Mini auction of IPL 2026 can be conducted in Abu Dhabi. It was told that BCCI can organize the auction on 15-16 December. Now the Times of India report has revealed that the auction can be conducted in the third week of December. If this happens, it will be the third time that the IPL auction will be conducted abroad. The auction of the last two seasons was conducted in Jeddah and Dubai.

After Jeddah and Dubai, this time Abu Dhabi can host the IPL auction. Earlier there was speculation that this time the auction could be conducted in India only, but according to the latest update the auction will be conducted in Abu Dhabi.

Retention list deadline

All teams will have to submit their retention lists by 15th November. Meanwhile, there are reports of a big trade between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings. According to media reports, Sanju Samson can join Chennai Super Kings, while Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran can join Rajasthan Royals in his place. As far as the Women’s Premier League is concerned, its auction will be held on November 27 in Delhi.

Let us tell you that this time there will be a mini auction in the Indian Premier League. Each team will be able to retain 15 players. It is not yet clear how many players will be bid in the auction. On the other hand, all the five teams of the Women’s Premier League have released their respective retention lists. WPL teams had released famous and legendary players like Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Alyssa Healy, Harleen Deol and Meg Lanning.

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Recently, IPL 2026 auction has been in discussion, regarding which the new update is that this time BCCI can organize the auction in India only. After Saudi showed interest in the Indian Premier League, BCCI had conducted the 2024 auction in Dubai. After that the 2025 auction was held in Jeddah. Now a report by Cricbuzz has revealed that if the mini auction of 2026 takes place in India, then it will not be a shocking topic.

Till now BCCI has not released any details related to the date and venue of IPL 2026 auction. But reports believe that the auction can be conducted between December 13-15. Let us remind you that last year (IPL 2025 Mega Auction) was conducted in Jeddah.

Till now Bengaluru is the city which has hosted the IPL auction the most number of times. A total of 7 auctions have been conducted in Bengaluru. But in the last few years, more importance has been given to Ahmedabad. After the arrival of Gujarat Titans franchise in 2022, three out of four IPL finals have been played in Ahmedabad only. It is possible that this time the auction may also be hosted by Ahmedabad.

The last time the auction was organized in India was in 2023, when Kochi hosted the auction. Let us tell you that Bengaluru has hosted the auction 7 times and Chennai 3 times. Whereas after the first season i.e. 2008, no auction has ever been conducted in Mumbai.

According to reports, the last date for submitting the list of retained players can be kept as 15th November. Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals can release many big players, especially Sanju Samson’s name has been in the news in the last months.

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