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Given his recent and consistent fiery form in the much celebrated The Hundred, Jordan Cox has become this new revelation where it comes to the premier franchise-based white-ball contests. His sense of fearlessness and ability to take the attacks out of the ground are just the kind of skills that one would liken to success in franchise cricket, particularly the leagues and contests of that sort.
But after making headlines for the Oval Invincibles, for whom he scored no fewer than 367 runs, what next for England's Jordan Cox? Perhaps the famed Indian Premier League (IPL) and if that is indeed going to be true anytime soon, the first big step is for him to be picked in what is called the IPL 2026 mini auction. So how does he get there? Well, the rule is simple - various teams may likely go for the blazing and fearkless batter and having said that, which three teams can target Jordan Cox at IPL 2026 mini auction. We have our picks with realistic gumption.
List of IPL teams that can target Jordan Cox at mini auction
Chennai Super Kings
The last time around, if there was a term that perhaps rightly described the otherwise wonderful and effervescent CSK, then it was disappointing. They did appear a touch "soulless" in the way they conducted their cricket in the last season of the famed IPL. There were genuine weaknesses in the batting department, something that they may want to really strenghten considering the next IPL mini auction is the next chance to solidify that anyway. And a way of doing just that could be by targeting someone like Jordan Cox of England that could play a vital role for the side in the Indian Premier League. Also, not too many ray of hopes seem to function well for CSK, besides someone like Rachin Ravindra.
Kolkata Knight Riders
The famed KKR unit needs to have an exemplary high class batter that can make loads of runs and further strengthen their batting unit, something that may still need urgent attention, despite there being someone like an Andre Russell or Rinku Singh or even Venkatesh Iyer. With his easy going and fairly uncomplicated approach to the art of batting, rather deterring bowlers' confidence levels, Jordan Cox could likely play the role of an impactful batter that can dart a few big blows and derail bowlers' plans at the top of the order after a tough season for Quinton de Kock in the same role in the IPL 2025. Can he, therefore, be the new avid batting choice to contend with for KKR? We don't know yet but what we certainly think is that the purple camp could likely target him in the IPL 2026 mini auction.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
A fairly batting-reliant unit that loves to engage in ostentatious and gregarious displays of white ball spalttering, Sunrisers Hyderabad are a really powerful unit, but also one that can fumble especially up the order. Now, even as they have a wonderful and confident batter in someone like Abhishek Sharma, they would also always want to draft in someone who can take the pressure off him where it comes to giving flying starts to the orange camp, especially with Travis Head struggling a bit with form and fitness issue last season. It's understandable that Abhishek, for all his talent, cannot always play that disruptive part - right? Maybe that is where someone like England's Jordan Cox can be accounted for and drafted up the order to engage in shenanigans of white-ball smashing. But the first big step is to get him on board in the next IPL mini auction!
FAQs
Which team is likely to target Jordan Cox in the upcoming IPL mini auction?
It could be CSK, particularly because they had a very disappointing 2025 campaign and their batting appeared to be a weakness.
What is Jordan Cox's most immediate England assignment?
He has been picked by the national team to play the T20Is vs Ireland away from home in Dublin.
