After going unsold in the first round of IPL 2026 auction, Liam Livingstone has been bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second round. SRH bought him with a bid of Rs 13 crore. Lucknow Super Giants also wanted to buy Livingstone, but they ran out of money in their purse. There was a race between KKR, SRH and Lucknow Super Giants to buy Livingstone, but in the end the Hyderabad franchise won.

The base price of Livingstone was Rs 2 crore, which remained unsold in the first round. When his name was called in the second round, the first bid was made by KKR, which was out of the race after Rs 2.80 crores. After that, Gujarat Titans also tried their hand up to Rs 4 crore, but did not have much money left in their purse.

After that, a fierce competition started between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants to buy Livingstone. Lucknow went up to Rs 12.80 crore, but due to not having much money left in the purse, it also dropped out of the race to buy Livingstone. Finally, Kavya Maran’s Sunrisers Hyderabad included Livingstone in their squad by bidding Rs 13 crores.

The IPL 2025 season was not very good for Livingstone, in which he scored only 112 runs in 8 innings while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He was able to take 2 wickets in the entire season.

In his 49-match IPL career, Livingstone has scored 1051 runs and also taken 13 wickets. Let us tell you that after the conclusion of IPL 2025 season, Livingstone’s T20 form has gained momentum. While captaining Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred League, he scored 241 runs. During this period his strike rate was 155.48. In the last season of The Hundred League, he was also successful in taking 7 wickets. In the T20 Blast tournament, he scored 260 runs and also took 6 wickets.

IPL 2026 Mini Auction Final List Released: The Indian Premier League has officially released the list of shortlisted players for the mini auction on Tuesday, December 9, 2025. A total of 350 players have got a place in the final list in this auction to be held at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. 1355 players from all over the world had registered to participate in the mini auction for IPL 2026. In whose final list 240 Indian and 110 foreign players have got place.

IPL 2026 base price list

This time the highest base price in IPL is 2 crore Indian rupees. A total of 40 star players have registered in this category, which includes big names like Steve Smith, David Miller, Venkatesh Iyer, Rachin Ravindra and Mathisha Pathirana. 9 players have registered their names in the base price of Rs. 1.5 crores whereas only 4 players have registered their names in the base price of Rs. 1.25 crores. At the same time, 17 players will be available in the auction with the base price of Rs 1 crore and 42 players have registered their names at the base price of Rs 75 lakh. So only 4 players are available in the base price of 50 lakhs, while 7 players are available in the base price of 40 lakhs. Maximum 227 shortlisted players have registered themselves at the base price of Rs 30 lakh. Most of the players in this list are uncapped, which includes 224 Indian and 14 foreign players.

Only 77 players will be bid in the mini auction.

All 10 IPL franchises will bid for the vacant slots of 77 players, out of which 31 slots are reserved for foreign players. The mini auction will start on December 16, 2025 at 1 pm UAE time (2:30 pm Indian time).

Which team has how much purse?

Kolkata Knight Riders have the biggest purse in this mini auction, which is Rs 64.3 crore. After this, Chennai Super Kings has the second largest purse of Rs 43.4 crore. At the same time, Sunrisers Hyderabad has the third largest purse of Rs 25.5 crore.

All the teams have started preparations for IPL 2026. The auction for the upcoming season of IPL will be held on December 16 in Abu Dhabi. This time a mini auction will be organized. Meanwhile, Sunrisers Hyderabad has made a big announcement regarding its captain. The franchise has decided to hand over the command to Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins for the third consecutive time.

Sunrisers Hyderabad posted on social media and once again announced handing over the captaincy to Pat Cummins. Cummins became the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2024. Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad dropped a total of eight players from the team including star fast bowler Mohammed Shami. Shami has been traded from Hyderabad to Lucknow Super Giants.

Pat Cummins has been injured for a long time

Let us tell you that Australian captain Pat Cummins has been injured for a long time. Famous for his strong captaincy in Test and ODI, Pat Cummins had taken Sunrisers Hyderabad to the final in IPL 2024. However, last season the team could not perform as per expectations. However, the franchise has maintained faith in its captain. Cummins is recovering from his injury. He will not be able to play even in the first test of the Ashes series against England. However, Pat Cummins is expected to be fit by the second Test match to be played in Brisbane.

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Pat Cummins #PlayWithFire pic.twitter.com/r4gtlypAY9

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) November 17, 2025

List of retained and released players of Sunrisers Hyderabad

Retained players- Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R Samaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brayden Carse, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Malinga and Zeeshan Ansari.

Released players- Abhinav Manohar, Arthav Tayde, Sachin Baby, Mohammed Shami (trade), Viaan Mulder, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar and Adam Zampa.

For IPL 2026, all the teams have to submit their retention lists by 15th November. The trade deals of top players like Sanju Samson and Ravindra Jadeja remain in the headlines. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians have traded 2 international players in the form of Shardul Thakur and Sherfan Rutherford to LSG and Gujarat Titans respectively. Meanwhile, speculations about Mohammed Shami leaving SRH may have increased the problems for Kavya Maran as well. Let us know about those 3 players whom Sunrisers Hyderabad would not want to release even in their dreams.

1. Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek Sharma has been playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad since 2019. His stormy batting had helped Sunrisers Hyderabad a lot in reaching the final in 2024. In the last two seasons, Abhishek has been the second highest run scorer for SRH. Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise has invested in Abhishek for 7 years, the fruits of which have been seen in the last 2 seasons. If there was any other team, let alone SRH, they would not want to release this star batsman.

2. Travis Head

Travis Head joined Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2024. The opening pair of him and Abhishek Sharma have together scored 1864 runs in the last 2 years. The 2024 season did not go very well for Head, but in IPL 2024, he was the batsman who scored the most runs (567) for the SRH team. Head’s stormy style has proved effective in giving a good start to the Hyderabad team and his pairing with Abhishek has also made a huge contribution in changing the fortunes of the team.

3. Pat Cummins

Pat Cummins is the same player who has won 2 ICC trophies for Australia as captain. At the same time, his decisions on the field as a captain have proved to be unique and effective from time to time. Under his captaincy, SRH reached the final of the 2024 season. There is no doubt that Cummins is one of the best captains in the world at present. As a bowler, he has taken a total of 34 wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last 2 seasons.

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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.

The deadline for all the 10 IPL teams to submit the list of their retained players to the board is about to end. Let us tell you that the mini auction will be held in mid-December, before which all the teams would like to strengthen their purse by releasing some players. All fans can watch the telecast of the retention list live. Know on which app mobile users will be able to watch it live.

According to reports, the mini auction for IPL 2026 will take place on December 15. Consideration is going on to organize it outside India. There is a possibility that the auction may take place in UAE. There is every possibility that the auction will last only for 1 day. Let us tell you that the mega auction held for the last edition lasted for 2 days. This time there are no restrictions on the teams as to how many players they can release or retain.

When will IPL 2026 retention list be released?

The full retention list for the mini auction before IPL 2026 will be released on Saturday, November 15. Franchises are considering releasing many big players on whom they had placed big bets last year. It will be interesting to see which franchise keeps which players with it and which it leaves behind.

what time will it go live IPL 2026 Retention list?

The retention list will be released at 5 pm. If reports are to be believed, Mumbai Indians may release Lizard Williams, Bevon Jacob. Last edition’s champion Royal Challengers Bangalore may part with Liam Livingstone.

On which channel to watch IPL 2026 retention list live?

The retention list of IPL 2026 will be telecast live on the channel of Star Sports Network.

On which app can mobile users watch IPL 2026 retention list live?

Fans will be able to watch live streaming of IPL 2026 retention list on JioHotstar app and website.

IPL 2026 team

• Chennai Super Kings
• Mumbai Indians
• punjab kings
• Rajasthan Royals
• Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Delhi Capitals
• Kolkata Knight Riders
• Lucknow Super Giants
• Gujarat Titans
• Sunrisers Hyderabad.

There will be a mini auction before the next edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026), which is to be held in December. Before that, all the 10 teams will select their retained and released players and submit them to BCCI. The list of which team kept whom with it and whom it left out will be released next week. Its date has been officially announced. There will also be live telecast and live streaming of retention, know complete information about it.

When will the retention list be made public?

The deadline for all 10 teams of IPL 2026 to submit the list of their retained and released players is 15th November. This list will also be made public on the same day (Saturday, November 15), fans will be able to watch it live.

How many players can a team retain?

A mega auction was held for the previous edition (2025), in which all the franchises got a chance to form teams for a 3-year cycle. The auction to be held now will be mini. According to reports, there is no limit on the maximum number of players a team can retain.

Where will IPL Retention be telecast live?

IPL retention will be telecast live on Star Sports channel.

On which app will the live streaming of IPL Retention happen?

Live streaming of IPL retention will be on JioHotstar app and website.

IPL auction will be held for one day

The auction will be held next month, in December, before IPL 2026. There is a possibility that this may happen in the third week. This will be a mini auction, so it can last only for one day. BCCI is considering to organize its event outside India, the name of UAE is coming up where the auction can be held.

10 teams of IPL 2026

• Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Chennai Super Kings
• Mumbai Indians
• Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Kolkata Knight Riders
• punjab kings
• Delhi Capitals
• Gujarat Titans
• Lucknow Super Giants
• Rajasthan Royals

The auction process for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) is likely to take place in mid-December. The deadline for franchises to submit the list of their retained and released players is November 15, meanwhile there is news that Sunrisers Hyderabad can release Heinrich Klaasen. This will also be shocking because the team had retained him for Rs 23 crore in the last edition. However, the former Indian cricketer does not think that Hyderabad will release Klaasen.

Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra believes that the chances of Sunrisers Hyderabad releasing Heinrich Klaasen are very slim. However, the former player also said that in the last few years we have seen strange things in IPL.

The last date for all 10 teams to declare their retention players before the auction is likely to be November 15. The auction may take place in the second week of next month (December). According to a report in Times of India, Sunrisers Hyderabad management is considering releasing Klaasen before the auction. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra shared his views on this report and said that perhaps Hyderabad is not keen on releasing Klaasen Ko.

Aakash Chopra said, “There is a lot of talk about Heinrich Klaasen. There are reports that Sunrisers Hyderabad may consider releasing him as it will save Rs 23 crore. I am thinking, you don’t buy a player for Rs 23 crore just to keep him for a year. Then, you release him and buy him back. I don’t think that will happen. As far as I know, there will be no RTM (Right To Match) also because it is a mini There will be an auction.”

Aakash Chopra further said, “Why would they release him? I think it’s just a rumour. I don’t think Heinrich Klaasen will be released so easily and sent to the auction. But, strange things have happened in the past too, so let’s see. We’ll wait and see.”

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) mistress Kavya Maran is very disappointed with the team’s poor performance in IPL 2025. Now during the preparation of IPL 2026, there are reports that the team can release big players like Mohammed Shami and Ishan Kishan before the upcoming auction. The special thing is that an old video of the team’s new bowling coach Varun Aaron is going viral, which has intensified the speculation of this decision.

Shami and Ishan’s performance became a headache

SRH played a big bet on two big players in the IPL 2025 auction. The team bought Ishan Kishan for Rs 11.25 crore and Mohammed Shami for Rs 10 crore, but the performance of these two players has been very poor in the season.

Mohammed Shami took just 6 wickets in 9 matches and his economy rate is 11.23. Especially against Punjab Kings, he gave 75 runs in 4 overs, which is one of the worst spells in IPL history.

Ishan Kishan had scored a century in the first match, but after that he was able to score only 354 runs in 14 matches. During this time his average was 35.40 and only one half -century was seen.

Varun Aaron’s old statement increased discussion

Taking the first step towards change in the team before IPL 2026, SRH has appointed Varun Aaron as the team’s new bowling coach, but with this an old video of him is going viral on social media, in which he made a big statement as an IPL expert. In this video, Varun Aaron is seen in ESPNcricinfo’s show, “I believe Mohammad Shami should be released now. He is in the last phase of his career and is struggling with fitness. Ishan Kishan has also not been able to live up to expectations, he should also be released. They should also be released. Now that Varun himself has become the coach of SRH, his statement is being taken more seriously.

Will Kavya Maran take a big decision?

SRH’s performance in IPL 2025 was quite disappointing, due to which Kavya Maran is said to be very upset. In such a situation, it is believed that he is in a mood to fully rebuild the team for IPL 2026. Players with a total of 21 crore rupees like Shami and Ishan have proved to be a burden for the team, so it will not be surprising to show them the way out.

Will SRH’s team be full reset?

After the entry of Varun Aaron in the team, SRH is now starting to make a strategy fresh. In such a situation, many more big names can be released before the next auction. However, no official announcement has been made by the team so far, but the discussions between the fans are in full swing that SRH can be seen in IPL 2026 with a new team and new attitude.

IPL 2024 finalist Sunrisers Hyderabad team has started winding up. Last season SRH’s team’s performance was disappointing, after which the Hyderabad team has made a big change in their coaching staff. The SRH team has appointed former India fast bowler Varun Aaron as the new bowling coach (SRH Bowling Coach IPL 2026). He has replaced James Franlin as a bowling coach.

Now an old statement of Varun Aaron has become the center of discussion, which he gave at the time of IPL 2025. He predicted Mohammed Shami’s release from the Hyderabad team as an expert on ESPN Cricinfo.

Varun Aaron predicted that, “I would say that Mohammed Shami will be released, because he is going through the last stop of his career, fitness is falling and perhaps Ishaan Kishan can also be released.

Expect mohammad shami to be released with the inclusion of varun aaron as our bowling coach.#SRH #IPL2026 pic.twitter.com/0QFH6ZGLG1

– Varun velamakanti (@cricvarunsrh) July 14, 2025

Let us tell you that at that time Varun Aaron was keeping his personal side as an expert and was not part of any team. Talking about Shami, he took 9 wickets in the Champions Trophy 2025, taking 9 wickets. The Hyderabad team added him to Rs 10 crore, but his performance was very poor, where he was able to take only 6 wickets in 9 matches.

Talking about Ishaan Kishan on the other hand, SRH Franchise was included in his team for Rs 11.25 crore in the mega auction. In the 2025 season, he scored 354 runs in 14 matches. In which he was able to score only one century and a half-century.

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