How to watch IPL 2026 auction: Date, time, venue, broadcast details for Indian Premier League mini-auction – sportingnews.com

Soham Mukherjee
The Indian Premier League mini auction is just around the corner, and the 10 teams are busy doing their last-minute homework to make sure their squads are as competitive as possible for the 2026 edition of the tournament. 
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has released the final list of 350 players who will be put on sale during the IPL mini auction on December 16 in Abu Dhabi. 
The board had initially released a list of 1355 players, but after receiving the preference list from all franchises, the list has been pruned by 75 percent. Out of the final 350, 240 are Indians, while the remaining 110 are from abroad. 
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Interestingly, 35 new players, who were not part of the first list, have been included. Some of the prominent names among them are  Quinton de Kock, Dunith Wellalage, and George Linde. Afghanistan’s Arab Gul and the West Indies’ Akeem Auguste have also been included. 
De Kock has been added in the third set and has a base price of INR 1 crore. A scintillating ODI century in Visakhapatnam against India helped him boost his stock, and a franchise came forward to suggest his name in the final list. 
Overseas players: Arab Gul (Afghanistan), Miles Hammond (England), Dan Lategan (England), Quinton de Kock (South Africa) Connor Eztherhuizen (South Africa), George Linde (South Africa), Bayanda Majola (South Africa), Traveen Mathew (Sri Lanka), Binura Fernando (Sri Lanka), Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka), Dunith Wellalage (Sri Lanka), Akeem Auguste (West Indies).
Indian players: Sadek Hussain, Vishnu Solanki, Sabir Khan, Brijesh Sharma, Kanishk Chouhan, Aaron George, Jikku Bright, Srihari Nair, Madhav Bajaj, Shreevathsa Acharya, Yashraj Punja, Sahil Parakh, Roshan Waghsare, Yash Dicholkar, Ayaz Khan, Dhurmil Matkar, Naman Pushpak, Parikshit Valsangkar, Purav Agarwal, Rishabh Chouhan, Sagar Solanki, Izaz Sawariya and Aman Shekawat.
The IPL Mini Auction 2026 will begin at 2:30 p.m. IST.
MORE: IPL 2026 squads: Complete squads for every Indian Premier League side
The IPL mini auction will be broadcast on the  Star Sports network channels. Whereas, it will be live-streamed on Jio Hotstar’s web and app. 
The IPL 2026 mini-auction will be held on December 16, 2025, at the Etihad Centre in Abu Dhabi, marking the third consecutive year the event takes place outside India.
Phase
Description
Timeline / Notes
Pre-Auction Trade Window
Player swaps and cash deals to rebalance squads
Open now and closes approximately 1 week before the auction
Mini-Auction
Teams fill gaps left after trades
December 16, 2025, in Abu Dhabi
Post-Auction Trade Window
Final squad adjustments and tune-ups
Opens after the auction and closes approximately 1 month before IPL 2026
Soham Mukherjee is a writer and content producer who has experience covering multiple sports. He specialises in cricket. 

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