The date of the auction for Indian Premier League season 19 has been announced. The retention list of all the teams has come on Saturday, now it is clear how many slots of which team are vacant and how much money is in their purse. KKR has the highest purse balance and Mumbai Indians has the least.

On which date is IPL 2026 auction?

The auction for IPL 2026 will take place on Tuesday, December 16.

Where will IPL 2026 auction take place?

IPL auction will not be held in India this time also. It was told in the official statement that the auction will be held in Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi

Mark your calendars folks, #TATAIPLAuction 2026 is coming your way

Which player will attract the highest bid?#TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/BhKnunTzvu

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) November 16, 2025

The news is being updated.

When the retention list of Punjab Kings came, everyone was surprised, the team has also released Josh English. There was already news about Glenn Maxwell that the team could remove him, but the fans were surprised when English was not retained. Punjab has retained 21 players including Shreyas Iyer. The team can now buy maximum 4 players in the auction.

You might be wondering that if Punjab Kings retained 21 players then how did they release 5 players? Because there can be only a maximum of 25 players in a team. So let us tell you that Mitchell Owen had joined the team last year as a replacement for Glenn Maxwell, who is included in the 21 retained players.

Players retained by PBKS

• Shreyas Iyer
• Nehal Vadhera
• Priyansh Arya
• Shashank Singh
• Payla Avinash
• Harnoor Pannu
• Musheer Khan
• Prabhsimran Singh
• Vishnu Vinod
• marcus stoinis
• marco yanson
• Azmatullah Omarzai
• Suryansh Shedge
• Mitchell Owen
• Arshdeep Singh
• Vaishakh Vijay Kumar
• Yash Thakur
• Xavier Bartlett
• lockie ferguson
• Yuzvendra Chahal
• Harpreet Brar

PBKS released these players

• josh inglis
• aaron hardy
• glen maxwell
• Kuldeep Sen
• Praveen Dubey

Among the players to be released, Glenn Maxwell’s performance last year was very disappointing, he played 7 matches before getting injured. He scored only 48 runs in 6 innings, out of which 30 runs came in a single innings. Josh Inglis made his IPL debut in the last edition itself, in which he scored 278 runs in 11 matches at a strike rate of 162.57.

PBKS HAS RELEASED JOSH INGLIS pic.twitter.com/U3uwZb7YmY

—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 15, 2025

How much money is left in the purse of Punjab Kings

A team can have a maximum of 25 players, Punjab has retained 21 players and can now buy a maximum of 4 players in the auction, out of which there are 2 slots for foreign players. Punjab currently has Rs 11 crore 50 lakh in its purse.

The auction for IPL season 19 will be held in December, before that the retention list of all 10 teams will be released this evening. It will be clear which team has released and retained which players. For a few days, there was news about Ravindra Jadeja and Sanju Samson that both of them can be exchanged through trade deal, Jadeja can join Rajasthan and Samson can join Chennai. Now BCCI has approved it. The official trade list has been released by IPL, in which information about a total of 8 players and their prices has been given.

Ravindra Jadeja (joined RR from CSK)

In a statement from the IPL, it was said that all-rounder and captain for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Ravindra Jadeja will represent Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the upcoming IPL season after a successful trade. Jadeja played cricket for CSK for 12 seasons, this is being said to be the biggest trade deal in IPL history. His salary in IPL 2026 will be Rs 14 crore, in CSK it was Rs 18 crore.

Sanju Samson (joined CSK from RR)

Rajasthan Royals captain and Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson will play for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026, his price in this team will also be Rs 18 crore. Samson has played 177 IPL matches. CSK will be only the third franchise of his career. Samson, who made his IPL debut in 2013, played for Delhi Capitals before Rajasthan.

Sam Curran (joined RR from CSK)

England all-rounder Sam Curran has joined Rajasthan Royals (RR) from Chennai Super Kings (CSK) after a successful trade. His fee will remain only Rs 2.4 crore. 27 year old Sam Curran has played 64 IPL matches. Samson has played for Punjab Kings before Chennai. Rajasthan will be his third IPL team.

Mohammed Shami (joined LSG from SRH)

India’s veteran fast bowler Mohammed Shami has joined Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) after a successful trade from Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). In the last edition, Shami’s price was Rs 10 crore, at this price he has joined Lucknow Super Giants. Before Hyderabad, Shami was in Gujarat Titans, where he won the Purple Cap by taking 28 wickets in 17 matches in 2023.

Mayank Markande (joined MI from KKR)

Leg spinner Mayank Markande has returned to his former franchise Mumbai Indians (MI) after a successful trade from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). KKR had bought him at a price of Rs 30 lakh, at this price he has joined MI.

Markande started his IPL career by playing for Mumbai Indians. After representing the Mumbai team in 2018, 2019 and 2022, he played for Rajasthan Royals in 2021 and Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2023 and 2024.

Arjun Tendulkar (joined LSG from MI)

Bowling all-rounder Arjun Tendulkar will represent Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in IPL 2026 after his successful transfer from Mumbai Indians. Arjun has joined LSG for his current fee of Rs 30 lakh. Arjun, selected by Mumbai in the 2021 auction, made his IPL debut in 2023, in the last edition he did not even play a match.

Nitish Rana (joined DC from RR)

Left-handed batsman Nitish Rana has joined Delhi Capitals (DC) after being traded from Rajasthan Royals (RR). He has joined the Delhi franchise at his current fee of Rs 4.2 crore.

Donovan Ferreira (joins RR from DC,

All-rounder Donovan Ferreira has joined his first franchise Rajasthan Royals (RR) after being traded from Delhi Capitals (DC). According to the transfer agreement, his fee has increased from Rs 75 lakh to Rs 1 crore.