IPL 2026 Auction Latest Update: The IPL 2026 mini-auction is turning out to be one of the most thrilling T20 cricket events in the year. As teams from all over India are wrapping up their squad preparations, the followers cannot stop discussing the players who retained by the teams, the ones going to the auction, how much money is still available for the teams, and how many positions remain unfilled. The event will be held on 16 December 2025 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.
What Changed This Season?
Every IPL season, teams make strategic choices about which players to retain and which to release before the auction. For IPL 2026:
A total of 173 players were retained across all 10 teams, including 49 overseas stars.
Combined Purse, and Auction Breakdown
Across all 10 franchises, the total purse available at the auction is ₹237.55 crore for 77 player slots (including 31 overseas positions).
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IPL 2026 Auction Latest Updates: Team-By-Team Purse, and Slots
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): ₹64.30 cr; 13 slots; 6 overseas
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): ₹43.40 cr; 9 slots; 4 overseas
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): ₹22.95 cr; 6 slots; 4 overseas
Delhi Capitals (DC): ₹21.80 cr; 8 slots; 5 overseas
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): ₹25.50 cr; 10 slots; 2 overseas
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): ₹16.40 cr; 8 slots; 2 overseas
Rajasthan Royals (RR): ₹16.05 cr; 9 slots; 1 overseas
Punjab Kings (PBKS): ₹11.50 cr; 4 slots; 2 overseas
Gujarat Titans (GT): ₹12.90 cr; 5 slots; 4 overseas
Mumbai Indians (MI): ₹2.75 cr; 5 slots; 1 overseas
Team-by-Team Retained Players
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Retained Players (16): Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, *Jamie Overton, MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary, *Nathan Ellis, *Noor Ahmad, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Sanju Samson (T), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Shreyas Gopal, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Ayush Mhatre, *Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel.
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Delhi Capitals (DC)
Retained Players (17): Abhishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, *Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, *Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, Nitish Rana (T), Sameer Rizvi, T. Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, *Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam.
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Gujarat Titans (GT)
Retained Players (20): Anuj Rawat, *Glenn Phillips, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, *Jos Buttler, *Kagiso Rabada, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar, Mohammad Siraj, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Prasidh Krishna, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, *Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Retained Players (12): Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, *Rovman Powell, *Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Retained Players (19): Abdul Samad, *Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar (T), Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, *Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Md Shami (T), *Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, *Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Retained Players (20): *Allah Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, *Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Markande (T), *Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, *Ryan Rickelton, Shardul Thakur (T), *Sherfane Rutherford (T), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, *Trent Boult, *Will Jacks.
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Retained Players (21): Arshdeep Singh, *Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Harpreet Brar, *Lockie Ferguson, *Marco Jansen, *Marcus Stoinis, *Mitch Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, *Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Retained Players (16): Dhruv Jurel, *Donovan Ferreira (T), *Jofra Archer, *Kwena Maphaka, *Lhuan-Dre Pretorious, *Nandre Burger, Ravindra Jadeja (T), Riyan Parag, *Sam Curran (T), Sandeep Sharma, *Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Yudhvir Charak.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Retained Players (17): Abhinandan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Devdutt Padikkal, *Jacob Bethell, Jitesh Sharma, *Josh Hazlewood, Krunal Pandya, *Nuwan Thushara, *Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, Rasikh Dar, *Romario Shepherd, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, *Tim David, Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Retained Players (15): Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, *Brydon Carse, *Eshan Malinga, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, *Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Jaydev Unadkat, *Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, *Pat Cummins, Smaran Ravichandaran, *Travis Head, Zeeshan Ansari.
