IPL 2026 Mini Auction: The mini auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 was held on Tuesday at the Etihad Arena, where a total of 77 players were bought, including 29 overseas players. A total amount of ₹215.45 crore was spent during the auction. Australian all-rounder Cameron Green attracted the highest bid of ₹25.20 crore.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) secured Cameron Green for ₹25.20 crore, making him the most expensive overseas player in IPL history. Meanwhile, Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma became the most expensive uncapped players in the auction, both picked up by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for ₹14.20 crore each. Apart from them, Matheesha Pathirana (₹18 crore) and Liam Livingstone (₹13 crore) were among the five players who fetched bids of more than ₹10 crore. Let’s take a look at which player will represent which team in IPL 2026.
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad:
Retained Players: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakravarthy.
Players Bought at Auction: Rahul Tripathi (₹75 lakh), Finn Allen (₹2 crore), Tejaswi Singh (₹3 crore), Tim Seifert (₹1.50 crore), Cameron Green (₹25.20 crore), Sarthak Ranjan (₹30 lakh), Daksh Kamra (₹30 lakh), Rachin Ravindra (₹2 crore), Prashant Solanki (₹30 lakh), Matheesha Pathirana (₹18 crore), Kartik Tyagi (₹30 lakh), Mustafizur Rahman (₹9.20 crore) and Akash Deep (₹1 crore).
Lucknow Super Giants Squad:
Retained Players: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar (trade), Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Mohammed Shami (trade), Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant and Shahbaz Ahmed.
Players Bought at Auction: Akshat Raghuvanshi (₹2.20 crore), Mukul Chaudhary (₹2.60 crore), Josh Inglis (₹8.60 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (₹2 crore), Anrich Nortje (₹2 crore) and Naman Tiwari (₹1 crore).
Mumbai Indians Squad:
Retained Players: Allah 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 and Will Jacks.
Players Bought at Auction: Danish Malewar (₹30 lakh), Quinton de Kock (₹1 crore), Atharva Ankolaekar (₹30 lakh), Mayank Rawat (₹30 lakh) and Mohammed Izhar (₹30 lakh).
Punjab Kings Squad:
Retained Players: Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnur Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Paila Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Players Bought at Auction: Cooper Connolly (₹3 crore), Pravin Dubey (₹30 lakh), Vishal Nishad (₹30 lakh) and Ben Dwarshuis (₹4.40 crore).
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad:
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 and Zeeshan Ansari.
Players Bought at Auction: Salil Arora (₹1.50 crore), Shivang Kumar (₹30 lakh), Liam Livingstone (₹13 crore), Jack Edwards (₹3 crore), Amit Kumar (₹30 lakh), Crans Fuletra (₹30 lakh), Sakib Hussain (₹30 lakh), Onkar Tarmale (₹30 lakh), Prafull Hinge (₹30 lakh) and Shivam Mavi (₹75 lakh).
Chennai Super Kings Squad:
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, Syed Khalil Ahmed, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis and Urvil Patel.
Players Bought at Auction: Sarfaraz Khan (₹75 lakh), Kartik Sharma (₹14.20 crore), Prashant Veer (₹14.20 crore), Matthew Short (₹1.50 crore), Aman Khan (₹40 lakh), Jack Edwards (₹1.60 crore), Jack Faulks (₹75 lakh), Akeal Hosein (₹2 crore), Rahul Chahar (₹5.20 crore) and Matt Henry (₹2 crore).
Delhi Capitals Squad:
Retained Players: Abishek 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 and Vipraj Nigam.
Players Bought at Auction: David Miller (₹2 crore), Pathum Nissanka (₹4 crore), Sahil Parakh (₹30 lakh), Prithvi Shaw (₹75 lakh), Ben Duckett (₹2 crore), Akeal Nabi (₹8.40 crore), Lungi Ngidi (₹2 crore) and Kyle Jamieson (₹2 crore).
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad:
Retained Players: 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 and Yash Dayal.
Players Bought at Auction: Vihaan Malhotra (₹30 lakh), Jordan Cox (₹75 lakh), Venkatesh Iyer (₹7 crore), Satvik Deswal (₹30 lakh), Mangesh Yadav (₹5.20 crore), Vicky Ostwal (₹30 lakh), Kanishk Chauhan (₹30 lakh) and Jacob Duffy (₹2 crore).
Rajasthan Royals Squad:
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 and Yudhvir Charak.
Players Bought at Auction: Aman Rao (₹30 lakh), Ravi Singh (₹95 lakh), Ravi Bishnoi (₹7.20 crore), Yashraj Punja (₹30 lakh), Vignesh Puthur (₹30 lakh), Sushant Mishra (₹90 lakh), Brijesh Sharma (₹30 lakh), Adam Milne (₹2.40 crore) and Kuldeep Sen (₹75 lakh).
Gujarat Titans Squad:
Retained Players: Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Arshad Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Prasidh Krishna, Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Shah Rukh Khan, Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar.
Players Bought at Auction: Tom Banton (₹2 crore), Jason Holder (₹7 crore), Ashok Sharma (₹90 lakh), Prithvi Raj (₹30 lakh) and Luke Wood (₹75 lakh).
