IPL 2027 auction set for December 16

Before then, franchises must submit their retention lists. The deadline for confirming which players they keep is **November 15**.

The December auction will be a mini-auction and the last one of the IPL's current cycle.

*Further details, including the venue, the size of team purses and the number of slots available, were not available at the time of writing.*

## Editorial notes

- Not determined from the source: Year of the December 16 auction and November 15 retention deadline (not explicitly stated; publication date is 2026-10-26) - Not determined from the source: Auction venue/host city - Not determined from the source: Franchise purse sizes and remaining budgets - Not determined from the source: Number of player slots available - Not determined from the source: Who announced the dates (e.g. IPL governing council or BCCI) - Not determined from the source: Details of the current cycle's length and what follows it (e.g. whether a mega auction comes next) - Not determined from the source: Any quotations from officials - Flagged: Source material is extremely thin (headline and one-sentence summary only); the draft is necessarily brief. - Flagged: The year of the auction and retention deadline is not stated; the draft avoids assigning a year.