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.

The Indian Premier League is probably going to enter a new era. For the last several months, the news of the sale of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB Sale) has created a sensation in franchise cricket. Now a recent report has revealed that not only RCB but also Rajasthan Royals franchise may get a new owner soon.

Actually, a new social media post of Indian businessman Harsh Goenka has created a stir. Posting on

The owners of RCB have already confirmed that they are going to sell the team. On the other hand, RR franchise has not said anything yet about selling the team. But it has definitely given rise to the rumours. Royal Challengers Bangalore has also started the sale process, but the situation regarding Rajasthan Royals is not clear yet.

The ownership of Rajasthan Royals team is currently with Royal Multi Sports Private Limited. Manoj Badale holds the majority of shares in the RR franchise, who is backed by American investment company Redbird Capital Partners. Till now, no statement has come from Rajasthan Royals Management regarding the sale.

Rajasthan Royals have made many major changes in their team before IPL 2026. Rahul Dravid will no longer be the coach of RR team, Kumar Sangakkara will take over this responsibility in the 2026 season. The team has traded its captain Sanju Samson with CSK, in his place Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran have gone to the Rajasthan team. Rajasthan Royals had retained a total of 16 players before the auction.

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A total of 67 players were sold in the auction held for the 2026 edition of the Women’s Premier League, which includes 23 foreign players. The most expensive became Deepti Sharma, who was bought by UP Warriors for Rs 3.2 crore using RTM. Amelia Kerr is the most expensive foreign player, who returned home to Mumbai Indians. A total of Rs 40.8 crore was spent on 67 players in the auction. UP Warriors had the most money, so they bought the most expensive players. Which team has bought which player at what price in the auction.

Delhi Capitals

1. Chinley Henry – 1.3 crores
2. Charani – 1.3 crores
3. Laura Wolvaardt – 1.1 crores
4. Sneh Rana – 50 lakhs
5. Minnu Mani- 40 lakhs
6. Liezel Lee- 30 lakhs
7. Tania Bhatia- 30 lakhs
8. Nandani Sharma- 20 lakhs
9. Diya Yadav – 10 lakhs
10. Mamta Madiwala- 10 lakhs
11. Lucy Hamilton- 10 lakhs

gujarat giants

1. Sophie Devine – 2 crores
2. Georgia Wareham – 1 crore
3. Bharti Phoolmali- 75 lakhs
4. Kashvi Gautam – 65 lakhs
5. Renuka Singh- 60 lakhs
6. Kim Garth- 50 lakhs
7. Yastika Bhatia- 50 lakhs
8. Daniel Wyatt – 50 lakhs
9. Tanuja Kanwar- 45 lakhs
10. Anushka Sharma- 45 lakhs
11. Rajeshwari Gaikwad- 40 lakhs
12. Titas Sadhu – 30 lakhs
13. Kanika Ahuja- 30 lakhs
14. Ayushi Soni- 30 lakhs
15. Happy Kumari- 10 lakhs
16. Shivani Singh- 10 lakhs

Mumbai Indians

1. Amelia Kerr- 3 crores
2. Sajeevan Sanjana – 75 lakhs
3. Shabnam Ismail- 60 lakhs
4. Nicola Carey- 30 lakhs
5. Saika Ishaq – 30 lakhs
6. Sanskriti Gupta- 20 lakhs
7. Triveni Vashishtha – 20 lakhs
8. Rahila Firdous- 10 lakhs
9. Poonam Khemnar- 10 lakhs
10. Nalla Reddy- 10 lakhs
11. Millie Lillingworth- 10 lakhs

Royal Challengers Bangalore

1. Lauren Bell- 90 lakhs
2. Pooja Vastrakar- 85 lakhs
3. Arundhati Reddy- 75 lakhs
4. Grace Harris- 75 lakhs
5. Nadine De Klerk- 65 lakhs
6. Radha Yadav- 65 lakhs
7. Georgia Wall- 60 lakhs
8. Linsey Smith- 30 lakhs
9. Dayalan Hemlata- 30 lakhs
10. Prema Rawat- 20 lakhs
11. Gautami Naik- 10 lakhs
12. Pratyusha Kumar- 10 lakhs

UP Warriors

1. Deepti Sharma- 3.2 crores
2. Shikha Pandey – 2.4 crores
3. Mag Lanning – 1.9 crores
4. Phoebe Lichfield- 1.2 crores
5. Asha Sobhana – 1.1 crore
6. Sophie Ecclestone- 85 lakhs
7. Diandra Dottin- 80 lakhs
8. Kiran Navgire- 60 lakhs
9. Harleen Deol- 50 lakhs
10. Kranti Gaur – 50 lakhs
11. Pratika Rawal – 50 lakhs
12. Chloe Tryon- 30 lakhs
13. Shipra Giri – 10 lakhs
14. Simran Shaikh- 10 lakhs
15. Tara Norris- 10 lakhs
16. Suman Meena- 10 lakhs
17. Yes Trisha- 10 lakhs

5 most expensive players in WPL 2026 auction

• Deepti Sharma (UPW) – 3.5 crore (50 lakh base price)
• Amelia Kerr (MI) – 3 crore (50 lakh base price)
• Shikha Pandey (UPW) – 2.4 crore (40 lakh base price)
• Sophie Devine (GG)- 2 crore (50 lakh base price)
• Mag Lanning (UPW) – 1.9 crore (50 lakh base price)

Before the mini auction for the 19th edition of IPL, a big news related to the current champion RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore) is coming out. According to reports, the makers of Kantara movie have shown interest in buying RCB. Apart from Kantara, Homebell Films has made blockbuster movies like KGF and Salaar. Talks are currently going on between Homebell and Diago India to buy stake in RCB. Let us tell you that the current company that owns RCB is Diago India.

It is being claimed in the reports that the deal between these two companies can be finalized before IPL 2026. This news came at a time when it came to light that many big companies and businessmen had shown interest in buying RCB. However, it is not yet known which people have talked to Diago India to buy RCB.

RCB and Homebell have worked together

It has also been said in the report that both have worked together before. Homebell Films is the official digital partner of RCB from 2023. The company has run several engagement campaigns for the team, creating creative promos and cinematic match teasers. Now a report claimed that the company wants to buy stake in RCB.

Adani to Kamat are showing interest

It is reported that Gautam Adani, Devyani International, Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamat, JSW Group, Serum Institute owner Adar Poonawala have also shown interest in buying stake in Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, it is not known who has officially sent the proposal to RCB.

Royal Challengers Bangalore will play in the upcoming edition (IPL 2026) as the defending champion. The team won its first IPL title after 18 years in the last edition. After becoming the champion, Diago India had announced that it was selling its stake in the team, estimating the value of the team at around Rs 17,000 crore.

RCB’s retention list for IPL 2026

On November 15, the retention list of RCB was also released along with all the 10 teams. The franchise has retained Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma, Phil Salt, Swapnil Singh, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Tim David, Josh Hazlewood, Jacob Bethel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Tushar, Rasik Salam, Suyyash Sharma and Abhinandan Sharma.

The bugle for the 19th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2026 has been sounded. The auction for the upcoming season of IPL will take place next month. However, this time a mini auction will be organized. This time too many superstar players are included in the auction. In such a situation, the biggest question is who will be sold the most expensive in the auction?

Let us tell you that the mini auction for IPL 2026 will be organized on December 16 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. BCCI has said in the press release that all the 10 teams have retained a total of 173 players, which includes 49 foreign players and some traded players. 10 teams have 77 slots left for the IPL 2026 mini auction. The total purse of all the franchises is Rs 237.55 crore.

This time many superstar players included in the auction

For your information, let us tell you that many superstar players are included in the IPL 2026 auction. It includes names like Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Mathisha Pathirana, Faf du Plessis and Liam Livingstone. Let us tell you that this time all the 10 teams together have released a total of 70 players. Whereas only a maximum of 77 players can be sold in the mini auction.

Who will sell the most expensive? Will Rishabh Pant’s record be broken?

Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant is the most expensive player in the history of IPL. Lucknow bought him last year for Rs 27 crore. Venkatesh Iyer, who was sold for around Rs 24 crore, is also a part of the auction this year. Star all-rounder Andre Russell has also gone to the auction.

Let us tell you that this time a mini auction is to be organized. In such a situation, it is difficult to break Rishabh Pant’s record of being sold for Rs 27 crores. There are three players involved in the race to be the most expensive seller. This includes Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer and Cameron Green. Teams can pay any amount to buy these players.

All 10 teams released these 70 players

Chennai Super Kings- Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddharth, Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Sheikh Rashid, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Mathisha Pathirana.

Kolkata Knight Riders- Andre Russell, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje, Lavnith Sisodia, Chetan Sakariya, Spencer Johnson

Sunrisers Hyderabad- Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Viaan Mulder, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Tawde, Simarjeet Singh and Sachin Baby

Royal Challengers Bangalore- Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi and Mohit Rathi

Punjab Kings- Glenn Maxwell, Josh English, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen and Praveen Dubey

Mumbai Indians- Satyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Srijit, Karn Sharma, Bevan Jacobs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams and Vignesh Puthur.

Gujarat Titans- Mahipal Lomror, Karim Jannat, Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, and Kulwant Khejroliya.

Rajasthan Royals- Wanindu Hasaranga, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Akash Madhwal, Mahesh Teekshana, Kumar Karthikeya Singh, Ashok Sharma and Kunal Rathod.

Lucknow Super Giants- Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Choudhary, Rajvardhan Hungergekar, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi and Shamar Joseph.

Delhi Capitals– Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sediqullah Atal, Manwant Kumar, Mohit Sharma and Darshan Nalkande.

The bugle for the 19th season of the Indian Premier League has been sounded. The auction for the upcoming season of IPL will take place next month. This time a mini auction will be organized. Before the IPL 2026 auction, all 10 teams have released their respective lists of released and retained players. Know here the A to Z details of IPL 2026 mini auction.

This time IPL auction will be held abroad

The mini auction for IPL 2026 will be held on December 16 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. BCCI unveiled the date and venue of the IPL 2026 auction after releasing the list of released and retained players by all the teams.

BCCI has said in the press release that all the 10 teams have retained a total of 173 players, which includes 49 foreign players and some traded players. 10 teams have 77 slots left for the IPL 2026 mini auction. The total purse of all the franchises is Rs 237.55 crore.

According to IPL rules, each franchise can include a maximum of 25 players in its team. Even before the auction, Punjab Kings have retained 21 players. Whereas Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians have retained 20-20 players.

Kolkata has the most money and Mumbai has the least money.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will have the highest purse of Rs 64.3 crore in this auction. KKR can buy 13 players in the auction. KKR has released expensive players like Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore) and Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 23.75 crore) before the mini auction.

Sunrisers Hyderabad has Rs 25.5 crore left in their purse. Mumbai Indians will enter this mini auction with the lowest amount. This franchise has retained almost all its famous players. Only Rs 2.75 crore is left in the purse of Mumbai Indians.

Royal Challengers Bangalore has also included Yash Dayal in its retention list (RCB Retained Players List) for IPL 2026. This decision of RCB is being heavily criticized, because Yash currently has two serious criminal cases registered against him, including one case under the POCSO Act. Last year, RCB had retained Yash Dayal for Rs 5 crore.

Two separate cases are registered against Yash Dayal in Ghaziabad and Jaipur and both are related to sexual exploitation. Due to his retention by RCB, questions are being raised on the stance of the franchise. People on social media are divided into two groups regarding this retention. Some people even said that by retaining Yash despite serious cases being registered, the RCB franchise is giving a wrong message to the society.

RCB franchise has not issued any separate statement on retaining Yash Dayal. It has also not been clarified by the team whether it has contacted BCCI regarding the allegations against Yash Dayal or not. Let us tell you that Yash Dayal has not played any competitive cricket after the final of IPL 2025.

have faced suspension

In view of the seriousness of the cases registered in August this year, the organizers of the UP T20 League had barred Yash Dayal from participating in the league. He was going to play for Gorakhpur Lions. In the domestic season, he has not been seen playing even a single match for Uttar Pradesh yet. All these news are putting his future in cricket in doubt.

Coz Yash Dayal has two allegations in two different states, one of them under POCSO..

— Noah (@PantasticNoah) November 15, 2025

I am beyond shocked as to how Yash Dayal was retained by RCB. He has some serious allegations against him and generally a franchise should distance themselves from such a massive controversy. Maybe RCB know something we don’t know. Only time will tell.

— Anuj Nitin Prabhu (@APTalksCricket) November 15, 2025

What a shame
Kohli and Yash Dayal in the same poster… https://t.co/JJIT8Dr5av

— Cric Nerd (@CheeYaarr) November 15, 2025

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Royal Challengers Bangalore has released its retention list for IPL 2026. RCB has released 8 players including international stars like Liam Livingstone and Lungi Ngidi. 17 players including Virat Kohli, Phil Salt and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been retained.

RCB won the IPL 2025 title under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar. Patidar can be seen captaining this matter also. Bengaluru has retained 11 Indian players, while 6 foreign players have been dismissed.

Liam Livingstone released

England all-rounder Liam Livingstone has been released by Bengaluru. Apart from him, RCB has shown the way out to two other senior players in the form of Mayank Agarwal and Lungi Ngidi. Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and other experienced players including Jitesh Sharma and Krunal Pandya will try to take Bengaluru to another title.

RCB’s retention list: Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethel, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salaam, Abhinandan Singh and Suyyash Sharma.

RCB released these players: Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, Mohit Rathi

16.4 crores left with Bengaluru

After retaining 17 players, Royal Challengers Bangalore are left with Rs 16.4 crore in their purse. In the auction, Bengaluru team can buy maximum 8 more players, out of which it is mandatory to have 2 foreign players.

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For IPL 2026, the teams will have to release their respective retention lists tomorrow. The news of trade from Sanju Samson to Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami has created a stir on the internet recently. Mumbai Indians have even traded Sherfan Rutherford and Shardul Thakur to Gujarat Titans and LSG respectively.

From Venkatesh Iyer, who was sold for Rs 23.75 crore in the mega auction, to the release of Liam Livingstone and Devon Conway, the speculation is at its peak. Know here which players all the teams can release for IPL 2026. Let us tell you that this time a team can retain any number of players, accordingly the number of players released can increase or decrease. However, the limit of 18-25 players in the squad is set. The money spent by the team on all the players should be Rs 120 crore or less.

Probable release list of all teams:

Chennai Super Kings- Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Devon Conway, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Gopal, Nathan Ellis, Mukesh Chaudhary, Sheikh Rashid

Gujarat Titans- Jayant Yadav, Dasun Shanaka, Kareem Jannat, Manav Suthar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kumar Kushagra, Gurnoor Brad

Kolkata Knight Riders- Quinton de Kock, Venkatesh Iyer, Anrich Nortje, Moeen Ali, Spencer Johnson, Manish Pandey, Chetan Sakaria

Mumbai Indians- Reece Topley, Karn Sharma, Lizad Williams, Raghu Sharma, Satyanarayan Raju, Lizad Williams

Delhi Capitals- T Natarajan, Jake Fraser McGurk, Harry Brook, Donovan Ferreira, Dushmantha Chameera

Royal Challengers Bangalore- Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Salaam, Tim Seifert, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathi

Sunrisers Hyderabad- Mohammed Shami, Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Rahul Chahar, Viaan Mulder

Rajasthan Royals- Shimron Hetmyer, Tushar Deshpande, Nitish Rana, Kwena Mafaka, Aakash Madhwal, Nandre Berger, Mahish Teekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Fazalhaq Farooqui.

Punjab Kings- Glenn Maxwell, Azmatullah Omarzai, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Kyle Jamieson, Praveen Dubey, Harnoor Pannu

Lucknow Super Giants- Shamar Joseph, Arshin Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Aryan Juyal, Mayank Yadav, Matthew Britzke

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Cricket fans are eager to see the IPL retention list, which will be released on Saturday, November 15. After this it will become clear which players will be at stake in the IPL auction. Here we are telling you on which date the IPL auction will be held, how much money is left in the purse of all the 10 teams and which team spent the most money on which top-3 players in the last edition.

Where will IPL auction 2026 take place?

The priority for the venue of IPL auction is India, but according to the report, due to the wedding season in December, consideration is also going on to keep the venue outside India. IPL auction is likely to be held in UAE.

How much money is in the purse of all 10 IPL teams?

• Punjab Kings (PBKS) – Rs 35 lakh
• Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) – Rs 10 lakh
• Gujarat Titans (GT) – Rs 15 lakh
• Delhi Capitals (DC) – Rs 20 lakh
• Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – Rs 5 lakh
• Mumbai Indians (MI) – Rs 10 lakh
• Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – Rs 5 lakh
• Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – Rs 20 lakh
• Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Rs 30 lakh
• Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – Rs 75 lakh

The thing to note here is that this is the purse which is still left with all the teams. After the release of IPL retention list, it will be known which franchise has released which players. This will add their value to this purse. For example, if Delhi Capitals releases players worth Rs 5 crore, their purse will become Rs 5 crore 20 lakh.

Top 3 expensive players of all 10 IPL teams

punjab kings

• Shreyas Iyer- Rs 26.75 crore
• Arshdeep Singh- Rs 18 crore
• Yuzvendra Chahal – Rs 18 crore

Lucknow Super Giants

• Rishabh Pant- Rs 27 crore
• Nicholas Pooran – Rs 21 crore
• Ravi Bishnoi/Mayank Yadav – Rs 11 crore (each)

gujarat titans

• Rashid Khan- Rs 18 crore
• Shubman Gill- Rs 15.5 crore
• Jos Buttler- Rs 15.75 crore

Delhi Capitals

• Akshar Patel – Rs 16.5 crore
• KL Rahul- Rs 14 crore
• Kuldeep Yadav – Rs 13.25 crore

Chennai Super Kings

• Ruturaj Gaikwad – Rs 18 crore
• Ravindra Jadeja- Rs 18 crore
• Mathisha Pathirana – Rs 13 crore

Mumbai Indians

• Jasprit Bumrah- Rs 18 crore
• Suryakumar Yadav – Rs 16.35 crore
• Hardik Pandya – Rs 16.35 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders

• Venkatesh Iyer- Rs 23.75 crore
• Rinku Singh- Rs 13 crore
• Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy – Rs 12 crore (each)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

• Heinrich Klaasen – Rs 23 crore
• Pete Cummins – Rs 18 crore
• Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma – Rs 14 crore (each)

Rajasthan Royals

• Yashasvi Jaiswal – Rs 18 crore
• Sanju Samson – Rs 18 crore
• Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag – Rs 14 crore

Royal Challengers Bangalore

• Virat Kohli- Rs 21 crore
• Josh Hazlewood- Rs 12.50 crore
• Phil Salt- Rs 11.50 crore

On which date will the auction for IPL 2026 take place?

There will be a mini auction for the 19th edition of IPL, according to reports it will last for one day. The mega auction for the last edition lasted for 2 days. The auction for IPL 2026 is likely to take place on December 15, 2025.