The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 mini auction is taking place on December 16 2025, in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The one-day auction – which takes place once every year – will see some renowned players go under the hammer as well, including Cameron Green, Venkatesh Iyer, and Liam Livingstone, who are in the auction. They were expected to fetch a considerable sum at the auction.
Meanwhile, three-time IPL champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will be there with a decent purse of ₹25.5 crore. However, the 10 teams need to fill up 77 slots with a total purse of ₹237.55 crore and among them as well.
Here are the players the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) retained before the mega auction.
Before Auction
Players retained: Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, R Smaran, Travis Head, Zeeshan Ansari
Purse remaining: ₹25.50 crore
Slots remaining: 10 (2 overseas)
During Auction
#1 Shivang Kumar
Sunrisers Hyderabad want Shivang Kumar and are willing to pay his base price of INR 30 Lakh.
#2 Salil Arora
SRH left no stone unturned, but Salil Arora’s services were tough to come by; they eventually bought him for ₹1.5 Crore.
#3 Sakib Hussain – ₹30 Lakh
#4 Onkar Tanmale – ₹30 Lakh
#5 Amit Kumar – ₹30 Lakh
#6 Praful Hinge – ₹30 Lakh
#7 Krains Fuletra – ₹30 Lakh
#8 Liam Livingstone
LSG and SRH engaged in an elongated bidding war for Liam Livingstone. After taking his deep, Hyderabad bought him for ₹13 crore
