IPL 2026 Auction: BCCI Removes 1005 Players From Mini Auction List, 35 Surprise Entries Including Ex-KKR, RCB Star

IPL 2026 Auction Update: In an interesting turn of events, the BCCI has a whopping 1005 names from the long list, making it a pool of just 350 players set to go under the hammer in the upcoming IPL 2026 auction, which is scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, December 16.

A total of 1355 players had registered for the auction, according to previous reports. However, now the BCCI have cropped this list significantly, while a number of new players have been added to the list after several rounds of exchanges with franchises. As per a report in Cricbuzz, South Africa's senior batter Quinton de Kock will now be a part of the mini auction, having not been registered in the preliminary list.

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De Kock recently came out of international retirement for South Africa and smashed a century in the final ODI of the three-match series against India. He has reduced his base price by 50 per cent from the previous season to Rs 1 crore. In the previous mega auction, De Kock was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 2 crore, but he was released after a disappointing season.

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Several other fresh overseas faces feature in the updated document, including Sri Lankan players Traveen Mathew, Binura Fernando, Kusal Perera and Dunith Wellalage. On the other hand, the likes of Afghanistan’s Arab Gul and the West Indies’ Akeem Auguste also make their first appearance.

As per the format outlined by the BCCI, the IPL 2026 auction will get underway with the capped players, grouped by specialist roles — batters, all-rounders, wicketkeeper-batters, fast bowlers and spinners — followed by uncapped players arranged in the same sequence. The opening batch (BA1) includes notable names such as Cameron Green, Devon Conway, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Prithvi Shaw and David Miller, while Venkatesh Iyer is placed in the AL1 all-rounders bracket. The board has also reportedly confirmed that the accelerated phase of the mini auction is tentatively set to begin after the 70th player.

New inclusions in IPL auction 2026:

Overseas players: Arab Gul (Afghanistan), Miles Hammond (England), Dan Lategan (England), Quinton de Kock (South Africa), Connor Eztherhuizen (South Africa), George Linde (South Africa), Bayanda Majola (South Africa), Traveen Mathew (Sri Lanka), Binura Fernando (Sri Lanka), Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka), Dunith Wellalage (Sri Lanka), Akeem Auguste (West Indies).

Indian players: Sadek Hussain, Vishnu Solanki, Sabir Khan, Brijesh Sharma, Kanishk Chouhan, Aaron George, Jikku Bright, Srihari Nair, Madhav Bajaj, Shreevathsa Acharya, Yashraj Punja, Sahil Parakh, Roshan Waghsare, Yash Dicholkar, Ayaz Khan, Dhurmil Matkar, Naman Pushpak, Parikshit Valsangkar, Purav Agarwal, Rishabh Chouhan, Sagar Solanki, Izaz Sawariya and Aman Shekawat.