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
Team | No. of players | Available slots | Overseas slots | Purse left (in INR) |
KKR | 12 | 13 | 6 | 64.3 Cr |
CSK | 16 | 9 | 4 | 43.4 Cr |
SRH | 15 | 10 | 2 | 25.5 Cr |
LSG | 19 | 6 | 4 | 22.95 Cr |
DC | 17 | 8 | 5 | 21.8 Cr |
RCB | 17 | 8 | 2 | 16.4 Cr |
RR | 16 | 9 | 1 | 16.05 Cr |
GT | 20 | 5 | 4 | 12.9 Cr |
PBKS | 21 | 4 | 2 | 11.5 Cr |
MI | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2.75 Cr |
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