The Indian Premier League Mini Auction for the 2026 season will take place on December 16 in Abu Dhabi. A total of 359 players are set to go under the hammer, including 16 capped Indian cricketers and 99 capped overseas players. Here is a comprehensive look at everything you need to know ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction..
IPL 2026 Mini Auction: Where to Watch Live?
Date | 16/12/2025 |
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Time | 2:30 PM IST |
Venue | Jeddah, Abu Dhabi |
Streaming | JioHotstar |
IPL 2026 Mini Auction: Rules and Regulations
The auction pool features 359 cricketers, made up of 16 capped Indian players and 99 capped overseas players, all set to be bid on. Squads must include at least 18 players and can have no more than 25 in total, with a maximum limit of eight overseas players per team.
All ten IPL teams turned in their retention lists by November 15. Punjab Kings(PBKS) kept hold of 21 players from the previous season, the highest number among the franchises, with Mumbai Indians(MI) and Gujarat Titans(GT) close behind after retaining 20 players each.
Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) opted to retain only 12 players from the 2025 season, the fewest overall, leaving them with the greatest number of spots to fill at the auction.
The rule to be noted is that Teams will not have access to the Right to Match option(RTM), as the upcoming event will be conducted as a mini-auction.
IPL 2026 Mini auction: PurseÂ
Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) head into the auction with the biggest remaining purse at INR 64.30 crore, followed by Chennai Super Kings(CSK), who have INR 43.40 crore left to spend. On the other end of the scale, the Mumbai Indians have the smallest purse remaining, with just INR 2.75 crore available.
Team | Purse remaining (in INR crore) |
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Chennai Super Kings | 43.40 |
Delhi Capitals | 21.80 |
Gujarat Titans | 12.90 |
Kolkata Knight Riders | 64.30 |
Lucknow Super Giants | 22.95 |
Mumbai Indians | 2.75 |
Punjab Kings | 11.50 |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 16.40 |
Rajasthan Royals | 16.05 |
Sunrisers Hyderabad | 25.50 |
IPL 2026 Mini auction: Slots available
Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) have the most overseas slots available, with six spots open, while Delhi Capitals(DC) follow with five overseas openings. Chennai Super Kings(CSK), Gujarat Titans(GT), and Lucknow Super Giants(LSG) each have four overseas slots to fill. At the lower end, the Mumbai Indians(MI)and the Rajasthan Royals(RR) have the fewest overseas slots available, with just one each.
Team | Total slots | Overseas slots |
Chennai Super Kings | 9 | 4 |
Delhi Capitals | 8 | 5 |
Gujarat Titans | 5 | 4 |
Kolkata Knight Riders | 13 | 6 |
Lucknow Super Giants | 6 | 4 |
Mumbai Indians | 5 | 1 |
Punjab Kings | 4 | 2 |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 8 | 2 |
Rajasthan Royals | 9 | 1 |
Sunrisers Hyderabad | 10 | 2 |
IPL 2026 auction: Squads ahead of the auction
Chennai Super Kings(CSK)
MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dube, Urvil Patel, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Khaleel Ahmed, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Jamie Overton, Gurjapneet Singh, Anshul Kamboj.
Delhi Capitals(DC)
Nitish Rana, Abishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mukesh Kumar.
Gujarat Titans(GT)Â
Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Arshad Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Prasidh Krishna, R Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, B Sai Sudharsan, M Shahrukh Khan, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar.
Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR)Â
Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Shardul Thakur, Sherfane Rutherford, Mayank Markande, Allah Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks.
Punjab Kings (PBKS)Â
Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Singh Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Nandre Burger, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yudhvir Singh Charak.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Jitesh Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Bethell, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Dar, and Swapnil Singh.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, R Smaran, Travis Head, Zeeshan Ansari.
