IPL Auction 2026: 350 players to feature as BCCI removes over 1000, reportedly adds De Kock, Wellalage

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 auction will feature 350 players, including 35 new names for the remaining 77 slots, as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has pruned the list of players who initially registered for the mini auction. A total of 1,355 players had registered themselves for the IPL 2026 Auction earlier his month.

The IPL 2026 Auction will take place at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on 16 December. 350 players will feature in the auction as the BCCI cut down the list after 10 IPL franchises submitted their lists of players they would want to see in the auction. Approximately 1,040 players have been removed from the list.

De Kock, Wellalage added to IPL Auction list

Interestingly, 35 news names were also added to the list. These 35 players had not registered for the auction, but their names were added after IPL teams recommended these cricketers. One such name is South African wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock, who was released by Kolkata Knight Riders in November.

QDK has been listed in the third lot, which is for wicketkeeper/batters and his base price is set at Rs 1 crore. He was bought by KKR for Rs 2 crore in the 2025 IPL mega auction.

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Traveen Mathew, Binura Fernando, Kusal Perera and Dunith Wellalage are other new players added to the IPL auction list.

“The auction will feature 350 players and will commence at 1 pm UAE time (2.30 PM IST) on Tuesday, 16 December, at the Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi,” BCCI wrote to the franchises on Monday (8 December).

The auction will start with capped players in order of specialisation – batter (BA1), all-rounders (AL1), wicket keeper/batter (WK1), fast bowlers (FA1) and spin bowlers (SP1) followed by a full specialisation round of uncapped players (UBA1, UAL1, UWK1, UFA1, USP1 followed by UBA2, UWK2…).

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The accelerated auction will start after player No 70 in the register, that is Wahidullah Zadran of Afghanistan.

“For your planning purposes, please note, subject to timings it is envisaged that the accelerated process will start after player No 70,” the BCCI said.

“The first accelerated will cover all the players from 71-350. Once these players have been presented, franchises will be requested to submit the names of the players (unpresented and unsold) from all those on the full list of 350 for further accelerated presentation,” the BCCI said.

Overall, 10 teams have 77 slots to fill, including 31 overseas. Cumulatively, the 10 IPL sides have a total budget of Rs 237.55 crore. KKR have the biggest purse of Rs 64.30 crore, while Chennai Super Kings are second in the list with a purse of Rs 43.40 crore.

Full list of new inclusions to IPL 2026 Auction list

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.