The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 squads have been officially approved after the completion in the miniature auction with all ten franchises having completed their rosters in preparation for the season to come. This auction saw the franchises invest Rs215.45 million to purchase the 77 players they needed, which includes foreign stars, established Indian names and uncapped talent from the country. A variety of high-value bids and strategic trades have changed team combinations and franchises were focused on strengthening certain areas and limiting purse limits.

Below is a full breakdown of squads by team which includes players who were retained and players who were purchased at auction, trade players, and the remaining money amounts as they were verified after the auction.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Chennai Super Kings entered the auction with a clear goal on strengthening their bowling strength and bringing in new Indian talent. The franchise scored two of the highest-priced Indian purchases during the auction, while also maintaining an experienced core of players.

Players Bought at Auction

• Kartik Sharma – Rs14.20 crore
• Prashant Veer – Rs14.20 crore
• Rahul Chahar – Rs5.20 crore
• Akeal Hosein – Rs2 crore
• Matt Henry – Rs2 crore
• Matthew Short – Rs1.50 crore
• Aman Khan – Rs40 lakh
• Sarfaraz Khan – Rs75 lakh
• Zakary Foulkes – 75 lakh

Retained Players

• Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain)
• MS Dhoni
• Ayush Mhatre
• Dewald Brevis
• Urvil Patel
• Shivam Dube
• Jamie Overton
• Ramakrishna Ghosh
• Noor Ahmad
• Khaleel Ahmed
• Anshul Kamboj
• Gurjapneet Singh
• Shreyas Gopal
• Mukesh Choudhary
• Nathan Ellis

Traded Player

• Sanju Samson

Remaining Purse: Rs2.40 crore

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Mumbai Indians adopted a conservative auction strategy, focusing on deep contracts and relying heavily on their core and pre-auction trades.

Players Bought at Auction

• Quinton de Kock – Rs1 crore
• Mohammad Izhar – Rs30 lakh
• Danish Malewar – – Rs30 lakh
• Atharva Ankolekar at a cost of Rs30 lakh
• Mayank Rawat – Rs30 lakh

Retained Players

• Hardik Pandya
• Rohit 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
• Raghu Sharma
• Raj Angad Bawa

Traded Players

• Sherfane Rutherford
• Mayank Markande
• Shardul Thakur

Remaining Purse: Rs55 lakh

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Kolkata Knight Riders emerged as one of the top buyers of this auction. They invested heavily into international players with high-impact to improve both bowling and batting units.

Players Bought at Auction

• Cameron Green – Rs25.20 crore
• Matheesha Pathirana – Rs18 crore
• Mustafizur Rahman – Rs9.20 crore
• Tejasvi Singh – – Rs3 crore
• Finn Allen – Rs2 crore
• Tim Seifert – Rs1.50 crore
• Rahul Tripathi – Rs75 lakh
• Kartik Tyagi – Rs30 lakh
• Daksh Kamra – Rs30 lakh
• Sarthak Ranjan – Rs30 lakh
• Prashant Solanki – 30 lakh
• Akashdeep – Rs1 crore
• Rachin Ravindra – Rs2 crore

Retained Players

• Ajinkya Rahane
• Sunil Narine
• Rinku Singh
• Angkrish Raghuvanshi
• Manish Pandey
• Varun Chakravarthy
• Ramandeep Singh
• Ankul Roy
• Rovman Powell
• Harshit Rana
• Vaibhav Arora
• Umran Malik

Remaining Purse: Rs45 lakh

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru focused on building the strength of their Indian core and speed attack, while retaining the majority of their winning team in place.

Players Bought at Auction

• Venkatesh Iyer – Rs7 Crore
• Mangesh Yadav – Rs5.20 crore
• Jacob Duffy – Rs2 crore
• Jordan Cox – Rs75 lakh
• Satwik Deswal – 30 lakh
• Vihaan Malhotra – Rs30 lakh
• Kanishk Chouhan – Rs30 lakh
• Vicky Ostwal – Rs30 lakh

Retained Players

• Rajat Patidar (Captain)
• 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

Remaining Purse: Rs25 lakh

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Punjab Kings added overseas depth and kept a balanced team with Indian youth as well as international experiences.

Players Bought at Auction

• Ben Dwarshuis – Rs4.40 crore
• Cooper Connolly – Rs2 crore
• Praveen Dubey – Rs30 Lakh
• Vishal Nishad Vishal Nishad – Rs30 lakh

Retained Players

• Shreyas Iyer
• Prabhsimran Singh
• Priyansh Arya
• 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

Remaining Purse: Rs3.50 crore

Gujarat Titans (GT)

Gujarat Titans focused on reinforcing their overall strength and speed department.

Players Bought at Auction

• Jason Holder – Rs7.4 crore
• Ashok Sharma – Rs90 lakh
• Luke Wood – Rs75 lakh
• Prithvi Raj Yarra Rs30 Lakh
• Tom Banton – Rs30 lakh

Retained Players

• Shubman Gill (Captain)
• Sai Sudharsan
• Kumar Kushagra
• Anuj Rawat
• Jos Buttler
• Nishant Sindhu
• Washington Sundar
• Arshad Khan
• Shahrukh Khan
• Rahul Tewatia
• Kagiso Rabada
• Mohammed Siraj
• Prasidh Krishna
• Ishant Sharma
• Gurnoor Singh Brar
• Rashid Khan
• Manav Suthar
• Sai Kishore
• Jayant Yadav
• Glenn Phillips

Remaining Purse: Rs1.95 crore

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Rajasthan Royals strengthened their bowling unit and made significant trade moves prior to the auction.

Players Bought at Auction

• Ravi Bishnoi – Rs7.20 crore
• Adam Milne – Rs2.40 crore
• Ravi Singh – Rs95 lakh
• Sushant Mishra, Rs90 Lakh
• Kuldeep Sen – – Rs75 lakh
• Vignesh Puthur – – Rs30 lakh
• Yash Raj Punja – Rs30 lakh
• Aman Rao – Rs30 lakh
• Brijesh Sharma – Rs30 lakh

Retained Players

• Yashasvi Jaiswal
• Dhruv Jurel
• Riyan Parag
• Shimron Hetmyer
• Shubham Dubey
• Vaibhav Suryavanshi
• Lhuan-Dre Pretorius
• Yudhvir Singh Charak
• Jofra Archer
• Tushar Deshpande
• Kwena Maphaka
• Nandre Burger

Traded Players

• Ravindra Jadeja
• Sam Curran

Remaining Purse: Rs2.65 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Sunrisers Hyderabad have invested heavily in their the power of batting and also a solid bowling base.

Players Bought at Auction

• Liam Livingstone – Rs13 crore
• Jack Edwards – Rs3 crore
• Salil Arora – Rs1.50 crore
• Shivam Mavi – 75 lakhs
• Shivang Kumar – Rs30 lakh
• Sakib Hussain – Rs30 Lakh
• Onkar Tarmale, Rs30 Lakh
• Krains Fuletra – Rs30 lakh
• Praful Hinge – Rs30 lakh
• Amit Kumar – Rs30 lakh

Retained Players

• Pat Cummins (Captain)
• Travis Head
• Abhishek Sharma
• Ishan Kishan
• Heinrich Klaasen
• Nitish Kumar Reddy
• Aniket Verma
• R. Smaran
• Kamindu Mendis
• Harshal Patel
• Brydon Carse
• Jaydev Unadkat
• Eshan Malinga
• Zeeshan Ansari
• Harsh Dubey

Remaining Purse: Rs5.45 crore

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

Lucknow Super Giants focused on strengthening their wicket-keeping and fast-bowling skills.

Players Bought at Auction

• Josh Inglis Rs8.60 crore
• Mukul Choudhary Mukul Choudhary Rs2.60 crore
• Akshat Raghuwanshi – Rs2.20 crore
• Anrich Nortje – Rs2 crore
• Wanindu Hasaranga – Rs2 crore
• Naman Tiwari – Rs1 crore

Retained Players

• Rishabh Pant (Captain)
• Nicholas Pooran
• Mitchell Marsh
• Aiden Markram
• Ayush Badoni
• Abdul Samad
• Matthew Breetzke
• Himmat Singh
• Shahbaz Ahmed
• Arshin Kulkarni
• Mayank Yadav
• Avesh Khan
• Mohsin Khan
• Manimaran Siddharth
• Digvesh Rathi
• Prince Yadav
• Akash Singh

Traded Players

• Mohammed Shami
• Arjun Tendulkar

Remaining Purse: Rs4.55 crore

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Delhi Capitals reshaped their squad with a mix of top-of-the-line international players and Indian national players.

Players Bought at Auction

• Auqib Nabi Dar – Rs8.40 crore
• Pathum Nissanka – Rs4 crore
• Ben Duckett – Rs2 crore
• David Miller – Rs2 crore
• Lungi Ngidi – Rs2 crore
• Kyle Jamieson – Rs2 crore
• Prithvi Shaw – 75 lakh
• Sahil Parakh – Rs30 lakh

Retained Players

• Axar Patel (Captain)
• 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

Traded Player

• Nitish Rana

Remaining Purse: Rs35 lakh