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PBKS released Josh Inglis before IPL 2026 due to his unavailability. LSG acquired him for INR 8.6 crore after a bidding war, leaving PBKS frustrated over miscommunication.
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Punjab Kings signed Josh Inglis at the IPL 2025 mega auction for a bargain price of INR 2.60 crore. The Australian wicket-keeper batter was an integral part of Shreyas Iyer's squad that reached the final of the competition that season.
Inglis appeared in 11 matches for the franchise and his fiery batting in several games caught eyeballs as he built a reputation of being an extremely handy top-order T20 batter.
PBKS, quite naturally, wanted to retain the firebrand hitter's services ahead of the IPL 2026 season, however, Inglis reportedly informed the franchise before the player retention deadline last year that he won't be available for the majority of the upcoming season due to his upcoming nuptials.
PBKS did not retain Josh Inglis due to his unavailability.
LSG signed Josh Inglis for INR 8.6 crore during the mini-auction.
Josh Inglis appeared in 11 matches for PBKS in the IPL 2025 season.
PBKS were left frustrated over miscommunication from Josh Inglis's end regarding his availability.
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Accordingly, PBKS released the Aussie wicket-keeper batter before the IPL 2026 mini-auction and altered their strategy for the new campaign.
PBKS were surprised to see Inglis' name at the IPL 2026 mini-auction and then they were left fuming when Lucknow Super Giants went into a bidding war for the player and ended up paying a whopping INR 8.60 crore to secure his services.
PBKS were left fuming as Inglis joined LSG ahead of the 19th season and alleged that there was a clear miscommunication on the player's part.
After the auction, PBKS co-owner Ness Wadia had told The Hindu, "Josh unfortunately, sadly, only told us at the last minute, which was not very fair given that he had been with us for a while. I think everyone knew when the retention was coming, and we were informed by him 45 minutes before the deadline that he was getting married and needed time to relax and recuperate. He said he was going to be available only for a couple of weeks, around three games.
"We told him he should have informed us earlier. I donât think it was very professional of him. I donât think it is very professional of anyone if they know there is a deadline. You canât call someone 45 minutes before and say, âHey, Iâm not coming,â especially when he knew that we were retaining him."
In the current campaign, Inglis did actually missed more than half of the season for LSG and only joined the squad earlier this month. He made his LSG debut against MI on May 2 and then featured against CSK as an opener on May 10, where he played a fiery knock of 85 runs.
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Josh Inglis in IPL 2025 (PBKS)
| Innings | Runs | Avg. | S.R | H.S | 4s | 6s | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 278 | 30.89 | 162.57 | 73 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
Josh Inglis in IPL 2026 (LSG)
| Innings | Runs | Avg. | S.R | H.S | 4s | 6s | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 98 | 49.00 | 257.89 | 85 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
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