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IPL 2026 auction: Green and greenhorns strike gold in auction of contracts
What did the IPL 2026 auction tell us? Here, we look at numbers and percentages and ratios to tell an interesting story
MI 'aced auction' before it began (4:27)
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Uncapped Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma smash IPL auction records
They became the joint-most-expensive uncapped Indian players ever signed at an IPL auction
Jayawardene: 'Quinton de Kock gives us depth at the top' (1:22)
IPL 2026: How the ten teams stack up after the auction
Here's what the squads look like, with their strengths and weaknesses
Cameron Green becomes most expensive overseas player in IPL; uncapped Indians go big
Kolkata Knight Riders won a bidding war with Chennai Super Kings to buy the Australian allrounder
FAQs - The when, where, who and how much of the IPL 2026 auction
All your questions about the big day in Abu Dhabi, answered right here
IPL 2026 auction - who will be at the heart of the big bidding wars?
A quick look at the players who could emerge as the potential big buys at the IPL 2026 mini auction
IPL 2026 auction: what the ten teams have, and who they will be desperate to get
Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings have a lot to do, while Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings might have quiet auctions
Oval Invincibles rebrand as MI London as Hundred deal is finalised
Last of eight deals is concluded as Surrey and Reliance confirm partnership for 2026 onwards
WPL - Keightley: 'We're excited to have the same core back' (0:49)
'Are Mumbai Indians even coming to the auction?' (3:25)
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IPL 2026: How the squads stack up ahead of the auction
Who have the teams retained? Who have they released? And what do they need at the auction?
MI bring in Thakur, Rutherford in trade window ; Arjun Tendulkar to head to LSG
The MI-LSG deal will be the third trade that Thakur has been involved in over the years
IPL 2026: Full list of player trades
Find out which player has moved to what team
Jacobs' checklist: debut for NZ, 2026 T20 World Cup, return to the IPL
Hard-hitting batter is likely to make his international debut against South Africa, his country of birth, in Zimbabwe
Arya, Prabhsimran, Suryavanshi and Rathi make ESPNcricinfo's IPL 2025 Uncapped XII
Runners-up PBKS' Indian core dominates ESPNcricinfo's uncapped team of the season
IPL 2025: Kohli, Bumrah, Iyer headline ESPNcricinfo's team of the tournament
Four members of RCB's title-winning side in the XII, but who else make the cut?
Big scores, big chases, big aggregates - the IPL 2025 runathon
Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav created new IPL records in a season where more 200-plus totals were scored and chased down than ever before
IPL 2025 review: MI may need to get a good Indian spinner next season (3:15)
PBKS bowling coach Hopes: 'MI were looking at 220, we kept pegging them back'
"There was a bit of confidence in our group when they only got 200 [203], thinking we've dragged them back here," Hopes said
Jayawardene: 'We made a few blunders and our execution wasn't up to the mark'
"Even we bowled pretty good yorkers throughout the campaign and we just couldn't get those yorkers going," MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene said
Hardik, Santner not completing their overs 'an opportunity missed' for MI
Between them, Hardik and Santner bowled just four overs, possibly because of Shreyas Iyer's presence in the middle
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