It is said in cricket that the toss puts half the match in your bag. Especially in T20 International, where the pitch and conditions change rapidly, the role of toss becomes even more important. Although winning the toss is completely considered a game of luck, there have been some captains who have made a unique record by winning the toss every time in the entire series. Such opportunities have been seen very rarely in the history of T20 International cricket.

Mahela Jayawardene – Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s legendary batsman Mahela Jayawardene accomplished this special feat during the T20 Canada tournament played in Canada in 2008/09. They won the toss all three times in the three-match series. Not only this, Sri Lanka also won all three matches. This series was memorable both in terms of Mahela’s captaincy and luck.

William Porterfield – Ireland

The second name in this list is that of William Porterfield of Ireland. He won consecutive toss in four matches during the ICC World T20 Qualifier played in UAE in 2009–10. Under his captaincy, Ireland played four matches, winning two and losing two. Despite complete control of the toss, the results remained equal, which shows that winning the toss does not always guarantee victory.

Stuart Broad – England

Former England captain and fast bowler Stuart Broad is also included in this special list. In the T20 series played against Pakistan in UAE in 2011-12, Broad won the toss of all three matches. During this period, England won two matches and lost one. Despite the success in the toss, the series was not completely one-sided.

Mohammad Hafeez – Pakistan

Pakistan’s experienced all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez won the toss of three matches in the T20 series against Australia in 2012. In this series, Pakistan won one match, lost one and one match was tied. This example also shows how important is performance on the field along with the toss.

Faf du Plessis – South Africa

Faf du Plessis, captain of the South African team that went on Sri Lanka tour in 2013, won the toss every time in the three-match T20 series. His team won two matches, while faced defeat in one.

The IPL 2026 auction will be held on December 16 in Abu Dhabi. It is being told that a total of 1355 players have registered in the auction, but only 77 slots are vacant. Crores of rupees are left in the purse of all the teams. Many veteran and young players from India and abroad will be seen in this auction, but some international stars will not be seen in the auction this time. So here is the list of those 5 international players who will not be a part of the IPL 2026 auction.

1. Glenn Maxwell

After playing 13 seasons in IPL, taking 2819 runs and 41 wickets, Australia’s legendary all-rounder Glenn Maxwell himself has confirmed that he will not be a part of the IPL 2026 auction. Although he has not taken retirement from the Indian Premier League. He was released by Punjab Kings before the 2026 auction.

2. Andre Russell

Andre Russell has retired from the Indian Premier League. He was associated with Kolkata Knight Riders team since 2014. In his entire IPL career, he took 2651 runs and 123 wickets. Russell played for Delhi Daredevils and KKR in his IPL career.

3. Faf du Plessis

Faf du Plessis was the first player to withdraw his name from the IPL 2026 mini auction. He told in a social media post that he will not be a part of the IPL 2026 auction, instead he has decided to play in PSL 2026. Du Plessis played for Delhi Daredevils last season.

4. Moeen Ali

Moeen Ali, who has been playing in IPL for 8 consecutive seasons, has also chosen the path like Faf du Plessis. He has also confirmed not to participate in the IPL 2026 auction. He will also be seen playing in Pakistan Super League (PSL). Moeen Ali played 73 matches in his IPL career and scored 1167 runs and took 41 wickets.

5. Ben Stokes

England team captain Ben Stokes will not be able to be a part of the auction due to a strict rule of BCCI. Actually, before the mega auction last year, BCCI had made a rule that if any player does not become a part of the mega auction, then he will be banned from the next 2 auctions. This is the reason why Stokes will not be able to be a part of the auction even if he wants to.

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Faf du Plessis, who has played for four teams including RCB and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League, will not be a part of the IPL 2026 auction. He confirmed through a post on social media that he will not participate in the mini auction to be held on December 16. Leaving IPL, he has decided to play in Pakistan Super League (PSL 2026).

41-year-old Faf du Plessis issued a statement on social media and wrote, “After playing 14 years in the IPL, I have decided that I will not be a part of the auction this time. This is a big decision.” Du Plessis further said that it was his good fortune to play with different players in different teams.

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— Faf Du Plessis (@faf1307) November 29, 2025

I am not saying goodbye to IPL…

Faf du Plessis further wrote in his statement, “14 years is a very long time. I am proud of what I have achieved during this period. India has a special place in my heart and this is not goodbye to the IPL. You will see me again.” Du Plessis also wrote that he is excited for the hospitality in Pakistan.

Faf du Plessis has captained RCB, while played for Delhi Capitals last season. He has scored 4773 runs in his IPL career of 154 matches, he also scored 39 half-centuries in his career. He described participating in PSL 2026 as a new challenge. Let us tell you that Du Plessis has played for 2 teams in PSL till now. He has played a total of 6 matches for Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi.

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10 teams will place bids to fill a total of 77 slots in the IPL 2026 auction. Most slots are vacant in Kolkata Knight Riders, they can buy maximum 13 players (6 foreigners). Punjab Kings have the least number of slots. They can buy only 4 players. IPL auction will be held on December 16 in Abu Dhabi, in which money will be showered on many players. But there are also players who were once the poster boys of their teams and may remain unsold this time.

1. Vijay Shankar

Vijay Shankar was also in Chennai Super Kings, but he too was not retained by the franchise. 34 year old Vijay Shankar was bought by CSK for Rs 1.20 crore in the last edition.

Vijay Shankar played 6 matches for CSK in the last edition, in which he scored 118 runs. However, CSK did not make him bowl. It seems difficult to sell him in IPL 2026. If we look at his IPL career, he has played 78 matches for 4 teams (CSK, SRH, DC and GT), in which he has scored 1233 runs and taken 9 wickets.

2. Rahul Tripathi

Rahul Tripathi was in Sunrisers Hyderabad from 2022 to 2024, his price was Rs 8.50 crore. Although his salary reduced in the last edition, he got a bigger team. He was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 3.40 crore, but he could not leave much of an impact. As a result, CSK released him before IPL 2026.

Rahul Tripathi played 5 matches for CSK in the last edition of IPL, in which he could score only 55 runs. 34 year old Rahul Tripathi may remain unsold in the auction this time. Talking about his IPL career, he has played a total of 100 matches for 5 teams (RPS, RR, KKR, SRH and CSK) since 2017, in which he has scored 2291 runs.

3. Mohit Sharma

Mohit Sharma is also finding it difficult to sell in IPL 226 auction. The 37-year-old bowler was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.20 crore in the last edition, however he could not perform as per expectations. He played 8 matches for Delhi last season, but could take only 2 wickets. Now Delhi has released him, but it is difficult to sell him in the auction.

Mohit Sharma started his IPL career in 2013 while playing for CSK. Till now, he has played a total of 120 matches for 4 teams (CSK, PBKS, GT and DC), in which he has taken 134 wickets.

4. Glenn Maxwell

Australia’s explosive batsman Glenn Maxwell was criticized a lot in the last edition. Although he is a big name in the cricket world, his bat has often been silent in the IPL. Last season, there was a big decline in his IPL price, but still he was bought by Punjab Kings, but this time it seems very difficult to sell him.

In 2021, RCB bought Maxwell for Rs 14.25 crore, from 2022 to 2024 he remained in RCB with a price of Rs 11 crore, but before the last edition, RCB released him, then Punjab Kings bought him for Rs 4.20 crore. Although he could not justify even this price, he played 7 matches in 2025 and scored a total of 48 runs. Although Punjab reached the final this season, Maxwell had no contribution in it. The result was that Punjab did not keep Maxwell in the 21 retained players, now it is difficult to sell this big player.

5. Faf Du Plessis

Faf du Plessis is difficult to sell in the IPL 2026 auction, his age is also a factor in this. 41-year-old Faf has been playing IPL since 2012, he started his journey with CSK and in the last edition he was in Delhi Capitals. For Delhi in 2025, he scored a total of 202 runs in 9 matches, out of which there were 2 half-centuries. Although Delhi has released him.

Talking about his IPL career, Faf du Plessis has scored 4773 runs in 154 matches, which includes 39 half-centuries. But it seems difficult for the former South African captain to play in IPL 2026, hardly any team will bet on him.

6. Moeen Ali

England all-rounder Moeen Ali was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders at his base price (2 crores) in the last auction, although even then it seemed difficult to sell him. Now KKR has also released him, because his performance last year was not anything special. He played 6 matches in 2025, in which he took 6 wickets and scored only 5 runs in 2 innings. Now it seems difficult to sell him in the IPL 2026 auction. Age will also be a factor, Moeen Ali is 38 years old.

7. Karan Sharma

Mumbai Indians have retained 20 players, but Karn Sharma is not there. Whereas Mumbai had bought him last year for only Rs 50 lakh. Mumbai had reached the playoffs in the last edition, but Karna played only 6 matches. He bowled in 5 matches, in which he was able to take a total of 7 wickets. His economy was 8.53.

Karn Sharma may remain unsold in IPL 2026 auction. His last few seasons have not been good, while his age could also be a factor. 38-year-old Karn Sharma played 9 matches for RCB in 2024, in which he took 7 wickets but the economy was above 10 (10.58). Last season (2023), he gave away runs in 7 matches for RCB at an economy of more than 10 (10.37).

0The auction for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) will be held in Abu Dhabi on 16 December. All the teams have released their retention lists, franchises will bid for players to fill the remaining slots. All the teams have released some such players, who can get huge amount in the upcoming auction. But there are also 5 players whose IPL career can be considered over. It is difficult for any team to bet on him.

1- Faf du Plessis

Former South African captain Faf du Plessis is one of the few players who played in the IPL despite being above 40 years of age. He is now 41 years old, was playing for Delhi Capitals last season. Faf has also captained RCB.

Du Plessis started his IPL career in 2012 playing for Chennai Super Kings. He stayed in CSK till 2021, meanwhile he also played for Rising Pune Super Giants in 2016 and 2017. Now he is in the last phase of his career, he has been released by Delhi Capitals before the IPL 2026 auction. Considering his age, it can be assumed that hardly any team will bid on him.

Talking about Faf’s IPL career, he played a total of 154 matches for 4 teams, in which he scored 4773 runs at a strike rate of 135.78. He has scored 39 half-centuries in IPL.

2- Manish Pandey

Manish Pandey has been released by Kolkata Knight Riders. He became a part of this team in 2024, Pandey has been playing since the first edition of IPL. He has played for 7 teams so far, but looking at his condition in the last 2 seasons, it seems difficult for any team to bet on him.

Manish Pandey played only 3 matches in IPL 2025, in which he scored 92 runs. In 2024, he played only 1 match. In that he scored 42 runs. Manish has played 174 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 3942 runs. This includes 22 half-centuries and 1 century.

3- Karan Sharma

Mumbai Indians retained 17 players, included 3 through trade. MI released 8 players, in which the name of Karn Sharma is also included. Karna played only 6 matches in the last edition, while his team reached Qualifier-2. Now MI has released him, but he is finding it very difficult to get any other team in the auction.

Karn Sharma is 38 years old, he has been playing IPL since 2009. Karna, who debuted for RCB, has so far played for 4 teams, in which he has taken 83 wickets.

4- Mohit Sharma

Bowler Mohit Sharma’s name will also be in the IPL 2026 auction, but perhaps some team will bid on him. Mohit has been released by Delhi Capitals. Mohit Sharma, who has been playing IPL since 2013, has played a total of 120 matches for 4 teams (CSK, PBKS, GT and DC), in which he has 134 wickets in his name.

In the last edition, Mohit played 8 matches for Delhi, in which he took only 2 wickets but his economy was 10.28. In such a situation, it is difficult for them to get a new team in the IPL 2026 auction.

5- Moeen Ali

England cricketer Moeen Ali was in Kolkata Knight Riders last year, he was bought by KKR for his base price of Rs 2 crore. Although he could not do anything special, he got to play only 6 matches. He scored only 5 runs in 2 innings. He bowled in 5 matches, in which he took 6 wickets.

Moeen has been playing in IPL since 2018, he has played for a total of 3 teams (RCB, CSK and KKR). He played a total of 73 matches in IPL, in which he scored 1167 runs. He has also scored 6 half-centuries.

The window for IPL 2026 auction has been fixed from 13 to 15 December. According to the report, a mini auction will be organized for the 19th season on December 15. However, the venue of the auction has not been announced yet. All 10 IPL teams will have to release the list of their retained and released players before November 15. Meanwhile, news has come that Delhi Capitals is preparing to release four big players including Mitchell Starc.

It has been reported in the report that Delhi Capitals is going to release star fast bowler Mitchell Starc. Delhi had bought this Australian bowler for Rs 11.75 crore. Starc could not perform as expected for Delhi in IPL 2025. He could take only 14 wickets in 11 matches

Apart from Mitchell Starc, Delhi Capitals can also release Faf du Plessis, Jack Fraser McGurk and T Natarajan. Faf du Plessis was bought by Delhi Capitals for just Rs 2 crores. Whereas T Natarajan was bought for Rs 10.75 crore. Australia’s explosive opener Jake Fraser McGurk was retained by Delhi Capitals for Rs 9 crore. Now the report says that Delhi is going to release these four big players.

Will Chennai Super Kings release these 5 players?

According to the report, Chennai Super Kings will release 5 star players before the IPL 2026 auction. It has been reported in the report that MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings is going to release three Indian players and two foreign players. The surprising thing is that currently the dreaded T20 all-rounder Sam Curran is also included in this list. The list of released players from Chennai includes middle order batsman Deepak Hooda, all-rounder Vijay Shankar, top order batsman Rahul Tripathi, all-rounder Sam Curran and opener Devon Conway.

T20i record: The importance of toss in T20 International cricket has always been considered special. Many times the toss itself changes the attitude of the match, especially when the pitch and the circumstances are favorable to the batsmen or bowlers, but imagine if a captain win all the toss of the entire series? There have been few occasions in cricket history when the captains have shown this unique feat. Let’s know about those players who have won all the toss in the T20 series and have registered a name in the record book.

Mahela Jayawardene – Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan great batsman and captain Mahela Jayawardene did this in the T20 series played in Canada in 2008-09. In this three-match series, he won all the toss and gave the team a 3–0 victory. This record is still counted among the special achievements of his captaincy.

William Porterfield – Ireland

Ireland captain William Porterfield won all toss in the four-match series played in the ICC World T20 qualifiers (UAE) in 2009-10. Although the team won two matches and lost two during this period, this record of Porterfield shows that sometimes winning the toss is not enough, the real work is done by performance on the field.

Stuart Broad – England

England fast bowler and captain Stuart Broad won all of the three toss in the series played in UAE against Pakistan in 2011/12. Although his team could not win all the matches, but broad made headlines with his strategy and fate of the toss.

Mohammad Hafeez – Pakistan

Mohammad Hafeez won all three toss in the series between Pakistan and Australia in 2012. However, Pakistan won one match in it, one by Australia and one match was tied. This series is an example that it is easy to win the toss, but the result depends on the players’ game.

Faf du Plessis – South Africa

Former South African captain Faf du Plessis had won all the toss in the three -match series in the Sri Lanka series in 2013, but even after that his team won two matches and lost one. In this way, du Plessis also joined the selected captains whose fate of the toss can be constantly trusted.

Major League Cricket has got the first finalist of 2025. Washington Freedom, captained by Glenn Maxwell, has made it to the finals. He was competing with Texas Super Kings in Udlyfire-1, but not a single ball game could be played due to rain, only tossed.

This is the third edition of Major League cricket, which started on June 2 and the title will be on 13 July. A total of 6 teams took part in it, out of which 4 teams made it to the playoffs and 2 teams were out. Now the playoffs are being played against the first match (qualifier-1) today between Washington Freedom and Texas Super Kings. But the match was canceled due to rain.

What is the format of Major League Cricket 2025 Playoff?

It is like IPL. The top 4 teams have made it to the playoffs. The top 2 teams of the points table clash in qualifier-1, the winning team goes directly to the finals and the losing team has to play the challenger match. There is an eliminator match between the third and fourth team, the losing team is out and the winning team has to play in the challenger to go to the final. The team winning the challenger becomes the second finalist.

Why did Washington Freedom get the final ticket?

The qualifier-1 was canceled due to rain, only the toss was done, which was won by Washington and decided to bowl first. In the event of the cancellation of the match, the team gets the benefit, which is up in the points table. Here Washington Freedom benefited from this, which was in the first place in the points table. He won 8 out of 10 matches, while Texas, who was second, won 7 out of 10 matches. So Washington Freedom became the first finalist.

Major League Cricket 2025 teams reaching playoffs

1. Washington Freedom
2. Texas super kings
3. San francisco unicorns
4. Mi New York

Today will be eliminator

Today will be an eliminator match between San Francisco Unicorn and MI New York, which will play with Texas Super Kings in the winning team Challenger on 11 July. The losing team will be out. The final match of Major League Cricket 2025 will be between the Washington Freedom and Challenger winning team on 13 July.

MLC 2025: Today, Texas Super Kings, captained by Faf du Plessis, defeated Alexander Raza’s Seattle Orchus by 51 runs in the match played in MLC (Major League Cricket 2025). Batting first, Texas scored 188 runs, in this match the captain had a chance to score a century. He was playing for 91 runs and the balls were also left, but suddenly he left the field. Fans were also very surprised by this decision, but why did they do it.

All the fans were waiting for the century of Faf du Plessis, he had reached close to it, he had crossed the 90 figure (91). Earlier, Seattle won the toss and decided to bowl first. After falling 2 wickets at 49, Duplessis (91) shared a 132 -run partnership with Shubham Ranjane (65), then returned to the pavilion without being out.

Retired out Faf du Plessis, but why?

Faf scored 91 runs off 52 balls, in this rapid innings he hit 4 sixes and 6 fours. He was batting well but the 40 -year -old Faf was a little bit tired, he thought about the team interest and decided to retired. It was not that he could not score a century, he had only 9 runs and 6 balls were left. He went out at the end of the 19th over.

He did this because he wanted the last over Donovan Ferreira to come to batsman, he could score more by hitting a big hit but he was dismissed for 3 runs in 3 balls.

However, to do what Faf du Plessis did, any player must have a big jigra. If he wanted, he could think about his century, with this he would do his name in many record list. He has already scored 2 centuries in Major League Cricket 2025, he is also the highest scoring batsman in the tournament.

Seattle piled on 137, Texas Super Kings won the match

No batsman of Seattle Orchus could play a big innings, the team’s wickets kept falling continuously and the entire team collapsed for 137 runs. Texas Super Kings won the match very comfortably by 51 runs. Adam Milne took a five wicket hall.

This is Texas’s 7th win in 10 matches under the captaincy of Faf Duplessis. It has 14 points. San Francisco Unicorn’s and Washington Freedom also have 14–14 points, but on the basis of net run, Texas Super Kings are above them.