan, son of Purnia MP Pappu Yadav, left Bihar and plays domestic cricket for Delhi. This year, he had performed brilliantly with the bat in the Delhi Premier League and was the second highest run scorer, after this performance he registered his name in the mini auction of IPL 2026.

In the mini auction of IPL 2026, Sarthak Ranjan was included in their team by Shahrukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders for his base price of Rs 30 lakh. Apart from KKR, no other team had bid on Sarthak Ranjan.

Sarthak Ranjan left politics and made cricket his career.

Sarthak Ranjan’s journey is very interesting, he started his cricket career for Delhi, in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2017, he opened the innings for Delhi with Gautam Gambhir, at that time the captaincy of Delhi was in the hands of Rishabh Pant.

Before the 2024 Lok Sabha, Sarthak Ranjan decided to leave cricket and follow the footsteps of his parents and entered politics, but in the 2024 Lok Sabha, Congress lost badly in Bihari, after which Sarthak Ranjan once again decided to return to cricket. In the same year 2025, Sarthak performed brilliantly in the Delhi Premier League and now he is going to be seen playing for KKR in IPL 2026.