IPL 2026 Mini Auction Update: A big update has come on the date and venue for the auction before the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. This time there is going to be a mini auction, which will be held in Abu Dhabi on 15 or 16 December 2025. The IPL 2026 auction is going to be held abroad once again. This will be the third consecutive time that the auction will be held outside India. Although BCCI has not yet officially announced the dates and venue, it has been confirmed in many media reports.

Big update on IPL auction

Preparations for the mini auction for IPL 2026 are going on in full swing and this time too the players will be bid abroad. According to reports, the auction will be held in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 15 or 16 December 2025. This is the third consecutive time that the IPL auction is going to be held outside India. Earlier, the auction was held in Dubai in the year 2023 and in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in the year 2024.

Will the team change before the auction?

A big change can be seen under the trade window before the mini auction of IPL 2026. According to the report of Cricbuzz, the deal of Sanju Samson in exchange of Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran is almost finalized. Sanju Samson can join Chennai Super Kings before the auction. At the same time, Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran can enter Rajasthan Royals.

Retention deadline and trade window

BCCI has fixed November 15, 2025 as the last date for all franchises to submit the list of their retained and released players. Just before the last date of retention, there is movement in the trade window as well.

Let us tell you that trade window is the time during which any IPL franchise can exchange players with other franchises. All 10 teams use this window to strengthen their weak links. This window starts 7 days after the end of the IPL season and closes 7 days before the auction.

The auction of the 19th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2026 will be held in the month of December. Before this, by November 15, all 10 teams will have to release the list of their released and retained players. This time many star players can be released. Meanwhile, news has come that Lucknow Super Giants is also in a mood to release 5 players. Considering the performance of the team, the franchise is going to release 5 star players.

It has been told in the report that Lucknow Super Giants will also release Mayank Yadav, who bowls at a speed of 156.7 kmph. Mayank has been able to play very few matches in the last two years due to injury. This is the reason why Lucknow franchise would like to bet on some other bowler in his place. Mayank Yadav was retained by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 11 crore before IPL 2025.

According to the report, apart from Mayank, Lucknow franchise is also going to release middle order stormy batsman David Miller. Apart from this, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akashdeep and Shamar Joseph will also be released. In this way, Lucknow would like to enter the mini auction of IPL 2026 with a huge amount and want to overcome the shortcomings of the team.

Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals have also prepared the list

Before this, the release list of Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals has also been revealed. According to the report, Chennai Super Kings is going to release middle order batsman Deepak Hooda, all-rounder Vijay Shankar, top order batsman Rahul Tripathi, all-rounder Sam Curran and opener Devon Conway. Whereas Delhi Capitals is going to drop Mitchell Starc, Faf du Plessis, T Natarajan and Jake Fraser McGurk. Let us tell you that till now no IPL team has officially released or retained the list.