New Mumbai,09,DEC,2025,(India Today News CA):- Quinton de Kock has been added as a surprise entry to the IPL 2026 mini-auction shortlist of 350 players, while Cameron Green is included in the first set of batters.​
Auction Details
The IPL 2026 mini-auction is scheduled for December 16, 2025, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, starting at 1 PM UAE time (2:30 PM IST). It features 240 Indian players and 110 overseas players, with 35 new additions to the list following franchise requests, including De Kock at a base price of Rs 1 crore.​
Key Players and Sets
Cameron Green, registered as a batter, headlines the first set alongside Devon Conway, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sarfaraz Khan, Prithvi Shaw, and David Miller. De Kock appears in the third set of wicketkeeper-batters with players like Finn Allen, Jonny Bairstow, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. The auction begins with capped players in order—batters, all-rounders, wicketkeepers, pacers, spinners—followed by uncapped players and an accelerated process after the 70th player.​
Notable Highlights
Forty players set their base price at Rs 2 crore, including Indians Venkatesh Iyer and Ravi Bishnoi. Other new inclusions are Sri Lankan players like Kusal Perera and Dunith Wellalage, plus overseas additions such as George Linde.
