IPL 2026 Auction Wrap: Full Squads Of All 10 Teams

IPL 2026 Auction Wrap: The Indian Premier League auction on Tuesday night in Abu Dhabi turned into a headline-grabbing event, with big-money bids and surprise deals lighting up the Etihad Arena. A total of 77 player slots were available, and all 10 franchises came ready to spend.

The biggest moment of the evening came when Australia all-rounder Cameron Green rewrote the history books. Kolkata Knight Riders snapped him up for ₹25.20 crore, making him the most expensive overseas player ever in IPL history.

IPL 2026 Auction Wrap – New Rules, New Records

Although Cameron Green went for a record amount, his actual playing contract will be capped at ₹18 crore due to the new IPL auction rules. Any amount above the cap will be diverted to the BCCI’s welfare fund.

Until now, the record for the most expensive overseas player belonged to Mitchell Starc, who was bought by KKR for ₹24.75 crore ahead of the IPL 2024 season.

At the IPL 2026 auction, teams had a combined purse of ₹237.55 crore. The minimum base price was set at ₹30 lakh, while the highest base price stood at ₹2 crore.

Uncapped Indian Players Steal the Show

The spotlight wasn’t just on overseas stars. Uncapped Indian players enjoyed a dream evening, especially at the Chennai Super Kings table.

CSK made Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma the joint-most expensive uncapped players in IPL history, picking them up for ₹14.2 crore each. Prashant first broke the record, and Kartik matched it soon after.

Previously, Avesh Khan held this record after being signed by Lucknow Super Giants for ₹10 crore ahead of IPL 2023.

Kolkata Knight Riders Go Big and Finish Early

Three-time champions KKR entered the auction with the biggest purse of ₹64.30 crore and only 12 players on their roster. Despite that, they were the first team to complete a full 25-player squad. Along with Cameron Green, KKR also made a major move by signing Sri Lanka fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana for ₹18 crore.

Squad Rules and Auction Overview

For IPL 2026, each franchise was given a total budget of ₹125 crore. Teams were required to build squads of at least 18 players and no more than 25, including a maximum of eight overseas players.

Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants ended the auction without filling their full overseas quota, both stopping at seven foreign players.

In total, the 10 teams filled 77 slots from a pool of 369 cricketers.

Smart Moves from Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians came into the auction with a tight budget of just ₹2.75 crore. Despite limited funds, they managed to strengthen their squad by signing experienced wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock for ₹1 crore.

Looking Back at Previous Records

At the IPL 2025 player auction, Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in IPL history after being signed by Lucknow Super Giants for ₹27 crore.

IPL 2026 Most Expensive Players at a Glance

• Most expensive player in IPL 2026 – Cameron Green (₹25.20 crore)
• Most expensive overseas player in IPL 2026 – Cameron Green (₹25.20 crore)
• Most expensive Indian player in IPL 2026 – Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma (₹14.20 crore)
• Most expensive uncapped player in IPL 2026 – Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma (₹14.20 crore)

Full Squads After IPL 2026 Auction

Lucknow Super Giants

Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (c), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Mohammed Shami, Arjun Tendulkar, Wanindu Hasaranga, Anrich Nortje, Mukul Choudhary, Naman Tiwari, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Josh Inglis

Kolkata Knight Riders

Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Cameron Green, Finn Allen, Matheesha Pathirana, Tejasvi Singh, Kartik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Mustafizur Rahman, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Rachin Ravindra, Akash Deep

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari, Shivang Kumar, Salil Arora, Sakib Hussain, Onkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar, Praful Hinge, Krains Fuletra, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, Jack Edwards

Mumbai Indians

Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickleton, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Raghu Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghafanzar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Sherfane Rutherford, Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur, Quinton de Kock, Danish Malewar, Mohammad Izhar, Atharva Ankolekar, Mayank Rawat

Punjab Kings

Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Pravin Dubey, Vishal Nishad

Chennai Super Kings

Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, M.S. Dhoni, Sanju Samson, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Akeal Hosein, Prashant Veer, Kartik Sharma, Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Matt Henry, Rahul Chahar, Zak Foulkes

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

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, Venkatesh Iyer, Jacob Duffy, Satvik Deswal, Mangesh Yadav, Jordan Cox, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, Kanishk Chouhan

Rajasthan Royals

Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur, Ravi Singh, Aman Rao, Brijesh Sharma, Adam Milne, Kuldeep Sen

Delhi Capitals

Nitish Rana, Abishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, David Miller, Ben Duckett, Auqib Nabi, Pathum Nissanka, Lungi Ngidi, Sahil Parakh, Prithvi Shaw, Kyle Jamieson

Gujarat Titans

Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Ashok Sharma, Jason Holder, Tom Banton, Prithvi Raj Yarra, Luke Wood