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The IPL 2026 auction will be held in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, December 16. This year's event will be a mini-auction and will start at 1 PM local time (2.30 PM IST). BCCI had initially confirmed that 350 players had been shortlisted for the auction. However, as per a report in ESPNcricinfo, the final list features 359 players, following the addition of nine more names.
Of the 350-plus players who have been shortlisted to go under the hammer at the IPL 2026 auction, 244 are Indian cricketers, while are overseas cricketers. A maximum of 77 slots can be filled up by the 10 franchises combined at the mini-auction, with 31 of the slots being reserved for overseas players.
Players have been registered in eight price brackets for the IPL 2026 auction, with ₹2 crore being the highest reserve price category and ₹30 lakh being the lowest. Forty players (including two Indians) have registered themselves at the highest base price of ₹2 crore for the auction.
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Purse remaining for each franchise and slots available
Each of the 10 IPL franchises have been given a salary cap of ₹120 crore to build their squads for IPL 2026. Following retentions and releases, 2024 champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have the biggest purse available for the IPL 2026 auction - ₹64.30 crore. They can fill up a maximum of 13 slots, with six of the slots being for overseas players.
Five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have the second-biggest purse available - ₹43.40 crore. They head into the IPL 2026 auction with nine slots left to fill (four overseas slots). Mumbai Indians (MI) have the smallest purse left for the auction - ₹2.75 crore, while IPL 2025 runners-up Punjab Kings (PBKS) have the second lowest - ₹11.50. MI have five slots left (one overseas slot), while PBKS can fill up a maximum of four slots (two overseas).
(Purse remaining and slots available with each IPL franchise)
Salary cap for overseas players in IPL 2026 auction
One of the biggest rule changes introduced for the IPL 2026 auction is the salary cap for overseas players. While there is expected to be a bidding war for Australia all-rounder Cameron Green, no overseas player will be paid more than ₹18 crore even if the winning bid exceeds this amount.
IPL's new 'maximum fee' rule for overseas cricketers states that a player's maximum fee at a mini-auction will be the lower value between the highest retention slab (₹18 crore) and the highest price at the previous mega auction (₹27 crore for Rishabh Pant in this instance).
Will franchises be allowed to use the RTM option?
Since the IPL 2026 auction in Abu Dhabi is a mini-auction, franchises will not have the Right to Match (RTM) option this time. The RTM was available for the IPL 2025 mega auction that was conducted over two days in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
What is the maximum squad size?
Each of the 10 IPL franchises can have a squad size of 25, with a maximum of eight overseas players. The minimum squad size is 18.
IPL 2026 auction: Live Telecast and Live streaming
In India, the live telecast of the IPL 2026 auction will be available on the Star Sports network channels. The live streaming of the event can be watched on the JioHotstar app and the website. Live coverage begins at 2:00 PM IST.
IPL 2026 squads ahead of auction
Following retentions and releases, take a look at the IPL 2026 squads ahead of the mini-auction in Dubai.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Josh Hazlewood, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Devdutt Padikkal, Tim David, Yash Dayal, Jacob Bethell, Jitesh Sharma, Nuwan Thushara, Abhinandan Singh, Rasikh Dar, Romario Shepherd, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Jamie Overton, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan EllisRamakrishna Ghosh, Sanju Samson (traded), Shreyas Gopal, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel.
Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Will Jacks, Allah Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Mayank Markande (traded), Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Shardul Thakur (traded), Sherfane Rutherford (traded)
Delhi Capitals (DC): Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Karun Nair, Mitchell Starc, Abhishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, Madhav Tiwari, Mukesh Kumar, Nitish Rana (traded), Sameer Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam
Gujarat Titans (GT): Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Glenn Phillips, Prasidh Krishna, R. Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Mohammad Siraj, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Anuj Rawat, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Nishant Sindhu
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Ajinkya Rahane, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rovman Powell, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): Rishabh Pant, Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mohammad Shami (traded), Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Abdul Samad, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar (traded), Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Shahbaz Ahmed, Prince Yadav
Punjab Kings (PBKS): Shreyas Iyer, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Pyla Avinash, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja (traded), Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira (traded), Jofra Archer, Sam Curran (traded), Shimron Hetmyer, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-Dre Pretorious, Nandre Burger, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Yudhvir Charak
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Pat Cummins, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga, Aniket Verma, Harsh Dubey, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Smaran Ravichandaran, Zeeshan Ansari
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