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IPL 2026 Auction: ₹1200Cr Spent on 10 Teams – Complete Squad Breakdown

The IPL 2026 mega auction delivered high drama and fierce bidding as franchises went all out to build championship-ready squads ahead of the 19th season of the Indian Premier League. With marquee names, emerging Indian talent, and in-demand overseas stars under the hammer, the auction witnessed record bids and strategic masterstrokes. Players like Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Rashid Khan, and Cameron Green sparked intense bidding wars, reshaping team combinations across the league. As teams finalized their rosters with a mix of experience and youth, IPL 2026 is set to be one of the most competitive and thrilling seasons yet, promising high-octane cricket action for fans worldwide. For a complete breakdown of sold and unsold players, team-wise purchases, and final squad prices, check out the TATA IPL 2026 Mega Auction List PDF.

IPL 2026 Mega Auction: Complete Team List and Players

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Purse spent 122.60 Cr Purse left 2.40 Cr

Players bought 25/25 Overseas buys 8/8

Players Type Base (In Crores) Sold (In Crores)
Sanju Samson BAT 18.00
Ruturaj Gaikwad BAT 18.00
Kartik Sharma BAT 0.3 14.20
Prashant Veer AR 0.3 14.20
Shivam Dube AR 12.00
Noor Ahmad AR 10.00
Rahul Chahar BAT 1.00 5.20
Khaleel Ahmed BOWL 4.80
MS Dhoni BAT 4.00
Anshul Kamboj AR 3.40
Gurjapneet Singh BOWL 2.20
Dewald Brevis BAT 2.20
Nathan Ellis BOWL 2.00
Akeal Hosein BOWL 2.00 2.00
Matt Henry BOWL 2.00 2.00
Matthew Short AR 1.50 1.50
Jamie Overton BAT 1.50
Sarfaraz Khan AR 0.75 0.75
Zak Foulkes AR 0.75 0.75
Aman Khan AR 0.30 0.40
Shreyas Gopal BOWL 0.30
Ayush Mhatre BAT 0.30
Ramakrishna Ghosh AR 0.30
Urvil Patel BAT 0.30
Mukesh Choudhary BOWL 0.30

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Purse spent 124.65 Cr Purse left 0.35 Cr

Players bought 25/25 Overseas buys 8/8

Players Type Base (In Crores) Sold (In Crores)
AR Patel AR 16.50
KL Rahul BAT 14.00
Kuldeep Yadav BOWL 13.25
MA Starc BOWL 11.75
T Natarajan BOWL 10.75
T Stubbs BAT 10.00
Augib Nabi AR 0.30 8.40
Mukesh Kumar BOWL 8.00
N Rana AR 4.20
Abishek Porel BAT 4.00
P Nissanka BAT 0.75 4.00
AR Sharma AR 3.80
KA Jamieson BOWL 2.00 2.00
L Ngidi BOWL 2.00 2.00
BM Duckett BAT 2.00 2.00
DA Miller BAT 2.00 2.00
Sameer Rizvi AR 0.95
PP Shaw BAT 0.75 0.75
PVD Chameera BOWL 0.75
V Nigam AR 0.50
KK Nair BAT 0.50
M Tiwari AR 0.40
SU Parakh BAT 0.30 0.30
T Vijay AR 0.30
AJ Mandal AR 0.30

Gujarat Titans (GT)

Purse spent 123.05 Cr Purse left 1.95 Cr

Players bought 25/25 Overseas buys 7/8

Players Type Base (In Crores) Sold (In Crores)
Rashid Khan BOWL 18.00
Shubman Gill BAT 16.50
Jos Buttler BAT 15.75
Mohammed Siraj BOWL 12.75
Kagiso Rabada BOWL 10.75
Prasidh Krishna BOWL 9.50
Sai Sudharsan BAT 8.50
Jason Holder AR 2.00 7.00
M Shahrukh Khan AR 4.00
Rahul Tewatia AR 4.00
Washington Sundar AR 3.20
Tom Banton BAT 2.00 2.00
Glenn Phillips BAT 2.00
Sai Kishore AR 2.00
Gurnoor Brar BOWL 1.30
Arshad Khan AR 1.30
Ashok Sharma BOWL 0.30 0.90
Luke Wood BOWL 0.75 0.75
Jayant Yadav AR 0.75
Ishant Sharma BOWL 0.75
Kumar Kushagra BAT 0.65
Nishant Sindhu AR 0.30
Manav Suthar BOWL 0.30
Anuj Rawat BAT 0.30
Prithvi Raj BOWL 0.30 0.30

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Purse spent 124.55 Cr Purse left 0.45 Cr

Players bought 25/25 Overseas buys 8/8

Players Type Base (In Crores) Sold (In Crores)
Cameron Green BAT 2.00 25.20
Matheesha Pathirana BOWL 2.00 18.00
Rinku Singh BAT 13.00
Sunil Narine BOWL 12.00
Varun Chakravarthy BOWL 12.00
Mustafizur Rahman BOWL 2.00 9.20
Harshit Rana BOWL 4.00
Ramandeep Singh AR 4.00
Tejasvi Dahiya BAT 0.30 3.00
Angkrish Raghuvanshi BAT 3.00
Rachin Ravindra AR 2.00 2.00
Finn Allen BAT 2.00 2.00
Vaibhav Arora BOWL 1.80
Rovman Powell BAT 1.50
Tim Seifert BAT 1.50 1.50
Ajinkya Rahane BAT 1.50
Akash Deep BOWL 1.00 1.00
Rahul Tripathi BAT 0.75 0.75
Manish Pandey BAT 0.75
Umran Malik BOWL 0.75
Anukul Roy AR 0.40
Sarthak Ranjan AR 0.30 0.30
Daksh Kamra AR 0.30 0.30
Prashant Solanki BOWL 0.30 0.30
Kartik Tyagi BOWL 0.30 0.30

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

Purse spent 120.45 Cr Purse left 4.45 Cr

Players bought 25/25 Overseas buys 7/8

Players Type Base (In Crores) Sold (In Crores)
Rishabh Pant BAT 27.00
Nicholas Pooran BAT 21.00
Mayank Yadav BOWL 11.00
Mohammed Shami BOWL 10.00
Avesh Khan BOWL 9.75
Josh Inglis BAT 2.00 8.60
Abdul Samad AR 4.20
Ayush Badoni AR 4.00
Mohsin Khan BOWL 4.00
Mitchell Marsh AR 3.40
Mukul Choudhary BAT 0.30 2.60
Shahbaz Ahmed AR 2.40
Akshat Raghuvanshi BAT 0.30 2.20
Wanindu Hasaranga AR 2.00 2.00
Aiden Markram BAT 2.00
Anrich Nortje BOWL 2.00 2.00
Naman Tiwari BOWL 0.30 1.00
Matthew Breetzke BAT 0.75
Manimaran Siddharth BOWL 0.75
Himmat Singh BAT 0.30
Digvesh Rathi BOWL 0.30
Arshin Kulkarni AR 0.30
Prince Yadav BOWL 0.30
Akash Singh BOWL 0.30
Arjun Tendulkar BOWL 0.30

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Purse spent 124.45 Cr Purse left 0.55 Cr

Players bought 25/25 Overseas buys 8/8

Players Type Base (In Crores) Sold (In Crores)
Jasprit Bumrah BOWL 18.00
Hardik Pandya AR 16.35
Suryakumar Yadav BAT 16.35
Rohit Sharma BAT 16.30
Trent Boult BOWL 12.50
Deepak Chahar BOWL 9.25
Tilak Varma AR 8.00
Will Jacks AR 5.25
Naman Dhir AR 5.25
AM Ghazanfar BOWL 4.80
Sherfane Rutherford BAT 2.60
Mitchell Santner AR 2.00
Shardul Thakur AR 2.00
Ryan Rickelton BAT 1.00
Quinton de Kock BAT 1.00 1.00
Corbin Bosch AR 0.75
Robin Minz BAT 0.65
Mohd Izhar BOWL 0.30 0.30
Danish Malewar BAT 0.30 0.30
Raj Bawa AR 0.30
Ashwani Kumar BOWL 0.30
Atharva Ankolekar AR 0.30 0.30
Raghu Sharma BOWL 0.30
Mayank Markande BOWL 0.30
Mayank Rawat AR 0.30 0.30

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Purse spent 121.50 Cr Purse left 3.50 Cr

Players bought 25/25 Overseas buys 8/8

Players Type Base (In Crores) Sold (In Crores)
Shreyas Iyer BAT 26.75
Yuzvendra Chahal BOWL 18.00
Arshdeep Singh BOWL 18.00
Marcus Stoinis AR 11.00
Marco Jansen AR 7.00
Shashank Singh AR 5.50
Ben Dwarshuis AR 1.00 4.40
Nehal Wadhera BAT 4.20
Prabhsimran Singh BAT 4.00
Priyansh Arya BAT 3.80
Mitchell Owen AR 3.00
Cooper Connolly AR 2.00 3.00
Azmatullah Omarzai AR 2.40
Lockie Ferguson BOWL 2.00
Vijaykumar Vyshak BOWL 1.80
Yash Thakur BOWL 1.60
Harpreet Brar AR 1.50
Vishnu Vinod BAT 0.95
Xavier Bartlett BOWL 0.80
Praveen Dubey BOWL 0.30 0.30
Vishal Nishad BOWL 0.30 0.30
Suryansh Shedge AR 0.30
Pyla Avinash BAT 0.30
Musheer Khan AR 0.30
Harnoor Singh BAT 0.30

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Purse spent 122.35 Cr Purse left 2.65 Cr

Players bought 25/25 Overseas buys 8/8

Players Type Base (In Crores) Sold (In Crores)
Yashasvi Jaiswal AR 18.00
Ravindra Jadeja AR 14.00
Dhruv Jurel BAT 14.00
Riyan Parag AR 14.00
Jofra Archer BOWL 12.50
Shimron Hetmyer BAT 11.00
Ravi Bishnoi BOWL 2.00 7.20
Tushar Deshpande BOWL 6.50
Sandeep Sharma BOWL 4.00
Nandre Burger BOWL 3.50
Sam Curran AR 2.40
Adam Milne BOWL 2.00 2.40
Kwena Maphaka BOWL 1.50
Vaibhav Suryavanshi BAT 1.10
Donovan Ferreira BAT 1.00
Ravi Singh BAT 0.30 0.95
Sushant Mishra BOWL 0.30 0.90
Shubham Dubey BAT 0.80
Kuldeep Sen BOWL 0.75 0.75
Yudhvir Singh AR 0.35
Yash Raj Punja BOWL 0.30 0.30
Brijesh Sharma BOWL 0.30 0.30
Vignesh Puthur BOWL 0.30 0.30
Aman Rao BAT 0.30 0.30
Lhuan-dre Pretorius BAT 0.30

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

Purse spent 124.75 Cr Purse left 0.25 Cr

Players bought 25/25 Overseas buys 8/8

Players Type Base (In Crores) Sold (In Crores)
Virat Kohli BAT 21.00
Josh Hazlewood BOWL 12.50
Phil Salt BAT 11.50
Rajat Patidar BAT 11.00
Jitesh Sharma BAT 11.00
Bhuvneshwar Kumar BOWL 10.75
Venkatesh Iyer AR 2.00 7.00
Rasikh Salam BOWL 6.00
Krunal Pandya AR 5.75
Mangesh Yadav AR 0.30 5.20
Yash Dayal BOWL 5.00
Tim David AR 3.00
Suyash Sharma BOWL 2.60
Jacob Bethell AR 2.60
Jacob Duffy BOWL 2.00 2.00
Devdutt Padikkal BAT 2.00
Nuwan Thushara BOWL 1.60
Romario Shepherd AR 1.50
Jordan Cox BAT 0.75 0.75
Swapnil Singh AR 0.50
Satvik Deswal AR 0.30 0.30
Kanishk Chouhan AR 0.30 0.30
Abhinandan Singh BOWL 0.30
Vihaan Malhotra AR 0.30 0.30
Vicky Ostwal AR 0.30 0.30

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Purse spent 119.55 Cr Purse left 5.45 Cr

Players bought 25/25 Overseas buys 8/8

Players Type Base (In Crores) Sold (In Crores)
Heinrich Klaasen BAT 23.00
Pat Cummins AR 18.00
Travis Head BAT 14.00
Abhishek Sharma AR 14.00
Liam Livingstone AR 2.00 13.00
Ishan Kishan BAT 11.25
Harshal Patel AR 8.00
Nitish Kumar Reddy AR 6.00
Jack Edwards AR 0.50 3.00
Salil Arora BAT 0.30 1.50
Eshan Malinga BOWL 1.20
Brydon Carse AR 1.00
Jaydev Unadkat BOWL 1.00
Kamindu Mendis AR 0.75
Shivam Mavi BOWL 0.75 0.75
Zeeshan Ansari BOWL 0.40
Onkar Tarmale BOWL 0.30 0.30
Amit Kumar BOWL 0.30 0.30
Shivang Kumar AR 0.30 0.30
Krains Fuetra AR 0.30 0.30
Aniket Verma BAT 0.30
Sakib Hussain BOWL 0.30 0.30
Ravichandran Smaran BAT 0.30
Praful Hinge BOWL 0.30 0.30
Harsh Dubey AR 0.30

What are the Player Categories and Base Prices?

Based on the latest reports for the IPL 2026 Auction, the player categories and base prices have been structured with a minimum base price of ₹30 lakh for uncapped players and up to ₹2 crore for capped players. These price levels were decided before the auction, helping fans who followed the IPL 2026 auction date, venue, and players list understand how teams planned their bidding.

Players are divided into several slabs, with 40 players registered at the highest bracket for the 2026 auction:

IPL 2026 Auction Base Price Categories

Key Details regarding 2026 Auction:

BCCI Central Contracts (Annual Salaries)

Additionally, centrally contracted players receive match fees of ₹15 lakh per Test, ₹6 lakh per ODI, and ₹3 lakh per T20I.  

Players to Watch in IPL 2026 Mega Auction

The IPL 2025 mega auction also witnessed every franchise making significant moves by releasing some key players. Several franchises reshaped their squads after releasing key players ahead of the mega auction. These changes, driven by the IPL 2026 player trade updates, played a major role in shaping team strategies and bidding patterns.

How Does the IPL 2026 Mega Auction Work?

The IPL 2026 auction (held in December 2025) saw record-breaking bids, with Cameron Green becoming the most expensive player at ₹25.20 crore (KKR) and Matheesha Pathirana fetching ₹18 crore (KKR). Uncapped stars Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma were surprise top buys at ₹14.20 crore each, while Liam Livingstone (₹13 cr) and Ravi Bishnoi (₹7.2 cr) were top-tier picks.

Key Players and Top Bids (2026 Auction)

Top Buys:

Impact Players:

Uncapped Sensations:

Beyond the ₹14.20 cr duo, other domestic talents saw high bidding due to the strategic shift towards young Indian core building.

Key Overseas:

Besides Green and Pathirana, Liam Livingstone remained a hot commodity for his finishing abilities.

Key Takeaways

Note: This data is based on the IPL 2026 auction held in late 2025. 

Team Budgets and Retained Players

Logo Team Budget Retained Players Role Salaries
CSK CSK ₹120 Crore Ravindra Jadeja All-Rounder ₹18 Crore
Ruturaj Gaikwad Batsman ₹18 Crore
Matheesha Pathirana Bowler ₹13 Crore
Shivam Dube All-Rounder ₹12 Crore
MS Dhoni Batsman ₹4 Crore
DC DC ₹120 Crore Axar Patel All-Rounder ₹16.5 Crore
Kuldeep Yadav Bowler ₹13.25 Crore
Abhishek Porel Batsman ₹4 Crore
Tristan Stubbs Batsman ₹10 Crore
Mukesh Kumar Bowler ₹8 Crore
GT GT ₹120 Crore Shubman Gill Batsman ₹16.5 Crore
Sai Sudharsan Batsman ₹8.5 Crore
Shahrukh Khan All-Rounder ₹4 Crore
Rahul Tewatia All-Rounder ₹4 Crore
Rashid Khan Bowler ₹18 Crore
KKR KKR ₹120 Crore Rinku Singh Batsman ₹13 Crore
Varun Chakravarthy All-Rounder ₹12 Crore
Andre Russell All-Rounder ₹12 Crore
Sunil Narine Bowler ₹12 Crore
Harshit Rana Bowler ₹4 Crore
Ramandeep Singh All-Rounder ₹4 Crore
LSG LSG ₹120 Crore Nicholas Pooran Batsman ₹21 Crore
Mayank Yadav Bowler ₹11 Crore
Ravi Bishnoi Bowler ₹11 Crore
Ayush Badoni All-Rounder ₹4 Crore
Mohsin Khan Bowler ₹4 Crore
MI MI ₹120 Crore Jasprit Bumrah Bowler ₹18 Crore
Hardik Pandya All-Rounder ₹16.35 Crore
Suryakumar Yadav Batsman ₹16.35 Crore
Rohit Sharma Batsman ₹16.30 Crore
Tilak Varma All-Rounder ₹8 Crore
RR RR ₹120 Crore Yashasvi Jaiswal All-Rounder ₹18 Crore
Sanju Samson Batsman ₹18 Crore
Dhruv Jurel Batsman ₹14 Crore
Riyan Parag All-Rounder ₹14 Crore
Shimron Hetmyer Batsman ₹11 Crore
Sandeep Sharma Bowler ₹4 Crore
RCB RCB ₹120 Crore Virat Kohli Batsman ₹21 Crore
Rajat Patidar Batsman ₹11 Crore
Yash Dayal Bowler ₹5 Crore
SRH SRH ₹120 Crore Heinrich Klaasen Batsman ₹23 Crore
Pat Cummins All-Rounder ₹18 Crore
Abhishek Sharma All-Rounder ₹14 Crore
Travis Head Batsman ₹14 Crore
Nitish Kumar Reddy All-Rounder ₹6 Crore
PBKS PBKS ₹120 Crore Shashank Singh All-Rounder ₹5.50 Crore
Prabhsimran Singh Batsman ₹4 Crore

Frequently Asked Questions About IPL 2026 Mega Auction

When will the IPL 2026 auction take place?

The IPL 2026 auction is expected to be held in December 2025, ahead of the 19th season of the Indian Premier League. The official date will be announced by the BCCI closer to the event.

 

Each IPL team is expected to have a total auction budget of ₹120 crore for the IPL 2026 season, subject to BCCI confirmation.

The highest base price for players in the IPL 2026 auction is ₹2 crore, which mainly includes experienced capped international and Indian players.

  • Capped players: ₹75 lakh

  • Uncapped players: ₹30 lakh

These base prices were revised ahead of recent IPL seasons.

Around 40 players have reportedly registered in the ₹2 crore base price bracket for the IPL 2026 auction.

Each IPL franchise can have a maximum of 8 overseas players in their squad, with only 4 overseas players allowed in the playing XI per match.

From IPL 2025 onwards, a match fee of ₹7.5 lakh per game is paid to every playing member, in addition to their auction salary.

Players, along with their agents, choose their base price within the limits set by the IPL Governing Council, based on form, demand, and previous IPL performances.

  • Capped players: Have represented India at the international level

  • Uncapped players: Have not played for India but compete in domestic or league cricket

Yes, IPL 2026 is expected to feature a mega auction, allowing teams to rebuild squads with limited retentions, subject to official BCCI rules.

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