IPL 2026 mini-auction countdown: Teams submit retention lists; big players released, squads ready for December 16 bidding, check remaining purse for each team. Photo: ANI.
IPL 2026 Auction: With the Indian Premier League (IPL) mini auction scheduled in Abu Dhabi on December 16, all 10 franchises recently submitted their final retention and release lists to the BCCI by the November 15 deadline. The revised squads set the stage for intense bidding as teams prepare to fill gaps and rebuild ahead of the 2026 season.
Each franchise has confirmed which players will stay and which will make way, shaping their strategies for the upcoming auction. Here is a detailed breakdown of every team’s available purse and released players.
The five-time champions head into the auction with the smallest purse of ₹2.75 crore.
Overseas: Lizaad Williams, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Bevon Jacobs, Reece Topley
Indian uncapped: Vignesh Puthur, D Satyanarayana Raju
Last season’s runners-up enter the auction with ₹11.5 crore.
Overseas: Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie
Indian: Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Sen
Former champions Gujarat Titans will operate with a purse of ₹12.9 crore.
Karim Janat, Gerald Coetzee, Dasun Shanaka, Mahipal Lomror, Kulwant Khejroliya
The inaugural IPL champions have freed up significant space, entering the auction with ₹16.05 crore.
Overseas: Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Indian: Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma, Kunal Rathore, Kumar Kartikeya
The defending champions will participate with ₹16.4 crore.
Overseas: Liam Livingstone, Lungi Ngidi
Indian: Mayank Agarwal, Swatik Chikara
DC goes into the auction with ₹21.8 crore after releasing six players.
Overseas: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sediqullah Atal
Indian: Mohit Sharma, Manvanth Kumar, Darshan Nalkande
The Rishabh Pant-led side has the fourth-highest purse at ₹22.9 crore.
Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Shamar Joseph
The Pat Cummins-led SRH will enter the auction with ₹25.5 crore.
Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby
Finishing last in IPL 2025 has prompted a major overhaul, giving CSK the second-largest purse at ₹43.4 crore.
Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Matheesha Pathirana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth
The three-time champions KKR hold the largest purse of all teams, a massive ₹64.3 crore.
KKR has released Luvnith Sisodia, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Moeen Ali, Spencer Johnson, Anrich Nortje, and Chetan Sakariya. Mayank Markande was traded to Mumbai Indians.
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