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IPL Auction 2026 Full Details: Date, Time, Venue, Purse, Players List & Team Strategies

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IPL Auction 2026 Full Details: Date, Time, Venue, Purse, Players List & Team Strategies

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The IPL Auction 2026 will be held on 16 December 2025 in Abu Dhabi, and with the event just around the corner, here’s a complete breakdown of everything you need to know, the IPL 2026 auction date, time, rules, full players list, team purse, strategies.

IPL Auction 2026 Details

Detail Information
IPL Auction 2026 Date December 16, 2025
Auction Type Mini Auction
Time 02:30 PM IST
Venue Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi
Highest Purse Kolkata Knight Riders (INR 64.3 crore)
Lowest Purse Mumbai Indians (INR 2.75 crore)
Total Players Shortlisted 350
Total Slots Available 77
Overseas Slots Available 31

IPL Auction 2026 date, time and venue

Detail Information
IPL Auction 2026 Date December 16, 2025
Auction Type Mini Auction
Time 02:30 PM IST
Venue Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi

IPL Auction 2026 Rules Explained

Parameter Limit
Maximum players in an IPL squad 25
Minimum players in an IPL squad 18
Maximum overseas players in an IPL squad 8

IPL Auction 2026 Purse Details

Team Purse Remaining (INR crore)
Chennai Super Kings 43.4
Mumbai Indians 2.75
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 16.4
Kolkata Knight Riders 64.3
Sunrisers Hyderabad 25.5
Gujarat Titans 12.9
Rajasthan Royals 16.05
Delhi Capitals 21.8
Lucknow Super Giants 22.95
Punjab Kings 11.5

IPL 2026 Auction: List of Players & Shortlisted Cricketers

Country Number of Players Shortlisted
India 240
England 21
Australia 19
South Africa 15
West Indies 9
Sri Lanka 12
New Zealand 16
Afghanistan 10

Set-wise List of Shortlisted Players for IPL Auction 2026

SET 36 – UFA5 (Uncapped Fast Bowlers)

Waseem Khanday, Atif Mushtaq, Atal Rai, C. Rakshann Readdi, Manish Reddy, Nishanth Saranu, Deependra Singh, Rajat Verma, Rohit Yadav

SET 37 – UAL6 (Uncapped All-rounders)

Emanjot Chahal, Shubhang Hegde, Bal Krishna, Vihaan Malhotra, Khilan Patel, Delano Potgieter, Hardik Raj, Sarthak Ranjan, Parth Rekhade, Tiaan van Vuuren

SET 38 – UFA6 (Uncapped Fast Bowlers)

Shreevatsha Acharya, Sadek Hussain, Shubham Kapse, Aaqib Khan, Sabir Khan, Bayanda Majola, Srihari Nair, Brijesh Sharma, Aman Shekhawat

SET 39 – UAL7 (Uncapped All-rounders)

Himanshu Bisht, Shreyan Chakraborty, Kanishk Chouhan, Mayank Gusain, Akash Pugazhanthi, Abhimanyusingh Rajput, Shubham Rana, Arpit Rana, Maramreddy Reddy, Sagar Solanki

SET 40 – UAL8 (Uncapped All-rounders)

Aryaman Singh Dhaliwal, Daksh Kamra, Vishal Mandwal, Arfaz Mohammad, Hemang Patel, Mridul Surroch, Anuj Thakral, Parth Vats, Lalit Yadav, Nitin Sai Yadav

SET 41 – UAL9 (Uncapped All-rounders)

Krish Bhagat, Prerit Dutta, Sammar Gajjar, Nasir Lone, Ishan Mulchandani, Akhil Scaria, Muhammed Sharafuddeen, Ajay Singh, Ritik Tada, Luckyrajsinh Vaghela

SET 42 – UAL10 (Uncapped All-rounders)

Mohamed Ali, Madhav Bajaj, Akshu Bajwa, Varun Raj Singh Bisht, Rishabh Chauhan, Jack Edwards, Dian Forrester, Dhurmil Matkar, Shiva Singh, Parikshit Valsangkar

IPL Auction 2026: Team-wise retained and released players: