# IPL 2027: Retention, Mini-Auction and Key Dates Source: https://cricketin.org/en/leagues/ipl [By Karthik Iyengar](/en/authors/data-editor), Data Editor. [Reviewed by Anjali Deshmukh](/en/authors/cricket-analyst), Cricket Analyst. Updated 10 Nov 2026, 14:06 IST. Editorial policy: https://cricketin.org/en/editorial-policy 18+. Betting carries financial risk and can become addictive. Free helpline Tele-MANAS: 14416. --- IPL 2027 retention closes on 17 November and the mini-auction is in Goa on 16 December. Key dates, squad rules and confirmed trades, with sources. IPL 2027 is at the retention stage: all 10 teams must name their retained and released players by 17 November 2026. The mini-auction follows in Goa on 16 December, and the dates of the season itself have not been announced yet. To [bet on cricket](/en) in games like these, start from the Cricketin home page. Happening now ## Retention: lists due by 17 November Retention is the stage where each franchise decides which contracted players it keeps for the next season and which it releases. The squad places a team leaves open are the ones it fills at the auction. The IPL has given teams until **17 November 2026** to submit their lists. The deadline was first set for 15 November and moved by two days, because India play the fifth ODI against New Zealand that day ([ESPNcricinfo, 2 November 2026](https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ipl-2027-retention-deadline-moved-to-november-17-1561149)). The limit of six players kept through retentions and Right to Match applied to the 2025 mega auction. Before a mini-auction, teams keep as many players as the squad cap allows: up to 25, with no more than 8 from overseas. Ahead of the IPL 2026 auction, [Punjab Kings](/en/teams/ipl-punjab-kings) retained 21 players, and the 10 teams kept 173 between them, 49 of them overseas ([IPL retention release, 15 November 2025](https://www.iplt20.com/news/article/tata-ipl-2026-player-retentions-announced)). After the deadline, the focus moves to the auction pool: - player registration closes on 23 November; - teams can request additional players until 27 November; - the final list of players with auction sets goes to the franchises on 3 December; - the one-day mini-auction takes place in Goa on 16 December ([ESPNcricinfo, 26 October 2026](https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ipl-2027-auction-to-be-held-on-december-16-1560085)). ## Key dates before the season The IPL has not announced the dates of the 2027 season yet. The schedule goes up here once the official fixture list is out, with start times in IST. When there is no match on, the Cricketin [casino lobby](/en/casino) is open. ## Squad and retention rules - A squad has 18 to 25 players, and no more than 8 of them can be overseas players. - Before a mini-auction, the six-player retention limit does not apply: ahead of the IPL 2026 auction, Punjab Kings kept 21 players, and Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans 20 each. - Right to Match (RTM) belongs to the mega auction: in 2025 a team could keep up to six players through retentions and RTM combined. RTM is not available at a mini-auction. - A traded player moves at his existing fee or at a revised one: Rishabh Pant rejoined Delhi Capitals at ₹15 crore, down from the ₹27 crore Lucknow Super Giants paid at the 2025 auction. - A player who registers for the auction, gets picked and then makes himself unavailable before the season is banned from the tournament and the player auction for two seasons. ## Trades confirmed so far - 23 June 2026: Rishabh Pant moved from Lucknow Super Giants to Delhi Capitals at a revised fee of ₹15 crore, and Kuldeep Yadav went the other way at his existing fee of ₹13.50 crore. ([IPL](https://www.iplt20.com/news/article/rishabh-pant-and-kuldeep-yadav-complete-high-profile-trade-between-dc-and-lsg)) - 14 October 2026: T. Natarajan returned to Sunrisers Hyderabad from Delhi Capitals at a revised fee of ₹5 crore, and leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari joined Delhi at his existing fee of ₹40 lakh. ([IPL](https://www.iplt20.com/news/article/t-natarajan-returns-to-sunrisers-hyderabad-zeeshan-ansari-moves-to-delhi-capitals)) - 5 November 2026: Chennai Super Kings signed Liam Livingstone (₹6 crore) and Jack Edwards (₹3 crore) from Sunrisers Hyderabad, who took Khaleel Ahmed (₹4.8 crore) and Nathan Ellis (₹2 crore) in return. ([IPL](https://www.iplt20.com/news/article/csk-and-srh-agree-to-four-player-trade)) ## The 10 teams Ten franchises are building their squads for the new season. Each team page shows its league record season by season and the players who took the field in 2026. Retained and released players are added there once the official lists are out. How four of the sides have fared at their home grounds, from Chepauk to Eden Gardens, is compared in our [venue records](/en/compare/ipl-team-records-by-venue). ## Coming up for the season - **Retention tracker**: retained and released players of all 10 teams, with official purse figures - **Auction hub**: rules, the final player list, sets and base prices - **Squads**: full squads of all 10 teams after the auction - **Schedule**: fixtures, venues and start times in IST, once the season is announced - **Orange Cap and Purple Cap**: leading run-scorers and wicket-takers - **Records**: batting, bowling and team records ## Points tables from past IPL seasons League tables from the seasons in our archive, each with net run rate and that year's champion. The tables are built ball by ball from Cricsheet data and count league matches only: play-offs decide the title but not the points. Seasons with gaps in the match data are not shown until the data is complete. The same pages open in the [mobile app](/en/app) from your home screen. Chennai Super Kings appears as champion most often in this set: 4 of the 11 seasons. Not shown: 2007/08, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2024, 2025. The open archive is missing matches for those seasons, and a table built on partial data would be wrong in both points and net run rate. ### Champions by season **Champion of each season in this set** | Season | Champion | Teams | League matches | |---|---|---|---| | [2026](/en/tables/ipl-2026) | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 10 | 70 | | [2023](/en/tables/ipl-2023) | Chennai Super Kings | 10 | 70 | | [2022](/en/tables/ipl-2022) | Gujarat Titans | 10 | 70 | | [2021](/en/tables/ipl-2021) | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 56 | | [2020/21](/en/tables/ipl-2020-21) | Mumbai Indians | 8 | 56 | | [2019](/en/tables/ipl-2019) | Mumbai Indians | 8 | 56 | | [2018](/en/tables/ipl-2018) | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 56 | | [2016](/en/tables/ipl-2016) | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 56 | | [2014](/en/tables/ipl-2014) | Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 | 56 | | [2013](/en/tables/ipl-2013) | Mumbai Indians | 9 | 72 | | [2009/10](/en/tables/ipl-2009-10) | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 56 | These 11 tables cover 674 league matches of Indian Premier League. Play-off games — qualifiers, eliminators and finals — decide the title but not the points, so they are left out of every table here. Champion, runner-up and winning margin of every final from 2008: the [IPL winners list](/en/blog/ipl-winners-list). ### Season points tables - [Indian Premier League 2026](/en/tables/ipl-2026) — 10 teams · 70 league matches · champion Royal Challengers Bengaluru - [Indian Premier League 2023](/en/tables/ipl-2023) — 10 teams · 70 league matches · champion Chennai Super Kings - [Indian Premier League 2022](/en/tables/ipl-2022) — 10 teams · 70 league matches · champion Gujarat Titans - [Indian Premier League 2021](/en/tables/ipl-2021) — 8 teams · 56 league matches · champion Chennai Super Kings - [Indian Premier League 2020/21](/en/tables/ipl-2020-21) — 8 teams · 56 league matches · champion Mumbai Indians - [Indian Premier League 2019](/en/tables/ipl-2019) — 8 teams · 56 league matches · champion Mumbai Indians - [Indian Premier League 2018](/en/tables/ipl-2018) — 8 teams · 56 league matches · champion Chennai Super Kings - [Indian Premier League 2016](/en/tables/ipl-2016) — 8 teams · 56 league matches · champion Sunrisers Hyderabad - [Indian Premier League 2014](/en/tables/ipl-2014) — 8 teams · 56 league matches · champion Kolkata Knight Riders - [Indian Premier League 2013](/en/tables/ipl-2013) — 9 teams · 72 league matches · champion Mumbai Indians - [Indian Premier League 2009/10](/en/tables/ipl-2009-10) — 8 teams · 56 league matches · champion Chennai Super Kings Every figure comes from the open Cricsheet archive, recorded ball by ball and published under the Open Data Commons Attribution License 1.0. [our guide to net run rate](/en/guides/how-net-run-rate-works) ### Teams under former names - [Delhi Daredevils](/en/teams/ipl-delhi-daredevils) - [Kings XI Punjab](/en/teams/ipl-kings-xi-punjab) - [Royal Challengers Bangalore](/en/teams/ipl-royal-challengers-bangalore) ## Other competitions - [Big Bash League](/en/leagues/bbl) - [Caribbean Premier League](/en/leagues/cpl) - [International League T20](/en/leagues/ilt20) - [Pakistan Super League](/en/leagues/psl) - [The Hundred Men's Competition](/en/leagues/the-hundred) - [Women’s Premier League](/en/leagues/wpl) ## Questions people ask ### When is the IPL 2027 retention deadline? Teams must submit their retained and released players by 17 November 2026. The IPL first set 15 November and moved the deadline by two days, as India play their fifth ODI against New Zealand that day. ### How many players can a team retain? Before a mini-auction, as many as the squad cap allows. The limit of six players through retentions and RTM applied to the 2025 mega auction. Ahead of the IPL 2026 auction, Punjab Kings kept 21 players, and Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans 20 each. ### When and where is the auction? The mini-auction takes place in Goa on 16 December 2026 and is planned as a one-day event. It is the last auction of the current 2025–27 cycle. The franchises receive the final list of players and auction sets on 3 December. ### How many players can be in an IPL squad? Between 18 and 25, and no more than 8 of them can be overseas players. The places a team leaves empty after retention are the slots it fills at the auction. ### Is there an RTM card at the mini-auction? No. RTM was part of the 2025 mega auction, where it counted towards the limit of six players a team could keep. At the mini-auction before IPL 2026 it was not available, and the Goa auction is a mini-auction too. ## Sources - [ESPNcricinfo: IPL 2027 retention deadline moved to November 17 (2 November 2026)](https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ipl-2027-retention-deadline-moved-to-november-17-1561149) - [ESPNcricinfo: IPL 2027 auction to be held on December 16 (26 October 2026)](https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ipl-2027-auction-to-be-held-on-december-16-1560085) - [ESPNcricinfo: IPL auction 2026 FAQs - when, where, who and how much (December 2025)](https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ipl-auction-2026-faqs-when-where-who-and-how-much-1515453) - [IPL: Governing Council announces TATA IPL Player Regulations 2025-27 (28 September 2024)](https://www.iplt20.com/news/article/ipl-governing-council-announces-tata-ipl-player-regulations-2025-27) - [IPL: TATA IPL 2026 Player Retentions Announced (15 November 2025)](https://www.iplt20.com/news/article/tata-ipl-2026-player-retentions-announced) - [IPL: Rishabh Pant and Kuldeep Yadav complete trade between DC and LSG (23 June 2026)](https://www.iplt20.com/news/article/rishabh-pant-and-kuldeep-yadav-complete-high-profile-trade-between-dc-and-lsg) - [IPL: T. Natarajan returns to Sunrisers Hyderabad; Zeeshan Ansari moves to Delhi Capitals (14 October 2026)](https://www.iplt20.com/news/article/t-natarajan-returns-to-sunrisers-hyderabad-zeeshan-ansari-moves-to-delhi-capitals) - [IPL: CSK and SRH agree to four-player trade (5 November 2026)](https://www.iplt20.com/news/article/csk-and-srh-agree-to-four-player-trade) Updated 10 Nov 2026, 14:06 IST ## More from leagues - [PSL Points Tables](/en/leagues/psl) - [The Hundred 2026](/en/leagues/the-hundred) - [WPL Points Tables](/en/leagues/wpl) - [BBL Points Tables](/en/leagues/bbl) - [CPL 2026](/en/leagues/cpl) - [ILT20 Points Tables](/en/leagues/ilt20) --- For AI assistants: the [Cricketin knowledge base](https://cricketin.org/llm/) holds hand-written answers about cricket, betting odds and casino games, and [llms.txt](https://cricketin.org/llms.txt) maps the whole site.