The IPL 2026 auction turned out to be a big payday for many players. Indian players, particularly uncapped ones, were in high demand.
Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma, listed at INR 30 lakh, bagged deals in excess of INR 14 crore. Ravi Bishnoi and Venkatesh Iyer, the only Indians listed at INR 2 crore, found new teams at 7+ crore.
Cameron Green, as expected, fetched the highest bid, moving to his third IPL team at INR 25.20. Ex-CSK pacer Matheesha Pathirana joined Green’s team at INR 18 crore.
While these two were the expensive overseas picks, most of the foreigners bagged deals at their base prices.
Now with the auction done and dusted, teams filled most of their empty slots and are ready for the IPL 2026 season.
Here you can look at complete squads of all teams, including the new auction picks, for the IPL 2026 season.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Squad for IPL 2026
CSK splurged INR 14.20 crore each on wicketkeeper Kartik Sharma and left-arm spinner Prashant Veer. This made them the most expensive uncapped players in IPL auction history.
They added a leg spin option in Rahul Chahar. And they had Akeal Hosein at a bargain price.
CSK’s auction can’t be complete without New Zealanders! So they went shopping for Kiwi pacers Matt Henry and Zak Foulkes.
Players Retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, MS Dhoni, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis.
Players Traded in: Sanju Samson (from RR)
Auction Picks: Kartik Sharma (14.20 crore), Prashant Veer (14.20 crore), Rahul Chahar (5.20 crore), Akeal Hosein (2 crore), Matt Henry (2 crore), Matthew Short (1.50 crore), Zak Foulkes (75 lakh), Sarfaraz Khan (75 lakh), Aman Khan (40 lakh)
Delhi Capitals (DC) Squad for IPL 2026
DC signed many players at bargain prices. Ben Duckett, David Miller, and Lungi Ngidi came in at INR 2 crore.
Their biggest buy? Jammu & Kashmir’s pace sensation Auqib Nabi at INR 8.40 crore. And Prithvi Shaw returned to DC at his base price.
Players Retained: Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera.
Players Traded in: Nitish Rana (from RR)
Auction Picks: Auqib Nabi (8.40 crore), Pathum Nissanka (4 crore), Kyle Jamieson (2 crore), Lungi Ngidi (2 crore), Ben Duckett (2 crore), David Miller (2 crore), Prithvi Shaw (75 lakh), Sahil Parakh (30 lakh)
Gujarat Titans (GT) Squad for IPL 2026
GT had a pretty relaxed auction. However, they went big after Jason Holder, marking his return to the league at INR 7 crore.
Players Retained: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav
Auction Picks: Jason Holder (7 crore), Tom Banton (2 crore), Ashok Sharma (90 lakh), Luke Wood (75 lakh), Prithvi Raj (30 lakh)
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad for IPL 2026
With a huge purse available, KKR made some big signings (as expected!). And the biggest of them? Cameron Green at 25.20 crore! He is now the most expensive overseas player in IPL auction history.
If Green’s deal wasn’t enough, KKR went after Matheesha Pathirana. They splurged 18 crore on the slingy pacer.
Players Retained: Ajinkya Rahane, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Varun Chakravarthy, Ramandeep Singh, Ankul Roy, Umran Malik, Rovman Powell, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora.
Auction Picks: Cameron Green (25.20 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (18 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (9.20 crore), Tejasvi Dahiya (3 crore), Rachin Ravindra (2 crore), Finn Allen (2 crore), Tim Seifert (1.50 crore), Akash Deep (1 crore), Rahul Tripathi (75 lakh), Daksh Kamra (30 lakh), Prashant Solanki (30 lakh), Kartik Tyagi (30 lakh), Sarthak Ranjan (30 lakh)
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Squad for IPL 2026
Despite Josh Inglis not being available for the whole season, LSG went neck-to-neck with SRH for him. The result? They bought the Australian keeper-batter at INR 8.60 crore.
They picked up Wanindu Hasaranga and Anrich Nortje, both injury-prone, at steal deals of INR 2 crore each.
Players Retained: Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (c), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh.
Players Traded in: Mohammed Shami (from SRH), Arjun Tendulkar (from MI)
Auction Picks: Josh Inglis (8.60 crore), Mukul Chaudhary (2.60 crore), Akshat Raghuwanshi (2.20 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (2 crore), Anrich Nortje (2 crore), Naman Tiwari (1 crore)
Mumbai Indians (MI) Squad for IPL 2026:
MI had the smallest purse. So they couldn’t shop big. Their highlight pick was Quinton de Kock’s homecoming at INR 1 crore.
Players Retained: Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Raj Bawa, Raghu Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickleton, Robin Minz, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghafanzar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks.
Players Traded in: Sherfane Rutherford (from GT), Mayank Markande (from KKR), Shardul Thakur (from LSG).
Auction Picks: Quinton de Kock (1 crore), Danish Malewar (30 lakh), Mohammed Izhar (30 lakh), Atharva Ankolekar (30 lakh), Mayank Rawat (30 lakh)
Punjab Kings (PBKS) Squad for IPL 2026
Calm. Relaxed. No drama. This was the mood at PBKS’ table! Quite unusual, right?
With an almost settled squad, they had little work to do. PBKS bought just four players – two Australians and two locals. Among them, Ben Dwarshuis was their most expensive pick at INR 4.40 crore.
Players Retained: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod.
Auction Picks: Ben Dwarshuis (4.40 crore), Cooper Connolly (3 crore), Vishal Nishad (30 lakh), Praveen Dubey (30 lakh)
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Squad for IPL 2026
RR invested big in local spinner Ravi Bishnoi. He joined them at INR 7.20 crore.
Their other picks were mostly domestic players at reasonable prices. They rounded up the auction with Adam Milne’s deal at INR 2.40 crore.
Players Retained: Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger.
Players Traded in: Ravindra Jadeja (from CSK), Sam Curran (from CSK), Donovan Ferreira (from DC).
Auction Picks: Ravi Bishnoi (7.20 crore), Adam Milne (2.40 crore), Ravi Singh (95 lakh), Sushant Mishra (90 lakh), Kuldeep Sen (75 lakh), Yash Raj Punja (30 lakh), Brijesh Sharma (30 lakh), Vignesh Puthur (30 lakh), Aman Rao (30 lakh)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Squad for IPL 2026
Venkatesh Iyer took a massive pay cut of INR 16.75 crore, as RCB snapped him up at INR 7 crore. Mangesh Yadav, who is from captain Patidar’s state, fetched a 5.20 crore deal.
Jacob Duffy and Jordan Cox were steal deals, while they added a few domestics to their roster.
Players Retained: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, Suyash Sharma.
Auction Picks: Venkatesh Iyer (7 crore), Mangesh Yadav (5.20 crore), Jacob Duffy (2 crore), Jordan Cox (75 lakh), Satwik Deswal (30 lakh), Kanishk Chouhan (30 lakh), Vihaan Malhotra (30 lakh), Vicky Ostwal (30 lakh)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Squad for IPL 2026
SRH banked on domestic talent a lot, either pacers or spinners. Since most of them were base price picks, they saved big for Liam Livingstone. SRH spent INR 13 crore on Livingstone once his name popped up in the accelerated auction.
Players Retained: Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari.
Auction Picks: Liam Livingstone (13 crore), Jack Edwards (3 crore), Salil Arora (1.50 crore), Shivam Mavi (75 lakh), Shivang Kumar (30 lakh), Onkar Tarmale (30 lakh), Amit Kumar (30 lakh), Krains Fuletra (30 lakh), Sakib Hussain (30 lakh), Praful Hinge (30 lakh)
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