BCCI Update IPL 2026 Mini Auction Final List: For the mini auction of Indian Premier League 2026, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has added the names of 9 new players to the list of existing players on Tuesday i.e. December 9, 2025. This mini auction will be organized on 16 December at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. At the beginning of the day on 9th December, BCCI had released the list of total 350 players after sorting them from the total registration of 1355 players. Then, after a few hours, BCCI released the revised list, in which 9 new names were added, making the total number of players now 359.

9 new players added to the mini auction list

The new players added by BCCI also include IPL winner Swastik Chikara, who was released by Royal Challengers Bangalore. The video of Swastika with Virat Kohli in IPL 2025 was much talked about throughout the season. Apart from these, Malaysian player Virandeep Singh is also included, who is the only player from the Associate Nation. The remaining seven players include Tripura all-rounder Mani Shankar Murasingh, Chama Milind (Hyderabad), K.L. The names are Sreejit (Karnataka), Ethan Bosch (South Africa), Chris Green (Australia), Rahul Raj Namala (Uttarakhand) and Virat Singh (Jharkhand).

So many players will be bid in mini auction

A total of 359 players are included in the final list of IPL 2026 mini auction, of which 247 are Indian and 112 foreign players. Out of the players in this final list, only 77 players will get the contract for IPL 2026, out of which 31 reserved places will be for foreign players.

BCCI improved the list of mini auction

Nikil Choudhary has played domestic cricket for Punjab along with Shubhman Gill, Abhishek Sharma and Arshdeep Singh. About six years ago, Nikhil went to Australia to meet his uncle and was stuck there due to Covid. After this, he started his cricket career in Australia itself and after many years of hard work, he was successful in making a place in Australian domestic cricket and last month he became the first Indian-origin player to score a century in the Sheffield Shield for Tasmania.

Apart from this, Nikhil has also participated in many foreign white-ball leagues, which include leagues like Global Super League, Max60 Caribbean and Abu Dhabi T10. At the same time, Nikhil was mistakenly registered as an Indian player in the final list of IPL 2026 mini auction, but BCCI has corrected this mistake in the revised list released on the evening of Tuesday, December 9.

A total of 350 players have been shortlisted for the IPL 2026 auction. The auction will be held on December 16 and the auction will start at 1:30 pm. Let us remind you that a total of 1355 players had registered in the auction, but BCCI has canceled the cards of more than 1000 players.

Veteran players like David Miller, David Warner and Jonny Bairstow will be included in this auction. Meanwhile, the performance of some uncapped fast bowlers has also been commendable. See here the list of those 5 fast bowlers, who can get bids worth crores of rupees in the auction.

These 5 uncapped players will become millionaires!

Aaqib Nabi

This fast bowler from Jammu and Kashmir came into limelight during the Duleep Trophy this year. In the quarterfinal match of the tournament, he took four wickets in 4 balls. He remains the second highest wicket-taker so far in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season. He has taken 29 wickets in 9 innings. In the T20 tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he also created discussion by taking a 4-wicket haul. This recent form can make him a millionaire in the mini auction.

Mani Grewal

25-year-old Mani Grewal, who played for Delhi, emerged as the star bowler of Delhi Premier League. He was the bowler taking the most wickets in the entire tournament. He took 20 wickets in 11 matches. The ability to bowl accurate yorkers and good pace can fetch him a good amount of money in the auction.

aqib khan

Uttar Pradesh’s young bowler Aaqib Khan is only 21 years old, but his achievements are big. Aaqib Khan was selected for the Emerging Asia Cup last year, but he did not get many opportunities. In the current season of Ranji Trophy, so far he has taken 8 wickets in 3 innings. Expert in swinging the ball with good speed. Has taken 52 wickets in 19 first-class matches.

Ashok Sharma

Rajasthan’s 23-year-old bowler Ashok Sharma is wreaking havoc in the T20 tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy these days. Has taken 19 wickets in only 7 matches. He has previously been a part of the squads of Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders. Looking at the current form, there may be a bidding war for him in the auction.

Raj Limbani

If a team wants to add a young fast bowler for the long term, then 20-year-old Raj Limbani, who plays for Baroda, can be a good option. Has taken 15 wickets after playing 7 matches in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In a recent match, he took 3 wickets giving only 5 runs. The Under-19 Asia Cup played in 2023 also gave him recognition, where he took 7 wickets for 13 runs in the match against Nepal.

Preparations for the 19th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2026 have started. The IPL 2026 auction will be held in Abu Dhabi on 16 December. This time, 1390 players from all over the world had registered for the auction, out of which 350 players have been shortlisted for the mini auction. This also includes Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith, who remained unsold in last season’s mega auction.

240 Indian and 110 foreign players shortlisted for IPL 2026 auction

A total of 350 cricketers will be auctioned in the auction to be held in Abu Dhabi on December 16, which includes 240 Indian and 110 foreign players. The name of South African wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock has also been included in the final list. De Kock has recently returned from retirement to limited overs cricket. His base price is Rs 1 crore. Australian batsman Steve Smith is also included in this list, whose base price is Rs 2 crore. Smith last played in IPL in 2021.

According to the press release of IPL, a total of 1390 players had registered for the player auction, which was later reduced to 1005. A list of the final 350 players has been prepared from among these players. Out of these 350 players, the 10 franchise teams of IPL will be able to buy a maximum of 77 players in the auction.

India’s Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan included in the first set

The first set in the IPL 2026 auction includes India’s Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan. Both of them have kept their base price at Rs 75 lakh. Shaw played in the IPL from 2018 to 2024, but he did not find any buyer in the last auction. Sarfaraz has not played in this tournament since 2021.

Apart from two Australian players Cameron Green and Jake Fraser McGurk, former New Zealand and Chennai Super Kings opener Devon Conway and South Africa’s David Miller are also included in the list shared by the IPL. The base price of each of these is Rs 2 crore.

Cameron Green can be sold at the most expensive

All-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, released by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), has kept his base price at Rs 2 crore. Kunal Chandela and Ashok Kumar, who performed impressively in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, are also included in the final list of the auction.

Three-time winners KKR will enter the auction with the highest amount of Rs 64.3 crore. After that comes five-time champion Chennai Super Kings, who have Rs 43.4 crore left. Sunrisers Hyderabad, which has won the IPL title once, is at third place in this list with Rs 25.5 crore.

The final list of the auction includes 21 players from England. These include wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith, fast bowler Gus Atkinson, Liam Livingstone and Test opener Ben Duckett. There is a possibility of a big bid on Cameron Green in this auction. A total of 19 players from Australia are included in the list. Apart from Green, other prominent names are Josh Inglis, Matthew Short, Cooper Connolly and Beau Webster.

Know how many players from which country are included in the auction

15 players from South Africa are part of the auction list. Along with De Kock and Miller, fast bowlers Enrique Norkia, Lungi Ngidi, Gerald Coetzee and all-rounder Wiaan Mulder are also included. The nine West Indies players who made it to the auction list include fast bowlers Alzarri Joseph and Shamar Joseph, Akeem Auguste, Shai Hope and Roston Chase.

The 12 Sri Lankan players who have made it to the auction list include Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Vellalej, Mahesh Theekshana, Traveen Mathew, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera. 16 players from New Zealand and 10 from Afghanistan have got a place in the auction list. New Zealand players also include Rachin Ravindra, who was released by Chennai Super Kings. Afghanistan players also include Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Naveen Ul Haq.