Thursday, August 27
Indian pacer Akash Deep went unsold at the IPL 2026 auction in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, despite entering the auction with a base price of ₹1 crore.The move came after Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) released the right-arm fast medium bowler ahead of the IPL 2026 auction cycle. The 29-year-old played six matches for LSG in IPL 2025, claiming three wickets at an economy rate of 12.05. In his overall IPL career, Akash Deep has played 14 matches in which he has claimed 10 wickets.ALSO READ: RCB snap up Venkatesh Iyer for ₹7 crore after intense bidding warHe can trouble top-order batsmen and was seen as a good investment before the auction. His trajectory with Royal Challengers Bengaluru included sharp new-ball movement and confident death-overs spells, both highly valued traits in domestic pacers.
He projected the trend GDP growth at 7% while the real GDP growth to be above it, driven by structural and regulatory reforms, lower borrowing costs, accelerated capital formation, and a cyclical boost from policy easing."The receding fiscal drag and supportive monetary policy will drive above-trend growth of 7.5% while structural reforms and regulatory easing will boost growth in the medium term," Mishra said Tuesday, while elaborating the outlook for 2026.He said that the growth will not lead to significantly higher inflation at least in the next year due to the slack in the economy. He projected FY27 headline inflation of around 4% despite above-trend growth and a likely rebound in food prices."The headline inflation will not rise to a level which necessitated a monetary policy tighteni
