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IPL 2026 Mini Auction: Top Buyers, Full Squad After Auction, Key Details
Updated - 17-DEC-2025 10:24 IST
At the end of the IPL 2026 auction, which took place on December 16, 2025, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, all ten clubs filled the 77 vacant spots, spending a staggering ₹215.45 crore to reinforce their teams in preparation for the upcoming T20 season.
Record-breaking purchases, unexpected, uncapped deals, and strategic team building were all part of this year's auction. Franchises used a variety of strategies, from supporting up-and-coming domestic talent to spending on well-known names.
IPL 2026 Mega Auction Overview
- Total Player Sold: 77
- Overseas Players Sold: 23
- Total Spent: INR ₹215.45 crore
Top 5 Buyers & Record Deals in IPL 2026 Auction:
|
Teams |
Players |
Base Price |
Winning Bid(Rs) |
|
KKR |
2 Cr |
25.2 CR | |
|
KKR |
Matheesha Pathirana |
2 Cr |
18 CR |
|
CSK |
Kartik Sharma |
30 Lakh |
14.2 CR |
|
CSK |
Prashant Veer |
30 lakh |
14.2 Cr |
|
SRH |
Liam Livingstone* |
2 Cr |
13 Cr |
Squads After The IPL 2026 Auction:
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
|
Players |
Role |
Price(Cr) |
Retained/Auction |
|
Ruturaj Gaikwad |
BAT |
18.00 |
Retained |
|
Sanju Samson |
BAT |
18.00 |
Retained |
|
Kartik Sharma |
BAT |
14.20 |
Auction |
|
Prashant Veer |
AR |
14.20 |
Auction |
|
Shivam Dube |
AR |
12.00 |
Retained |
|
Noor Ahmad* |
BOWL |
10.00 |
Retained |
|
Rahul Chahar |
BOWL |
5.20 |
Auction |
|
Khaleel Ahmed |
BOWL |
4.80 |
Retained |
|
MS Dhoni |
BAT |
4.00 |
Retained |
|
Anshul Kamboj |
AR |
3.40 |
Retained |
|
Gurjapneet Singh |
BOWL |
2.20 |
Retained |
|
Dewald Brevis* |
BAT |
2.20 |
Retained |
|
Nathan Ellis* |
BOWL |
2.00 |
Retained |
|
Akeal Hosein* |
BOWL |
2.00 |
Auction |
|
Matt Henry* |
BOWL |
2.00 |
Auction |
|
Matthew Short* |
AR |
1.50 |
Auction |
|
Jamie Overton* |
AR |
1.50 |
Retained |
|
Zak Foulkes* |
AR |
0.75 |
Auction |
|
Sarfaraz Khan |
BAT |
0.75 |
Auction |
|
Aman Khan |
AR |
0.40 |
Auction |
|
Ayush Mhatre |
BAT |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Ramakrishna Ghosh |
AR |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Urvil Patel |
BAT |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Mukesh Choudhary |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Shreyas Gopal |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Retained |
Purse Remaining
|
Retention Spent |
81.6 Cr |
|
Purse Left |
2.4 Cr |
|
Auction Spend |
122.6 Cr |
|
Total Players |
25/25 |
|
Overseas |
8/8 |
Delhi Capitals (DC)
|
Players |
Role |
Price(Cr) |
Retained/Auction |
|
Axar Patel |
AR |
16.50 |
Retained |
|
KL Rahul |
BAT |
14.00 |
Retained |
|
Kuldeep Yadav |
BOWL |
13.25 |
Retained |
|
Mitchell Starc |
BOWL |
11.75 |
Retained |
|
T Natarajan |
BOWL |
10.75 |
Retained |
|
Tristan Stubbs |
BAT |
10.00 |
Retained |
|
Auqib Nabi* |
AR |
8.40 |
Auction |
|
Mukesh Kumar |
BOWL |
8.00 |
Retained |
|
Nitish Rana |
AR |
4.20 |
Retained |
|
Abishek Porel |
BAT |
4.00 |
Retained |
|
Pathum Nissanka* |
BAT |
4.00 |
Auction |
|
Ashutosh Sharma |
AR |
3.80 |
Retained |
|
Kyle Jamieson* |
BOWL |
2.00 |
Auction |
|
Lungi Ngidi* |
BOWL |
2.00 |
Auction |
|
Ben Duckett* |
BAT |
2.00 |
Auction |
|
David Miller* |
BAT |
2.00 |
Auction |
|
Sameer Rizvi |
AR |
0.95 |
Retained |
|
Prithvi Shaw |
BAT |
0.75 |
Auction |
|
Dushmantha Chameera* |
BOWL |
0.75 |
Retained |
|
Vipraj Nigam |
AR |
0.50 |
Retained |
|
Karun Nair |
BAT |
0.50 |
Retained |
|
Madhav Tiwari |
AR |
0.40 |
Retained |
|
Sahil Parakh |
BAT |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Tripurana Vijay |
AR |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Ajay Mandal |
AR |
0.30 |
Retained |
Purse Remaining
|
Retention Spent |
103.2 Cr |
|
Purse Left |
35 lakh |
|
Auction Spend |
21.45 Cr |
|
Total Players |
25/25 |
|
Overseas |
8/8 |
Gujarat Titans (GT)
|
Players |
Role |
Price(Cr) |
Retained/Auction |
|
Rashid Khan* |
BOWL |
18.00 |
Retained |
|
Shubman Gill |
BAT |
16.50 |
Retained |
|
Jos Buttler* |
BAT |
15.75 |
Retained |
|
Mohammed Siraj |
BOWL |
12.25 |
Retained |
|
Kagiso Rabada* |
BOWL |
10.75 |
Retained |
|
Prasidh Krishna |
BOWL |
9.50 |
Retained |
|
Sai Sudharsan |
BAT |
8.50 |
Retained |
|
Jason Holder* |
AR |
7.00 |
Auction |
|
M Shahrukh Khan |
AR |
4.00 |
Retained |
|
Rahul Tewatia |
AR |
4.00 |
Retained |
|
Washington Sundar |
AR |
3.20 |
Retained |
|
Sai Kishore |
AR |
2.00 |
Retained |
|
Tom Banton* |
BAT |
2.00 |
Auction |
|
Glenn Phillips* |
BAT |
2.00 |
Retained |
|
Gurnoor Brar* |
BOWL |
1.30 |
Retained |
|
Arshad Khan |
AR |
1.30 |
Retained |
|
Ashok Sharma |
BOWL |
0.90 |
Auction |
|
Luke Wood* |
BOWL |
0.75 |
Auction |
|
Jayant Yadav |
AR |
0.75 |
Retained |
|
Ishant Sharma |
BOWL |
0.75 |
Retained |
|
Kumar Kushagra |
BAT |
0.65 |
Retained |
|
Nishant Sindhu |
AR |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Manav Suthar |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Anuj Rawat |
BAT |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Prithvi Raj |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Auction |
Purse Remaining
|
Retention Spent |
112.1 Cr |
|
Purse Left |
1.95 Cr |
|
Auction Spend |
10.95 Cr |
|
Total Players |
25/25 |
|
Overseas |
7/8 |
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
|
Players |
Role |
Price(Cr) |
Retained/Auction |
|
Cameron Green* |
BAT |
25.20 |
Auction |
|
Matheesha Pathirana* |
BOWL |
18.00 |
Auction |
|
Rinku Singh |
BAT |
13.00 |
Retained |
|
Varun Chakravarthy |
BOWL |
12.00 |
Retained |
|
Sunil Narine* |
BOWL |
12.00 |
Retained |
|
Mustafizur Rahman* |
BOWL |
9.20 |
Auction |
|
Harshit Rana |
BOWL |
4.00 |
Retained |
|
Ramandeep Singh |
AR |
4.00 |
Retained |
|
Tejasvi Dahiya |
BAT |
3.00 |
Auction |
|
Angkrish Raghuvanshi |
BAT |
3.00 |
Retained |
|
Rachin Ravindra |
AR |
2.00 |
Auction |
|
Finn Allen* |
BAT |
2.00 |
Auction |
|
Vaibhav Arora |
BOWL |
1.80 |
Retained |
|
Rovman Powell |
BAT |
1.50 |
Retained |
|
Tim Seifert* |
BAT |
1.50 |
Auction |
|
Ajinkya Rahane |
BAT |
1.50 |
Retained |
|
Akash Deep |
BOWL |
1.00 |
Auction |
|
Umran Malik |
BOWL |
0.75 |
Retained |
|
Rahul Tripathi |
BAT |
0.75 |
Auction |
|
Manish Pandey |
BAT |
0.75 |
Retained |
|
Anukul Roy |
AR |
0.40 |
Retained |
|
Daksh Kamra |
AR |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Prashant Solanki |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Kartik Tyagi |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Sarthak Ranjan |
AR |
0.30 |
Auction |
Purse Remaining
|
Retention Spent |
60.7 Cr |
|
Purse Left |
45 lakh |
|
Auction Spend |
63.85 Cr |
|
Total Players |
25/25 |
|
Overseas |
8/8 |
Lucknow Supergiants (LSG)
|
Players |
Role |
Price(Cr) |
Retained/Auction |
|
Rishabh Pant |
BAT |
27.00 |
Retained |
|
Nicholas Pooran* |
BAT |
21.00 |
Retained |
|
Mayank Yadav |
BOWL |
11.00 |
Retained |
|
Mohammed Shami |
BOWL |
10.00 |
Retained |
|
Avesh Khan |
BOWL |
9.75 |
Retained |
|
Josh Inglis* |
BAT |
8.60 |
Auction |
|
Abdul Samad |
AR |
4.20 |
Retained |
|
Ayush Badoni |
AR |
4.00 |
Retained |
|
Mohsin Khan |
BOWL |
4.00 |
Retained |
|
Mitchell Marsh* |
AR |
3.40 |
Retained |
|
Mukul Choudhary |
BAT |
2.60 |
Auction |
|
Shahbaz Ahmed |
AR |
2.40 |
Retained |
|
Akshat Raghuwanshi |
BAT |
2.20 |
Auction |
|
Wanindu Hasaranga* |
AR |
2.00 |
Auction |
|
Aiden Markram* |
BAT |
2.00 |
Retained |
|
Anrich Nortje* |
BOWL |
2.00 |
Auction |
|
Naman Tiwari |
BOWL |
1.00 |
Auction |
|
Manimaran Siddharth |
BOWL |
0.75 |
Retained |
|
Matthew Breetzke* |
BAT |
0.75 |
Retained |
|
Digvesh Rathi |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Arshin Kulkarni |
AR |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Prince Yadav |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Akash Singh |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Arjun Tendulkar |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Himmat Singh |
BAT |
0.30 |
Retained |
Purse Remaining
|
Retention Spent |
102.05 Cr |
|
Purse Left |
4.55 Cr |
|
Auction Spend |
18.4 Cr |
|
Total Players |
25/25 |
|
Overseas |
7/8 |
Mumbai Indians (MI)
|
Players |
Role |
Price(Cr) |
Retained/Auction |
|
Jasprit Bumrah |
BOWL |
18.00 |
Retained |
|
Hardik Pandya |
AR |
16.35 |
Retained |
|
Suryakumar Yadav |
BAT |
16.35 |
Retained |
|
Rohit Sharma |
BAT |
16.30 |
Retained |
|
Trent Boult* |
BOWL |
12.50 |
Retained |
|
Deepak Chahar |
BOWL |
9.25 |
Retained |
|
Tilak Varma |
AR |
8.00 |
Retained |
|
Naman Dhir |
AR |
5.25 |
Retained |
|
Will Jacks* |
AR |
5.25 |
Retained |
|
AM Ghazanfar |
BOWL |
4.80 |
Retained |
|
Sherfane Rutherford* |
BAT |
2.60 |
Retained |
|
Mitchell Santner* |
AR |
2.00 |
Retained |
|
Shardul Thakur |
AR |
2.00 |
Retained |
|
Ryan Rickelton* |
BAT |
1.00 |
Retained |
|
Quinton de Kock* |
BAT |
1.00 |
Auction |
|
Corbin Bosch* |
AR |
0.75 |
Retained |
|
Robin Minz |
BAT |
0.65 |
Retained |
|
Mohd Izhar |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Danish Malewar |
BAT |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Raj Bawa |
AR |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Ashwani Kumar |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Atharva Ankolekar |
AR |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Raghu Sharma |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Mayank Markande |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Mayank Rawat |
AR |
0.30 |
Auction |
Purse Remaining
|
Retention Spent |
122.25 Cr |
|
Purse Left |
55 lakh |
|
Auction Spend |
2.2 Cr |
|
Total Players |
25/25 |
|
Overseas |
8/8 |
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
|
Players |
Role |
Price(Cr) |
Retained/Auction |
|
Shreyas Iyer |
BAT |
26.75 |
Retained |
|
Arshdeep Singh |
BOWL |
18.00 |
Retained |
|
Yuzvendra Chahal |
BOWL |
18.00 |
Retained |
|
Marcus Stoinis* |
AR |
11.00 |
Retained |
|
Marco Jansen* |
AR |
7.00 |
Retained |
|
Shashank Singh |
AR |
5.50 |
Retained |
|
Ben Dwarshuis* |
AR |
4.40 |
Auction |
|
Nehal Wadhera |
BAT |
4.20 |
Retained |
|
Prabhsimran Singh |
BAT |
4.00 |
Retained |
|
Priyansh Arya |
BAT |
3.80 |
Retained |
|
Mitchell Owen* |
AR |
3.00 |
Retained |
|
Cooper Connolly* |
AR |
3.00 |
Auction |
|
Azmatullah Omarzai* |
AR |
2.40 |
Retained |
|
Lockie Ferguson* |
BOWL |
2.00 |
Retained |
|
Vijaykumar Vyshak |
BOWL |
1.80 |
Retained |
|
Yash Thakur |
BOWL |
1.60 |
Retained |
|
Harpreet Brar |
AR |
1.50 |
Retained |
|
Vishnu Vinod |
BAT |
0.95 |
Retained |
|
Xavier Bartlett* |
BOWL |
0.80 |
Retained |
|
Vishal Nishad |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Suryansh Shedge |
AR |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Pyla Avinash |
BAT |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Musheer Khan |
AR |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Harnoor Singh |
BAT |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Praveen Dubey |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Auction |
Purse Remaining
|
Retention Spent |
113.5 Cr |
|
Purse Left |
3.5 Cr |
|
Auction Spend |
8 Cr |
|
Total Players |
25/25 |
|
Overseas |
8/8 |
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
|
Players |
Role |
Price(Cr) |
Retained/Auction |
|
Yashasvi Jaiswal |
AR |
18.00 |
Retained |
|
Dhruv Jurel |
BAT |
14.00 |
Retained |
|
Riyan Parag |
AR |
14.00 |
Retained |
|
Ravindra Jadeja |
AR |
14.00 |
Retained |
|
Jofra Archer* |
BOWL |
12.50 |
Retained |
|
Shimron Hetmyer* |
BAT |
11.00 |
Retained |
|
Ravi Bishnoi |
BOWL |
7.20 |
Auction |
|
Tushar Deshpande |
BOWL |
6.50 |
Retained |
|
Sandeep Sharma |
BOWL |
4.00 |
Retained |
|
Nandre Burger* |
BOWL |
3.50 |
Retained |
|
Sam Curran* |
AR |
2.40 |
Retained |
|
Adam Milne* |
BOWL |
2.40 |
Auction |
|
Kwena Maphaka* |
BOWL |
1.50 |
Retained |
|
Vaibhav Suryavanshi |
BAT |
1.10 |
Retained |
|
Donovan Ferreira* |
BAT |
1.00 |
Retained |
|
Ravi Singh |
BAT |
0.95 |
Auction |
|
Sushant Mishra |
BOWL |
0.90 |
Auction |
|
Shubham Dubey |
BAT |
0.80 |
Retained |
|
Kuldeep Sen |
BOWL |
0.75 |
Auction |
|
Yudhvir Singh |
AR |
0.35 |
Retained |
|
Yash Raj Punja |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Brijesh Sharma |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Vignesh Puthur |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Aman Rao |
BAT |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Lhuan-dre Pretorius* |
BAT |
0.30 |
Retained |
Purse Remaining
|
Retention Spent |
108.95 Cr |
|
Purse Left |
2.65 Cr |
|
Auction Spend |
13.4 Cr |
|
Total Players |
25/25 |
|
Overseas |
8/8 |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
|
Players |
Role |
Price(Cr) |
Retained/Auction |
|
Virat Kohli |
BAT |
21.00 |
Retained |
|
Josh Hazlewood* |
BOWL |
12.50 |
Retained |
|
Phil Salt |
BAT |
11.50 |
Retained |
|
Rajat Patidar |
BAT |
11.00 |
Retained |
|
Jitesh Sharma |
BAT |
11.00 |
Retained |
|
Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
BOWL |
10.75 |
Retained |
|
Venkatesh Iyer |
AR |
7.00 |
Auction |
|
Rasikh Salam |
BOWL |
6.00 |
Retained |
|
Krunal Pandya |
AR |
5.75 |
Retained |
|
Mangesh Yadav |
AR |
5.20 |
Auction |
|
Yash Dayal |
BOWL |
5.00 |
Retained |
|
Tim David* |
AR |
3.00 |
Retained |
|
Suyash Sharma |
BOWL |
2.60 |
Retained |
|
Jacob Bethell* |
AR |
2.60 |
Retained |
|
Devdutt Padikkal |
BAT |
2.00 |
Retained |
|
Jacob Duffy* |
BOWL |
2.00 |
Auction |
|
Nuwan Thushara |
BOWL |
1.60 |
Retained |
|
Romario Shepherd* |
AR |
1.50 |
Retained |
|
Jordan Cox* |
BAT |
0.75 |
Auction |
|
Swapnil Singh |
AR |
0.50 |
Retained |
|
Satvik Deswal |
AR |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Kanishk Chouhan |
AR |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Abhinandan Singh |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Vihaan Malhotra |
AR |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Vicky Ostwal |
AR |
0.30 |
Auction |
Purse Remaining
|
Retention Spent |
108.6 Cr |
|
Purse Left |
25 lakh |
|
Auction Spend |
16.15 Cr |
|
Total Players |
25/25 |
|
Overseas |
8/8 |
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
|
Players |
Role |
Price(Cr) |
Retained/Auction |
|
Heinrich Klaasen* |
BAT |
23.00 |
Retained |
|
Pat Cummins* |
AR |
18.00 |
Retained |
|
Abhishek Sharma |
AR |
14.00 |
Retained |
|
Travis Head* |
BAT |
14.00 |
Retained |
|
Liam Livingstone* |
AR |
13.00 |
Auction |
|
Ishan Kishan |
BAT |
11.25 |
Retained |
|
Harshal Patel |
AR |
8.00 |
Retained |
|
Nitish Kumar Reddy |
AR |
6.00 |
Retained |
|
Jack Edwards* |
AR |
3.00 |
Auction |
|
Salil Arora |
BAT |
1.50 |
Auction |
|
Eshan Malinga* |
BOWL |
1.20 |
Retained |
|
Brydon Carse* |
AR |
1.00 |
Retained |
|
Jaydev Unadkat |
BOWL |
1.00 |
Retained |
|
Shivam Mavi |
BOWL |
0.75 |
Auction |
|
Kamindu Mendis* |
AR |
0.75 |
Retained |
|
Zeeshan Ansari |
BOWL |
0.40 |
Retained |
|
Onkar Tarmale |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Amit Kumar |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Shivang Kumar |
AR |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Krains Fuletra |
AR |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Aniket Verma |
BAT |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Sakib Hussain |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Ravichandran Smaran |
BAT |
0.30 |
Retained |
|
Praful Hinge |
BOWL |
0.30 |
Auction |
|
Harsh Dubey |
AR |
0.30 |
Retained |
Purse Remaining
|
Retention Spent |
99.5 Cr |
|
Purse Left |
5.45 Cr |
|
Auction Spend |
20.05 Cr |
|
Total Players |
25/25 |
|
Overseas |
8/8 |
What’s Next?
Teams are going to focus on training camp preparations and tactical plans before the beginning of the IPL 2026 season, which is set to take place from March 26 to May 31, 2026.
This auction sets up one of the most intriguing editions to date, combining explosive batting firepower, exciting new talents, and strategic balance across all ten franchises, whether it's KKR's high-budget reconstruction or CSK's youth risk.