{"id":22473,"date":"2025-12-16T14:05:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=671784"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:35:34","slug":"ipl-auction-2026-369-players-in-fray-as-teams-look-to-fill-77-slots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-auction-2026-369-players-in-fray-as-teams-look-to-fill-77-slots\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL Auction 2026: 369 players in fray as teams look to fill 77 slots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"544\">The upcoming <strong data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"283\">IPL auction<\/strong> is set to see <strong data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"333\">369 players go under the hammer<\/strong>, with the <strong data-start=\"344\" data-end=\"409\">10 franchises collectively needing to fill 77 remaining slots<\/strong> in their squads. As per league rules, each team is allowed a maximum of <strong data-start=\"482\" data-end=\"496\">25 players<\/strong>, including up to <strong data-start=\"514\" data-end=\"543\">eight overseas cricketers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"849\"><strong data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"571\">Kolkata Knight Riders<\/strong> head into the auction with the <strong data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"648\">largest available purse of Rs 64.30 crore<\/strong>, giving them significant flexibility at the table. <strong data-start=\"700\" data-end=\"723\">Chennai Super Kings<\/strong> follow with a healthy purse of <strong data-start=\"755\" data-end=\"773\">Rs 43.40 crore<\/strong>, while <strong data-start=\"781\" data-end=\"804\">Sunrisers Hyderabad<\/strong> have <strong data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"828\">Rs 25.50 crore<\/strong> at their disposal.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"1200\">The remaining teams enter the auction with comparatively smaller budgets. <strong data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"949\">Lucknow Super Giants<\/strong> have <strong data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"973\">Rs 22.95 crore<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"975\" data-end=\"1008\">Delhi Capitals Rs 21.80 crore<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1010\" data-end=\"1056\">Royal Challengers Bengaluru Rs 16.40 crore<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1058\" data-end=\"1093\">Rajasthan Royals Rs 16.05 crore<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1095\" data-end=\"1128\">Gujarat Titans Rs 12.90 crore<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1130\" data-end=\"1161\">Punjab Kings Rs 11.50 crore<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"1167\" data-end=\"1199\">Mumbai Indians Rs 2.75 crore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1202\" data-end=\"1616\">Among the marquee names expected to attract strong bidding interest is <strong data-start=\"1273\" data-end=\"1312\">Australia all-rounder Cameron Green<\/strong>, who previously represented Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Another major attraction is <strong data-start=\"1398\" data-end=\"1416\">Venkatesh Iyer<\/strong>, who was released by Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the auction despite being bought for <strong data-start=\"1506\" data-end=\"1524\">Rs 23.75 crore<\/strong> in the mega auction. His availability is likely to spark interest from multiple franchises.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1618\" data-end=\"1880\">The auction will be held at the <strong data-start=\"1650\" data-end=\"1680\">Etihad Centre in Abu Dhabi<\/strong> and is scheduled to begin at <strong data-start=\"1710\" data-end=\"1725\">2:30 PM IST<\/strong>. Fans can watch the <strong data-start=\"1746\" data-end=\"1805\">live streaming on the JioHotstar mobile app and website<\/strong>, while the <strong data-start=\"1817\" data-end=\"1879\">live telecast will be available on the Sony Sports Network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming IPL auction is set to see 369 players go under the hammer, with the 10 franchises collectively needing\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}