The mini-auction for IPL 2026 got concluded on December 16. The 10 teams came to the auction with different needs and budgets. KKR and CSK had the highest purse among the 10 teams, including INR 64.30 crore and INR 43.40 crore, respectively. KKR used their budget to pick two of the most expensive players in the auction. The two-time champions spent INR 25.20 crore for Cameron Green and INR 18 crore for Matheesha Pathirana.
CSK spent INR 14.20 crore each on Kartik Sharma and Prashant Veer, thus making them the most expensive uncapped players in the history of IPL auctions. Liam Livingstone was another player who finished with a big bid. He was picked by SRH for INR 13 crore.
The 10 teams spent INR 215.45 crore on 77 players. The upcoming edition of the IPL will take place during March 26 and May 31.
Here is a list of players bought by all 10 teams:
| Teams | Players Bought |
|---|---|
| Chennai Super Kings | Zakary Foulkes (75 lakh), Rahul Chahar (5.20 crore), Matt Henry (2 crore), Sarfaraz Khan (75 lakh), Aman Khan (40 lakh), Matthew Short (1.50 crore), Kartik Sharma (14.20 crore), Prashant Veer (14.20 crore), and Akeal Hosein (2 crore) |
| Delhi Capitals | Kyle Jamieson (2 crore), Prithvi Shaw (75 lakh), Sahil Parakh (30 lakh), Lungi Ngidi (2 crore), Pathum Nissanka (4 crore), Auqib Nabi Dar (8.40 crore), Ben Duckett (2 crore), and David Miller (2 crore) |
| Gujarat Titans | Luke Wood (75 lakh), Prithvi Raj Yarra (30 lakh), Tom Banton (2 crore), Jason Holder (7 crore), and Ashok Sharma (90 lakh) |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Akash Deep (1 crore), Rachin Ravindra (2 crore), Daksh Kamra (30 lakh), Sarthak Ranjan (30 lakh), Tejasvi Dahiya (3 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (9.20 crore), Tim Seifert (1.50 crore), Rahul Tripathi (75 lakh), Prashant Solanki (30 lakh), Kartik Tyagi (30 lakh), Matheesha Pathirana (18 crore), Finn Allen (2 crore), and Cameron Green (25.20 crore) |
| Lucknow Super Giants | Josh Inglis (8.60 crore), Akshat Raghuwanshi (2.20 crore), Naman Tiwari (1 crore), Mukul Choudhary (2.60 crore), Anrich Nortje (2 crore), and Wanindu Hasaranga (2 crore) |
| Mumbai Indians | Mayank Rawat (30 lakh), Atharva Ankolekar (30 lakh), Mohammed Salahuddin Izhar (30 lakh), Danish Malewar (30 lakh), and Quinton de Kock (1 crore) |
| Punjab Kings | Vishal Nishad (30 lakh), Praveen Dubey (30 lakh), Ben Dwarshuis (4.40 crore), and Cooper Connolly (3 crore) |
| Rajasthan Royals | Kuldeep Sen (75 lakh), Adam Milne (2.40 crore), Brijesh Sharma (30 lakh), Aman Rao (30 lakh), Ravi Singh (95 lakh), Vignesh Puthur (30 lakh), Yash Raj Punja (30 lakh), Sushant Mishra (90 lakh), and Ravi Bishnoi (7.20 crore) |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Kanishk Chouhan (30 lakh), Vihaan Malhotra (30 lakh), Vicky Ostwal (30 lakh), Jordan Cox (75 lakh), Mangesh Yadav (5.20 crore), Satvik Deswal (30 lakh), Jacob Duffy (2 crore), and Venkatesh lyer (7 crore) |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Jack Edwards (3 crore), Shivam Mavi (75 lakh), Liam Livingstone (13 crore), Krains Fuletra (30 lakh), Praful Hinge (30 lakh), Amit Kumar (30 lakh), Onkar Tukaram Tarmale (30 lakh), Sakib Hussain (30 lakh), Salil Arora (1.50 crore), and Shivang Kumar (30 lakh) |
1. Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings came to the auction with the second-highest purse behind Kolkata Knight Riders. As expected, they first raised their paddle for Cameron Green and made a total of 29 bids for him. Ravi Bishnoi was another player in whom CSK were really interested. However, they failed to pick both players.
CSK bought Kartik Sharma and Prashant Veer, two uncapped Indian players for a price of INR 14.20 crore each. They were the most expensive players for CSK in this auction and also, these two became the most expensive uncapped players in the history of the auction. Matt Henry, Akeal Hosein, Matthew Short, and Zakary Foulkes were the four overseas players that CSK bought. The five-time champions bought a total of nine players in this auction using their purse of INR 43.40 crore.
Final Squad of Chennai Super Kings:
Retentions: Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Jamie Overton, MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmad, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Sanju Samson (traded), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Shreyas Gopal, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel
Auction Buys
Batters: Sarfaraz Khan (INR 75 lakh)
Wicketkeepers: Kartik Sharma (INR 14.20 Cr)
Allrounders: Prashant Veer (INR 14.20 Cr), Matthew Short (INR 1.50 Cr), Aman Khan (INR 40 lakh), Zak Foulkes (INR 75 lakh)
Spinners: Akeal Hosein (INR 2 Cr), Rahul Chahar (INR 5.2 Cr)
Pacers: Matt Henry (INR 2 Cr)
2. Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals had a purse value of INR 21.80 crore and had eight slots to be filled, including five overseas slots. The Capitals started their day by acquiring David Miller and Ben Duckett for their base price of INR 2 crore. They made a total of 35 bids for Matheesha Pathirana, but lost the bidding war against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Indian uncapped all-rounder Auqib Nabi Dar became their most expensive player at the auction and the Capitals spent almost 39% of their purse on him. They defeated KKR in signing Sri Lankan batter, Pathum Nissanka for a price of INR 4 crore. Apart from Nissanka and Auqib, DC signed all the remaining six players for their base price, including the pace duo of Lungi Ngidi and Kyle Jamieson.
Final Squad of Delhi Capitals:
Retentions: Abhishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, Nitish Rana (traded), Sameer Rizvi, T. Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam
Auction Buys
Batters: David Miller (INR 2 Cr), Pathum Nissanka (INR 4 Cr), Sahil Parak (INR 30 lakh), Prithvi Shaw (INR 75 lakh)
Wicketkeepers: Ben Duckett (INR 2 Cr)
Allrounders: Auqib Nabi (INR 8.40 Cr)
Spinners: Nil
Pacers: Lungi Ngidi (INR 2 Cr), Kyle Jamieson (INR 2 Cr)
3. Gujarat Titans
Gujarat Titans had the third-lowest purse at the mini-auction after Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings. They made bids for a total of nine players and managed to sign five of them. The Titans made their first bid of the day for Venkatesh Iyer and showed interest in signing Liam Livingstone, Ben Dwarshuis, and Jack Edwards. Edwards and Livingtone were picked by the Sunrisers Hyderabad, while Dwarshuis was bought by the Punjab Kings.
GT spent most of their purse to sign Jason Holder for a price of INR 7 crore. Tom Banton and Luke Wood were the other two overseas players bought by the Shubman Gill-led side. GT also signed Ashok Sharma, an uncapped Indian pacer for INR 90 lakh, after fighting a fourway battle against KKR, CSK, and RR.
Final Squad of Gujarat Titans:
Retentions: Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar, Mohammad Siraj, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Prasidh Krishna, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar
Auction Buys
Batters: Nil
Wicketkeepers: Tom Banton (INR 2 Cr)
Allrounders: Jason Holder (INR 7 Cr)
Spinners: Nil
Pacers: Ashok Sharma (INR 90 lakh), Prithvi Raj (INR 30 lakh), Luke Wood (INR 75 lakh)
4. Kolkata Knight Riders
The three-time champions, Kolkata Knight Riders, had a busy day at the auction table and it was expected as well because the team had the biggest purse with them. KKR made bids for 19 players in the auction and managed to sign 12 off them. Among these 12 were Cameron Green and Matheesha Pathirana, the most expensive players in this auction.
KKR failed to sign the likes of Venkatesh Iyer, Pathum Nissanka, Liam Livingstone, and Kartik Sharma. Apart from Green and Pathirana, KKR signed the Kiwi trio of Rachin Ravindra, Finn Allen, and Tim Seifert for their base price. Mustafizur Rahman was the next most expensive player after Green and Pathirana. KKR spent INR 9.20 crore for Mustafizur. They signed uncapped players like Tejasvi Dahiya, Daksh Kamra, Sarthak Ranjan, Prashant Solanki, and Kartik Tyagi.
Final Squad of Kolkata Knight Riders:
Retentions: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy
Auction Buys
Batters: Rahul Tripathi (INR 75 lakh)
Wicketkeepers: Finn Allen (INR 2 Cr), Tejasvi Singh (INR 3 Cr), Tim Seifert (INR 1.50 Cr)
Allrounders: Cameron Green (INR 25.20 Cr), Sarthak Ranjan (INR 30 lakh), Daksh Kamra (INR 30 lakh), Rachin Ravindra (INR 2 Cr)
Spinners: Prashant Solanki (INR 30 lakh)
Pacers: Matheesha Pathirana (INR 18 Cr), Kartik Tyagi (INR 30 lakh), Mustafizur Rahman (INR 9.20 Cr), Akash Deep (INR 1 Cr)
5. Lucknow Super Giants
Lucknow Super Giants came to the mini-auction with a budget of INR 25.50 crore and had six slots left to be filled. Their first signing of the day came in the form of Wanindu Hasaranga, and he was picked for his base price of INR 2 crore. LSG then showed interest in signing Venkatesh Iyer and Matheesha Pathirana. For Pathirana, LSG made a total of 41 bids.
They were also highly interested in signing both Kartik Sharma and Prashant Veer. LSG signed uncapped players like Mukul Choudhary, Akshat Raghuwanshi, and Naman Tiwari after fighting some tough bidding battles. The Sanjeev Goenka-owned team spent INR 8.60 crore to sign Josh Inglis, who will play just four matches in the upcoming edition.
Final Squad of Lucknow Super Giants:
Retentions: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar (traded), Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Mohammed Shami (traded), Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed
Auction Buys
Batters: Akshat Raghuwanshi (INR 2.2 Cr)
Wicketkeepers: Mukul Choudhary (INR 2.6 Cr), Josh Inglis (INR 8.60 Cr)
Allrounders: Nil
Spinners: Wanindu Hasaranga (INR 2 Cr)
Pacers: Anrich Nortje (INR 2 Cr), Naman Tiwari (INR 1 Cr)
6. Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians had the lowest purse among all 10 teams; however, the teams made a bid to sign a total of 11 players. They made the first bid for their former player Cameron Green, whose base price was INR 2 crore, and MI had just INR 2.75 crore in their purse.
MI’s best purchase in the mini-auction came in the form of Quinton de Kock, who was signed for his base price of INR 1 crore. Apart from him, MI signed four other uncapped Indian players for their base price.
Final Squad of Mumbai Indians:
Retentions: AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Markande (traded), Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Shardul Thakur (traded), Sherfane Rutherford (traded), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks
Auction Buys
Batters: Danish Malewar (INR 30 lakh)
Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock (INR 1 Cr)
Allrounders: Atharva Ankolekar (INR 30 lakh), Mayank Rawat (INR 30 lakh)
Spinners: Nil
Pacers: Mohammad Izhar (INR 30 lakh)
7. Punjab Kings
The Punjab Kings had a budget of INR 11.50 crore, the second-lowest among 10 teams. They sat through the first 10 sets and didn’t raise the paddle once. They first showed interest in a player during the accelerated round and tried to pick Aman Khan. However, they made just one bid and let CSK sign him for INR 35 lakh.
The team then signed Cooper Connolly for INR 3 crore next. PBKS made a total of 13 bids to sign Rahul Chahar, but failed to do the same. PBKS signed Ben Dwarshuis, Vishal Nishad, and Praveen Dubey apart from Connolly.
Final Squad of Punjab Kings:
Retentions: Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal
Auction Buys
Batters: Nil
Wicketkeepers: Nil
Allrounders: Cooper Connolly (INR 3 Cr)
Spinners: Pravin Dubey (INR 30 lakh), Vishal Nishad (INR 30 lakh)
Pacers: Ben Dwarshuis (INR 4.40 Cr)
8. Rajasthan Royals
The Rajasthan Royals came to the auction with a budget of INR 16.05 crore. Their major signing in the auction was that of Ravi Bishnoi, and they shelled out INR 7.20 crore for him. With his addition, RR now has a potent spin attack containing Ravindra Jadeja and Bishnoi.
They signed a few domestic Indian pacers, having the ability to bowl fast. Adam Milne was the only overseas player signed by the Royals in the auction. They made a total of 15 bids in the auction and finished signing nine players.
Final Squad of Rajasthan Royals:
Retentions: Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira (traded), Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-Dre Pretorious, Nandre Burger, Ravindra Jadeja (traded), Riyan Parag, Sam Curran (traded), Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Yudhvir Charak
Auction Buys
Batters: Aman Rao (INR 30 lakh)
Wicketkeepers: Ravi Singh (INR 95 lakh)
Allrounders: Nil
Spinners: Ravi Bishnoi (INR 7.20 Cr), Yash Raj Punja (INR 30 lakh), Vignesh Puthur (INR 30 lakh)
Pacers: Sushant Mishra (INR 90 lakh), Brijesh Sharma (INR 30 lakh), Adam Milne (INR 2.40 Cr), Kuldeep Sen (INR 75 lakh)
9. Royal Challengers Bengaluru
RCB had a budget of INR 16.40 crore and started their day with the purchase of Venkatesh Iyer. They fought a bidding war against KKR and picked him up for INR 7 crore. RCB shelled out INR 5.20 crore for Mangesh Yadav, an all-rounder from Madhya Pradesh. SRH was the other team that made bids for Mangesh.
RCB bought a total of eight players in the auction. Apart from Venkatesh and Mangesh, the other six teams came at their base price. Jacob Duffy and Jordan Cox are the two overseas players signed by the defending champions in the mini-auction.
Final Squad of Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
Retentions: Abhinandan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Devdutt Padikkal, Jacob Bethell, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Krunal Pandya, Nuwan Thushara, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, Rasikh Dar, Romario Shepherd, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal
Auction Buys
Batters: Vihaan Malhotra (INR 30 lakh)
Wicketkeepers: Jordan Cox (INR 75 lakh)
Allrounders: 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)
Spinners: Nil
Pacers: Jacob Duffy (INR 2 Cr)
10. Sunrisers Hyderabad
SRH had an interesting day in the mini-auction and finished purchasing 10 players with their purse of INR 25.50 crore. Their first seven picks were uncapped players, including Salil Arora. SRH fought a bidding war for Salil and picked him up for INR 1.50 crore.
English all-rounder Liam Livingstone was the most expensive player for SRH and came at a price of INR 13 crore. SRH purchased Shivam Mavi at his base price and Jack Edwards for INR 3 crore in the accelerated round. SRH made bids for seven more players, including Josh Inglis, Ravi Bishnoi, and Auqib Nabi Dar.
Final Squad of Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Retentions: 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
Batters: Nil
Wicketkeepers: Salil Arora (INR 1.50 Cr)
Allrounders: Shivang Kumar (INR 30 lakh), Liam Livingstone (INR 13 Cr), Jack Edwards (INR 3 Cr)
Spinners: Amit Kumar (INR 30 lakh), Krains Fuletra (INR 30 lakh)
Pacers: Sakib Hussain (INR 30 lakh), Onkar Tarmale (INR 30 lakh), Praful Hinge (INR 30 lakh), Shivam Mavi (INR 75 lakh)
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