IPL 2026 Auction Players List, Squad, Venue, Date and Time, PDF

The IPL 2026 auction has already happened, and cricket fans around the world witnessed one of the most strategic and closely watched mini auctions in recent years.

Even though it wasn’t a mega reshuffle, the stakes were sky-high as teams aimed to fill crucial gaps based on their IPL 2026 released players list and build stronger combinations ahead of the new season.

With smart budgeting, calculated bidding, surprising pickups, and aggressive finishing moves, this season already looks promising. Every franchise approached the bidding table with clear plans, whether it was boosting pace units or hunting for finishers.

This article provides an in-depth look into the IPL 2026 auction players list, including essential information about the venue, date and time.

IPL 2026 Auction: Venue, Date, and Time Details

The mini IPL 2026 auction took place on December 16, 2024, in Abu Dhabi, UAE, starting at 9:00 AM IST. The event was filled with thrilling bidding wars as franchises worked hard to build their perfect squads for the upcoming season.

The strategy set the stage for an action-packed 2026 season. As this was a mini auction, teams were more tactical, focusing on budget efficiency and role-specific players.

Venue	Abu Dhabi
Date	December 16, 2025
Time	2:30 PM IST

IPL 2026 Players List

Each franchise was looking to strengthen their squad with a mix of experienced and emerging stars. Since this was a mini auction, teams had the opportunity to change their rosters a bit and aim for a winning combination.

Before the event, every franchise submitted their IPL 2026 released players List, which shaped their approach going into the bidding phase.

Let’s have a look at IPL 2026 retained players list of all teams, and then the bought ones:

1. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

SRH IPL 2026 Players List

Retained: 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

Released: Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Simarjeet Singh

SRH Bought

Let’s have a look at the list of cricketers bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Player	Role	Price (Rs.)
Shivang Kumar	All-rounder	30 Lakh
Salil Arora	Batsman	1.40 Crore
Sakib Hussain	Bowler	30 Lakh
Onkar Tarmale	Bowler	30 Lakh
Amit Kumar	All-rounder	30 Lakh
Ayush Hinge	Bowler	30 Lakh
Krains Fuletra	Bowler	30 Lakh
Liam Livingstone	All-rounder	13 Crore
Shivam Mavi	Bowler	75 Lakh
Jack Edwards	All-rounder	3 Crore

2. Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

CSK IPL 2026 Players List

Retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Gosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary

Released/Traded Out: Matheesha Pathirana, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaikh Rasheed, Andre Siddarth, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran

CSK Bought

Let’s have a look at the list of cricketers bought by Chennai Super Kings:

Player	Role	Price (Rs.)
Akeal Hosein	Bowler	2 Crore
Prashant Veer	All-Rounder	14.20 Crore
Kartik Sharma	Bat/Wk	14.20 Crore
Matthew Short	All-rounder	1.5 Crore
Aman Khan	All-rounder	40 Lakh
Sarfaraz Khan	Batsman	75 Lakh
Matt Henry	Bowler	2 Crore
Rahul Chahar	Bowler	5.2 Crore
Zak Foulkes	Bowler	75 Lakh

3. Mumbai Indians (MI)

MI IPL 2026 Players List

Retained: Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickelton, Robin Minz, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghafanzar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa

Released: Satyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Arjun Tendulkar, Bevon Jacobs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur

MI Bought

Let’s have a look at the list of cricketers bought by Mumbai Indians:

Player	Role	Price (Rs.)
Quinton de Kock	Bat/Wk	1 Crore
Danish Malewar	Batsman	30 Lakh
Mohammad Izhar	Bowler	30 Lakh
Atharva Ankolekar	Bowler	30 Lakh
Mayank Rawat	All-rounder	30 Lakh

4. Delhi Capitals (DC)

DC IPL 2026 Players List

Retained: Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul, Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair, Abishek Porel, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera

Released/Traded Out: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Donovan Ferreira, Sediqullah Atal, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande

DC Bought

Let’s have a look at the list of rosters bought by Delhi Capitals:

Player	Role	Price (Rs.)
David Miller	Batsman	2 Crore
Ben Duckett	Batsman	2 Crore
Auqib Dar	Bowler	8.40 Crore
Pathum Nissanka	Batsman	4 Crore
Lungi Ngidi	Bowler	2 Crore
Sahil Prakash	Batsman	30 Lakh
Prithvi Shaw	Batsman	75 Lakh
Kyle Jamieson	Bowler	2 Crore

5. Gujarat Titans (GT)

GT IPL Players List 2026

Retained: Shubman Gill, Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sindhu, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips

Released/Traded Out: Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya, Gerald Coetzee, Dasun Shanaka, Mahipal Lomror, Sherfane Rutherford

GT Bought

Let’s have a look at the list of cricketers bought by Gujarat Titans:

Player	Role	Price (Rs.)
Ashok Sharma	Bowler	90 Lakh
Jason Holder	All-rounder	7 Crore
Tom Banton	Batsman	2 Crore
Prithvi Raj	Bowler	30 Lakh
Luke Wood	Bowler	75 Lakh

6. Rajasthan Royals (RR)

RR IPL 2026 Players List

Retained: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Lhuan-dre Pretorius

Released: Sanju Samson, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Rathore

RR Bought

Let’s have a look at the list of rosters bought by Rajasthan Royals:

Player	Role	Price (Rs.)
Ravi Bishnoi	Bowler	7.20 Crore
Sushant Mishra	Bowler	90 Lakh
Yash Raj Punja	Batsman	30 Lakh
Vignesh Puthur	Bowler	30 Lakh
Ravi Singh	Batsman	95 Lakh
Aman Rao	Batsman	30 Lakh
Brijesh Sharma	Batsman	30 Lakh
Adam Milne	Bowler	2.4 Crore
Kuldeep Sen	Bowler	75 Lakh
Vicky Ostwal	Bowler	30 Lakh

7. Punjab Kings (PBKS)

PBKS IPL Players List 2026

Retained: Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Pyla Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Musheer Khan, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Arshdeep Singh, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar

Released: Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Praveen Dubey

PBKS Bought

Let’s have a look at the list of players bought by Punjab Kings:

Player	Role	Price (Rs.)
Cooper Connolly	All-rounder	3 Crore
Ben Dwarshuis	Bowler	4.40 Crore
Pravin Dubey	Batsman	30 Lakh
Vishal Nishad	All-rounder	30 Lakh

8. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

LSG IPL Players List 2026 

Retained: Rishabh Pant (c), Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Pooran, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Digvesh Rathi, M. Siddharth, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh

Released/Traded Out: Shamar Joseph, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Aryan Juyal, Shardul Thakur

LSG Bought

Let’s have a look at the list of cricketers bought by Lucknow Super Giants:

Player	Role	Price (Rs.)
Wanindu Hasaranga	All-rounder	2 Crore
Anrich Nortje	Bowler	2 Crore
Mukul Choudhary	Bat/Wk	2.60 Crore
Naman Tiwari	Bowler	1 Crore
Akshat Raghuwanshi	Batsman	2.2 Crore
Josh Inglis	Bat/Wk	8.60 Crore

9. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

KKR IPL 2026 Players List

Retained: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy

Released: Luvnith Sisodia, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Moeen Ali, Spencer Johnson, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya

KKR Bought

Let’s have a look at the list of rosters bought by Kolkata Knight Riders:

Player	Role	Price (Rs.)
Cameron Green	All-rounder	25.20 Crore
Finn Allen	Batsman	2 Crore
Matheesha Pathirana	Bowler	18 Crore
Tejasvi Singh	Bat/Wk	3 Crore
Kartik Tyagi	Bowler	30 Lakh
Prashant Solanki	Bowler	30 Lakh
Rahul Tripathi	Batsman	75 Lakh
Tim Seifert	Bat/Wk	1.5 Crore
Mustafizur Rahman	Bowler	9.2 Crore
Sarthak Ranjan	Batsman	30 Lakh
Daksh Kamra	Batsman	30 Lakh
Rachin Ravindra	All-rounder	2 Crore
Akash Deep	Bowler	1 Crore

10. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

RCB IPL 2026 Players List

Retained: 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

Released: Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Mohit Rathee

RCB Bought

Let’s have a look at the list of players bought by Royal Challengers Bengaluru:

Player	Role	Price (Rs.)
Venkatesh Iyer	All-rounder	7 Crore
Jacob Duffy	Bowler	2 Crore
Satvik Deswak	Bowler	30 Lakh
Mangesh Yadav	Bowler	5.20 Crore
Jordan Cox	Bat/Wk	75 Lakh
Vihaan Malhotra	Batsman	30 Lakh
Kanishk Chouhan	Bowler	30 Lakh

Note: Please note that the above list with the mentioned prices will be updated once the auction ends. The auction bought for each team will also be updated after the event.

Download the IPL 2026 Auction Players List PDF

If you’re looking to get the full list of players selected in the IPL 2026 auction, you’re in the right place. You can easily access the complete squad of each team in PDF format on our website for free download.

This comprehensive document will include all the necessary details about each team’s final roster, the set prices of players, and their respective roles in the team.

Overall, the IPL 2026 auction’s excitement is already at its peak. 

Teams like Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Mumbai Indians (MI), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Delhi Capitals (DC), Gujarat Titans (GT), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Rajasthan Royals (RR), and Punjab Kings (PBKS) were all strategically building their rosters, aiming to secure the best possible lineup.

All the 10 teams locked in their strategies and secured top players in a mini auction. Fans were treated to a thrilling spectacle as franchises battled it out to strengthen their squads for the upcoming season.

With strong bidding, strategic releases, and a balanced squad, fans can expect one of the most competitive IPL seasons ever.

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