IPL 2026 Auction Timing Details For All Locations

IPL 2026 Auction Timing: The 19th season of the Indian Premier League is scheduled to take place between March 15 and May 31, 2026. The tournament will be played in a double-round-robin format, with a total of 84 matches to be played throughout the tournament.

All 10 teams will play each other twice in the league stage, followed by the playoffs. The IPL 2026 will return to the home-and-away format, with each team playing its home games at its home venues.

The top four teams presiding at the top of the IPL 2026 Points Table will be eligible to play the play-off rounds.

BCCI has decided to host the mini auction on December 16 at Etihad Arena, Dubai with while announcing October 31 as the deadline for the teams to submit their IPL 2026 retained players list.

BCCI has shortlisted the eligible players from the IPL 2026 auction registered players list and will release the IPL 2026 auction players list with their base price and role ahead of the event date.

IPL 2026 Auction Timing

IPL 2026 Auction Timing: The IPL 2026 player auction marks a crucial build-up to the 19th season of the Indian Premier League. The auction will begin at 2:30 PM IST, with franchises gathering to finalize their squads.

Fans across the world can follow the event live, with timings adjusted for different global time zones, making it an early-morning watch in the West and a late-night event in Australia and New Zealand.

IPL 2026 Auction Live Streaming

Star Sports and Jio Cinema will livestream the IPL 2026 auction in India. Apart from India, the IPL 2026 Auction will be live-streamed across the world on various platforms.

Apart from watching the auction event live, fans can also follow the IPL 2026 squad post to have a live update on the players’ auction details.

Check out the IPL 2026 Auction Live Streaming details for various locations below:

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IPL 2026 Auction Rules

As per the IPL 2026 Auction rules, the franchises have the advantage of retaining the majority of their players compared to the mega auction.

The auction rules will be updated once the official release from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

• Players who are eligible to register their names for the IPL 2026 auction should get NOC from their respective cricket board.
• BCCI will shortlist the eligible players from the overall registered players list and will announce the final list.
• BCCI will categorise the shortlisted players in various sets based on their specialism including capped/uncapped/Associate players.
• During the Auction, no franchise will be allowed to buy a player beyond their purse balance.
• Each team has to spend at least 75% of their total amount.
• Teams can retain up to 6 players, including a maximum of 5 capped players and 2 uncapped players.
• The number of players in each team should not exceed 25 while each squad should have a minimum of 18 players.
• According to the IPL Auction rules, each franchise can have 25 players in their squad, out of which a maximum of 8 can be foreign players. In Playing 11, each team can have a maximum of 4 overseas players in the mix.
• The auction price pool for each franchise will be INR 151 crore. In 2025, this price pool was INR 120 crore.

IPL 2026 Auction Purse Value

IPL 2026 Teams Purse Value: The IPL 2026 purse value will be INR 151 Crore. Additionally, each player will receive a match fee of INR 7.5 lakhs per match on top of their contracted amount.

The final purse value of the team will be decided right after they submit the retained and released players’ list for the event. The following are the details of the “IPL 2026 Teams Purse Value” for all teams: