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The IPL 2026 Player Auction in Abu Dhabi on sixteenth December features 350 players, including 240 Indian and 110 overseas, with 77 slots available.
(From left) Matheesha Pathirana, Cameron Green and Venkatesh Iyer (PTI Photo)
The IPL on Tuesday officially announced he final list of players who’ve been shortlisted for the upcoming mini auction in Abu Dhabi. A complete of 350 players have made the cut from an initial list of 1390 who had registered for the event scheduled for December 16. In the ultimate list are 240 Indian and 110 overseas players hoping to land a deal.
The best base price has been kept at Rs 2 crore and as many as 40 players have registered on this bracket including the likes of Cameron Green, Venkatesh Iyer, Matheesha Pathirana, David Miller, Rachin Ravindra, Steve Smith amongst others.
9 players have entered the Rs 1.5 crore bracket while only 4 have set their base price at Rs 1.25 crore. 17 players can be found within the Rs 1 crore bracket and as many as 42 have set their base price at Rs 75 lakh.
Within the Rs 50 lakh bracket, there are 4 players while 7 in Rs 40 crore bracket. A whopping 227 of the shortlisted have registered in themselves at Rs 30 lakh base price each.
A majority of the list comprises uncapped players with 224 from India and 14 from overseas.
The ten franchises will compete for 77 available slots overall, with 31 spots reserved for overseas players. The auction is scheduled to begin at 1:00 PM UAE time (2:30 PM IST) on Tuesday.
Kolkata Knight Riders could have the most important purse on the auction, seeking to spend Rs 64.3 crore followed by Chennai Super Kings (43.4 crore) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (Rs 25.5 crore).
Ahead of the mini auction, total of 71 players were released by the ten franchises last month including 32 overseas. Andre Russell and Matheesha Pathirana were amongst those not retained with the previous later announcing his IPL retirement before joining KKR’s coaching staff.
Australia allrounder Cameron Green has been tipped to command the very best price.
South African Quinton de Kock was reportedly not a part of the initial pool but upon the request of a franchise was included within the pruned list.
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