{"id":22910,"date":"2025-12-16T20:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=672167"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:40:10","slug":"ipl-2026-auction-lsg-run-out-of-purse-while-chasing-liam-livingstone-miss-out-due-to-budget-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-auction-lsg-run-out-of-purse-while-chasing-liam-livingstone-miss-out-due-to-budget-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 Auction: LSG run out of purse while chasing Liam Livingstone, miss out due to budget limit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lucknow Super Giants\u2019 aggressive pursuit of <strong>Liam Livingstone<\/strong> at the IPL 2026 mini-auction came to an abrupt halt after the franchise <strong>ran out of available purse<\/strong>, forcing them to withdraw from the bidding despite strong intent to secure the England all-rounder.<\/p>\n<p>Livingstone, who had earlier gone unsold in the initial rounds, re-entered the spotlight during the <strong>accelerated round<\/strong>, triggering a late bidding battle between <strong>LSG and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)<\/strong>. LSG showed clear interest and stayed in the contest until financial constraints left them with no room to continue.<\/p>\n<h3>Purse pressure proves decisive<\/h3>\n<p>At the time of the accelerated bidding, <strong>Lucknow Super Giants had only Rs 13.15 crore remaining<\/strong> and already had <strong>24 players<\/strong> in their squad. With the IPL squad limit capped at <strong>25 players<\/strong>, LSG were in a position to sign just <strong>one final player<\/strong>, making every bid a high-stakes call.<\/p>\n<p>The franchise matched SRH bid-for-bid until the price touched <strong>Rs 13 crore<\/strong>. When Sunrisers Hyderabad raised the paddle again, the next bid went <strong>beyond LSG\u2019s remaining purse<\/strong>, automatically ruling them out of the contest under auction rules.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, LSG were forced to step aside, and <strong>SRH secured Livingstone for Rs 13 crore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Missed opportunity for LSG<\/h3>\n<p>LSG\u2019s interest in Livingstone highlighted their desire to add an experienced overseas power-hitter to their middle order. However, limited budget flexibility and a near-complete squad ultimately worked against them.<\/p>\n<p>The situation underlined the importance of <strong>auction purse management<\/strong>, especially in the accelerated rounds, where late opportunities can emerge but require financial headroom.<\/p>\n<h3>SRH capitalise as LSG bow out<\/h3>\n<p>While LSG exited due to purse constraints, SRH capitalised on the moment, backing Livingstone\u2019s proven IPL pedigree and match-winning potential. For Lucknow, the episode marked one of the most notable near-misses of the IPL 2026 auction\u2014where intent was clear, but <strong>the purse limit proved decisive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With their squad now complete, LSG will head into IPL 2026 without Livingstone, while SRH add a high-impact all-rounder who slipped through the cracks earlier in the auction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucknow Super Giants\u2019 aggressive pursuit of Liam Livingstone at the IPL 2026 mini-auction came to an abrupt halt after the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}