Overview of the Mini Auction
The IPL 2026 mini auction has ended. All ten franchises have completed their squads. Cameron Green was the most expensive player, sold for ₹25.20 crore. Matheesha Pathirana joined Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹18 crore. Domestic players Karthik Sharma and Prashant Veer received high bids. Telugu youngster Aman Rao was picked at his base price of ₹30 lakh by Rajasthan Royals. Aman is from Vennampalli village in Saidapur mandal of Karimnagar district.
Below is the complete list of players for each team
Chennai Super Kings
New Players:
Karthik Sharma (₹14.20 crore), Prashant Veer (₹14.20 crore), Akeal Hosein (₹2 crore), Matthew Short (₹1.5 crore), Aman Khan (₹40 lakh), Sarfaraz Khan (₹75 lakh), Matt Henry (₹2 crore), Rahul Chahar (₹5.2 crore), Jack Edwards (₹3 crore), Jack Foulds (₹75 lakh)
Retained Players:
Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Jamie Overton, MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmad, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Sanju Samson (Trade), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Shreyas Gopal, Khaleel Ahmed, Ayush Matre, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel
Lucknow Super Giants
New Players:
Mukul Choudhary (₹2.6 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (₹2 crore), Anrich Nortje (₹2 crore), Naman Tiwari (₹1 crore), Akshat Raghuvanshi (₹2.2 crore), Josh Inglis (₹8.6 crore)
Retained Players:
Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar (Trade), Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvijay Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Mohammed Shami (Trade), Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed
Kolkata Knight Riders
New Players:
Cameron Green (₹25.20 crore), Finn Allen (₹2 crore), Tejaswi Singh (₹3 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (₹18 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (₹9.2 crore), Tim Seifert (₹1.5 crore), Prashant Solanki (₹30 lakh), Kartik Tyagi (₹30 lakh), Rahul Tripathi (₹75 lakh), Sarthak Ranjan (₹30 lakh), Daksh Kamra (₹30 lakh), Rachin Ravindra (₹2 crore), Akash Deep (₹1 crore)
Retained Players:
Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Delhi Capitals
New Players:
Ben Duckett (₹2 crore), David Miller (₹2 crore), Aqib Nabi (₹8.4 crore), Pathum Nissanka (₹5 crore), Lungi Ngidi (₹2 crore), Prithvi Shaw (₹75 lakh), Sahil Parekh (₹30 lakh), Kyle Jamieson (₹2 crore)
Retained Players:
Abhishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, Nitish Rana (Trade), Sameer Rizvi, T. Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam
Mumbai Indians
New Players:
Quinton de Kock (₹1 crore), Danish Malevar (₹30 lakh), Mohammad Izhar (₹30 lakh), Atharva Ankolekar (₹30 lakh), Mayank Rawat (₹30 lakh)
Retained Players:
Alla Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Markande (Trade), Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Shardul Thakur (Trade), Sherfane Rutherford (Trade), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks
Royal Challengers Bangalore
New Players:
Venkatesh Iyer (₹7 crore), Jacob Duffy (₹2 crore), Satvik Deswal (₹30 lakh), Mangesh Yadav (₹5.2 crore), Jordan Cox (₹75 lakh), Vicky Ostwal (₹30 lakh), Vihan Malhotra (₹30 lakh), Kaushik Chauhan (₹30 lakh)
Retained Players:
Abhinandan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Devdutt Padikkal, Jacob Bethell, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Krunal Pandya, Nuwan Thushara, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, Rasikh Dar Salam, Romario Shepherd, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal
Rajasthan Royals
New Players:
Ravi Bishnoi (₹7.4 crore), Adam Milne (₹2.4 crore), Sushant Mishra (₹90 lakh), Vignesh Puthur (₹30 lakh), Yash Raj Punja (₹30 lakh), Ravi Singh (₹95 lakh), Aman Rao (₹30 lakh), Brijesh Sharma (₹30 lakh), Kuldeep Sen (₹75 lakh)
Retained Players:
Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira (Trade), Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka, Luan-dre Pretorius, Nandre Burger, Ravindra Jadeja (Trade), Riyan Parag, Sam Curran (Trade), Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yudhvir Charak
Sunrisers Hyderabad
New Players:
Liam Livingstone (₹13 crore), Salil Arora (₹1.5 crore), Shivang Kumar (₹30 lakh), Sakib Hussain (₹30 lakh), Omkar Tarmole (₹30 lakh), Amit Kumar (₹30 lakh), Prafull Hinge (₹30 lakh), Crain (₹30 lakh), Shivam Mavi (₹75 lakh)
Retained Players:
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 Ravichandran, Travis Head, Zishan Ansari
Punjab Kings
New Players:
Cooper Connolly (₹3 crore), Ben Dwarshuis (₹4.4 crore), Praveen Dubey (₹30 lakh)
Retained Players:
Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Paila Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Suryansh Shethge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal
Gujarat Titans
New Players:
Jason Holder (₹7 crore), Ashok Sharma (₹90 lakh), Tom Banton (₹2 crore), Prithvi Raj Yarra (₹30 lakh), Luke Wood (₹75 lakh)
Retained Players:
Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammad Arshad Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Prasidh Krishna, Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar
