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IPL 2026 exposed the auction bubble: Franchises paid for names, bargain picks delivered real value

Imagine you walked into a stock market. You had ₹1,000 crore to deploy. The blue chips, the Sensex darlings, the names everyone knows, were all available. So were a handful of no-name penny stocks ...
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The Rs 7 crore bargain vs the Rs 25 crore gamble: How Jason Holder outshone IPL 2026's biggest auction buys

During the IPL 2026 mini-auction in Abu Dhabi back in December 2025, every franchise walked out believing it had cracked the tournament before a ball had even been bowled. Cameron Green became the ...
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The 5 best and worst buys of IPL 2026 Auction

With Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Gujarat Titans (GT) playing the IPL 2026 final, it is a good time to look back at the auction decisions that shaped the season. While some franchises ...

IPL 2025 Mega Auction Day 1 Highlights: Pant, Shreyas get record bids; Venkatesh sold for 23.75 ce

At Rs 27 crore, Rishabh Pant emerges as the costliest player in IPL history. Shreyas Iyer is the second costliest player in Indian Premier League ...