IPL 2026 Auction: 350 Players To Go Under The Hammer
The wait is finally over. The IPL 2026 auction will now feature 350 players. The final number was reached by the board after multiple discussions with the 10 franchises. The mini auction will take place in Abu Dhabi on December 16, starting at 1 PM UAE time (2:30 PM IST).
The 10 IPL teams will compete for 77 available squad spots, including 31 overseas slots. The highest base price remains ₹2 crore and 40 players have entered with this top reserve price.
IPL 2026 Auction List
A total of 1,390 players initially registered for the IPL 2026 auction, but only 350 have made the final shortlist. The list includes 240 Indian players (including 16 capped Indians) and 110 overseas players. Of these, 224 uncapped Indian players and 14 uncapped overseas players add fresh talent to the auction pool.
The final pool also features 35 new entrants who were a part of the initial list. One big addition is Quinton de Kock. He was requested by a franchise. De Kock recently hit a century against India in the ODI series. His base price is now ₹1 crore, half of his previous bracket. KKR released him after a poor 2025 season.
Sri Lankan players Kusal Perera, Binura Fernando, Dunith Wellalage and Traveen Mathew also appear as fresh additions.
The auction will start with capped players grouped by batters, all-rounders, wicketkeepers, fast bowlers and spinners. The uncapped players will follow. Early in the lineup are big names such as Cameron Green, Devon Conway, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Prithvi Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan and David Miller. Cameroon Green is a hot topic and the Australian is wanted by a number of franchises.
After the first 70 players, the event will shift into an accelerated phase to speed up proceedings of the one-day mini auction.
The 10 franchises will enter the auction with a combined purse of ₹237.55 crore. Kolkata Knight Riders have the biggest budget at ₹64.30 crore, followed by Chennai Super Kings with ₹43.40 crore.
Only two Indian players are listed in the ₹2 crore bracket, Venkatesh Iyer and Ravi Bishnoi.Â
New Overseas Inclusions at the IPL 2026 Auction
Arab Gul (Afghanistan), Miles Hammond (England), Dan Lategan (England), Quinton de Kock (South Africa), Connor Eztherhuizen (South Africa), George Linde (South Africa), Bayanda Majola (South Africa), Traveen Mathew (Sri Lanka), Binura Fernando (Sri Lanka), Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka), Dunith Wellalage (Sri Lanka), Akeem Auguste (West Indies)
New Indian Inclusions
Sadek Hussain, Vishnu Solanki, Sabir Khan, Brijesh Sharma, Kanishk Chouhan, Aaron George, Jikku Bright, Srihari Nair, Madhav Bajaj, Shreevathsa Acharya, Yashraj Punja, Sahil Parakh, Roshan Waghsare, Yash Dicholkar, Ayaz Khan, Dhurmil Matkar, Naman Pushpak, Parikshit Valsangkar, Purav Agarwal, Rishabh Chouhan, Sagar Solanki, Izaz Sawariya, Aman Shekawat.
Last month, the franchises had announced their retained players after the trading window shut for the IPL 2026 season. MS Dhoni‘s participation was confirmed for IPL 2026 while Andre Russell & Faf du Plessis shed light on their IPL future.
The IPL auction is up next but the WPL Mega Auction concluded for the 2026 season recently. Check the full squads here.