After IPL 2026 mini auction, the squads of all 10 teams have been ready. Meanwhile, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has informed all the teams that IPL 2026 will start on March 26 and the final will be played on May 31 (IPL 2026 Start and End Date). There is a stir in Pakistan due to the arrival of the date of IPL 2026 schedule, because the Pakistan Cricket Board may have to suffer loss due to this.

The truth is that the 11th edition of Pakistan Super League, i.e. PSL 11, is also going to start on March 26 and its final will be played on May 3. This clearly means that the entire PSL tournament will be played when the excitement of IPL is at its peak in India.

Usually PSL is played in February-March, but in 2025 the Champions Trophy was held at that time. For this reason PSL 2025 was organized in mid-March. A similar situation has arisen this time also. Actually, the 2026 T20 World Cup will be played from 7 February-8 March.

Since the T20 World Cup will be played in the month of February-March, this time also the PSL has been postponed. The result of organizing IPL and PSL at the same time is that there is a decline in the viewership of PSL. Along with this, many international cricketers will not be able to play in Pakistan Super League due to IPL agreement.

The IPL 2026 auction has been completed, in which a total of Rs 215.45 crore was spent on 77 players. Australian all-rounder Cameron Green was the most expensive player of this auction, who was bought by KKR with a bid of Rs 25.2 crore. Apart from them, teams also spent a lot of money on Mathisha Pathirana and Liam Livingstone.

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On what date will IPL 2026 start and when will it be final? Information about this is coming to light. This is the 19th edition of the tournament, for which all the teams have released their retention lists. According to viral reports on social media, IPL will start 7 days after the end of T20 World Cup 2026.

On which date will IPL 2026 start?

T20 World Cup 2026 will be held from 7 February to 8 March. This tournament will be hosted by India and Sri Lanka. According to viral reports on social media, the first match of IPL 2026 will be played 7 days after the title match of T20 World Cup, i.e. on March 15.

When will the final of IPL 2026 take place?

It is being claimed in these reports that the window of IPL 2026 is from March 15 to May 31. According to which the final match of IPL 2026 will be held on 31 May.

Let us tell you that the event of the last edition started on March 22, but due to India vs Pakistan tension, the event had to be stopped for about a week, due to which the date of the final had to be extended. The final took place on 3 June, in which RCB won their first IPL title.

Auction will be held on 16th December

The auction for Indian Premier League season 19 will take place on December 16, 2025. Each team has released its retention list, now the teams will bet on players in the auction to fill the remaining slots.

Retention list of all 10 IPL teams

Chennai Super Kings Retention List: Rituraj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Dewald Brewis, Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shivam Dubey, Khalil Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Mukesh Chaudhary, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Gurjapaneet Singh, Sanju Samson.

Delhi Capitals Retention List: KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripuran Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana.

Gujarat Titans Retention List: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav.

Kolkata Knight Riders Retention List: Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakraborty, Harshit Rana, Umran Malik.

Lucknow Supergiants Retention List: Rishabh Pant, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Himmat Singh, Matthew Bretzke, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami.

Mumbai Indians Retention List: Rohit Sharma, Surya Kumar Yadav, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dheer, Mitchell Santner, Will Jack, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar, Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur, Sherfane Rutherford.

Punjab Kings Retention List: Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harnoor Pannu, Paila Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Marco Johnson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Mushir Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Mitch Owen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Visak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Retention List: Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Tim David, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Jacob Bethel, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Yash Dayal, Suyyash Sharma, Nuwan Thushara, Abhinandan Singh.

Rajasthan Royals Retention List: Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Luan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Ryan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Joffra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Quena Mafaka, Nandre Berger, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Retention List: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R Smrana, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari.

The auction process for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) will take place in Abu Dhabi on 16 December. There was a mega auction for the last edition, which lasted for 2 days and this time there will be a 1 day mini auction. However, former Indian cricketer Robin Uthappa wants that the auction should not take place at all. He also feels that the league should last for about 6 months, which currently runs for about two and a half months.

Robin Uthappa wants that after ending the IPL player auction, there should be a draft system and keeping the trade window open throughout the year. He wants that the league should last for 6 months, in between which an international series should also take place.

What did Robin Uthappa say

Robin Uthappa, who was a part of the IPL-winning teams of Kolkata Knight Riders (2014) and Chennai Super Kings (2021), said on his YouTube channel, “They are not taking it beyond the start-up stage and it is surprising. You are the biggest cricket league in the world. Now you have matured. Just keep it going.”

Uthappa further said, “Stop the auction and keep the trade window open throughout the year. Draft and end the auction. To be honest, end the auction. I used to say that even when I was playing.”

IPL should be a 6 month league- Uthappa

He further said, “They are not moving forward with an entertainment mindset for TV. Even a draft can be great TV. You will engage your fans and build fan loyalty. Just start it. I think IPL should be like a 6-month league. You can keep international matches in between. It has to be developed.”

Uthappa’s IPL career

Robin Uthappa, who has played 59 international matches for India, has been playing IPL since the first edition, he made his debut for Mumbai Indians and played the last edition for Chennai Super Kings in 2022. Uthappa played a total of 205 matches in IPL, in which he scored 4952 runs at a strike rate of 130.35.

The auction of the next season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2026 can be conducted in the month of December. It is being told that the auction can be held between 13-15 December, BCCI has not yet taken the final decision on the date of the auction. Compared to IPL 2025, this time a ‘mini auction’ will be conducted, in which fewer players will be bid on than last time. In the same report of Cricbuzz, it was also told that the last date to retain players could be November 15.

According to Cricbuzz, it has not been decided yet whether the auction will be held abroad or in India itself. Sources believe that BCCI can organize ‘mini auction’ in India itself, but the situation regarding this is not clear.

Deadline for retention list

According to reports, all the teams will have to release their respective retention lists by 15th November. By this date, teams will have to submit the list of players whom they want to release. There is not much possibility of change in many players in the teams.

Who can be released?

There is speculation that Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tripathi, Sam Curran and star batsman Devon Conway may also be released before the ‘mini auction’. In the past months, speculations about Sanju Samson being traded have also gained momentum. It has also been reported that Rajasthan Royals can release their 2 main spin bowlers, Wanindu Hasaranga and Mahish Tikshana. However, next season Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara will be the head coach of the RR team, so Hasaranga and Teekshana may not be released.

These players can get a new team

Some other players including Mitchell Starc, Akashdeep, T Natarajan, Mayank Yadav and David Miller can join the new team, but nothing is clear on this. The blame may also fall on Venkatesh Iyer, who was bought by KKR last season with a bid of Rs 23.75 crore. There are speculations that Cameron Green could become one of the most expensive players in the auction.

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Fact Check CSK Rajasthan Royals Trade IPL 2026: Even a month has not been completed on IPL 2025, but the discussion has started about the next season from now. Recently, news has come out that very soon there may be a trade between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. The news of this trade is related to Sanju Samson, who has been captaining the Rajasthan team since 2021 season. Rumors are not just associated with Samson, it is also being claimed on social media that 2 players of CSK can go to Rajasthan team. After all, what is the truth of this case? Here you will get the answer to this question.

It is being claimed on social media that Sanju Samson can play for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026. Rajasthan Royals, Ravichandran Ashwin and Shivam Dubey can trade to send Samson to CSK. As soon as a rumor broke, some people are calling it fake, while some people have started preparing Ashwin and Dubey with the RR team and started preparing till the playing XI.

What is the truth?

R Ashwin returned to CSK in IPL 2025, which the team bought in the mega auction for Rs 9.75 crore. At the same time, Shivam Dubey has been playing for the Chennai team since 2022. Let us tell you that till now Sanju Samson himself has not given any such indication to confirm any such trade. At the same time, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals have also not issued any statement on any such trade. At present, the claims of trade between CSK-RR are lies.

The rumors of Sanju Samson coming to CSK have also been linked to MS Dhoni. There have been speculations that if Dhoni takes retirement from IPL, then Samson can handle the weight of wicketkeeping in the CSK team, but all these reports are just rumors.

Good to see many csk fans are not interested to have sanju samson in our squad by trading shivam dube to rr.@Chennaiipl At Least Try to Negotiate Ashwin + Cash With RR for Sanju Samson Trade. Else Leave Sanju Samson Trade for Good. We can build our squad without sanju samson.

– νε (@maanavanphysics) June 27, 2025

This dude is very close to ashwin to make false claims on Ashwins trap, so most probally it isn Bollywood.

Sanju Samson Plus 5CRS (23CRS) <=> Shivam Dube Plus Ashwin (23CRS) ??

Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/dpwicuzp8o

– Sergio (@sergiocskk) June 26, 2025

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