In Focus podcast | IPL trades: On retentions, team strategies and auction war rooms for IPL 2026

As IPL teams submitted their last retention lists up of the December mini-auction, the league witnessed 1 of its astir melodramatic reshuffles successful years — large releases, header trades, and 2 giants, CSK and KKR, signalling sweeping squad revamps.

In this occurrence of In Focus, we interruption down the large moves, from the sensational Samson–Jadeja–Curran swap to price-correction calls, Punjab’s stability-first approach, and RCB’s calm aft their maiden title. How are teams shaping their auction strategies, and what does it archer america astir the play ahead?

We besides way emerging trends, purse strengths, and the cardinal players expected to trigger bidding wars connected December 16.

Host: Reuben Joe Joseph

Guest: Amol Karhadkar, The Hindu’s sports reporter

Edited and produced by Sharmada Venkatasubramanian

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