350 players shortlisted for IPL 2026 auction:Green, Prithvi, Sarfaraz included in the first set; bidding war in Abu Dhabi on Dec 16

BCCI has shortlisted 350 players ahead of the Indian (IPL) auction. There are 77 player slots vacant across 10 teams. This includes 31 overseas slots. For this, 1,355 players had registered. The auction will begin on Tuesday, December 16, at 1 PM UAE time (2:30 PM Indian time). De Kock also included, was not in the first list Quinton de Kock’s name has also been included in the shortlist. Earlier, his name was not in the initial list. But after a recommendation from a franchise, his name was added. Recently, he came out of international cricket retirement and scored a century against India in Visakhapatnam. Also Read | ‘MS Dhoni not retiring, will play IPL 2026 season’ The base price for the 33-year-old De Kock has been set at 1 crore rupees this time. In the last mega auction, he was bought by KKR for 2 crore, but this time he was released. Meanwhile, among the 350 players, 40 players have a base price of 2 crore. Among them, Venkatesh Iyer and Ravi Bishnoi are the only two Indians. The auction will start with capped players The auction will start with capped players, who have been divided into five categories. These include batsmen, all-rounders, wicketkeeper-batters, fast bowlers and spinners. After this, it will be the turn of uncapped players from the same categories. Big names in the first slot The first batch (BA1) will be of batsmen, led by Cameron Green. Additionally, Devon Conway, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sarfaraz Khan, Prithvi Shaw, and David Miller are included. The second batch (AL1) will be of all-rounders, in which Venkatesh Iyer has been placed. Accelerated Round After the 70th player (Wahidullah Zadran of Afghanistan), the accelerated phase will begin. Thereafter, all players from 71 to 350 will come quickly. Then the franchises will name the players they want to bring back into the auction. Also Read | IPL suffers valuation crunch: League’s value declines for last 2 years-in-a-row for 1st time in history List of newly included players Overseas Players Arab Gul (Afghanistan), Miles Hammond (England), Dan Letgan (England), Quinton de Kock (South Africa), Connor Edgetherhuesen (South Africa), George Linde (South Africa), Bayanda Majola (South Africa), Treveen Mathew (Sri Lanka), Binura Fernando (Sri Lanka), Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka), Dunith Wellalage (Sri Lanka), Akeem Auguste (West Indies) Indian Players Sadeq Hussain, Vishnu Solanki, Sabir Khan, Brijesh Sharma, Kanishk Chauhan, Aaron George, Jikku Bright, Srihari Nair, Madhav Bajaj, Srivats Acharya, Yashraj Punja, Sahil Parakh, Roshan Waghsare, Yash Dicholkar, Ayaz Khan, Dhurmil Matkar, Naman Pushpak, Parikshit Valsangkar, Purav Agrawal, Rishabh Chauhan, Sagar Solanki, Izzaj Savariya, Aman Shekhawat.