Mumbai Indians Full Squad For IPL 2026: For the 19th season of the Indian Premier League, a mini auction was held on December 16, 2025 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, in which Mumbai Indians entered the auction with the lowest purse. Mumbai Indians had prepared their team through trade during the retention period before the auction. Many times during the auction the team is not able to prepare as per the plan. In such a situation, Mumbai tried a new method and was successful to a great extent in making up for its shortcomings by including many players in its team at low prices through trade.

Mumbai Indians included these players in the auction

Mumbai Indians, which entered the IPL 2026 auction with the lowest purse, was successful in including 5 players in its team. He had to buy a total of five players, including one foreigner, to complete the squad. In which South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock joined for Rs 1 crore. Apart from this, four young Indian players Danish Malewar (30 lakh), young left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Izhar (30 lakh), all-rounder Atharva Ankolekar (30 lakh) and all-rounder Mayank Rawat (30 lakh) were included in the team at the base price. Even after completing the squad of 25 in the auction, Rs 55 lakh were left in the account of Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians included these players in the team through trade

Mumbai Indians included all-rounders Shardul Thakur and Sherfane Rutherford in their team through trade. Shardul was traded by Mumbai to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 2 crore and Sherfed Rutherford was traded to Gujarat Titans for Rs 2.6 crore. Mumbai had made a cash deal for both the players. After this, to make up for the lack of leg spinner in their team, MI included Mayank Markande in their platoon by trading him to Kolkata Knight Riders for a price of Rs 30 lakh.

Mumbai Indians full squad for IPL 2026:

Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Robin Minze, Ryan Rickleton, Hardik Pandya (captain), Naman Dheer, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacques, Carbyn Bosch, Raj Angad Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwini Kumar, Raghu Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar, Mayank Markandey (traded from KKR), Shardul Thakur (traded from LSG), Sherfane Rutherford. (Traded from GT), Quinton de Kock (1 crore), Danish Malewar (30 lakh), Mohammad Izhar (30 lakh), Atharva Ankolekar (30 lakh) and Mayank Rawat (30 lakh).

The IPL 2026 auction will be held on December 16 in Abu Dhabi. This time a mini auction is to be organized, in which the fate of 359 players will be decided. Before the auction, former Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin conducted a mock auction on his YouTube channel. Australian all-rounder Cameron Green was sold the most expensive in this auction.

Chennai Super Kings buys Cameron Green, Liam Livingstone goes to KKR

In Ashwin’s mock auction, Australian all-rounder Cameron Green was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 21 crore. However, Kolkata Knight Riders also made a strong bid for Green in the auction. After Green, England’s spin all-rounder Liam Livingstone was the second most expensive player. Livingstone was bought by Kolkata for Rs 18.5 crore. Last season, Livingstone was part of champion RCB.

Venkatesh Iyer sold for 17.5 crores, Prithvi Shaw got 5.25 crores

The most interesting thing in this auction was that Venkatesh Iyer was once again bought by Kolkata Knight Riders. However, this time their price became lower than before. KKR bought Iyer in mock auction for Rs 17.5 crore. Apart from this, KKR also gave a huge amount to Prithvi Shaw. KKR spent Rs 5.25 crore for Shaw.

In this mock auction, leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi was sold for Rs 10.5 crore. Bishnoi was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad. Whereas former Australian captain and legendary batsman Steve Smith was not sold in the auction. He remained unsold along with his compatriot Jack Fraser McGurk. At the same time, Delhi Capitals included Sri Lankan young fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana in their team for Rs 7 crore.

Know which player was sold for how much in mock auction

Cameron Green- Rs 21 crore, Chennai Super Kings
Liam Livingston- Rs 18.5 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders
Venkatesh Iyer- Rs 17.5 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders
Ravi Bishnoi- Rs 10.5 crore, Hyderabad
Jason Holder- Rs 9 crore, Lucknow
Mathisha Pathirana- Rs 7 crore, Delhi
Prithvi Shaw – Rs 5.25 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders
David Miller- Rs 4.5 crore, Punjab Kings
Jonny Bairstow – Rs 3.75 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders
Tim Seifert – Rs 3 crore, Delhi Capitals
Ben Duckett- Rs 4 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders
Jamie Smith- Rs 3.75 crore, Delhi Capitals
Akash Deep – Rs 3.25 crore, Chennai Super Kings
Aaqib Nabi- Rs 3 crore, Delhi Capitals
Wanindu Hasaranga – Rs 2 crore, Lucknow Super Giants
Rachin Ravindra- Rs 2.25 crore, Punjab Kings
Mustafizur Rahman – Rs 3.5 crore, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Enrique Norkhia – Rs 3 crore, Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rahul Chahar- Rs 3.25 crore, Rajasthan Royals
Josh Inglis – Rs 2 crore, Chennai Super Kings
Akeel Hussain – Rs 2 crore, Chennai Super Kings
Abhinav Manohar – Rs 1.75 crore, Lucknow Super Giants

BCCI has released the list of shortlisted players for IPL 2026 auction. Fans are also eagerly waiting for the auction. This time the auction will be for one day, hence it is being called mini auction. Whereas for the previous version it was 2 days. On which date and at what time will the auction start? On which channel to watch its live telecast and on which app to watch its live streaming, know the complete details.

350 players have been shortlisted in the auction for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League. 40 players with a base price of Rs 2 crore. 227 players with base price of Rs 30 lakh have been shortlisted. There are 16 Indian and 96 foreign capped players in the list. Talking about uncapped players, there are 224 Indians and 14 foreigners.

How many total slots are vacant in the IPL 2026 auction?

350 players have been shortlisted for the IPL 2026 auction, but out of these only a maximum of 77 players can be sold. A total of 77 slots for all 10 teams are vacant. The maximum number of slots are vacant in KKR (13), who had retained only 12 players. KKR also has the highest purse balance in the auction. See in the list how many slots of players are vacant in all 10 teams and what is their balance.

• Chennai Super Kings – 9 (Rs 43.4 crore)
• Delhi Capitals – 8 (Rs 21.8 crore)
• Gujarat Titans – 5 (Rs 12.9 crore)
• Kolkata Knight Riders – 13 (Rs 64.3 crore)
• Lucknow Super Giants – 6 (Rs 22.95 crore)
• Mumbai Indians – 5 (Rs 2.75 crore)
• Punjab Kings – 4 (Rs 11.5 crore)
• Royal Challengers Bangalore – 8 (Rs 16.4 crore)
• Rajasthan Royals – 9 (Rs 16.05 crore)
• Sunrisers Hyderabad – 10 (Rs 25.5 crore)

On which date will IPL 2026 auction take place?

Tuesday, 16 December 2025.

IPL 2026 auction venue

Abu Dhabi.

What time will IPL 2026 auction start?

IPL 2026 auction will start at 2:30 pm Indian time.

On which channel will the IPL 2026 auction be telecast live?

The live telecast of IPL 2026 auction will be on Star Sports channel.

On which app to watch IPL 2026 auction live streaming?

Live streaming of IPL auction will be on JioHotstar app and website.

Out of 350 players shortlisted for IPL 2026 auction, 8 are from Jammu and Kashmir, out of which Aaqib Nabi Dar is being discussed the most. The IPL auction will take place next Tuesday (December 16) in Abu Dhabi, it will start at 2:30 pm. Know what the record of Aaqib Ali Dar has been.

BCCI released the list of 350 shortlisted players for the IPL auction on Tuesday, December 9. 8 players from Jammu and Kashmir were included in this, they are – Aaqib Nabi Dar, Nasir Muzaffar, Atif Mushtaq, Wasim Khande, Vivarant Sharma, Kamran Iqbal, Abid Mushtaq and Ashwin Murugan. Aaqib Dar is a resident of Sheeri village in Baramulla district of North Kashmir.

Who is Aaqib Nabi Dar?

Aaqib Nabi Dar was born on November 4, 1996 in Sheeri village of Baramulla district of North Kashmir. Known for swinging the ball both ways, he is one of the consistent performers for Jammu and Kashmir. He has 44 wickets to his name in Ranji Trophy. His record also includes taking 4 consecutive wickets. Let us tell you that in the history of Duleep Trophy, he became the first bowler to take 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls.

aqib nabi dar record

Aaqib Ali Dar has played 34 T20 matches, in which he has 141 runs and 43 wickets in his name. He has taken 4 wickets twice. His economy in T20 is 7.74.

Apart from this, Aaqib has scored 870 runs and taken 125 wickets in 36 first class matches. Has taken 351 runs and 42 wickets in 29 List A matches. Aaqib’s base price in IPL 2026 auction is Rs 30 lakh.

224 uncapped players included in IPL 2026 auction

BCCI has released the list of shortlisted players for the IPL auction. The base price of 40 players is Rs 2 crore. There are 227 players with a base price of Rs 30 lakh.

A total of 16 capped Indian and 96 foreign capped players are included in the auction. There are 224 Indian uncapped and 14 foreign uncapped players in the list.

On which date will IPL 2026 auction take place?

December 16, 2025 (Tuesday).

Where will IPL 2026 auction take place?

Abu Dhabi.

What time will IPL 2026 auction start?

From 2:30 pm onwards.

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.

The bugle for the 19th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2026 has been sounded. The IPL 2026 auction will be organized this month. A total of 1355 players have registered for the mini auction to be held in Abu Dhabi on 16 December. There are 45 players with base price of Rs 2 crore.

Many Indian players will participate in the IPL 2026 auction, but only two Indians are included in the list of players with a base price of Rs 2 crore. Australia’s explosive batsman Glenn Maxwell has decided not to participate in the IPL 2026 auction. South African legend Faf du Plessis has also withdrawn from IPL. West Indies’ explosive all-rounder Andre Russell has retired from IPL.

1062 Indian and 293 foreign players got registered

According to the report of Cricbuzz, a total of 1355 players have registered for the IPL 2026 auction, which includes the names of major international players from England, Australia, South Africa and Afghanistan. This includes 1062 Indian and 293 foreign players. This list includes players from 212 capped, 1121 uncapped and 22 associate countries.

List of players with base price of Rs 2 crore in IPL 2026 auction

Ravi Bishnoi
Venkatesh Iyer
mujeeb ur rehman
Naveen Ul Haq
sean abbott
ashton agar
cooper connolly
Jake Fraser-McGurk
cameron green
josh inglis
steve smith
Mustafizur Rahman
Gus Atkinson
tom banton
tom curran
Liam Dawson
ben duckett
dan lawrence
liam livingstone
Tymal Mills
jamie smith
finn allen
Michael Bracewell
devon conway
jacob duffy
matt henry
kyle jamieson
adam milne
darryl mitchell
Will O’Rourke,
Rachin Ravindra
Gerald Coetzee
david miller
lungi ngidi
Enrique Nortje
riley rosso
Tabrez Shamsi
David VJ
Wanindu Hasaranga
Mathisha Pathirana
Mahesh Theekshana
jason holder
shy hope
Akil Hossein
Alzarri Joseph

Steve Smith also registered for the auction

Former Australian captain and legendary batsman Steve Smith has also registered for the auction. Let us tell you that Smith was also a part of the mega auction of IPL 2025 last year, but he was not bought by any team in the auction. He remained unsold. It is being said that this time some team can buy him, because Smith is in strong form.

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.

Bangladesh Premier League 2026 Auction: In the recently held auction for the Women’s Premier League 2026, a lot of money was showered on women players. Team India’s star all-rounder Deepti Sharma was retained by UP Warriors for 3.2 crores for the 2026 season. Apart from him, many other players also became millionaires in WPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore had spent Rs 3.5 crore to retain star batsman Smriti Mandhana before the auction. Just the opposite was seen in the auction held for the 2026 season of Bangladesh Premier League. In this auction, no player has been sold for an amount of Rs 1 crore.

Who is the most expensive player in BPL auction?

Bangladeshi player Mohammad Naim was the most expensive player in the auction held for Bangladesh Premier League 2026. Chittagong Royals spent 1.10 crore Bangladeshi Taka (about 88,000 USD), which is about 81 lakh rupees in Indian rupees, for Mohammad Naim. The last season of this tournament was very good for Mohammad Naeem. He scored 511 runs at a strike rate of 143.94, becoming the highest run-scorer in this season. A special thing in this auction was that the auction started with his name and he also got the most money.

Other expensive players sold in auction

Rangpur Riders spent approximately Rs 66 lakh to buy Bangladesh cricket team player Tauheed Hridoy. Liton Das also became a part of the same team for around Rs 50 lakh. Former Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka was the most expensive player among foreign players, who was bought by Dhaka Capitals for 55,000 US dollars (about 49 lakh Indian rupees). Angelo Mathews and Niroshan Dickwella were bought by Chittagong Royals and Sylhet Titans for US$35,000 (approximately Rs 31 lakh) respectively. Habibur Rahman Sohan was the most expensive among the uncapped players, who was bought by Noakhali Express for US$40,000.

6 teams will play in BPL 2026

A total of 6 teams will be seen playing in Bangladesh Premier League 2026. These 6 teams are Dhaka Capitals, Rangpur Riders, Rajshahi Warriors, Noakhali Express, Sylhet Titans and Chittagong Royals. This season is likely to start from December 26. Let us tell you, this league was started in the year 2012, but this is the first time after the initial season that the players have been auctioned.

Before the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026), all the teams will buy players in the auction to fill their remaining slots. Lucknow Super Giants, captained by Rishabh Pant, has made a veteran a part of its team before the auction. However, this is not an appointment in the players squad, but in the coaching department. LSG has appointed Carl Crowe as spin bowling coach.

In a post on Tuesday, Lucknow Super Giants informed that Carl Daniel Crowe will be the spin bowling coach in the upcoming IPL season. He was earlier the spin bowling coach of KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders), under whose coaching the performance of Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narine was excellent.

Say hello to the man guiding all our tweakers pic.twitter.com/4z0zjelEpi

— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) November 25, 2025

Talking about the cricket career of England’s Carl Crowe, he never played international cricket. He took 60 wickets in 42 first class matches, and has 33 wickets in 40 List A matches. He also played a T20 match, although he did not bowl in it, although he scored 9 runs with the bat.

Today is Karl Crow’s 50th birthday.

Karl Crowe will be the spin bowling coach of Lucknow Super Giants, this news was known for many days but the official information was given on Tuesday by posting it on his 50th birthday.

Coaching Department of Lucknow Super Giants

• Cricket Director- tom moody
• Strategic Advisor- kane williamson
• coach- justin langer
• Assistant Coach- lance klusener
• Bowling coach- Bharat Arun
• Spin bowling coach- Carl Crow.

Lucknow Super Giants will have to buy 6 players in the auction

Lucknow Super Giants have retained and traded 19 players including the most expensive player in IPL history, Rishabh Pant (Rs 27 crore). Lucknow can buy maximum 6 players in the IPL 2026 auction, slots for 4 foreign players are vacant in the squad. LSG has Rs 22.95 crore left in its purse.

Punjab Kings are still in search of their first IPL title. In the last edition, under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, the team came very close to the trophy, but was defeated by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final. Of course Punjab lost the final, but their team looked very balanced. This is the reason why this time they have released only 4 players, whereas they have expressed confidence in 21 players.

Punjab Kings can buy maximum 4 players in IPL 2026 auction. Let us tell you that all the teams playing IPL can have a maximum of 25 players. 2 out of 4 slots in Punjab are available for foreign players. Punjab Kings will have Rs 11.5 crore in the auction.

Punjab Kings will keep an eye on these players

Punjab Kings have released wicket-keeper batsman Josh English, so they will also be looking for a better wicket-keeper. It can buy big players like Devon Conway of New Zealand and Quinton de Kock of South Africa. Apart from this, they have also released Glenn Maxwell, so they can also bid on Andre Russell. Although Russell is in the news a lot, it is expected that many teams will bet on him, in such a situation it may be difficult for Punjab because he has only Rs 11.5 crore in his purse.

Punjab Kings can buy 2 all-rounders, 1 wicket keeper and a fast bowler in the auction. Out of these, it would like to buy a foreign wicket keeper, of which there are two big options, De Kock and Conway.

• Allrounder- Dasun Shanaka, Vijay Shankar, Wiaan Mulder, Liam Livingstone, Andre Russell.
• fast bowler- Akash Deep, Mathisha Pathirana.
• wicket keeper- Devon Conway, Quinton de Kock.

Punjab Kings Team (Retained Players)

Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Janson, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Payla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Punjab Kings released these 4

Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardy, Kuldeep Sen.

When is IPL 2026 auction?

The auction for Indian Premier League season 19 is on 16 December in Abu Dhabi. A total of 77 slots are vacant for all 10 teams, out of which 31 are slots for foreign players.