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The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 mini-auction is scheduled to take place on December 16 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. This will be the third IPL auction held

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outside India. Renowned auctioneer Mallika Sagar will conduct the proceedings. The auction is scheduled to begin at 1:00 PM UAE time (2:30 PM Indian Standard Time) on Tuesday.

Out of 1,355 players who registered for the auction, 359 players have been shortlisted. Among them, 244 are Indian players, while 115 are overseas cricketers. A total of 40 players have set their base price at the maximum limit of INR 2 crore. Interestingly, only two Indians, Venkatesh Iyer and Ravi Bishnoi, feature in this elite group.

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Across all franchises, 77 slots are available to be filled, including 31 overseas slots. Kolkata Knight Riders have the highest number of vacancies with 13 slots, followed closely by Sunrisers Hyderabad, who have 10 slots remaining. As per IPL regulations, the maximum squad size for a franchise is 25 players, with a cap of eight overseas players. Teams must also maintain a minimum squad size of 18 players. The auction will begin with the set of capped batters.

Here are the list of players traded ahead of IPL 2026

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Sr. No.	Player	Trade From	Traded To	Trade Type	Amount (INR)
1	Shardul Thakur	Lucknow Super Giants	Mumbai Indians	Cash Deal	2 crore
2	Sherfane Rutherford	Gujarat Titans	Mumbai Indians	Cash Deal	2.6 crore
3	Sanju Samson	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai Super Kings	Player Swap	18 crore
4	Ravindra Jadeja	Chennai Super Kings	Rajasthan Royals	Player Swap	14 crore
5	Sam Curran	Chennai Super Kings	Rajasthan Royals	Player Swap	2.4 crore
6	Arjun Tendulkar	Mumbai Indians	Lucknow Super Giants	Cash Deal	30 lakh
7	Mohammed Shami	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Lucknow Super Giants	Cash Deal	10 crore
8	Mayank Markande	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai Indians	Cash Deal	30 lakh
9	Nitish Rana	Rajasthan Royals	Delhi Capitals	Cash Deal	4.2 crore
10	Donovan Ferreira	Delhi Capitals	Rajasthan Royals	Cash Deal	1 crore

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Complete breakdown of capped and uncapped players

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\n Sr. No	\n Capped/Uncapped players	\n No. of players
\n 1	\n Capped Indians	\n 16
\n 2	\n Capped Overseas	\n 96
\n 3	\n Uncapped Indian	\n 224
\n 4	\n Uncapped overseas	\n 14
\n	\n Total	\n 350

Full list of players and their base price

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\n Sr. No	\n Reserve Price (in INR lakh)	\n No. of players
\n 1	\n 200	\n 40
\n 2	\n 150	\n 9
\n 3	\n 125 \n	\n 4
\n 4	\n 100	\n 17
\n 5	\n 75	\n 42
\n 6	\n 50	\n 4
\n 7	\n 40	\n 7
\n 8	\n 30	\n 227
\n	\n Total	\n 350

Team-wise Purse ahead of IPL 2026 Auctions

Teams	Purse Remaining (INR)	Retained	Released
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)	25.50 crore	15	8
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)	22.95 crore	19	8
Punjab Kings (PBKS)	11.50 crore	21	5
Gujarat Titans (GT)	12.9 crore	20	6
Delhi Capitals (DC)	21.80 crore	17	7
Rajasthan Royals (RR)	16.05 crore	16	9
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)	64.3 crore	12	10
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)	43.4 crore	16	12
Mumbai Indians (MI)	2.75 crore	20	9
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)	16.4 crore	17	8

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IPL 2026 Mini-Auction Preview: Team Purse, Players Trade

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