IPL 2026 Auction LIVE Updates: MI, CSK Could Turn Tables With Bids As Franchises Gear Up In Abu Dhabi – Outlook India

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Chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is Arun Singh Dhumal kicks things off with an opening speech in the auction.
We're all set at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi 🤩#TATAIPL | #TATAIPLAuction pic.twitter.com/IGHGyuICAE
Devon Conway, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Cameron Greenm, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Prithvi Shaw , Gus Atkinson, Wanindu Hasaranga, Deepak Hooda, Venkatesh Iyer, Liam Livingstone, Wiaan Mulder, Rachin Ravindra , Finn Allen, Jonny Bairstow, KS Bharat, Quinton De Kock , Ben Duckett, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jamie Smith
With IPL 2026 Auction, SMAT Super League stage matches are being held in Pune and Sarfaraz Khan has made every franchise take notice. The batter has scored 22-ball 73 against Rajasthan. Can the 10 franchises be tempted to have a bid at the Mumbai batter?
Players released: Arjun Tendulkar (traded to LSG), Bevon Jacobs, Karn Sharma, Lizaad Williams, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Reece Topley, Krishnan Shrijith, Satyanarayana Raju, Vignesh Puthur
Players retained: Shardul Thakur (traded in from LSG), Sherfane Rutherford (traded in from GT), Mayank Markande (traded in from KKR), AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks
Purse remaining: INR 2.75 crore
Players released: Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Ravi Bishnoi, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shardul Thakur (traded to MI), Akash Deep, Shamar Joseph.
Players retained: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar (traded in from MI), Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Mohammed Shami (traded in from SRH), Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed.
Purse remaining: INR 22.95 crore
Players released: Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Luvnith Sisodia, Moeen Ali, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Spencer Johnson, Venkatesh Iyer
Players retained: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Purse remaining: INR 64.30 crore
Players released: Donovan Ferreira (traded to RR), Darshan Nalkande, Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Sediqullah Atal
Players retained: Nitish Rana (traded in from RR), Abishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mukesh Kumar
Purse remaining: INR 21.80 crore
Players released: Ravindra Jadeja (traded to RR), Andre Siddarth, Deepak Hooda, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Matheesha Pathirana, Sam Curran (traded to RR), Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Rahul Tripathi, Shaikh Rasheed, Vansh Bedi, Vijay Shankar
Players retained: MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson (traded in from RR), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dube, Urvil Patel, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Khaleel Ahmed, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Jamie Overton, Gurjapneet Singh, Anshul Kamboj
Purse remaining: INR 43.40 crore Slots remaining: 9 (4 overseas)
Players released: Sherfane Rutherford (traded to MI), Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mahipal Lomror
Players retained: Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Arshad Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Prasidh Krishna, R Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, B Sai Sudharsan, M Shahrukh Khan, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar
Purse remaining: INR 12.90 crore Slots remaining: 5 (4 overseas)
Check out the five things to know about the IPL 2026 auction, that will go ahead in Abu Dhabi later in the day as 10 franchises look to fill up 77 slots.
Read all about it HERE
The Indian Premier League mini-auction for the 2026 season is all set to get underway tomorrow on Tuesday, December 16 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. This BCCI have kept the trend of hosting the event outside of the country with Saudi Arabia hosting the previous edition of the format two years ago.
Here’s all you need to know about the 5 uncapped Indian players to be looked at HERE
Overseas talents have always been a key attraction in the Indian Premier League history. That’s why IPL is regarded as the best T20 competition around the world as it unearths and hands plenty of opportunities to local and foreign talents.
Check 5 uncapped overseas players to watch out, HERE
The IPL 2026 Auction will start from 2:30 PM IST, and it will be televised on the Star Sports Network. It will also be available to stream live on the JioHotstar app and website.
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