| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Auction | IPL 2027 Mini Auction |
| Date | 16 December 2026 |
| Venue | Goa, India |
| Teams | 10 IPL Franchises |
| Retention Deadline | 15 November 2026 |
| IPL 2027 Season | 10 March To 15 May 2027 |
| Players List | Yet To Be Announced |
| Final Squad Details | Updated After the mini auction |
Once the mini auction wraps up in Goa this December, every franchise will lock in their final squads ahead of the new campaign. Attention will then shift to IPL 2027, scheduled from 10 March to 15 May, where back-to-back champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be chasing a hat-trick of titles. The stretch between the auction table and the season opener is when team combinations, captaincy calls, and overseas slots really take shape.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Purse entering auction: ₹64.30 Cr (biggest in the field) · Retained: 12 (fewest of any team) Released long-time all-rounder Andre Russell after 12 seasons and let go of their ₹23.75 crore man Venkatesh Iyer. Used the freed-up purse to land Cameron Green (₹25.20 Cr) and Matheesha Pathirana (₹18.00 Cr), the two costliest buys of the auction.
Chennai Super Kings
Purse entering auction: ₹43.40 Cr · Captain: Ruturaj Gaikwad Lost 13 players from their 2025 squad, including retired spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, but kept MS Dhoni and Shivam Dube. Made headlines with a record uncapped double buy — Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma, ₹14.20 Cr each.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Purse entering auction: ₹43.40 Cr · Captain: Ruturaj Gaikwad Lost 13 players from their 2025 squad, including retired spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, but kept MS Dhoni and Shivam Dube. Made headlines with a record uncapped double buy — Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma, ₹14.20 Cr each.
Delhi Capitals
Purse entering auction: ₹21.80 Cr · Captain: Axar Patel Retained KL Rahul, Tristan Stubbs and Mitchell Starc, then added South Africa’s David Miller at his ₹2 Cr base price and England’s Ben Duckett. J&K pacer Auqib Nabi became their most expensive Indian buy at ₹8.40 Cr, and Prithvi Shaw finally found a home at base price after twice going unsold.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Purse entering auction: ₹25.50 Cr Signed England’s Liam Livingstone for roughly ₹13.00 Cr after Royal Challengers Bengaluru released him, and picked up uncapped Australian all-rounder Jack Edwards for ₹30 lakh.
Rajasthan Royals
Purse entering auction: ₹16.05 Cr Sent Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran to Chennai in a high-profile trade for wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson, then bought back leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi for ₹7.20 Cr after Lucknow released him. Teenage prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi went on to finish the 2026 season as its leading run-scorer with 776 runs and was named its Most Valuable Player.
Punjab Kings
Purse entering auction: ₹11.50 Cr · Captain: Shreyas Iyer Retained the most players of any franchise (21), giving them the smallest shopping list going in. Opened the auction itself with a Right to Match call on Arshdeep Singh, and kept fellow retentions Yuzvendra Chahal and Marcus Stoinis. Were 2025 season’s runners-up.
Lucknow Super Giants
Purse entering auction: ₹22.95 Cr · Captain: Rishabh Pant Built around their world-record retention — Pant himself — plus Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh. Added Australia’s Josh Inglis (₹86 lakh) and uncapped keeper Mukul Choudhary (₹26 lakh) at the table.
Gujarat Titans
Purse entering auction: ₹12.90 Cr · Captain: Shubman Gill · Retained: 20 Kept a settled core around Gill, Rashid Khan and Jos Buttler, then added West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder and England’s Tom Banton and Luke Wood. Kagiso Rabada’s 29 wickets carried them all the way to the 2026 final, where they finished runners-up to RCB.
Mumbai Indians
Purse entering auction: ₹2.75 Cr — the smallest purse any franchise has carried into an IPL auction · Captain: Hardik Pandya · Retained: 20 Kept their core of Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav, then used trades rather than the auction floor to bring in Shardul Thakur (₹2 Cr, from LSG) and Sherfane Rutherford (₹2.60 Cr, from GT). Added South Africa’s Quinton de Kock at the auction table.
Rishabh Pant
Lucknow Super Giants
Bought for a record ₹27.00 crore at the 2025 mega auction in Jeddah, the highest bid in IPL auction history — he was named LSG captain a few months later.
Shreyas Iyer
Punjab Kings
Left the KKR captaincy that won the 2024 title to join Punjab Kings for ₹26.75 crore in 2025, briefly the record bid before Pant’s went even higher minutes later.
Cameron Green
Kolkata Knight Riders
Signed for ₹25.20 crore at the 2026 auction in Abu Dhabi, the most expensive overseas player in IPL history and the third-costliest player of all time.
Mitchell Starc
Delhi Capitals
Set the previous overseas record at ₹24.75 crore with KKR in 2024, helping them win that year’s title, before moving on to Delhi Capitals.
Matheesha Pathirana
Kolkata Knight Riders
Joined KKR for ₹18.00 crore in 2026, the second-biggest buy of that auction and the most expensive Sri Lankan ever sold at an IPL auction.
Prashant Veer
Chennai Super Kings
Signed by Chennai Super Kings for ₹14.20 crore at the IPL 2026 Auction, Prashant Veer became the joint-most expensive uncapped player in IPL auction history
Kartik Sharma
Chennai Super Kings
Acquired by CSK for ₹14.20 crore at the IPL 2026 Auction, Kartik Sharma also became the joint-most expensive uncapped player in IPL auction history
Venkatesh Iyer
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Cost KKR ₹23.75 crore in 2025 before being released and picked up by RCB for ₹7.00 crore in 2026.
Liam Livingstone
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Joined SRH for roughly ₹13.00 crore in 2026 after being released by Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Ravi Bishnoi
Rajasthan Royals
The leg-spinner moved to Rajasthan Royals for ₹7.20 crore in 2026 after being released by Lucknow Super Giants.
Auqib Nabi
Delhi Capitals
The Jammu & Kashmir pacer became the costliest Indian buy of the 2026 auction at ₹8.40 crore, entering the bidding from a base price of just ₹30 lakh.
David Miller
Delhi Capitals
One of only two players sold from the marquee opening set of 2026, picked up by Delhi Capitals at his base price of ₹2.00 crore.
| Rank | Player | Team | Auction Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rishabh Pant | Lucknow Super Giants | ₹27.00 Cr |
| 2 | Shreyas Iyer | Punjab Kings | ₹26.75 Cr |
| 3 | Venkatesh Iyer | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹23.75 Cr |
| 4 | Mitchell Starc | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹24.75 Cr |
| 5 | Pat Cummins | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹20.50 Cr |
| 6 | Arshdeep Singh | Punjab Kings | ₹18.00 Cr |
| 7 | Yuzvendra Chahal | Punjab Kings | ₹18.00 Cr |
| 8 | Sam Curran | Punjab Kings | ₹18.50 Cr |
| 9 | Cameron Green | Mumbai Indians | ₹17.50 Cr |
| 10 | Ben Stokes | Chennai Super Kings | ₹16.25 Cr |
| Year | Venue | Highest Buy | Players Sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Abu Dhabi | Cameron Green — ₹25.20 Cr (KKR) | 77 |
| 2025 | Jeddah | Rishabh Pant — ₹27.00 Cr (LSG) | 182 |
| 2024 | Dubai | Mitchell Starc — ₹24.75 Cr (KKR) | 72 |
| 2023 | Kochi | Sam Curran — ₹18.50 Cr (PBKS) | 80 |
| 2022 | Bengaluru | Ishan Kishan — ₹15.25 Cr (MI) | 204 |
| 2021 | Chennai | Chris Morris — ₹16.25 Cr (RCB) | 57 |
| 2018 | Bengaluru | Ben Stokes — ₹12.50 Cr (RR) | 169 |
| 2015 | Bengaluru | Yuvraj Singh — ₹16.00 Cr (Delhi Daredevils) | 67 |
| 2008 | Mumbai | MS Dhoni — $1.5M (CSK) | 78 |
Auction Purse
Every franchise works within an equal overall salary cap, set by the BCCI and revised periodically, that has to cover retention, trades and every auction buy.
Base Price
Players set their own reserve price when they register, up to a maximum slab of ₹2 crore.
Right To Match (RTM)
A franchise can match the winning bid to buy back a player it released before the auction — Punjab Kings used theirs on the very first player called up in 2025.
Player Categories
Capped, uncapped and specialist sets structure the bidding order, with headline names typically called first.
Overseas Slots
Franchises can carry up to eight overseas players on the full squad, with a maximum of four in the playing XI on any given matchday.
Accelerated Auction
A faster closing round used to clear the remaining shortlist and any players teams still want after the main sets are done.
Retentions
Franchises can retain a limited number of players before the auction, at fixed cost slabs deducted from their purse.
Replacement Players
Injuries or unavailability during the season let franchises sign replacements outside the auction window.
IPL Auction Players
Prices, base prices and profiles for every auction player.
Auction Teams
All ten franchises with purse, squad and strategy notes.
Most Expensive Players
The complete ranking of record-breaking IPL buys.
Unsold Players
Season-wise unsold lists and replacement signings.
IPL Auction Rules
Purse, RTM, slots, categories and the accelerated round.
Auction Venues
Every host city since 2008, from Mumbai to Abu Dhabi.
Retained Players
Retention lists and what each pick costs teams.
Released Players
Who each franchise let go, and why it mattered.
Auction Purse
Salary cap, remaining purse and franchise spend tracking.
Auction History
Year-by-year auction results from 2008 to 2026.
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