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).

IPL 2026 Mini Auction Auctioner: The mini auction for the Indian Premier League 2026 is going to start at 2.30 pm today at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. At the beginning of IPL, the responsibility of conducting the auction was in the hands of Richard Madley. After that Hugh Adams came and after that Charu Sharma also took this responsibility, but Mallika Sagar is conducting the auction from the year 2024. This time too, Mallika Sagar has the responsibility of auctioning 369 players in the mini auction of IPL 2026.

How did Mallika become a female auctioneer?

Mallika Sagar has become an important part of the IPL auction, but there is a unique and historic journey behind her reaching this position. Born in Mumbai in 1975, Mallika has made her career in a field that connects two different worlds. Like:- Auction of fine art and big sports events.

Mallika belongs to a business family and her interest in auctioning started with a book in which a female auctioneer was the main character. Mallika Sagar earned a degree in Art History from Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia. At the age of just 26, Mallika became the first Indian female auctioneer at Christie’s in New York and this was a major achievement which gave her recognition in the auction market around the world.

Mallika is the first Indian woman auctioneer

In the year 2021, Mallika Sagar achieved another big milestone by becoming the first female auctioneer in the Pro Kabaddi League. Two years later, she was given the responsibility of conducting the auction of the Women’s Premier League for the first time. He also conducted the mini auction of IPL 2024 and the mega auction of IPL 2025 held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. At the same time, Mallika Sagar was also the auctioneer in the mega auction of the Women’s Premier League held last month.

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: A mini auction is going to be held for the Indian Premier League 2026 today i.e. on December 16, 2025. Every year the auction is very important for the teams. Through this, every team tries to perfect its equation. The special thing about mini auction is that the teams do not have big purses, but the bidding in mini auction leaves even the mega auction behind. Here we are going to tell you about 6 such players, on whom teams broke all the records by bidding in the mini auction.

1. Mitchell Starc got Rs 24.75 crore in IPL 2024

Australia’s dreaded fast bowler Mitchell Starc made his first entry in the IPL in 2015 with Royal Challengers Bangalore. After this, Starc returned to the league after 9 years in the mini auction of IPL 2024. In this mini auction, there was a fierce competition between Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans regarding Starc. Eventually, KKR bought him for a record price of Rs 24.75 crore, which was 75.69% of KKR’s total purse at that time.

2. Pat Cummins also got Rs 20.5 crore in IPL 2024 only

Current Australian captain Pat Cummins was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20.50 crore in the mini auction of IPL 2024. Just a few minutes before Mitchell Starc, Cummins had made the record of becoming the most expensive player in IPL history and this was the first time in IPL history that a player had received an amount of more than Rs 20 crore. Although Cummins took only 18 wickets that season at an expensive economy rate of 9.27, under his captaincy he took the team to the finals after 8 years.

3. Sam Curran got Rs 18.5 crore in IPL 2023

England’s star all-rounder Sam Curran was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 18.5 crore in the mini auction of IPL 2023. Karan had won the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award in the T20 World Cup 2022, due to which he was in huge demand in the mini auction of IPL 2023. Karan did not perform anything special in that season. Where he gave away runs at an average of 48.90, but scored 276 runs with the bat at a strike rate of 135.96. Nevertheless, he was retained and given the captaincy of the Punjab Kings team in the next season.

4. Cameron Green also got Rs 17.5 crore in IPL 2023 only

Australia’s star all-rounder Cameron Green was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 17.5 crore in the mini auction of IPL 2023. Mumbai Indians had released Hardik Pandya in IPL 2022, due to which they were looking for an excellent all-rounder. Due to this, Mumbai Indians tried their best to buy Cameron Green. That season, Green played brilliantly and scored a total of 452 runs at a strike rate of 160.28. In this, while chasing the target of 201 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he scored a century and gave Mumbai entry in the playoffs.

5. Ben Stokes got Rs 16.25 crore in IPL 2023 only

Current England Test captain Ben Stokes was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 16.25 crore in the mini auction of IPL 2023. Stokes is also among those all-rounders for whom the mini auction of IPL 2023 proved lucky. But this deal was not beneficial for CSK. Stokes suffered a left knee injury due to a slip and fall, due to which he could play only two matches in the entire season. In which he scored 15 runs and bowled only 1 over. Stokes has never been able to play IPL after this season.

6. Chris Morris got Rs 16.25 crore in IPL 2021

South African all-rounder Chris Morris was bought by Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2021 mini auction for Rs 16.25 crore, which was the highest amount paid to a player in any IPL auction at that time. In IPL 2021, Maurice took 15 wickets in 11 matches at an economy rate of 9.17 and was able to score runs at an average of only 13.40. After this season he never got a chance to play in IPL.

IPL 2025 Mini Auction: The mini auction for the Indian Premier League 2026 is going to be held on December 16, 2025 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. A total of 359 players will be bid in this mini auction. However, a total of 1355 players had registered for the auction, out of which only 359 players’ names have been shortlisted. There are about 40 wicketkeeper batsmen in this final list, out of which five wicketkeepers will be keeping an eye on all the franchises. Here we are going to tell about 5 such wicketkeepers, on whom money can rain in this mini auction.

Top-5 wicketkeepers of IPL 2026 mini auction

1. Karthik Sharma

Karthik Sharma, who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket, is only 19 years old. Karthik has played 11 innings in T20 cricket so far, in which he has scored a total of 334 runs at an excellent average of 163. At the same time, he has a strike rate of 118 in List A cricket.

2. Ben Duckett

England’s explosive opening batsman Ben Duckett is also a wicketkeeper. Duckett has scored a total of 5,397 runs in 216 T20 matches at a strike rate of 140. At the same time, Duckett scores runs for England at an excellent strike rate of 154 in T20 International matches.

3. Ruchit Ahir

Ruchit Ahir’s record while playing for Saurashtra in domestic cricket is strong. In T20 cricket, Ruchit has scored an excellent strike rate of 169 in 12 matches. Ruchit also has two half-centuries to his name in these matches and he is known for hitting longer sixes than fours.

4. Jamie Smith

England’s young wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith has shown impressive performance in his short international career. Smith has a strike rate of 194 in 5 T20 International matches. At the same time, in T20 cricket, Smith has scored a total of 1,687 runs in 97 matches, in which his strike rate has been 144.

5. Vansh Bedi

22-year-old Vansh Bedi was a part of Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025, but he was out of the last season due to injury. At the same time, Vansh had scored a total of 187 runs at a strike rate of 187 in 9 matches of the last season of Delhi Premier League.

IPL 2026 Mini Auction: Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting will not be able to be present in the mini auction of Indian Premier League 2026 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on December 16, 2025. Ponting, who joined Punjab Kings as head coach last year, has very little hope of going to the mini auction for IPL 2026. Actually, Ponting is currently in Australia and is associated with the broadcast channel as a commentator in the Ashes series.

Why will Ponting not come in the mini auction?

According to a report, Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting is under contract with Seven Network for commentary in the Ashes series being held in Australia. The third match of the series between Australia and England is to be played in Adelaide from December 17, hence Ponting will not be able to participate in the auction. In the absence of Ponting, Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer is expected to participate in the auction. Iyer is out of Team India due to injury.

News came out in Cricbuzz report

According to the report of Cricbuzz, the franchises have given the names of their representatives to BCCI for the auction, the last date of which was December 10. BCCI sources have revealed that Punjab Kings have included the name of captain Shreyas Iyer in their list. According to BCCI and auction guidelines, a maximum of eight team members can be present inside the auction hall. At the same time, six more people from the team can remain outside. According to sources, if there is no change in the plans at the last moment, then Shreyas Iyer is expected to be present in the auction to be held in Abu Dhabi.

Earlier, Gautam Gambhir had participated in the IPL auction as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders and Rishabh Pant was also seen leading their delegation in the IPL 2024 auction for Delhi Capitals.

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.

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.