IPL 2026 Auction 1 Day To Go: Event Date, Time, Venue, Players List, Retained Players, Remaining Purse, Slots Available, Overseas Slots

IPL 2026 Auction Remaining Purse: One of the biggest events in franchise Cricket, which often generates a lot of buzz for Cricket fans and experts around it, the IPL 2026 Auction is scheduled to take place on Tuesday. Three former champions - Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad, among other franchises, have multiple slots to get filled.

The star-studded event will take place at the iconic Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Check the details here:

Date: 15th December 2025, Tuesday

Time: 2:30 PM IST

Venue: Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi

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After the IPL Retention cycle ended this year in November, the 10 teams have collectively 77 slots to fill with a cumulative purse of Rs 237.55 crore and among them.

Mumbai Indians (Rs 2.75 crore) have the lowest amount in their purse, while Kolkata Knight Riders, with a purse of 64.30 crore and an eye on rebuilding the outfit with 13 slots to fill, can only be challenged by Chennai Super Kings, who enter the mini-auction with a purse of Rs 43.40 crore.

IPL 2026/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

16 players retained | 4 overseas | Total spent: ₹81.60 | Cap remaining: ₹43.40

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.

Delhi Capitals (DC)

17 players retained | 3 overseas | Total spent: ₹103.20 | Cap remaining: ₹21.80

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.

Gujarat Titans (GT)

20 players retained | 4 overseas | Total spent: ₹112.10 | Cap remaining: ₹12.90

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)

12 players retained | 2 overseas | Total spent: ₹60.70 | Cap remaining: ₹64.30

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)

19 players retained | 4 overseas | Total spent: ₹102.05 | Cap remaining: ₹22.95

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

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Mumbai Indians (MI)

20 players retained | 7 overseas | Total spent: ₹122.25  | Cap remaining: ₹2.75

*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)

21 players retained | 6 overseas | Total spent: ₹113.50 | Cap remaining: ₹11.50

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)

16 players retained | 7 overseas | Total spent: ₹108.95 | Cap remaining: ₹16.05

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)

17 players retained | 6 overseas | Total spent: ₹108.60 | Cap remaining: ₹16.40

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)

15 players retained | 6 overseas | Total spent: ₹99.50 | Cap remaining: ₹25.50

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

* denotes Overseas players