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- Franchises can spend between $1.5m and $2m to build their squads, with a minimum purse of $800,000 available on the day聽
- Auction is in Dubai on Oct. 1 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Jumeirah Beach
DUBAI: The much-anticipated DP World ILT20 Season 4 Player Auction will be held in Dubai on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, at the Four Seasons Hotel, Jumeriah Beach.
The auction will bring together all six franchises as they look to complete their squads for the upcoming season, following their retention picks that were announced in July. The season will kick off on Dec. 2, 2025 and conclude on Jan. 4, 2026.
The event will be the DP World ILT20鈥檚 first player auction, a landmark moment in the league鈥檚 journey.
Auction rules
Each franchise will have a purse of $800,000 to spend at the auction plus whatever spend remains unused from the $1.2 million that was available for direct signings and retentions.
At the end of the auction, each franchise must have spent a minimum of $1.5m and a maximum of $2m. They may also spend an additional $250,000 on as many as two wildcard players outside the auction.
All franchises must have a minimum of 19 players and a maximum of 21 players by the end of the auction (excluding wildcards). Within this there must be a minimum of 11 players from ICC Full Member countries, four from the UAE, one from Kuwait, one from 黑料社区 and two from other ICC Associate Nations.
Player registration
The minimum base price for all players is $10,000. Players may also have a base price of $40,000 or $80,000.
The DP World ILT20 player registrations were completed between July and September.
The final list of available players will be circulated to franchises before the auction.
If a player is injured, receives an international call-up or does not receive a no-objection certificate, they may be replaced at any time until the end of the league phase of DP World ILT20 Season 4. Replacement players do not need to have been featured in the player auction.
Auction mechanics
Players will be allocated sets on account of status (i.e. full member/associate player/UAE player/Kuwait player/黑料社区 player) and specialisation. DP World ILT20 may at its discretion determine to group players by whether they are capped or uncapped and may include a marquee set(s). Full member players will be drawn first.
Within the sets, players will be drawn at random, and the auctioneer will read out the player鈥檚 name and his base price. The auctioneer will then invite bids until there are no further bids. Following the conclusion of all sets, if franchises still have room in their squad, they may request players who have not been signed to return to the auction (accelerated rounds).
Once all franchises have spent their minimum total spend and have fulfilled their minimum quotas for each type of player and do not wish to sign any more players, the auction will be concluded.
UAE player Right to Match
Franchises can exercise one Right to Match option for a UAE player that has been in their development squad or has played for them in DP World ILT20 Season 3.
This can only be used once in the auction. Only UAE players are eligible for the Right to Match option.