IPL Auction 2026 Live Updates: KKR, CSK set to dominate bidding at IPL mini-auction – CNBC TV18

IPL 2026 Player Auction RCB, CSK, MI, KKR, SRH, DC, GT, PBKS, RR, LSG 2026 Players List, Squad LIVE Updates: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 auction is set to see 350 players go under the hammer as franchises look to plug gaps and fine-tune their squads ahead of the new season.
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Kolkata Knight Riders: ₹64.30 crore | 13 slots (6 overseas)
Chennai Super Kings: ₹43.40 crore | 9 slots (4 overseas)
Mumbai Indians: ₹2.75 crore | 5 slots (1 overseas)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: ₹16.40 crore | 8 slots (2 overseas)
Rajasthan Royals: ₹16.05 crore | 9 slots (1 overseas)
Sunrisers Hyderabad: ₹25.50 crore | 10 slots (2 overseas)
Delhi Capitals: ₹21.80 crore | 8 slots (5 overseas)
Gujarat Titans: ₹12.90 crore | 5 slots (4 overseas)
Lucknow Super Giants: ₹22.95 crore | 6 slots (4 overseas)
Punjab Kings: ₹11.50 crore | 4 slots (2 overseas)
Despite Green’s modest IPL returns of 704 runs and 16 wickets from 29 matches, the mini-auction is driven more by demand than numbers, and an Australian all-format regular is certain to draw strong interest.
Venkatesh Iyer, meanwhile, struggled to justify his ₹23.75 crore price tag last season, a valuation many questioned at the time, except KKR CEO Venky Mysore.
Mini-auctions often generate more intrigue than mega auctions, as teams arrive with clearly defined targets and are willing to stretch their budgets for players with specific skill sets.
Fast-bowling all-rounders, in particular, attract a premium. As a result, Green, Venkatesh Iyer and West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder — all listed at the highest base price of ₹2 crore, are set to headline the bidding.
The 10 franchises have a total of 77 slots to fill with a combined purse of ₹237.55 crore. Mumbai Indians, with just ₹2.75 crore in their kitty, are expected to play a minimal role, likely restricting their buys to a few uncapped players at base price.
Matheesha Pathirana was released by CSK but teams like Lucknow Super Giants (purse of Rs 22.95 crore) might bid aggressively as their fast bowling resources look depleted despite the presence of Mohammed Shami and a perennially injured Mayank Yadav.
However, Pathirana is believed to have remodelled his action but whether CSK will be interested in him is a big question.
Also on the list is Jacob Duffy, the New Zealand paceman who has already made a name for himself in the T20I circuit and is one of the top-rated players in the ICC rankings.
Among uncapped Indians, Ashok Sharma, who has previously been a part of IPL teams and is in the midst of a fine Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy campaign, is expected to attract very good bids.
England swashbuckler Liam Livingstone, who can also bowl handy spin is another player, who can hit the million dollar mark (Rs 9 crore) along with Quinton de Kock, who has time and again shown that he is a match-winner with the bat aside from being safe as a house behind the stumps.
For Livingstone, destroying Rashid Khan’s mystery by smashing him for 26 runs in a ‘Hundred’ game for Birmingham Phoenix is likely to make him sought-after name.
Uncapped Indians Prashant Veer, and Mukul Choudhary will attract bidders while Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan would also hope that their low base price of Rs 75 lakh finds takers.
There is buzz that Green might surpass countryman Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore) to become the overseas player with the highest price tag at an IPL auction but there would still remain a catch.
Even if Green’s bid goes northwards of Rs 25 crore, his salary for the season would still be Rs 18 crore (USD 1.9 million).
The bid amount and players’ salary would be mutually exclusive with the former being deducted from team’s annual player purse.
The reason being IPL’s “maximum-fee” rule which states that a foreign player’s maximum fee at a mini auction will be the lower value between the highest retention slab (Rs 18 crore) and the highest price at the previous mega auction (Rs 27 crore for Rishabh Pant in 2025).
The 10 teams need to fill up 77 slots with a cumulative purse of Rs 237.55 crore and among them, the Mumbai Indians (Rs 2.75 crore) will hardly have any role to play, save picking a few uncapped players at their base price.
With such players in short supply, franchises like Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings are expected to go all out, potentially breaking the bank to secure the Australians’ services.
Welcome to our live coverage of the IPL mini auction. With a limited pool of players and even fewer slots available, every bid today carries weight. All eyes will be on high-demand categories such as fast-bowling all-rounders, uncapped Indian talent and smart overseas picks, as teams look to balance budgets with impact buys.
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