Preparations are underway for the mini-auction of the nineteenth season of Indian Premier League (IPL 2026), scheduled to be held in Abu Dhabi on December 16.
A complete of 359 gamers have been shortlisted, and 77 slots are up for grabs. The names of the gamers in Set 1 have now been launched, giving followers a glimpse of who is likely to be the primary to go beneath the hammer.
Set 1 Gamers
The primary set consists of Devon Conway, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Cameron Inexperienced, Shahbaz Khan, David Miller, and Prithvi Shaw.
5 of those gamers have a base worth of ₹2 crore, whereas Prithvi Shaw is about at ₹75 lakh. As soon as the public sale begins, the names from Set 1 might be referred to as sequentially, making it sure that the primary participant bid on might be one in every of these six.
Pleasure in Public sale Corridor
Regardless of being a mini-auction, the occasion guarantees loads of motion as a number of high-profile gamers have been launched by franchises and are actually again within the bidding pool. Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Tremendous Kings have the biggest accessible purses, making them the seemingly prime spenders.
Staff Purse Values:
Kolkata Knight Riders: ₹64.30 crore
Chennai Tremendous Kings: ₹43.40 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad: ₹25.50 crore
Lucknow Tremendous Giants: ₹22.95 crore
Delhi Capitals: ₹21.80 crore
Rajasthan Royals: ₹16.50 crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore: ₹16.40 crore
Gujarat Titans: ₹12.90 crore
Punjab Kings: ₹11.50 crore
Mumbai Indians: ₹2.75 crore
IPL 2026 Set to Kick Off in Mid-March
The 2026 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is provisionally scheduled to begin round March 15, 2026. The event window is predicted to run for 78 days, concluding with the ultimate match on Could 31, 2026.
This timeline aligns with the normal schedule of the event, although it’s barely later than common because of the previous ICC Males’s T20 World Cup, which India co-hosts and concludes in early March 2026. The nineteenth version of the league will function all ten franchises enjoying a complete of 84 matches beneath the favored double round-robin format, with a return to the complete residence and away mannequin.