Published on: Dec 17, 2025 5:50 pm IST|Updated on: Dec 17, 2025 5:50 pm IST
The IPL 2026 mini auctions are done and dusted. A total of 322 players went under the hammer, and all 10 teams gave it all to get what they wanted in the auctions. They say a champion team is made on the auction table ahead of the tournament, and one among these 10 teams has stacked up their squad to become IPL 2026 champions. The 19th edition of the Indian Premier League is expected to commence on March 26 and will last until May 31. Here’s a clean and clear view of how the 10 teams have shaped up ahead of the mega event in March 2026.
Total Players: 25 Indians: 17 Overseas: 8/8
Retained Players: 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
Auction Buys: Venkatesh Iyer (INR 7 Cr), Satvik Deswal (INR 30 lakh), Mangesh Yadav (INR 5.20 Cr), Vicky Ostwal (INR 30 lakh), Kanishk Chouhan (INR 30 lakh), Vihaan Malhotra (INR 30 lakh), Jordan Cox (INR 75 lakh), Jacob Duffy (INR 2 Cr)
Retained Players: 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
Auction Buys: Cooper Connolly (INR 3 Cr), Pravin Dubey (INR 30 lakh), Vishal Nishad (INR 30 lakh), Ben Dwarshuis (INR 4.40 Cr)
Retained Players: Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Auction Buys: Rahul Tripathi (INR 75 lakh), Finn Allen (INR 2 Cr), Tejasvi Singh (INR 3 Cr), Tim Seifert (INR 1.50 Cr), Cameron Green (INR 25.20 Cr), Sarthak Ranjan (INR 30 lakh), Daksh Kamra (INR 30 lakh), Rachin Ravindra (INR 2 Cr), Prashant Solanki (INR 30 lakh), Matheesha Pathirana (INR 18 Cr), Kartik Tyagi (INR 30 lakh), Mustafizur Rahman (INR 9.20 Cr), Akash Deep (INR 1 Cr)
Retained Players: 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)
Auction Buys: Sarfaraz Khan (INR 75 lakh), Kartik Sharma (INR 14.20 Cr), Prashant Veer (INR 14.20 Cr), Matthew Short (INR 1.50 Cr), Aman Khan (INR 40 lakh), Zak Foulkes (INR 75 lakh), Akeal Hosein (INR 2 Cr), Rahul Chahar (INR 5.2 Cr), Matt Henry (INR 2 Cr)
Retained Players: 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)
Auction Buys: David Miller (INR 2 Cr), Pathum Nissanka (INR 4 Cr), Sahil Parak (INR 30 lakh), Prithvi Shaw (INR 75 lakh), Ben Duckett (INR 2 Cr), Auqib Nabi (INR 8.40 Cr), Lungi Ngidi (INR 2 Cr), Kyle Jamieson (INR 2 Cr)
Total Players: 25 Indians: 18 Overseas: 7/8
Retained Players: 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
Auction Buys: Tom Banton (INR 2 Cr), Jason Holder (INR 7 Cr), Ashok Sharma (INR 90 lakh), Prithvi Raj (INR 30 lakh), Luke Wood (INR 75 lakh)
Retained Players: 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)
Auction Buys: Akshat Raghuwanshi (INR 2.2 Cr), Mukul Choudhary (INR 2.6 Cr), Josh Inglis (INR 8.60 Cr), Wanindu Hasaranga (INR 2 Cr), Anrich Nortje (INR 2 Cr), Naman Tiwari (INR 1 Cr)
Retained Players: Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, Smaran Ravichandaran, Travis Head, Zeeshan Ansari
Auction Buys: Salil Arora (INR 1.50 Cr), Shivang Kumar (INR 30 lakh), Liam Livingstone (INR 13 Cr), Jack Edwards (INR 3 Cr), Amit Kumar (INR 30 lakh), Krains Fuletra (INR 30 lakh), Sakib Hussain (INR 30 lakh), Onkar Tarmale (INR 30 lakh), Praful Hinge (INR 30 lakh), Shivam Mavi (INR 75 lakh)
Retained Players: 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)
Retained: 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)
Auction Buys: Aman Rao (INR 30 lakh), Ravi Singh (INR 95 lakh), Ravi Bishnoi (INR 7.20 Cr), Yash Raj Punja (INR 30 lakh), Vignesh Puthur (INR 30 lakh), Sushant Mishra (INR 90 lakh), Brijesh Sharma (INR 30 lakh), Adam Milne (INR 2.40 Cr), Kuldeep Sen (INR 75 lakh)
Tags: IPL 2026