Overview
The IPL 2026 auction delivered historic moments as Cameron Green became the most expensive overseas signing while uncapped Indian players secured massive deals. This article provides the complete IPL 2026 player list, team wise squads, auction highlights, and key budget details in a clear easy to read format.
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| IPL 2026 auction in Abu Dhabi as teams finalize their squads with record breaking bids Image Source: Instagram/@iplt20 —Edited & Modified by Us |
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 auction turned out to be one of the most dramatic and high spending events in the tournament history. Record breaking bids, surprise purchases and big opportunities for uncapped Indian talent defined the auction held in Abu Dhabi.
Below is a detailed breakdown of the IPL 2026 auction highlights, budgets, most expensive players, and complete team squads.
IPL 2026 Auction Highlights
Australian all rounder Cameron Green scripted history by becoming the most expensive overseas player in IPL history. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) secured his services for ₹25.20 crore, surpassing the previous overseas record.
However under the revised IPL auction regulations, Green contract value will be capped at ₹18 crore, with the excess amount redirected to the BCCI welfare fund.
Key Auction Numbers
• Total spending by all teams: ₹237.55 crore
• Minimum base price: ₹30 lakh
• Maximum base price: ₹2 crore
• Total players sold: 77
• Total players in auction pool: 369
• Maximum squad size: 25 players
• Maximum overseas players per team: 8
Uncapped Indian Players Steal the Show
The IPL 2026 auction was equally memorable for uncapped Indian cricketers.
Biggest Uncapped Deals
• Prashant Veer – ₹14.20 crore (Chennai Super Kings)
• Kartik Sharma – ₹14.20 crore (Chennai Super Kings)
Both players became the joint most expensive uncapped players in IPL history surpassing Avesh Khan previous record of ₹10 crore.
Team Budget & Strategy Overview
Kolkata Knight Riders entered the auction with the largest purse (₹64.30 crore) and completed their squad first.
Chennai Super Kings had the second largest budget and invested heavily in young Indian talent.
Mumbai Indians despite having only ₹2.75 crore remaining smartly added experienced wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock for ₹1 crore.
Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants did not utilize their full overseas quota.
IPL 2026: Most Expensive Players
Top Records
• Most expensive player (IPL 2026): Cameron Green – ₹25.20 crore
• Most expensive overseas player: Cameron Green – ₹25.20 crore
• Most expensive Indian player: Prashant Veer / Kartik Sharma – ₹14.20 crore
• Most expensive uncapped player: Prashant Veer / Kartik Sharma – ₹14.20 crore
IPL 2026 Team Squads Full Player Lists
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Squad IPL 2026
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- MS Dhoni
- Dewald Brevis
- Ayush Mhatre
- Urvil Patel
- Anshul Kamboj
- Jamie Overton
- Ramakrishna Ghosh
- Shivam Dube
- Khaleel Ahmed
- Noor Ahmad
- Mukesh Choudhary
- Nathan Ellis
- Shreyas Gopal
- Gurjapneet Singh
- Sanju Samson
- Akeal Hosein
- Prashant Veer
- Kartik Sharma
- Matthew Short
- Aman Khan
- Sarfaraz Khan
- Rahul Chahar
- Matt Henry
- Zak Foulkes
Delhi Capitals (DC) Squad IPL 2026
- KL Rahul
- Karun Nair
- Abishek Porel
- Tristan Stubbs
- Axar Patel
- Sameer Rizvi
- Ashutosh Sharma
- Vipraj Nigam
- Ajay Mandal
- Tripurana Vijay
- Madhav Tiwari
- Mitchell Starc
- T. Natarajan
- Mukesh Kumar
- Dushmantha Chameera
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Nitish Rana
- Auqib Dar
- Ben Duckett
- David Miller
- Pathum Nissanka
- Lungi Ngidi
- Sahil Parakh
- Prithvi Shaw
- Kyle Jamieson
Gujarat Titans (GT) Squad IPL 2026
- Shubman Gill
- Sai Sudharsan
- Kumar Kushagra
- Anuj Rawat
- Jos Buttler
- Nishant Sindhu
- Glenn Phillips
- Washington Sundar
- 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
- Luke Wood
- Prithviraj Yarra
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad IPL 2026
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Rinku Singh
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi
- Manish Pandey
- Rovman Powell
- Anukul Roy
- Ramandeep Singh
- Vaibhav Arora
- Sunil Narine
- Varun Chakaravarthy
- Harshit Rana
- Umran Malik
- Cameron Green
- Matheesha Pathirana
- Finn Allen
- Tejasvi Singh
- Prashant Solanki
- Kartik Tyagi
- Mustafizur Rahman
- Rahul Tripathi
- Tim Seifert
- Sarthak Ranjan
- Daksh Kamra
- Akash Deep
- Rachin Ravindra
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Squad IPL 2026
- Rishabh Pant
- Ayush Badoni
- Abdul Samad
- Aiden Markram
- Himmat Singh
- Matthew Breetzke
- Nicholas Pooran
- Mitchell Marsh
- Shahbaz Ahamad
- Arshin Kulkarni
- Mayank Yadav
- Avesh Khan
- Mohsin Khan
- M. Siddharth
- Digvesh Rathi
- Prince Yadav
- Akash Singh
- Arjun Tendulkar
- Mohammed Shami
- Anrich Nortje
- Wanindu Hasaranga
- Mukul Choudhary
- Naman Tiwari
- Akshat Raghuwanshi
- Josh Inglis
Mumbai Indians (MI) Squad IPL 2026
- Rohit Sharma
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Robin Minz
- Ryan Rickelton
- Tilak Varma
- Hardik Pandya
- Naman Dhir
- Mitchell Santner
- Will Jacks
- Corbin Bosch
- Raj Bawa
- Trent Boult
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Deepak Chahar
- Ashwani Kumar
- Raghu Sharma
- Allah Ghazanfar
- Mayank Markande
- Shardul Thakur
- Sherfane Rutherford
- Quinton de Kock
- Atharva Ankolekar
- Mohammad Izhar
- Danish Malewar
- Mayank Rawat
Punjab Kings (PBKS) Squad IPL 2026
- Shreyas Iyer
- Nehal Wadhera
- Vishnu Vinod
- Harnoor Pannu
- Pyla Avinash
- Prabhsimran Singh
- Shashank Singh
- Marcus Stoinis
- Harpreet Brar
- Marco Jansen
- Azmatullah Omarzai
- Priyansh Arya
- Musheer Khan
- Suryansh Shedge
- Mitch Owen
- Arshdeep Singh
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Vyshak Vijaykumar
- Yash Thakur
- Xavier Bartlett
- Lockie Ferguson
- Cooper Connolly
- Ben Dwarshuis
- Vishal Nishad
- Pravin Dubey
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Squad IPL 2026
- Shubham Dubey
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi
- Lhuan dre Pretorius
- Shimron Hetmyer
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Dhruv Jurel
- Riyan Parag
- Yudhvir Singh Charak
- Jofra Archer
- Tushar Deshpande
- Sandeep Sharma
- Kwena Maphaka
- Nandre Burger
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Sam Curran
- Donovan Ferreira
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Sushant Mishra
- Vignesh Puthur
- Yash Raj Punja
- Ravi Singh
- Brijesh Sharma
- Aman Rao
- Adam Milne
- Kuldeep Sen
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Squad IPL 2026
- Virat Kohli
- Rajat Patidar
- Tim David
- Devdutt Padikkal
- Phil Salt
- Jitesh Sharma
- Krunal Pandya
- Jacob Bethell
- Romario Shepherd
- Swapnil Singh
- Josh Hazlewood
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Rasikh Salam
- Yash Dayal
- Suyash Sharma
- Nuwan Thushara
- Abhinandan Singh
- Venkatesh Iyer
- Jacob Duffy
- Mangesh Yadav
- Satvik Deswal
- Jordan Cox
- Kanishk Chouhan
- Vihaan Malhotra
- Vicky Ostwal
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Squad IPL 2026
- Travis Head
- Abhishek Sharma
- Aniket Verma
- R Smaran
- Ishan Kishan
- Heinrich Klaasen
- Nitish Kumar Reddy
- Harsh Dubey
- Kamindu Mendis
- Harshal Patel
- Brydon Carse
- Pat Cummins
- Jaydev Unadkat
- Eshan Malinga
- Zeeshan Ansari
- Shivang Kumar
- Salil Arora
- Krains Fuletra
- Praful Hinge
- Amit Kumar
- Onkar Tarmale
- Sakib Hussain
- Liam Livingstone
- Shivam Mavi
- Jack Edwards
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