Date: Tuesday, 16 December 2026
Time: 1:00 PM UAE | 2:30 PM IST
Venue: Abu Dhabi
Total Players Shortlisted: 350
Total Slots Available: 77
Overseas Slots: 31
Highest Base Price Bracket: ₹2 Crore
Players in ₹2 Crore Category: 40
The TATA IPL Player auction returns, and this time the stakes are much higher than the last season of IPL 2025 (Window Reset). Total 1390 participants have registered for this upcoming ipl 2026 auction, out of those, only 350 were selected by the organization, 110 players are overseas(foreigners), 240 players are Indian, and including 224 Indian players and 14 Overseas players are those who did not played for international matches yet in cricket called uncapped. 16 Indian and 96 overseas are capped players (who played for international matches).
These uncapped players from both sides are very talented, and fresh players are getting a chance in IPL 2026 auction in Abu Dhabi on 16th December 2025 at 1 PM UAE Time and 2:30 PM IST Time.
Player Shortlisted
Parameter | Figure |
Registered Players | 1390 |
Shortlisted | 350 |
Indians | 240 |
Overseas | 110 |
Uncapped Indians | 224 |
Uncapped Overseas | 14 |
Total Team Slots | 77 |
Overseas Slots | 31 |
₹2 Cr Base Price Bracket | 40 |
Where The War Will Break Out
The ₹2 crore bracket is a battlefield in itself. Devon Conway, Wanindu Hasaranga, Cameron Green, David Miller, Liam Livingstone, Matheesha Pathirana, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Quinton de Kock and Anrich Nortje headline the list. Auction desks expect aggressive jumps in early overs power hit, spin-all-round versatility, and death-overs resilience.
This is the year of:
- All-rounders as economic weapons
- Left-hand top stabilizers
- Death-overs specialists
- Hybrid wicketkeeper-openers
Team-wise (2026)
Franchise | Likely Targets |
CSK | Left-hand top, last-five overs consistency |
MI | Overseas wicketkeeper + death bowling |
RR | Two-leg-spin system, young pacers |
KKR | Hard hitters and specialist quicks |
LSG | Balanced spin-pace all-rounding |
DC | Reliable anchor + off-spin finishing |
RCB | Middle-order temperament + wrist-spin |
GT | Full overseas rebuild, cross-skill finishers |
₹2 Crore Bracket (Lead Names)
- Devon Conway
- Jake Fraser-McGurk
- Cameron Green
- David Miller
- Wanindu Hasaranga
- Liam Livingstone
- Quinton de Kock
- Ben Duckett
- Finn Allen
- Anrich Nortje
- Matheesha Pathirana
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Maheesh Theekshana
- Gerald Coetzee
Expect bidding escalation specifically in Ravindra-Green-Hasaranga-Pathirana clusters.
India Core Shortlisted Names
- Sarfaraz Khan – Batter
- Prithvi Shaw – Batter
- Rahul Tripathi – Batter
- Deepak Hooda – All-rounder
- Venkatesh Iyer – All-rounder
- Shivam Mavi – Fast Medium
- Akash Deep – Fast
- Ravi Bishnoi – Leg-Spin
- Rahul Chahar – Leg-Spin
- KS Bharat – Wicketkeeper
- Ruturaj Gaikwad – Batter
- Abhinav Manohar – Batter
- Mahipal Lomror – All-rounder
- Vijay Shankar – All-rounder
- Rajvardhan Hangargekar – Fast
- Simarjeet Singh – Fast
- Yash Dhull – Batter
- Atharva Taide – Batter
- Sanvir Singh – All-rounder
- Aarya Desai – Batter
New Zealand
- Devon Conway – Batter
- Rachin Ravindra – All-rounder
- Finn Allen – WK-Batter
- Kyle Jamieson – Fast
- Matt Henry – Fast Medium
- Jacob Duffy – Fast Medium
- Nathan Smith – All-rounder
- Will O’Rourke – Fast
Australia
- Jake Fraser-McGurk – Batter
- Cameron Green – Bat/Right-arm Fast
- Steve Smith – Batter
- Sean Abbott – All-rounder
- Matthew Short – All-rounder
- Daniel Sams – All-rounder
- Spencer Johnson – Left-arm Fast
- Josh Inglis – WK-Batter
- Riley Meredith – Fast
- Jhye Richardson – Fast
South Africa
- David Miller – Batter
- Wiaan Mulder – All-rounder
- Gerald Coetzee – Fast
- Anrich Nortje – Fast
- Lungi Ngidi – Fast Medium
- Tristan Luus – Fast
Sri Lanka
- Wanindu Hasaranga – All-rounder
- Matheesha Pathirana – Fast
- Maheesh Theekshana – Off-Spin
- Pathum Nissanka – Batter
- Dunith Wellalage – All-rounder
Afghanistan
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz – WK-Batter
- Fazalhaq Farooqi – Left-arm Fast Medium
- Qais Ahmad – Leg-Spinner
- Rishad Hossain – Leg-Spin
Bangladesh
- Taskin Ahmed – Fast
- Mustafizur Rahman – Left-arm Fast Medium
- Shoriful Islam – Left-arm Fast Medium
- Tanzim Hasan Sakib – Fast Medium
England
- Jonny Bairstow – WK-Batter
- Ben Duckett – WK-Batter
- Liam Livingstone – All-rounder
- Gus Atkinson – Fast
- Rehan Ahmed – Leg-Spin
- Tom Curran – All-rounder
