IPL 2026 Auction: Full Squads of All 10 Teams Finalised
IPL 2026 auction ends with big buys and surprises as all 10 teams finalize their squads after intense bidding in Abu Dhabi.
IPL 2026 Auction: Franchises finalize full squads after high-stakes mini auction in Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi witnessed the grand IPL 2026 mini sale where teams splurged on players to reinforce their respective teams. The auction saw a number of renowned players being turned into highly prized notables. Not surprisingly, the famous Australian all-rounder Cameron Green led the list of the richest purchases with the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) acquiring him for a whopping ₹25.20 crore.
KKR has not only caught viewers with their KKR but has also made an even bigger move to acquire the Sri Lankan pacer Matisha Pathirana at ₹18 crore. The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) completely changed the auction picture by grabbing each uncapped talents Prashant Veer and Karthik Sharma for ₹14.20 crore, thus breaking the record for the highest price paid for the non-international players. There were also buyers for Indian batsmen Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan, with the respective delivery of the latter being done to Delhi Capitals and CSK for the same amount of ₹75 lakh each.
Take a glance at the IPL 2026 auction results revealing the complete rosters of the 10 participating franchises:
1. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Players acquired: Cameron Green, Finn Allen, Matisha Pathirana, Tejaswi Singh, Karthik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Mustafizur Rahman, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Rachin Ravindra, Akash Deep.
Kept: Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Manish Pandey, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik.
2. Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Players acquired: Akeel Hossain, Prashant Veer, Karthik Sharma, Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Matt Henry, Rahul Chahar, Jack Foulkes.
Kept: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Ayush Matre, Dewald Brevis, MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Sanju Samson (traded), Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Chaudhary.
3. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Players bought: Salil Arora, Shivang Kumar, Cranes Fullatra, Saqib Hussain, Omkar Tarmale, Praful Hinge, Amit Kumar, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi.
Retained: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R Samaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari.
4. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Players bought: Wanindu Hasaranga, Anrich Nortje, Mukul Chowdhury, Naman Tiwari, Akshat Raghuvanshi, Josh Inglis.
Retained: Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shehbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mohammed Shami (traded), Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, M Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh.
5. Delhi Capitals (DC)
Players bought: David Miller, Ben Duckett, Aaqib Nabi Dar, Pathum Nissanka, Lungi Ngidi, Sahil Parakh, Prithvi Shaw, Kyle Jamieson.
Retained: Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Abhishek Porel, Axar Patel, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripura Vijay, Ajay Mondal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera.
6. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Players bought: Venkatesh Iyer, Jacob Duffy, Satwik Deswal, Mangesh Yadav, Jordan Cox, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, Kanishk Chauhan.
Retained: Rajat Patidar (C), 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.
7. Rajasthan Royals (RR)
The team included: Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puttur, Ravi Singh, Aman Rao, Brijesh Sharma, Adam Milne, Kuldeep Sen as their buys.
Kept: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Ravindra Jadeja (traded), Sam Curran (traded), Dee Ferreira (traded), Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhvir Singh, Quinn Maphaka, Nandre Burger.
8. Gujarat Titans (GT)
They bought Ashok Sharma, Jason Holder, Tom Banton, Prithvi Raj, and Luke Wood for the team.
The whole squad: Shubman Gill, 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, Rashid Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav.
9. Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Players bought: Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Praveen Dubey, Vishal Nishad.
Kept: Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Shashank Singh, Paila Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Musheer Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Saryansh Shegde, Mitchell Owen, Arshdeep Singh, Vaishakh Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar.
10. Mumbai Indians (MI)
The franchise included: Quinton de Kock, Danish Malewar, Mohammed Izhar, Atharva Ankolekar, and Mayank Rawat in the purchasing list.
The following players will be retained: Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Trent Boult, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Sherfane Rutherford (traded), Shardul Thakur (traded), Mayank Markande (traded).
While squads are locked, all the eyes are on IPL 2026 as the franchisees gear up for another high-voltage season.

