The stage is set for the mini-auction of players for IPL 2026 in Abu Dhabi. A total of 77 slots are vacant across all 10 franchises, and bids will be placed for 369 players. Kolkata Knight Riders have the largest purse, with ₹64.3 crore (approximately $1.5 billion) for this auction. Let’s take a look at which players were released and retained by the franchises, how many slots are available, and what is the franchise’s purse:
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Kolkata Knight Riders
Slots – 13 (6 foreign)
Purse – Rs 64.3 crore
Retained players-
Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell (West Indies), Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narine (West Indies), Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana and Umran Malik.
Mumbai Indians
Slot 1 (Overseas)
Purse – Rs 2.75 crore
Retained players-
Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Robin Mintz, Ryan Rickelton (South Africa), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner (New Zealand), Will Jacks (Australia), Corbin Bosch (South Africa), Raj Bawa, Trent Boult (New Zealand), Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma and Allah Ghazanfar (Afghanistan)
2. Chennai Super Kings
Purse – Rs 43.4 crore
Vacant slots – 9 (4 foreigners)
Retained players-
Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Dewald Brewis (South Africa), Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton (England), Rama Krishna Ghosh, Shivam Dube, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmed (Afghanistan), Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis (Australia), Shreyas Gopal, Gurjapneet Singh, Sanju Samson – Traded in from RR.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Slots – 8 (2 foreigners)
Purse – Rs 16.4 crore
Retained players-
Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Tim David (Australia), Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt (England), Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Jacob Bethell (England), Romario Shepherd (West Indies), Swapnil Singh, Josh Hazlewood (Australia), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasik Salam, Yash Dayal, Suesh Sharma, Nuwan Thushara (Sri Lanka), Abhinandan Singh.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Slots – 10 (2 foreign)
Purse – Rs 25.5 crore
Retained players-
Travis Head (Australia), Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka), Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse (England), Pat Cummins (Australia), Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Malinga (Sri Lanka), Zeeshan Ansari.
Punjab Kings
Slots – 4 (2 foreigners)
Purse – Rs 11.5 crore
Retained players-
Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harnoor Pannu, Pila Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis (Australia), Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen (South Africa), Azmatullah Umarzai (Afghanistan), Priyansh Arya, Mushir Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Mitch Owen (Australia), Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vishak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett (Australia), Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand).
Delhi Capitals
Purse – Rs 21.8 crore
Slots – 8 (5 foreign)
Retained players-
KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs (South Africa), Axar Patel, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Viparaj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwary, Mitchell Starc (Australia), T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera (Sri Lanka), Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana – Traded in from RR.