IPL Auction 2026 - Dec 16 at 2.30pm IST

[Need4Speed]

At thr end..as far as the players are concerned..I feel all of those we wanted are in and we have some unfamiliar new players to observe too..

The money and possible chance of playing is a different matter but happy to see all are in..unless I am missing someone..

[Need4Speed]

8 hours ago, express bowling said:

 

Rabada

Siraj

Prasidh

Ishant

Dayal

Ashok

 

He will get games as ... 150 kph is box office ... they often play 3 or 4 pacers ... Ishant is old ... Dayal is very ordinary ... Rabada is phoren and may miss a few games

 

 

Plus Prasidh is injury prone..so they may not playing him in all the matches..

[coffee_rules]

15 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

BIg ticket foreigners will pull out if this continues.

None of the foreign players show up during matches. They all come here for a summer vacation. Except for maybe English players like Butler or West Indies players the Australian players are a big disappointment in IPL. Maybe this rule will bring some commitment to the foreign players.

[Lord]

3 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

None of the foreign players show up during matches. They all come here for a summer vacation. Except for maybe English players like Butler or West Indies players the Australian players are a big disappointment in IPL. Maybe this rule will bring some commitment to the foreign players.

It does help IPL's brand value.

 

if they start pulling out its gonna be an own goal.

[Lord]

19 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

Ponting and Langer , I understand, but why, Vettori? 

 

LSG only have 2 Aussies. SRH 3

 

PBKs have 5 alone

[Lone Wolf]

8 hours ago, Lord said:

only @Lone Wolf seems to rate Conolly and Dwarshius

Connolly>>>Fraud Maxwell and Dwarshius will do well in Mullanpur with the new ball.

[Lord]

1 minute ago, Lone Wolf said:

Connolly>>>Fraud Maxwell and Dwarshius will do well in Mullanpur with the new ball.

 

but are they better than other players in auction

 

feel they needed an offie like Bracewell and 145k pacer as backup of Lockie

[AKane]

Any news about the man himself - Mayank Yadav?

[tapandrun]

1 minute ago, AKane said:

Any news about the man himself - Mayank Yadav?

is with lsg ,may ony play at back-end of ipl if he plays

[diga]

2 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

Ponting and Langer , I understand, but why, Vettori? 

Vettori is the bowling coach of Australia 

[Need4Speed]

48 minutes ago, AKane said:

Any news about the man himself - Mayank Yadav?

Recovery is going well after back surgery..expected to bowl 85% pace by feb and hoping to be fully fit for ipl

[rkt.india]

RR has picked ya 6 feet 6 inch tall wrist spinner, Yash Punja

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNbMa6cSpjo/?igsh=OTEwODVsaWdmdGdp

[tapandrun]

7 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

RR has picked ya 6 feet 6 inch tall wrist spinner, Yash Punja

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNbMa6cSpjo/?igsh=OTEwODVsaWdmdGdp

rr has bishnoi, do not think he will get a chance. but good pick

Edited December 17, 2025 by tapandrun

[Nikhil_cric]

3 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

Ponting and Langer , I understand, but why, Vettori? 

Cummins . Also Vettori was a coach for Australia for a couple of  years 

Edited December 17, 2025 by Nikhil_cric

[tapandrun]

4 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

None of the foreign players show up during matches. They all come here for a summer vacation. Except for maybe English players like Butler or West Indies players the Australian players are a big disappointment in IPL. Maybe this rule will bring some commitment to the foreign players.

Do not think any os players takes IPL lightly, yes may not be full Icc event intensity but every1 takes IPL seriously. They may not take other leagues that seriously and few freelancers may try to avoid burn-outs or injury. 

But IPl is high intensity.

 

Warner had multiple seasons of 600+ score with high SR he was key player for Srh for multiple seasons and he delivered season after season.

Cummings bowls 145+ kmph in IPL when needed same as he does for Aus in intnl. 

 

There was so much pressure on Brook that he never returned back to IPL, Zampa also fall because of pressure.

 

The thing is when Ind viewer criticizes certain player like Livingstone/Maxwell/Miller should know that they are not consistent even for their intnl sides thats their game and thats how their Intnl team plays them they are not the main gig.

These players have their days where they are match winner but they donot do it each game.

 

Issue is how teams uses these players Ind star player plays out most of balls at their on pace/sr and when it comes to hitting they want these player to hit 4/6 from ball 1 and that too every game that is not possible.

 

You paid them big bucks does not mean they will be able to do that every game when Ind super stars do tul-tuk.

 

Poorran who is known 6-hitter was not able to perform in IPL before the last season, he got good slot and he performed same for M.Marsh.

Alot of this has to do with the proper slot and usage

 

Players like Russell and Powell have openly came out and asked their tm to let to go 1-2 spot above so that they have few balls to face.

 

Player who are role players in their int. team you want then to be out and out match winners like Jordan. 

None of Ind star player wants to play out of top 3 or may be top 4 batting pos and do not want to play anything out of comfort zone.

 

Take any player that you think is underperforming and just check the team composition /slot and their role 

 

And those who comes with injury teams knows that before hand but they want them there just incase they recover in time for few games.

 

Can you same logic for every Ind star player :: rohit has not performed for years for MI, kolhi has not won a trophy in 17 yrs, Kl has been scoring meaning less runs which does not help team win, Dhoni ....

Bhumrah has never been purple cap winner

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 17, 2025 by tapandrun

[diga]

1 hour ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Cummins . Also Vettori was a coach for Australia for a couple of  years 

Same with rcb, mo bobat & andy flower being English coaches tend to favour english players

[tapandrun]

7 minutes ago, diga said:

Same with rcb, mo bobat & andy flower being English coaches tend to favour english players

There are only 3-4 intnl side from where mst of the players comes from, Ind domestic players have started to perform better now.

SEA+WI and now seeing update of Nz players too because they did well in sc and Icc events with champions trophy ,wc etc.

 

Think this could be last gen of wi batters too.. 

Edited December 17, 2025 by tapandrun

[Lone Wolf]

MI takes the cake for terrible scouting... After Ashwani they came up with this even worse banger.

 

[rkt.india]

RR has also picked another sharp pacer in Brijesh Sharma. He is from Udhampur, J&K. Came into limelight by playing Bengal T20 league.

Edited December 17, 2025 by rkt.india

[zen]

Overall happy with the GT squad. 
 

The major concern is that Sir Tewatia could be going downhill and SRK has never had a meaningful season. Both could get dropped for next season if they don’t pick up their game. 
 

Below is a tournament winning 12 if most of the players show good form:

 

Gill

Sai S

Buttler 

Phillips

Sundar 

Holder

Tewatia

Rashid 

Sai K

Indian pacer 

Siraj

Krishna 

if SRK is played instead of Holder, Rabada can come in place of an Indian pacer.

Edited December 17, 2025 by zen