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The IPL 2026 player auction is set to take place on 16th December at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The BCCI confirmed the venue in an official announcement. This marks the third occasion the IPL auction will be conducted outside India, each time in West Asia. The 2024 auction was held in Dubai, followed by the two-day 2025 edition in Jeddah. The upcoming 2026 auction, by contrast, will return to a single-day format.At the auction, franchises will collectively have 237.55 crore available to fill 77 remaining slots. With each team permitted a maximum squad size of 25 players, Punjab Kings have chosen to retain the most, keeping 21 players. Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans follow closely with 20 retentions each.Among all teams, Kolkata Knight Riders enter the auction with the largest purse 64.3 crore and can fill up to 13 spots, including six overseas vacancies. Chennai Super Kings hold the second-biggest budget of 43.4 crore and have nine slots open for the auction.Five-time champions Mumbai Indians, who have 20 players in their roster now, will enter the auction with the lowest purse (INR 2.75 Cr).Full List Of Retained PlayersChennai Super Kings (CSK)16 players retained | 4 overseas | Total spent: ₹81.60 Cr | Cap remaining: ₹43.40 CrAnshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Jamie Overton, MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmad, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Sanju Samson (T), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Shreyas Gopal, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel. Delhi Capitals (DC)17 players retained | 3 overseas | Total spent: ₹103.20 Cr | Cap remaining: ₹21.80 CrAbhishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, Nitish Rana (T), Sameer Rizvi, T. Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam.Gujarat Titans (GT)20 players retained | 4 overseas | Total spent: ₹112.10 Cr | Cap remaining: ₹12.90 CrAnuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar, Mohammad Siraj, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Prasidh Krishna, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar.Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)12 players retained | 2 overseas | Total spent: ₹60.70 Cr | Cap remaining: ₹64.30 CrAjinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)19 players retained | 4 overseas | Total spent: ₹102.05 Cr | Cap remaining: ₹22.95 CrAbdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar (T), Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Md Shami (T), Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed.Mumbai Indians (MI)20 players retained | 7 overseas | Total spent: ₹122.25 Cr | Cap remaining: ₹2.75 CrAllah Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Markande (T), Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Shardul Thakur (T), Sherfane Rutherford (T), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks.Punjab Kings (PBKS)21 players retained | 6 overseas | Total spent: ₹113.50 Cr | Cap remaining: ₹11.50 CrArshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal.Rajasthan Royals (RR)16 players retained | 7 overseas | Total spent: ₹108.95 Cr | Cap remaining: ₹16.05 CrDhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira (T), Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-Dre Pretorious, Nandre Burger, Ravindra Jadeja (T), Riyan Parag, Sam Curran (T), Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Yudhvir Charak.Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)17 players retained | 6 overseas | Total spent: ₹108.60 Cr | Cap remaining: ₹16.40 CrAbhinandan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Devdutt Padikkal, Jacob Bethell, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Krunal Pandya, Nuwan Thushara, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, Rasikh Dar, Romario Shepherd, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal.Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)15 players retained | 6 overseas | Total spent: ₹99.50 Cr | Cap remaining: ₹25.50 CrAbhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, Smaran Ravichandaran, Travis Head, Zeeshan Ansari.

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