The IPL 2026 auction will be held on December 16 in Abu Dhabi. This time a mini auction is to be organized, in which the fate of 359 players will be decided. Before the auction, former Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin conducted a mock auction on his YouTube channel. Australian all-rounder Cameron Green was sold the most expensive in this auction.

Chennai Super Kings buys Cameron Green, Liam Livingstone goes to KKR

In Ashwin’s mock auction, Australian all-rounder Cameron Green was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 21 crore. However, Kolkata Knight Riders also made a strong bid for Green in the auction. After Green, England’s spin all-rounder Liam Livingstone was the second most expensive player. Livingstone was bought by Kolkata for Rs 18.5 crore. Last season, Livingstone was part of champion RCB.

Venkatesh Iyer sold for 17.5 crores, Prithvi Shaw got 5.25 crores

The most interesting thing in this auction was that Venkatesh Iyer was once again bought by Kolkata Knight Riders. However, this time their price became lower than before. KKR bought Iyer in mock auction for Rs 17.5 crore. Apart from this, KKR also gave a huge amount to Prithvi Shaw. KKR spent Rs 5.25 crore for Shaw.

In this mock auction, leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi was sold for Rs 10.5 crore. Bishnoi was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad. Whereas former Australian captain and legendary batsman Steve Smith was not sold in the auction. He remained unsold along with his compatriot Jack Fraser McGurk. At the same time, Delhi Capitals included Sri Lankan young fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana in their team for Rs 7 crore.

Know which player was sold for how much in mock auction

Cameron Green- Rs 21 crore, Chennai Super Kings
Liam Livingston- Rs 18.5 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders
Venkatesh Iyer- Rs 17.5 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders
Ravi Bishnoi- Rs 10.5 crore, Hyderabad
Jason Holder- Rs 9 crore, Lucknow
Mathisha Pathirana- Rs 7 crore, Delhi
Prithvi Shaw – Rs 5.25 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders
David Miller- Rs 4.5 crore, Punjab Kings
Jonny Bairstow – Rs 3.75 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders
Tim Seifert – Rs 3 crore, Delhi Capitals
Ben Duckett- Rs 4 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders
Jamie Smith- Rs 3.75 crore, Delhi Capitals
Akash Deep – Rs 3.25 crore, Chennai Super Kings
Aaqib Nabi- Rs 3 crore, Delhi Capitals
Wanindu Hasaranga – Rs 2 crore, Lucknow Super Giants
Rachin Ravindra- Rs 2.25 crore, Punjab Kings
Mustafizur Rahman – Rs 3.5 crore, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Enrique Norkhia – Rs 3 crore, Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rahul Chahar- Rs 3.25 crore, Rajasthan Royals
Josh Inglis – Rs 2 crore, Chennai Super Kings
Akeel Hussain – Rs 2 crore, Chennai Super Kings
Abhinav Manohar – Rs 1.75 crore, Lucknow Super Giants

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.

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.

Glenn Maxwell Withdraws From IPL 2026: The mini auction of IPL 2026 is going to be held on December 16 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, for which there is a lot of excitement among the fans. 1355 players have registered their names for this mini auction. Australia’s star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has not given his name for the mini auction. Maxwell has surprised everyone with his decision to stay away from IPL 2026. His stay away from the world’s biggest cricket league was revealed when Maxwell did not register his name in the mini auction for IPL 2026.

Maxwell played for Punjab Kings last season

Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell was part of Punjab Kings in IPL 2025. In the mega auction held last year, Punjab Kings bought Maxwell for Rs 4.2 crore. However, the Punjab franchise had released Maxwell from the team for IPL 2026. After Maxwell’s release, many franchises had their eyes set on him, but by not registering himself for the mini auction, he made it clear that he will not be seen playing in IPL 2026.

What could be the reason behind this decision of Maxwell?

There has been no disclosure yet about the reason behind Glenn Maxwell’s decision of not registering his name for IPL 2026. However, Maxwell has recently recovered from injury and has returned to international cricket. It would not be right to say that Maxwell did not put his name in the auction due to injury. We will have to wait a bit to know the real reason behind this decision of Maxwell. Only then will it become clear why he took this decision.

Maxwell earned around Rs 92 crore from IPL

After debuting in IPL in 2012, Glenn Maxwell has played a total of 13 seasons for 4 teams. In which he has played for Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challenger Bangalore and Punjab Kings. Maxwell has earned around Rs 92 crore from 13 seasons of this tournament. Maxwell received the highest salary of Rs 14.25 crore in IPL 2021, when he was bought by RCB. Maxwell has played maximum 6 seasons of IPL with Punjab Kings.