IPL 2026 Mini Auction: All eyes will be on Australian all-rounder Cameron Green in the mini auction for the Indian Premier League 2026 to be held at 2.30 pm today, December 16, 2025, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Due to lack of an excellent all-rounder (top in both batting and bowling) in this mini auction, a lot of money may be showered on Cameron Green. In the mini auction, Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings are looking for a great all-rounder and both those teams have the highest money in their purse.

How many players will be bought for IPL 2026?

In this mini auction, all 10 teams will sit in the auction to be held in Abu Dhabi to buy a total of 77 players. In which a total amount of Rs 237 crore 55 lakh is available with all the teams. However, Mumbai Indians will not have much role in this auction, because they have only Rs 2 crore 75 lakh. Mumbai Indians will enter the auction to buy some uncapped players at their base price.

Biggest purse near Kolkata and Chennai

In the mini auction for IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders have the biggest purse of Rs 64 crore 30 lakh. KKR’s eyes will be on revamping the team, because the team has to buy a total of 13 players in the auction. Knightriders may face a challenge from the Super Kings while bidding on players in this mini auction. Chennai has the second largest purse in the auction of Rs 43 crore 40 lakh. At the same time, Super Kings would also like to buy good players according to their team balance in the mini auction.

Why is Mini Auction more interesting than Mega Auction?

Mini auctions are always more interesting than mega auctions because franchises come into the auction with certain preferences and are ready to go to any extent to add players with different skill sets to their team. In the IPL mini auction, big bids have always been made for fast bowlers who are also all-rounders, keeping this in mind, this time the biggest bids are expected for Cameron Green, Venkatesh Iyer and West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder.

IPL 2026 Mini Auction Final List Released: The Indian Premier League has officially released the list of shortlisted players for the mini auction on Tuesday, December 9, 2025. A total of 350 players have got a place in the final list in this auction to be held at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. 1355 players from all over the world had registered to participate in the mini auction for IPL 2026. In whose final list 240 Indian and 110 foreign players have got place.

IPL 2026 base price list

This time the highest base price in IPL is 2 crore Indian rupees. A total of 40 star players have registered in this category, which includes big names like Steve Smith, David Miller, Venkatesh Iyer, Rachin Ravindra and Mathisha Pathirana. 9 players have registered their names in the base price of Rs. 1.5 crores whereas only 4 players have registered their names in the base price of Rs. 1.25 crores. At the same time, 17 players will be available in the auction with the base price of Rs 1 crore and 42 players have registered their names at the base price of Rs 75 lakh. So only 4 players are available in the base price of 50 lakhs, while 7 players are available in the base price of 40 lakhs. Maximum 227 shortlisted players have registered themselves at the base price of Rs 30 lakh. Most of the players in this list are uncapped, which includes 224 Indian and 14 foreign players.

Only 77 players will be bid in the mini auction.

All 10 IPL franchises will bid for the vacant slots of 77 players, out of which 31 slots are reserved for foreign players. The mini auction will start on December 16, 2025 at 1 pm UAE time (2:30 pm Indian time).

Which team has how much purse?

Kolkata Knight Riders have the biggest purse in this mini auction, which is Rs 64.3 crore. After this, Chennai Super Kings has the second largest purse of Rs 43.4 crore. At the same time, Sunrisers Hyderabad has the third largest purse of Rs 25.5 crore.

IPL 2026 Mini Auction Update: A 5-match T20 series will be played between India and South Africa from December 9, 2025. Amidst this series, everyone is also eagerly waiting for the mini auction to be held for IPL 2026. A mini auction for the next season of IPL is going to be organized at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on 16th December this month. This time 1355 players have registered themselves for the auction, out of which only a few players will be able to reach the auction table. Among them, there is one player who has set his price the highest, but he will come to play only 4 matches and that player is Australia’s wicketkeeper batsman Josh English.

IPL auction details

Recently the registration window for the auction to be held on December 16 for IPL 2026 was closed. During this period, a total of 1355 players registered their names for the auction. Under the rules of IPL, along with registration, every player also informed his base price, the price at which bidding will start on him during the auction. For the last several years, the highest base price in IPL has been Rs 2 crore and this time also more than 40 players have kept their base price at Rs 2 crore.

Josh English will come to IPL to play only 4 matches

Australian player Josh Inglis, who was released by Punjab Kings before the auction, has also registered for this mini auction and has kept his base price at Rs 2 crore. Regarding English, it has been told in the Cricbuzz report that he has informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) about his availability for the IPL season. English has told the Indian board that he will be available only for 4 matches. Despite this, English has kept its base price at Rs 2 crore.

What is the reason for English not playing the entire IPL season?

Josh English was a part of Punjab Kings last season. He performed well for Punjab and played a big role in taking the team to the finals. Despite this, Punjab released him. However, later the reason for this was revealed that English is going to get married during the IPL season next year and in such a situation he will not be available for the entire season.

IPL 2026 Mini Auction: The 19th season of the Indian Premier League will take place in 2026, for which a mini auction is going to be held in a few weeks and all the franchises are ready to strengthen their team. In this mini auction, franchises can spend crores of rupees on those star all-rounders who can do wonders in batting as well as bowling. Teams always look for such players because they can single-handedly change the course of a match. Here we are going to tell about 5 such all-rounders, on whom you can bid crores of rupees in this mini auction.

Big bets will be placed on 5 all-rounders in the mini auction of IPL 2026

1. Michael Bracewell (New Zealand)

New Zealand all-rounder Michael Bracewell is one of the most talked about all-rounders in this time’s IPL 2026 mini auction. Bracewell is a good left-handed batsman and also a useful off-spin bowler. Bracewell last played 5 matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2023, in which he scored 58 runs and was successful in taking 6 wickets. While playing in T20 International for New Zealand, he scored a total of 417 runs in 42 T20 matches and took 33 wickets.

2. Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe)

Zimbabwe’s experienced all-rounder Sikandar Raza is one of the second most talked about all-rounders in this time’s IPL 2026 mini auction. Sikandar has played for Punjab Kings in IPL 2023 and 2024, in these two seasons Raza has scored 182 runs in 9 matches and taken 3 wickets. For Zimbabwe, Alexander scored a total of 2,883 runs in 127 T20 matches and also took 102 wickets. Raza has the ability to change the course of the match with both his batting and bowling. His off-spin bowling and aggressive batting in the middle order make him a reliable match-winner.

3. Matthew Short (Australia)

Australian all-rounder Matthew Short is one of the third most talked about all-rounders in this time’s IPL 2026 mini auction. Mathew played 6 matches for Punjab Kings in IPL 2023, in which he scored a total of 117 runs. Whereas Short has taken a total of 357 runs and 8 wickets in 19 T20 matches for Australia. Short’s aggressive batting at the top of the order and useful off-spin bowling make him an excellent all-rounder for T20 cricket.

4. Saransh Jain (India)

In Indian domestic cricket, Madhya Pradesh’s Saransh Jain is one of the fourth most talked about all-rounders in this time’s IPL 2026 mini auction. Saransh has attracted everyone’s attention with his brilliant performance in Ranji Trophy 2025-26. He has scored a century and taken 7 wickets in just two Ranji matches. In such a situation, Saransh Jain can prove to be a surprise pick in the mini auction of IPL 2026.

5. Jason Holder (West Indies)

West Indies’ experienced all-rounder Jason Holder is one of the fifth most talked about all-rounders in this time’s IPL 2026 mini auction. Holder has played for five different franchises in the IPL, in which he scored a total of 259 runs and took 53 wickets in 46 matches. While playing for West Indies, Holder scored a total of 746 runs in 86 T20 International matches and took 97 wickets.

Glenn Maxwell Withdraws From IPL 2026: The mini auction of IPL 2026 is going to be held on December 16 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, for which there is a lot of excitement among the fans. 1355 players have registered their names for this mini auction. Australia’s star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has not given his name for the mini auction. Maxwell has surprised everyone with his decision to stay away from IPL 2026. His stay away from the world’s biggest cricket league was revealed when Maxwell did not register his name in the mini auction for IPL 2026.

Maxwell played for Punjab Kings last season

Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell was part of Punjab Kings in IPL 2025. In the mega auction held last year, Punjab Kings bought Maxwell for Rs 4.2 crore. However, the Punjab franchise had released Maxwell from the team for IPL 2026. After Maxwell’s release, many franchises had their eyes set on him, but by not registering himself for the mini auction, he made it clear that he will not be seen playing in IPL 2026.

What could be the reason behind this decision of Maxwell?

There has been no disclosure yet about the reason behind Glenn Maxwell’s decision of not registering his name for IPL 2026. However, Maxwell has recently recovered from injury and has returned to international cricket. It would not be right to say that Maxwell did not put his name in the auction due to injury. We will have to wait a bit to know the real reason behind this decision of Maxwell. Only then will it become clear why he took this decision.

Maxwell earned around Rs 92 crore from IPL

After debuting in IPL in 2012, Glenn Maxwell has played a total of 13 seasons for 4 teams. In which he has played for Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challenger Bangalore and Punjab Kings. Maxwell has earned around Rs 92 crore from 13 seasons of this tournament. Maxwell received the highest salary of Rs 14.25 crore in IPL 2021, when he was bought by RCB. Maxwell has played maximum 6 seasons of IPL with Punjab Kings.