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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed that the IPL 2025 auction will be held on December 16 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. It made the announcement hours after each of the ten franchises’ retention and release lists were made public at the end of the November 15 deadline.

This will be the third time that the IPL auction will be held outside India. Each time, it has been hosted in West Asia, with the 2024 edition (the first time it was held overseas) in Dubai and the two-day 2025 auction in Jeddah. The 2026 auction will be a single-day event.

“The player retention window for the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season closed on November 15, 2025, with all 10 franchises confirming their retained players ahead of the auction," the BC

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