Key details on the IPL 2026 auction:
IPL (Indian Premier League )is one of the most exciting and influential cricket tournaments in the world. Started in 2008 by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
The IPL had produced so many talent for India like: Jasprit Bumrah,Hardik Pandya,Arsdeep Singh,Abhishek Sharma and so much more.Every season comes with a lot of excitement for Cricket fans.IPL 2026 Auction Date is announced and here are some key details about that.
Date and venue
Like the previous two years, this year’s IPL mini auction will be held outside India. This time, the IPL 2026 mini auction will be held on December 16, 2025, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.
Player retention / Pre-Auction
The IPL 2026 retention window closed on November 15, 2025. Unlike the mega auction, there are no restrictions on how many players a team can retain in the mini auction. A total of 10 teams have retained 173 players, of which 49 are overseas players.
Players' Cap & Purse
The combined purse of all teams is ₹237.55 crore.Each team should have minimum of 18 and a maximum of 25 players. Each team can have a maximum of eight overseas players. There are only 77 player slot vacant across all 10 franchises.
Team-Wise Auction Purse
Chennai Super Kings(CSK)
16 Players Retained(4 Overseas), 11 Players Released, Cap Remaining-43.4 Cr
Retained – Anshul Kamboj,Gurjapneet Singh,Jamie Overton,M.S Dhoni.Mukesh Chaudhary,Noor Ahmed,Ramakrishna Ghosh,Nathan Ellis,Noor Ahmed,
Sanju Samson (T),Ruturaj Gaikwad,Shivam Dube,Shreyas Gopal,Syed Khaleel Ahmad,Aayush Mhatre,Dewald Brevis,Urvil Patel.
Released – Andre Siddharth,Deepak Hooda,Matheesha Pathirana,Devon Conway,Kamlesh Nagarkoti,Rachin Ravindra,Rahul Tripathi,Sam Curran,Shaik Rasheed,Vansh Bedi,Vijay Shankar.
Delhi Capitals (DC)
17Players Retained(3 Overseas), 07 Players Released, Cap Remaining-21.8 Cr
Retained – Abhishek Porel,Ajay Mandal,Ashutosh Sharma,Axar Patel,Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nayar,KL Rahul,Kuldeep Yadav,Madhav Tiwari,Mitchell Starc,Mukesh Kumar,Nitish Rana(T),Sameer Rizvi,T Natrajan,Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs,Vipraj Nigam.
Released – Darshan Nalkande,FafDu Plessis,Jake frazer-Mcgurk, Manvanth Kumar,Mohit Sharma,Sediqqulah Atal.
Gujarat Titans(GT)
20 Players Retained(4 Overseas), 05 Players Released, Cap Remaining-12.9 Cr
Retained – Anuj Rawat,Glenn phillips,Gurnoor Singh Brar,Ishant Sharma,Jayant Yadav Jos Buttler,Kagiso Rabada,Kumar Kushagra,Manav Suthar, Mohammad Siraj,Mohd Arshad Khan,Nishant Sindhu,Prasidh Krishna,R Sai Kishore,Rahul Tewatia,Rashid Khan,Sai Sudarshan,Shahrukh Khan,Shubhman Gill Washington Sundar.
Released – Dasun Shanaka,Gerald Cortzee,Karim Janat,Kulwant Khejroliya,Mahipal Lomror.
Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR)
12 Players Retained(2 Overseas), 09 Players Released, Cap Remaining- :- 64.3 Cr
Retained – Ajinkya Rahane,Angkrish Raghuvanshi,Anukul Roy,Harshit Rana,Manish Pandey,Ramandeep Singh,Rinku Singh,Roman Powell,Sunil Narine,Umran Malik,Vaibhav Arora,Varun Chakravarthy.
Released – Andre Russell,Anrich Nortje,Chetal Sakariya,Luvnith Sisodia,Moen Ali,Quinton De Kock,Rahmanullah Gurbaj,Spencer Johnson,Venktesh Iyer.
Lucknow Super Gaints(LSG)
19 Players Retained(4 Overseas), 07 Players Released, Cap Remaining- :- 22.95 Cr
Retained – Abdul Samad,Aiden Markram,Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar(T),Arshin Kulkarni,Avesh Khan,Ayush Badoni,Digvesh Rathi,Himmat Singh,Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke,Mayank Yadav,Mohd. Shami(T),Mitchell Marsh,Mohsin Khan,Nicholas Pooran,Prince Yadav,Rishabh Pant,Shahbaz Ahmed.
Released -Akashdeep,Aryan Juyal,David Miller,Rajvardhan Hangargekar,Ravi Bishnoi,Shamar Joseph,Yuvraj Choudhary.
Mumbai Indians(MI)
20 Players Retained(7 Overseas), 09 Players Released, Cap Remaining- :- 2.75 Cr
Retained – Allah Ghazanfar,Ashwani Kumar,Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah,Hardik Pandya,Shardul Thakur(T),Sherfane Rutherford (T),Ryan Rickelton,Tilak Verma,Surya Kumar Yadav,Trent Boult,Mayank Markande(T),Will Jacks,Corbin Bosch,Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner,Naman Dhir,Raghu Sharma,Raj Angad Bawa,Robin Minz.
Released – Bevan John Jacobs,Karn Sharma,Lizaad Williams,Mujeeb Ur Rahman,Reece Topley,Shrijith Krishnan,V.Satyanarayana,Penmetsa,Vignesh Puthur.
Punjab Kings(PBKS)
21 Players Retained(6 Overseas), 05 Players Released, Cap Remaining- :- 11.5 Cr
Retained – Arshdeep Singh,Azmatullah Omarzai,Harnoor 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.
Released – Glenn Maxwell,Aaron Hardie,Josh Inglis,Kuldeep Sen,Pravin Dubey
Royal Challengers Bengaluru(RCB)
17 Players Retained(6 Overseas), 06 Players Released, Cap Remaining- :- 16.4 Cr
Retained – Abhinandan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Devdutt padikkal,Jacob Bethell,Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood,Krunal Pandya, Nuwan Thushara,Phil Salt,Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Rasikh Dar Salam,Romario Shepherd,Suyash Sharma,Swapnil Singh,Tim David,Yash Dayal.
Released – Liam Livingstone,Lungisani Ngidi,Manoj Bhandge,Mayank Agarwal,Mohit Rathee,Swastik Chhikara.
Rajasthan Royals(RR)
16 Players Retained(7 Overseas), 07 Players Released, Cap Remaining- :- 16.05 Cr
Retained – Dhruv Jurel,Donovan Ferreira(T),Jofra Archer,Kwena Maphaka,Lhuan-Dre-Pretorious,Nandre Burger,Ravindra Jadeja(T),Riyan Parag,Sam Curran(T),Sandeep Sharma,Simran Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey,Tushar Deshpande,Yashaswi Jaiswal,Yudhvir Charak
Released – Maheesh Theekshana,Akash Madhwal,Ashok Sharma,Fazalhaq Farooqi,Kumar Kartikeya Singh,Kunal Rathore,Wanindu Hasranga.
Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH)
15 Players Retained(6 Overseas), 07 Players Released, Cap Remaining- :- 25.5 Cr
Retained – 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, Smaran Ravichandran,Travis Head, Zeeshan Ansari.
Released – Abhinav Manohar,Adam Zampa,Atharv Taide,Rahul Chahar,Sachin Baby,Simarjeet Singh,Wiaan Mulder.
Team's Strategy
As we all know, this is a mini auction, with not as many options available as a mega auction. In this auction, teams will make targeted purchases and fill gaps within their teams. Teams with larger remaining purses, such as KKR and CSK, will have an advantage.
Players In Demand
This mini auction also includes the names of some prominent players such as Andre Russell, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Rachin Ravindra, Matheesha Pathirana, Venkatesh Iyer, David Miller, and Devon Conway. These players will cost the team more money.
This auction we will see young talent, backup players, and specialist players (finishers and death bowlers),getting more money in compare to Mega auction.
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