IPL auction, salaries, prize money and the business of IPL.
Updated October 2026 | All stats are as of the end of IPL 2026 (final played 31 May 2026). Quick answer: the IPL auction is the event where the ten franchises buy players for the coming season. There have been 19 IPL auctions from 2008 to 2026. Six of them were mega auctions (2008, 2011, … Read more
Updated October 2026 | All stats are as of the end of IPL 2026 (final played 31 May 2026). Quick answer: the most expensive player in IPL auction history is Rishabh Pant, who was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for ₹27 crore at the 2025 mega auction. Shreyas Iyer is second at ₹26.75 crore (Punjab … Read more
Updated October 2026 | All stats are as of the end of IPL 2026 (final played 31 May 2026). Quick answer: IPL prize money for the 2026 season was ₹20 crore for champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Runners-up Gujarat Titans received ₹12.5 crore or ₹13 crore: published reports after the final differ on that figure. The … Read more