The upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 auction will feature only 350 players after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) cut 1,005 names from the longlist. Although few players, including a South African wicket-keeper batter, added to the list even though they not originally registered for the auction. Overall, 35 new names, who not registered before, have added to the final list trimmed by the BCCI.
BCCI add De Kock in IPL Auction List
De Kock’s addition to the shortlist followed a franchise’s personal request to include him. The wicket-keeper batter recently returned from international retirement and scored a century against India in the third and final ODI of the series in Vizag. This performance influenced his decision to return.
New inclusions in the final IPL auction list of 350 players
Overseas players: Arab Gul (Afghanistan), Miles Hammond (England), Dan Lategan (England), Quinton de Kock (South Africa), Connor Eztherhuizen (South Africa), George Linde (South Africa), Bayanda Majola (South Africa), Traveen Mathew (Sri Lanka), Binura Fernando (Sri Lanka), Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka), Dunith Wellalage (Sri Lanka), Akeem Auguste (West Indies).
Indian players: Sadek Hussain, Vishnu Solanki, Sabir Khan, Brijesh Sharma, Kanishk Chouhan, Aaron George, Jikku Bright, Srihari Nair, Madhav Bajaj, Shreevathsa Acharya, Yashraj Punja, Sahil Parakh, Roshan Waghsare, Yash Dicholkar, Ayaz Khan, Dhurmil Matkar, Naman Pushpak, Parikshit Valsangkar, Purav Agarwal, Rishabh Chouhan, Sagar Solanki, Izaz Sawariya, and Aman Shekawat.
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