- BCCI sets November 15 as the deadline to conduct IPL 2027 before the auction. All ten IPL franchises have to submit their retention lists by November 15, 2026, about a month ahead of the mini-auction scheduled for December 16 in Goa.
- BCCI sets November 15 as the deadline to conduct IPL 2027 before the auction.
- (Source – IPL) The Board of Control for Cricket in India has set November 15, 2026 as the date by which all Indian Premier League franchises must submit their retention lists ahead of the 2027 IPL player auction.
BCCI sets November 15 as the deadline to conduct IPL 2027 before the auction. All ten IPL franchises have to submit their retention lists by November 15, 2026, about a month ahead of the mini-auction scheduled for December 16 in Goa.
BCCI sets November 15 as the deadline to conduct IPL 2027 before the auction. (Source – IPL) The Board of Control for Cricket in India has set November 15, 2026 as the date by which all Indian Premier League franchises must submit their retention lists ahead of the 2027 IPL player auction. The retention period for the Indian Premier League expires about a month before the mini-auction, scheduled for December 16, 2026 in Goa.
IPL officials have communicated the November 15 deadline to franchises through official channels. While board secretary Devajit Saikia had confirmed the date and venue of the auction in early October, it was the IPL executives who separately informed the franchises about the retention period in an official communication. The December auction will be the final mini-auction of the current 2023-27 IPL cycle, with a mega-auction confirmed ahead of the 2028 season.
Therefore, the retention and trade decisions that franchises will make in the coming weeks are particularly important to their long-term team planning. Goa will host the auction after three consecutive overseas editions in Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, marking a return to Indian soil. Notably, December 16 coincides with the second ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Bangalore.
What is the pre-auction trading window schedule? In the trade window that opened a month after the 2026 IPL final, there were two deals at the time of reporting. As per IPL rules, the window will remain open until a week before the auction, with the trade deadline set at December 9, 2026, and then reopen a month before the start of the 2027 season.
In June 2026, Lucknow Super Giants traded their squad Rishabh Pant to Delhi Citals in exchange for left-arm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav. The Citals then released Pacer T. Natarajan has moved to Sunrisers Hyderabad in exchange for unordered leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari.
As the lock-in deadline proaches, franchises should evaluate their teams and their remaining salary budget before deciding whether to make other deals or enter the auction with more available budget. The dates for the 2027 season have not yet been set. What else is confirmed regarding the auction schedule and the 2027 IPL season?
While the BCCI had previously reserved a March 14 to May 30 slot for the 2027 edition, Saikia hinted at the board’s annual general meeting in September that the tournament could begin around March-end without any official confirmation following.
