The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Auction is approaching, and fans will be excited to know every detail about the date, players’ list, rules, mini-auction format, RTM, and team purse. The IPL 2026 Mini Auction will be the final one before the 2027 Mega Auction, which means teams will try to make the most of this opportunity to fine-tune their line-ups.
IPL 2026 Mini Auction will follow the traditional open bidding format with intense competition between 10 franchises. Fans are eagerly waiting to see who stays, who goes, and which new star player will shine in the upcoming IPL 2026 season.
However, Most of the franchises already have quality sides, but still, they will aim to fill the gaps so that they can play with full potential and lift the IPL trophy. It will be quite interesting to see some bidding wars between teams like Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, and Delhi Capitals.
IPL 2026 Mini Auction Date:
The Indian Premier League (WPL) 2026 Mega Auction is expected to take place in December 2025, most likely in Mumbai. IPL Governing Council hasn’t made any official confirmation on dates; they have yet to release the IPL 2025 Auction date and venue soon.
IPL 2026 Auction Purse:
For IPL 2026, each franchise will have a purse in between Rs. 10 – 40 crore, depending upon the number of players or high value players they released. It will also include the balance left from the previous season and any top-ups allowed by the BCCI.
IPL 2026 Player Retention & RTM (Right to Match)
Rententions are a big topic for IPL every season. For the IPL 2026 Auction, there will be no RTM as this feature is only available in the mega auctions. Teams will be releasing the players, and they can purchase the players in the auction through bidding within the purse limit.
Key IPL 2026 Mini Auction Rules:
Squad Composition: Each squad can include up to 25 players, but must have at least 18. Maximum 8 overseas cricketers allowed.
Base Prices: Players set base prices between Rs. 20 Lakh and Rs. 2 crore, with international stars usually in the top bracket.
Auction Bidding: IPL 2026 Auction will be in open format, with no cap bids as long as teams stay within their purse limit.
Trade Window: Teams can also trade players before and after the auction for a better squad and balance.
Check out the full squads here
CSK Current Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth
DC Current Squad: KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristian Stubbs, Axar Patel (Captain), Kuldeep Yadav, T Natrajan, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmanta Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari
Team news: Harry Brook pulled out of the competition.
GT Current Squad: Shubman Gill (Captain), Jos Buttler, B. Sai Sudharshan, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Gerald Coetzee, Mohmmad Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Sherfane Rutherford, R. Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Kareem Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya
KKR Current Squad: Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali
Injury replacement: Umran Malik was replaced by Chetan Sakariya.
MI Current Squad: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Shrijith Krishnan, Raj Angad Bawa, Venkat Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Vignesh Puthhur, Suryakumar Yadav
Injury replacements: Allah Ghazanfar and Lizaad Williams were replaced by Mujeeb-ur-Rahman and Corbin Bosch.
LSG Current Squad: Rishabh Pant (Captain), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bisnoi, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ayush Badoni, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke
Injury replacement: Mohsin Khan replaced by Shardul Thakur
PBKS Current Squad: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey, Nehal Wadhera
RR Current Squad: Sanju Samson (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma, Jofra Archer, Wainindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Nitish Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Charak, Fazal Farooqi, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kwena Maphaka, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma
RCB Current Squad: Rajat Patidar (Captain), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee
SRH Current Squad: Pat Cummins (Captain), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klassen, Nitish Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Sachin Baby
Injury replacement: Brydon Carse was replaced by Wiaan Mulder.
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