The IPL 2026 mini-auction will be held in Abu Dhabi on December 16, with 10 franchises having 77 slots, a total prize money of ₹237.55 crore, and a pool of 359 players. As the mini-auction is taking place in Abu Dhabi, some franchises have almost finalized their squads, while others will have to work hard at the auction table to build a strong team ahead of the next season. As the Indian Premier League prepares for its 19th leg, 10 teams will meet at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi for the 2026 season mini-auction.
The retention deadline ended on November 15, leaving KKR with the highest bid of ₹64.30 crore for 13 slots and CSK with ₹43.40 crore for nine slots, while MI lagged with just ₹2.75 crore. Before retention, Sanju Samson was the most traded player, moving to the Chennai Super Kings. Ravindra Jadeja joined the Rajasthan Royals as part of that trade deal. Nitish Rana went to the Delhi Capitals, while Shardul Thakur was traded from the Lucknow Super Giants to the Mumbai Indians.
The auction will see bids for 369 players, with 10 franchises filling 77 slots between them. Each team can retain a maximum of 25 players, including eight foreign players. KKR has the highest pool of ₹64.30 crore, followed by Chennai Super Kings, which has ₹43.40 crore. Among the biggest signings will be Australian all-rounder Cameron Green, who last played for RCB. Venkatesh Iyer, who was signed by KKR for ₹23.75 crore in the mega auction, was released before this auction and will be in the sights of several teams.
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IPL 2026 Squads before Mini Auction
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Sanju Samson
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Allah Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Markande, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Shardul Thakur, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks
Knight Riders (KKR)
Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, Suyash Sharma
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Pyla Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Musheer Khan, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Arshdeep Singh, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar
Gujarat Titans (GT)
Shubman Gill, Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sindhu, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Lhuan-dre Pretorius
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Rishabh Pant, Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Pooran, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Digvesh Rathi, M. Siddharth, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair, Abishek Porel, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Nitish Rana
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Here is how much purse each team has before entering the auction:
KKR – Rs. 64.30 crore
CSK – Rs. 43.40 crore
SRH – Rs. 25.50 crore
LSG – Rs. 22.95 crore
DC – Rs. 21.80 crore
RCB – Rs. 16.40 crore
RR – Rs. 16.05 crore
GT – Rs. 12.90 crore
PBKS – Rs. 11.50 crore
MI – Rs. 2.75 crore
How many slots does each team have left?
Kolkata Knight Riders – 13 (6 overseas)
Sunrisers Hyderabad – 10 (2 overseas)
Chennai Super Kings – 9 (4 overseas)
Rajasthan Royals – 9 (1 overseas)
Delhi Capitals – 8 (5 overseas)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru – 8 (2 overseas)
Lucknow Super Giants – 6 (4 overseas)
Gujarat Titans – 5 (4 overseas)
Mumbai Indians – 5 (1 overseas)
Punjab Kings – 4 (2 overseas)
Team-wise purse left for the IPL 2026 Auction
Kolkata Knight Riders – Rs. 64.3 crore
Chennai Super Kings – Rs. 43.40 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad – Rs. 25.50 crore
Lucknow Super Giants – Rs. 22.95 crore
Delhi Capitals – Rs. 21.80 crore
Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Rs. 16.40 crore
Rajasthan Royals – Rs. 16.05 crore
Gujarat Titans – Rs. 12.90 crore
Punjab Kings – Rs. 11.50 crore
Mumbai Indians – Rs. 2.75 crore