IPL 2026 auction is to be held today. This time there is a mini auction. This auction will be held in Abu Dhabi. You will be able to watch IPL 2026 auction live on both TV and mobile. Apart from this, you will get all the updates of IPL 2026 auction on abplive.com. Australian all-rounder Cameron Green can be sold the most expensive in this auction.

More than 350 players will be auctioned in the IPL 2026 auction. However, a maximum of 77 players can be sold in this. Kolkata Knight Riders have the most money in this auction. KKR has Rs 64 crore 30 lakh. KKR will be eyeing to revamp the team as the team has to buy around 13 players in the auction.

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. Mumbai Indians have the least money in the auction. MI has only Rs 2 crore 75 lakh.

Chennai Super Kings has more than Rs 43 crores

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.

Eyes will be on these star players in IPL 2026 auction

Apart from Cameron Green, everyone’s eyes will be on star players like Venkatesh Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith, Tim Seifert, Mathisha Pathirana, Sarfaraz Khan, Steve Smith and Prithvi Shaw in the IPL 2026 auction. In this, Venkatesh Iyer, Liam Livingstone, Ravi Bishnoi and Cameron Green can be sold for a huge amount. Former Australian captain Steve Smith remained unsold last season, but once again he has been shortlisted for the auction.

Lucknow Super Giants may consider buying England batsman all-rounder Liam Livingstone in the IPL 2026 auction. Former Indian batsman Mohammad Kaif believes that Livingstone can strengthen the team’s lower order batting.

The IPL 2026 auction will be held on Tuesday at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Lucknow has a purse of Rs 22.95 crore and the team needs six players, of which four will be foreign players.

David Miller has been released from the team before the auction. In such a situation, Lucknow’s biggest need is for a player who can fill the gap of Miller. According to Kaif, Liam Livingstone could be the most suitable choice for this role.

Geostar expert Kaif, in an exclusive conversation with IANS ahead of the mini auction, said, “Livingstone bats at number five or six and has the ability to hit big shots. He can also bowl. Even though his current form is not good, he has experience and his strike rate is much better. Lucknow already has foreign batsmen like Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh. So the team needs a strong finisher, who Could play at number five or six for Lucknow.

Talking about fast bowling, Lucknow’s fast bowling is already strong, in which the arrival of Mohammed Shami and Arjun Tendulkar has further strengthened the team. With this, options will also be available for injured players like Mohit Khan, Avesh Khan and Mayank Yadav.

Kaif believes that Lucknow should also take a foreign fast bowler. South Africa’s Enrique Norkia or Lungi Ngidi could be good options. He said that the ground of Lucknow is big and the red clay pitch can help a fast bowler like Nortje.

He said, “First of all, I pray and hope that Avesh Khan and Mayank Yadav are close to being fully fit, because it has been almost 5-6 months now. Lucknow will pray that they recover and come back to action. Now the second question is, who should they target? I think they need foreign fast bowlers. Enrique Norkia and Lungi Ngidi are options. Norkia can be an option because Lucknow The ground is big, square boundary, and has a red clay pitch, which can help them generate good bounce and pace, so they can target Norkia also, but as I said earlier, the injured players should be fit, and then choose either Norkia or Ngidi as an option.

In spin bowling, currently Digvesh Rathi is the main leg spinner of the team. There is a vacancy in this department after the release of Ravi Bishnoi. Kaif says that Bishnoi’s price could be very high in the auction, at which the Lucknow franchise might not want to buy.

He told that teams like Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings can make a big bid on Bishnoi. In such a situation, Lucknow will have to focus on cheap but new leg spinner or left arm spinner options. Digvesh Rathi has become the favorite bowler of captain Rishabh Pant, because he takes wickets in the powerplay and middle overs.

The live telecast of the IPL 2026 mini auction can be seen on JioHotstar and Star Sports Network from 2:30 pm on 16th December.

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.

The discussion about who will be the most expensive players in the IPL 2026 auction has now started among cricket fans. There will be a mini auction in Abu Dhabi next Tuesday (December 16), for which BCCI has released the list of 350 shortlisted players. A total of 238 players, including Indians and foreigners, are uncapped. Know who could be those 5 players who can be sold the most expensively in the uncapped category.

Kunal Chandela

All eyes will be on Kunal Chandela, who is currently the top run scorer in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He has scored 350 runs in 7 innings at an average of 50. Before the IPL 2026 auction, his form can surely fetch him a huge amount, many teams can bet on him. Due to this their price may increase. The base price of Kunal is Rs 30 lakh.

31-year-old Kunal Chandela has scored 890 runs in 32 T20 innings at an average of 30.68, his strike rate is also good (134.84). He has scored 6 half-centuries in this format.

Ashok Sharma

Rajasthan’s Ashok Sharma is dominating the bowling in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26. He is currently the bowler taking the most wickets in the tournament. He has taken 19 wickets in 7 matches. Ashok Sharma’s base price in IPL auction is Rs 30 lakh.

23 year old Ashok Sharma was in Rajasthan Royals last year, although he could not debut. He has taken 19 wickets in 7 T20 matches, which is fantastic. He has taken 4 wickets in 2 matches. Surely there can be a fight between the teams to buy him in the IPL auction.

Aaqib Nabi Dar

Aaqib Nabi Dar is one of the 8 Jammu and Kashmir players included in the IPL 2026 auction. The base price of the 29-year-old all-rounder is Rs 30 lakh. Aaqib has been in the news for the last several years, having scored 141 runs in 17 T20 innings. He has 43 wickets in his name in 34 T20 matches, he has taken 4 wickets twice. There may be a competition among IPL teams to buy him, due to which he can get a huge amount in IPL.

Vignesh Puthur

24-year-old Vignesh Puthur was a part of the Mumbai Indians team last year, who played 5 matches and took 6 wickets. Spinner Vignesh was in the news a lot. His base price is Rs 30 lakh. All the franchises know their game, now they also have tournament experience. He can get a big price in the IPL auction.

Nikhil Chaudhary

Nikhil Chaudhary, who has played for Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League, has registered his name in the Indian uncapped category. 29-year-old Nikhil played a total of 20 matches in the Big Bash League, in which he took 9 wickets. Born in Delhi, Nikhil plays for Punjab in domestic.

Nikhil Chaudhary has taken 16 wickets in a total of 36 T20 matches. He has scored 538 runs in 30 innings. Many teams can bet on him also, because he also has experience of playing in big leagues like Big Bash League. Nikhil’s base price in IPL auction is Rs 40 lakh.