The bugle for the 19th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2026 has been sounded. The auction for the upcoming season of IPL will take place next month. However, this time a mini auction will be organized. This time too many superstar players are included in the auction. In such a situation, the biggest question is who will be sold the most expensive in the auction?

Let us tell you that the mini auction for IPL 2026 will be organized on December 16 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. BCCI has said in the press release that all the 10 teams have retained a total of 173 players, which includes 49 foreign players and some traded players. 10 teams have 77 slots left for the IPL 2026 mini auction. The total purse of all the franchises is Rs 237.55 crore.

This time many superstar players included in the auction

For your information, let us tell you that many superstar players are included in the IPL 2026 auction. It includes names like Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Mathisha Pathirana, Faf du Plessis and Liam Livingstone. Let us tell you that this time all the 10 teams together have released a total of 70 players. Whereas only a maximum of 77 players can be sold in the mini auction.

Who will sell the most expensive? Will Rishabh Pant’s record be broken?

Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant is the most expensive player in the history of IPL. Lucknow bought him last year for Rs 27 crore. Venkatesh Iyer, who was sold for around Rs 24 crore, is also a part of the auction this year. Star all-rounder Andre Russell has also gone to the auction.

Let us tell you that this time a mini auction is to be organized. In such a situation, it is difficult to break Rishabh Pant’s record of being sold for Rs 27 crores. There are three players involved in the race to be the most expensive seller. This includes Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer and Cameron Green. Teams can pay any amount to buy these players.

All 10 teams released these 70 players

Chennai Super Kings- Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddharth, Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Sheikh Rashid, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Mathisha Pathirana.

Kolkata Knight Riders- Andre Russell, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje, Lavnith Sisodia, Chetan Sakariya, Spencer Johnson

Sunrisers Hyderabad- Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Viaan Mulder, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Tawde, Simarjeet Singh and Sachin Baby

Royal Challengers Bangalore- Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi and Mohit Rathi

Punjab Kings- Glenn Maxwell, Josh English, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen and Praveen Dubey

Mumbai Indians- Satyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Srijit, Karn Sharma, Bevan Jacobs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams and Vignesh Puthur.

Gujarat Titans- Mahipal Lomror, Karim Jannat, Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, and Kulwant Khejroliya.

Rajasthan Royals- Wanindu Hasaranga, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Akash Madhwal, Mahesh Teekshana, Kumar Karthikeya Singh, Ashok Sharma and Kunal Rathod.

Lucknow Super Giants- Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Choudhary, Rajvardhan Hungergekar, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi and Shamar Joseph.

Delhi Capitals– Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sediqullah Atal, Manwant Kumar, Mohit Sharma and Darshan Nalkande.