All you need to know about the DP World ILT20 Season 4 Player Auction

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’s first player auction, a landmark moment in the league’s 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 Saudi Arabia 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.