The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 auction is set to be held on December 16 in Abu Dhabi. On Tuesday the BCCI announced the shortlist of 350 players that will be in the fray to fill the 77 slots across the 10 teams.
The list includes 240 Indian and 110 are overseas players. The pool comprises 224 uncapped Indian players and 14 uncapped overseas players.
Here are the rules for the auction:
Each team will have Rs 125 crore to build their 25-member squad for the 2026. Since this is a mini auction, each team comes with varying amount of available spend. Kolkata Knight Riders, who released Venkatesh Iyer and Andre Russell among others, have the highest amount going into the auction at Rs 64.8 crore. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians have the lowest at Rs 2.2 crore.
While a team can have 25 player

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