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IPL Mega auction 2026 expected to Held in December 2025. Check IPL Auction 2026 Players List, most expensive player and team details.
Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction 2026
The 2026 season will be played between March 15 and May 31. Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction 2026 to be confirmed by BCCI and Governing Council of IPL. The mega auction most probably will take place on December 2025. Indian Premier League is a Twenty20 cricket league, which is played by international professionals (International Cricketers) in professional manner. IPL 2026 is the 9th season in this league. The players of Indian Premier League are from different nations and majority of them are international players. In order to select the players for different teams/franchises, IPL Auction is being conducted every year. One such IPL auction for the year 2026 is scheduled to take place. As per the official information IPL auction, 2026 will be for 10 teams.
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What is IPL Mega Auction?
Indian Premier League Auction is yearly event, which is administered by BCCI. The auction of IPL takes place to auction cricket players to different franchises. The auction process decides the cricket players’ fate, to which team they are going to play. Hence, this process is called as IPL Mega Auction. IPL Mega Auction 2026 will be very interesting and exciting event, because sometimes-local domestic players luck may favour them to earn lakhs of Indian currency whereas internationally skilled, talented and proven players may not be auctioned for any team. IPL Auction 2026 is going to be Mega Auction because most of the original franchises of IPL want to discontinue, as per the official information. Hence, it is going to be Mega Auction.
IPL Auction 2026 Date and Time
The event called IPL Auction 2026 as per the official reports and Governing Council of IPL, will take place in Kochi on December 2025. The process of Indian Premier League Auction will begin on 16th of December and end by 17th ofDecember. IPL Auction is two-day events.
IPL Mega Auction 2026 Venue
IPL Mega Auction 2026 is a two-day event. The Venue for the Mega Auction of IPL 2026 is Kochi, Kerala. According to one of the BCCI officials, the preparation is taking place in this regard. This Auction will be Mega Auction because most of the old and original franchises want to discontinue.
IPL Auction 2026 Players List:
The TATA IPL 2026 Player Auction list has been out with a total of 405 players are set to go under the hammer during the mini-auction in December 2025. Out of 405 players, 273 players are Indians and 132 are overseas players of which 4 players are from associate nations. The total capped players are 119 and uncapped players are 282.