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The Rajasthan Royals did one of the biggest trades before the IPL 2026 auction. They traded former skipper Sanju Samson to the Chennai Super Kings and in return got Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran. Jadeja was a part of the RR squad that won the first-ever edition of the IPL in 2008. The franchise came […]

Lucknow Super Giants were one of the four franchises with a purse value of more than INR 20 crore. They came to the auction table with INR 22.95 crore in their hands and picked up a total of six players. They started the auction by purchasing Wanindu Hasaranga and Anrich Nortje for their respective base

Punjab Kings had a purse of INR 11.50 crore and bought a total of four players in the auction. PBKS retained a total of 21 players before heading to the auction. They released a total of six players before the auction, including Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, and Kyle Jamieson. The remaining two players

Gujarat Titans retained a total of 20 players before heading to the IPL 2026 auction. They had traded Sherfane Rutherford to the Mumbai Indians and released five more players, including the overseas trio of Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, and Karim Janat. This gave GT a purse value of INR 12.90 crore before heading to the

Kolkata Knight Riders had the highest purse value among 10 teams at the auction table. As predicted, they picked the two most expensive players in this season’s auction. The 2024 winner spent INR 25.20 crore for Australian all-rounder Cameron Green and INR 18 crore for Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana. The team picked up a

The defending champions, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, bought a total of eight players in the auction. Venkatesh Iyer was the most expensive player for the franchise in the auction, and RCB shelled out INR 7 crore for him. They fought a bidding war against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Mangesh Yadav, a 23-year-old all-rounder from Madhya

Sunrisers Hyderabad entered the IPL 2026 auction with a purse value of INR 25.50 crore, the third-highest among the 10 franchises. They made some interesting choices at the auction table. SRH spent INR 6.30 crore, around 25% of their purse, to sign eight uncapped players. They spent more than 50% of their purse to sign

India will play a five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka at home in December 2025. The first two matches will be played at Visakhapatnam on December 21 and 23, respectively. The last three games are scheduled to be played on December 26, 28, and 30. The series comes right after India’s ICC Women’s ODI World

ODI cricket has always rewarded consistency. Hundreds make headlines, yes. But it is the fifties that often decide matches — stabilising innings, rescuing collapses, or building platforms for big finishes! Across eras, certain batters mastered this craft. From Sachin Tendulkar’s fearless opening days to Virat Kohli’s machine-like chase mastery, these players delivered fifty-plus scores with

Virat Kohli has scored 84 international centuries: 30 in Tests, 53 in ODIs, and 1 in T20Is, for a total of 92, including IPL. His century count places him second only to Sachin Tendulkar, who holds the record with 100 international hundreds. He holds the record for most ODI centuries (53) and is known as