Aiden Markram IPL Retention: South African opener Aiden Markram believes that IPL team Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) does not need to complicate things too much and they should focus on seizing the important opportunities and winning in the 2026 IPL season. LSG has retained right-handed batsman Markram in the team ahead of the mini auction to be held next month. Markram had scored 445 runs in 13 matches in the 2025 IPL at an average of 34.23 and a strike rate of 148.83 with the help of five half-centuries.

Markram happy to be retained by LSG

“It’s great,” Aiden Markram said in a video shared on LSG’s ‘X’. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the Lucknow franchise last year. I made some good friends and spent a few months with the team. So I am very grateful to have been retained and am definitely looking forward to playing another season with them.” LSG finished seventh last season with six wins and eight losses.

Markram told the plans for the next season

When asked about his plans for the next season, Markram said, “To do well in the IPL, you have to be really good as a team. I don’t think we were far behind last season. Had we been successful in capitalizing on some important opportunities, the results would have been different. He said, “We were very close to making it to the knockouts. In such a situation, nothing should be made too complicated. I think we should try to repeat what we have done well and turn some of the more difficult times in our favor. Aiden Markram is currently in India, he is part of the South Africa team that is touring India for the Test and limited overs series.

Mumbai Indians have retained 17 players, while they included 3 players in their squad through trade deals. Although Mumbai Indians’ purse is almost exhausted, now the franchise can buy maximum 5 players in the IPL auction but the team does not even have a total of Rs 3 crore in its purse.

Mumbai Indians have kept their ‘core’ team intact, they have retained 17 players including Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Tilak Verma, while through trade the franchise has included Shardul Thakur, Sharfan Rutherford and Mayank Markande in the team. But MI is going to face great difficulty in the auction. It will not be easy for them to buy the players of their choice, because the purse is very less.

MI retained these 17 players

• Suryakumar Yadav
• Rohit Sharma
• Tilak Verma
• Ryan Rickelton
• robin minz
• hardik pandya
• Naman Dheer
• will jacks
• Mitchell Santner
• Corbin Bosch
• Raj Angad Bawa
• Deepak Chahar
• Jasprit Bumrah
• trent bolt
• Allah Ghazanfar
• Ashwani Kumar
• Raghu Sharma

MI released these 8 players

• bevan jacobs
• KL Srijit
• Vignesh Puthur
• Karan Sharma
• lijad williams
• Satyanarayana Raju
• mujeeb ur rehman
• Reece Topley

MI’s remaining purse for IPL 2026 auction

Mumbai Indians can now buy maximum 5 players in the IPL 2026 auction. The team retained 17 players and kept 3 in the team through trade, which means a total of 20 players are already in the team. Let us tell you that an IPL team can have a maximum of 25 players.

Mumbai Indians will have a purse of only Rs 2 crore 75 lakh in the IPL 2026 auction. MI can buy 1 out of 5 foreign players.

Said that our – are here to stay and have made full efforts! pic.twitter.com/dTkbgw63uA

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) November 15, 2025

On which date will IPL take place? 2026

There will be a mini auction for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League, which is next month. The auction may take place on December 15, but its venue has not been decided yet. There is news that the auction is also being considered to be held outside India in UAE.

Before the auction for IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders have retained 12 players including Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane. The most surprising thing in KKR’s retention list is that they have also released their poster boy Andre Russell. Russell has been playing for this team since 2014. KKR has released a total of 9 players.

List of retained players of KKR

• Rinku Singh
• Angrish Raghuvanshi
• Ajinkya Rahane
• Manish Pandey
• rovman powell
• Sunil Narine
• Ramandeep Singh
• Anukul Roy
• Varun Chakraborty
• Harshit Rana
• Vaibhav Arora
• Umran Malik

KKR released these players

• Lavneeth Sisodia
• quinton dekock
• Rehmanullah Gurbaz
• Venkatesh Iyer
• andre russell
• Moeen Ali
• spencer johnson
• Enrique Norkhia
• Chetan Sakariya

UNPRECEDENTED!!! pic.twitter.com/QXGY3qXUqz

— KnightRidersXtra (@KKR_Xtra) November 15, 2025

How much purse does KKR have in IPL 2026 auction?

Kolkata Knight Riders has released many of its expensive players, the name of Venkatesh Iyer is also included in it. Venkatesh was bought by KKR in the last auction for Rs 23.75 crore. The other expensive player to be released is Russell, who was retained by KKR for Rs 12 crore before the last edition.

KKR has also released Quinton de Kock, who was priced at Rs 3.6 crore. This is also a surprising decision, because the team has also released the second wicket keeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz along with him. Now KKR will be looking for a good wicket keeper in the auction.

Kolkata Knight Riders are left with a purse of Rs 64.3 crore in the IPL 2026 auction. There are slots left for 13 players, which means KKR can buy a maximum of 13 players in the auction. The team can buy maximum 6 foreign players.

When will IPL 2026 auction take place?

The auction for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League will be held in December, it will be a mini auction which is likely to last for 1 day. IPL auction is likely to take place on December 15. Its venue is under consideration, it can also happen outside India in UAE. However, the venue has not been decided yet.

Fact Check CSK Rajasthan Royals Trade IPL 2026: Even a month has not been completed on IPL 2025, but the discussion has started about the next season from now. Recently, news has come out that very soon there may be a trade between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. The news of this trade is related to Sanju Samson, who has been captaining the Rajasthan team since 2021 season. Rumors are not just associated with Samson, it is also being claimed on social media that 2 players of CSK can go to Rajasthan team. After all, what is the truth of this case? Here you will get the answer to this question.

It is being claimed on social media that Sanju Samson can play for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026. Rajasthan Royals, Ravichandran Ashwin and Shivam Dubey can trade to send Samson to CSK. As soon as a rumor broke, some people are calling it fake, while some people have started preparing Ashwin and Dubey with the RR team and started preparing till the playing XI.

What is the truth?

R Ashwin returned to CSK in IPL 2025, which the team bought in the mega auction for Rs 9.75 crore. At the same time, Shivam Dubey has been playing for the Chennai team since 2022. Let us tell you that till now Sanju Samson himself has not given any such indication to confirm any such trade. At the same time, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals have also not issued any statement on any such trade. At present, the claims of trade between CSK-RR are lies.

The rumors of Sanju Samson coming to CSK have also been linked to MS Dhoni. There have been speculations that if Dhoni takes retirement from IPL, then Samson can handle the weight of wicketkeeping in the CSK team, but all these reports are just rumors.

Good to see many csk fans are not interested to have sanju samson in our squad by trading shivam dube to rr.@Chennaiipl At Least Try to Negotiate Ashwin + Cash With RR for Sanju Samson Trade. Else Leave Sanju Samson Trade for Good. We can build our squad without sanju samson.

– νε (@maanavanphysics) June 27, 2025

This dude is very close to ashwin to make false claims on Ashwins trap, so most probally it isn Bollywood.

Sanju Samson Plus 5CRS (23CRS) <=> Shivam Dube Plus Ashwin (23CRS) ??

Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/dpwicuzp8o

– Sergio (@sergiocskk) June 26, 2025

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