IPL 2026 Auction : Chennai Super Kings And Kolkata Knight Riders In Focus As Former Champions Look To Build From The Scratch

Tue Dec 16 2025 07:43:38 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: A Look At Set 3

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: Set three includes wicketkeepers who are expected to attract high bids from the franchises in the event

Tue Dec 16 2025 07:35:29 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: Varun Aaron On SRH’s Auction Strategy

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: Sunrisers Hyderabad’s bowling coach Varun Aaron feels that unearthing local talent is extremely important as far as the IPL is concerned.

Tue Dec 16 2025 07:24:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: The Spinner Set

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: Here’s a look at the set 5 of the IPL auction

Tue Dec 16 2025 07:16:10 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: Here’s A Look At Set 4

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: The set of fast bowlers looks absolutely stacked and it will attract some high bids, once the auction starts

Tue Dec 16 2025 06:57:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: List Of Players Traded

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: Here are a list of players who have been traded

• Ravindra Jadeja: Chennai Super Kings to Rajasthan Royals for ₹14 crore
• Sam Curran: Chennai Super Kings to Rajasthan Royals for ₹2.4 crore
• Sanju Samson: Rajasthan Royals to Chennai Super Kings for ₹18 crore
• Mohammed Shami: Sunrisers Hyderabad to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹10 crore\
• Mayank Markande: Kolkata Knight Riders to Mumbai Indians for ₹30 lakh
• Arjun Tendulkar: Mumbai Indians to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹30 lakh
• Nitish Rana: Rajasthan Royals to Delhi Capitals for ₹4.2 crore
• Donovan Ferreira: Delhi Capitals to Rajasthan Royals for ₹1 crore
• Shardul Thakur: Lucknow Super Giants to Mumbai Indians for ₹2 crore
• Sherfane Rutherford: Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians for ₹2.6 crore

Tue Dec 16 2025 06:23:35 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: List Of Released Players

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: Here’s a list of players who have been released by their franchises

Kolkata Knight Riders: Anrich Nortje, Andre Russell, Quinton De Dock, Moeen Ali, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Spencer Johnson, Venkatesh Iyer, Luvnith Sisodia, Chetan Sakariya

Gujarat Titans: Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya, Gerald Coetzee, Dasun Shanaka and Mahipal Lomror

Mumbai Indians: Bevon Jacobs, Karn Sharma, KL Shrijith, Lizaad Williams, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, PSN Raju, Reece Topley, Vignesh Puthur

Delhi Capitals: Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Sediqullah Atal, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Manvanth Kumar, Darshan Nalkande

Chennai Super Kings: Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, C Andre Siddarth, Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Matheesha Pathirana

Lucknow Super Giants: Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Shamar Joseph

Punjab Kings: Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen

Rajasthan Royals: Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, Mohit Rathee

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby

Tue Dec 16 2025 06:18:21 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: List Of Retained Players

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: Here’s a full list of players who have been retained by their franchises ahead of IPL 2026

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, ⁠Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (captain), Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sindhu, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips.

Mumbai Indians: AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks

Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, M.S. Dhoni, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis

Lucknow Super Giants: Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (c), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari.

Rajasthan Royals: Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal Rathore, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma, Nandre Burger.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, and Suyash Sharma.

Tue Dec 16 2025 06:14:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: Explaining Maximum-Fee Rule

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: There is a fresh twist to the salary of the overseas players and they can’t receive more that Rs. 18 crore due to the ‘Maximum-Fee Rule’. If someone like a Cameron Green is signed by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 25 crore or more, he still ends up getting 18 crore and the remaining amount goes back to the BCCI

Tue Dec 16 2025 05:47:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: Here’s A Small Twist

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: This time around there will not be any marquee sets since it is a practice that is followed only in the mega auction.

Tue Dec 16 2025 05:42:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: All Eyes On All-Rounders

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: Here’s a look at the all-rounders who will be a part of the Set Two in the auction list.

Tue Dec 16 2025 05:40:30 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: Meet The Auctioneer

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: Mallika Sagar is all set to be a part of the event as the auctioneer. Here’s what she has to say about the marquee event

Tue Dec 16 2025 05:36:52 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: The Auction Date And Time

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: The mini auction will start at 2.30 PM IST (1 PM local time in UAE). The Auction is being held at the Etihad Arena

Tue Dec 16 2025 05:22:44 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: The Fabled Set 1

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: The batters in Set 1 will be on the radar of all the ten franchises, especially Kolkata Knight Riders and the Chennai Super Kings

Tue Dec 16 2025 05:18:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: List Of The Final 19

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: Here’s a look at the final 19 players who have been added to the auction list

Abhimanyu Easwaran, Chris Green, Kyle Verreynne, Blessing Muzarabani, Ben Sears, Mani Shankar Mura Singh, Virandeep Singh, Chama Milind, KL Shrijith, Eathan Bosch, Swastik Chikara, Rahul Raj Namala, Virat Singh, Tripuresh Singh, Rajesh Mohanty, Swastik Samal, Saransh Jain, Sooraj Sangaraju and Tanmay Agarwal

Tue Dec 16 2025 05:15:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: Remaining Overseas Slots

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: Here’s a list of remaining overseas slots ahead of the auction

• Kolkata Knight Riders: 6
• Chennai Super Kings: 4
• Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2
• Lucknow Super Giants: 4
• Delhi Capitals: 5
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 2
• Rajasthan Royals: 1
• Gujarat Titans: 4
• Punjab Kings: 2
• Mumbai Indians: 1

Tue Dec 16 2025 05:20:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: List Of Slots Remaining

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: Here are the remaining slots

• Kolkata Knight Riders: 13
• Chennai Super Kings: 9
• Sunrisers Hyderabad: 10
• Lucknow Super Giants: 6
• Delhi Capitals: 8
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 8
• Rajasthan Royals: 9
• Gujarat Titans: 5
• Punjab Kings: 4
• Mumbai Indians: 5

Tue Dec 16 2025 05:08:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: Remaining Purse For The Franchises

IPL 2026 Auction Live: Here’s the remaining purse for all the ten teams

• Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs 64.30 crore
• Chennai Super Kings: Rs 43.40 crore
• Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs25.50 crore
• Lucknow Super Giants: Rs 22.95 crore
• Delhi Capitals: Rs 21.80 crore
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rs 16.40 crore
• Rajasthan Royals: Rs16.05 crore
• Gujarat Titans: Rs12.90 crore
• Punjab Kings: Rs11.50 crore
• Mumbai Indians: Rs 2.75 crore

Tue Dec 16 2025 04:56:24 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: Abhishek Nayar On KKR’s Chances

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: Kolkata Knight Riders Head Coach Abhishek Nayar reiterated on the need of creating a winning environment for the team and how the Andre Russell factor will help Kolkata trhrive in the upcoming edition of the IPL.

Tue Dec 16 2025 04:33:44 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: BTS Footage Of Etihad Arena

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: The IPL auction is a special event and it plays a pivotal part in all the ten franchises building towards a season. The Indian Premier League shared a special Behind The Scenes (BTS) of the Etihad Stadium getting ready for the big day.

Tue Dec 16 2025 04:29:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: The Bidding War Gets Overseas Destination

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: The IPL 2026 auction will be held at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi with ten teams having a go at each other on the auction table.

Tue Dec 16 2025 04:27:53 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

IPL 2026 Auction Live: The Big Day Is Here

IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates: Rs 237.55 crore, that is the cumulative purse that all the ten franchises have heading into the auction. Cameron Green is being considered as the favourite and he might end up being the winner. Kolkata Knight Riders and the Chennai Super Kings are expected to dictate the terms on the auction table. Whereas the Mumbai Indians will have a silent day at the auction table. KKR walk into this auction with Rs 64.30 crore, whereas Chennai have Rs 43.40 crore in their purse