IPL Auction 2026 saw a fierce competition between Kavya Maran and Sanjeev Goenka to buy the player who got almost 5 times more than the asking price. It is reported that the player has now agreed to postpone his honeymoon till playing in IPL 2026. Hearing this about that player, his previous franchise Punjab Kings is upset. We are talking about Australian batsman Josh Inglis, who was released by Punjab Kings just before the end of the retention deadline for IPL 2026, because his availability was limited.
Why is there competition between Kavya Maran and Sanjeev Goenka?
After being released by Punjab Kings, Josh Inglis registered his name in the IPL 2026 auction and kept his base price at Rs 2 crore. There were speculations that in view of his unavailability for more than half of the IPL 2026 journey, perhaps no franchise would bet on him. But this did not happen. Not only were there no bids for Josh Inglis in the auction, but there was a competition between Kavya Maran’s Sunrisers Hyderabad and Sanjiv Goenka’s Lucknow Super Giants to buy him.
Kavya Maran started the game, Sanjeev Goenka finished it!
josh english Kavya Maran and Sanjeev Goenka came face to face to buy. SRH made the first bid but in the end LSG ended the auction game for Australia’s wicketkeeper batsman. Kavya Maran’s franchise made the last bid of Rs 8.40 crore. But Sanjeev Goenka’s franchise bought Josh English by investing Rs 8.60 crores.
English ready to postpone honeymoon for IPL 2026
Now the question was why so much money on Josh English? That’s because of my marriage IPL 2026 Not even going to play more than half the season. Now it is being said that English may postpone his honeymoon plans. And, after the marriage on 18th April, come immediately to play IPL. Cricbuzz quoted sources and wrote that since Inglis has received so much money, it is possible that he may join the team at the start of the IPL, then leave for marriage and return immediately after that. LSG coach Justin Langer, who is from Western Australia, is in constant touch with Inglis to convince him to do so.
Why were Punjab Kings angry with English?
After this new update on English, his old franchise Punjab Kings is not happy with him. According to Punjab Kings, they did not have complete information. According to the report of Cricbuzz, Josh Inglis had told Punjab Kings that he is going to get married. Therefore, in the next season of IPL, his services will be available only in limited matches. They will be available only for 10-15 days at the end of May.
What did the SRH coach who bid on Inglis say?
So has the high bid forced Inglis to change his mind? LSG officials did not comment on the matter but SRH, who were in the race to buy Inglis, had their bowling coach Varun Aron tell Cricbuzz that he was apparently going to stay out due to personal reasons. But, that intention can change anytime.
Josh English will play his second IPL season this time. He made his IPL debut with Punjab Kings last year and scored 278 runs in 11 matches with a strike rate of more than 162.
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