Published on: Nov 19, 2025 5:25 pm IST|Updated on: Nov 24, 2025 3:48 pm IST
The mini auctions ahead of the 19th edition of the Tata IPL is all set to take place on December 16 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. BCCI announced the same on November 15, which was also the last date of the trade window to close, and all ten teams submitted their list of retained players. Ahead of the IPL 2026 auctions, an accumulated purse of INR 237.5 Cr will be spent by all 10 teams combined.
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Here’s the squad status ahead of IPL 2026 and purse balance of all 10 IPL teams ahead of the auctions on December 16:
After all the trades, retention, and releases, here’s how all 10 teams stand with their squad ahead of the IPL 2026 auctions.
The 5-time champions have retained 16 players ahead of the IPL 2026 Auctions, including Sanju Samson, who has been traded in from Rajasthan Royals.
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Sanju Samson (traded in from RR)
The 3-time champions have retained only 12 players ahead of the auctions. They have let go of two big names in Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer.
Current Squad: Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
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Sunrisers Hyderabad have let go one of their biggest Indian names in Mohammed Shami to Lucknow Super Giants in an all-cash deal.
Current Squad: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Aniket Verma, Travis Head, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kamindu Mendis, Eshan Malinga, Brydon Carse, Harsh Dubey, Smaran Ravichandran, Zeeshan Ansari
The Super Giants have traded in Mohammed Shami from SRH and Arjun Tendulkar from MI to strengthen their pace bowling attack.
Current Squad: Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arjun Tendulkar (traded in from MI), Mohammed Shami (traded in from SRH)
The Capitals have let go of Faf du Plessis and Jake Fraser-McGurk. They have traded in Nitish Rana to strengthen their middle-order batting.
Current Squad: Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, Abishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Nitish Rana (traded in from RR)
Rajasthan Royals have headlined the trade window this year by trading their face, Sanju Samson, to CSK and acquiring the all-round duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran.
Current Squad: Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Nandre Burger, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yudhvir Singh, Ravindra Jadeja (traded in from CSK), Sam Curran (traded in from CSK)
The reigning champions have managed to retain their core from the last season, signifying their belief in the last season’s players.
Current Squad: Devdutt Padikkal, Nuwan Thushara, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt, Krunal Pandya, Josh Hazlewood, Tim David, Jitesh Sharma, Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Yash Dayal, Abhinandan Singh, Rasikh Dar
Punjab Kings have retained their core from the last season and let go of the Aussie trio of Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, and IPL’s biggest flop, Glenn Maxwell.
Current Squad: Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal
The 2022 champions have let go of Sherfane Rutherford to the Mumbai Indians in an all-cash deal.
Current Squad: Ishant Sharma, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Gurnoor Brar, Jayant Yadav, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Arshad Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Prasidh Krishna, R Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, B Sai Sudharsan, M Shahrukh Khan, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar
The Mumbai Indians have retained their core of big names and traded left-arm seamer Arjun Tendulkar to LSG in an all-cash deal.
Current Squad: Rohit Sharma, AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks, Shardul Thakur (traded in from LSG), Mayank Markande (traded in from KKR), Sherfane Rutherford (traded in from GT)
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