IPL 2026 mini auction Today, December 16, 2025, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE, it will start at 14:30 IST and is drawing global attention with its fine-tuning after the teams have retained their squads. With more than 350 players on offer from an initial pool of 1,390 registrants, the franchises have varying purses—KKR leading with ₹64.30 crore for 13 slots, CSK 9 at ₹43.40 crore MI 5 for ₹2.75 crore – setting the stage for strategic offers for stars like Cameron Green and Venkatesh Iyer.
This one-day event takes place after the November 15 holdover. High-profile owners and trainers converge in Abu Dhabi, mixing glamor with tactics like Bollywood icons. Preity Zinta and business people like Kavya Maran Join the think tanks to shape the IPL 2026 ranks in a highly competitive environment
IPL 2026 Auction: Possible team representatives at the auction table in Abu Dhabi
- Chennai Super Kings
- CEO: Kasi Viswanathan
- Owner: N. Srinivasan
- Mumbai Indians
- CEO: Ashish Kumar Chauhan
- Owner: Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Chairman (RCB has no CEO): Prathmesh Mishra
- Owner: United Spirits (Diageo) + Hombale Films (pending)
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- CEO: Venky Mysore
- Owner: Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta.
- Rajasthan Royals
- CEO: Jake Lush McCrum
- Owner: Manoj Badale and Lachlan Murdoch
- Capitals of Delhi
- CEO: Sunil Gupta
- Owner: Parth Jindal and Kiran Kumar Grandhi
- Kings of the Punjab
- CEO: Satish Menon
- Owner: Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta and Karan Paul
- Lucknow Super Giants
- CEO: Vinay Chopra
- Owner: Sanjiv Goenka
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
- CEO: Kavya Maran
- Owner: Kalanithi Maran and Kavya Maran
- Gujarat Titans
- CEO: Arvinder Singh
- Owner: CVC Capital and Karan Adani
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