IPL 2026 Mini Auction / IPL Auction Concludes: 77 Players Sold, Cameron Green Most Expensive, Full Squads Revealed

The IPL 2026 auction in Abu Dhabi has concluded, with 77 players bought by 10 franchises. Cameron Green became the most expensive player, acquired by KKR for INR 25.20 crore. CSK invested heavily in two uncapped Indian players, spending INR 28.40 crore.

The thrilling mini-auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, held in Abu Dhabi, has come to an end. A total of 77 players were sold in this auction, including 29 overseas players. All 10 franchises collectively spent a total of 215.45 crores. The biggest deal was struck by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), who acquired Australian all-rounder Cameron Green for a record 25.20 crore rupees. This is the highest bid ever for an overseas player in IPL history.

The IPL 2026 season is expected to start from March 26. In this mini-auction, there were 369 players in the list, with special attention on many young uncapped Indian talents. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) placed big bets on young talents, spending 14.20 crore rupees each on two uncapped players – Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma. This is a record bid for uncapped players.

Key Highlights of the Auction

  • Most Expensive Player: Cameron Green (KKR) – 25.20 crore rupees
  • Second Most Expensive: Matheesha Pathirana (KKR) – 18 crore rupees
  • Young Stars: CSK spent 28.40 crores on Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma.
  • Other Big Deals: Liam Livingstone (SRH) – 13 crore, Josh Inglis (LSG) – 8.60 crore.

Now, all teams have completed their 25-member squads. Here is the list of full squads for all 10 teams for IPL 2026:

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Full Squad

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

Mumbai Indians (MI) Full Squad

Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickelton, Robin Minz, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Quinton de Kock, Mohammad Ijhar, Danish Malewar, Atharva Ankolekar, Mayank Rawat.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Full Squad

Rajat Patidar (Captain), 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, Rasik Salam, Abhinandan Singh, Suyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Mangesh Yadav, Jacob Duffy, Satwik Deswal, Jordan Cox, Vicky Ostwal, Kanishk Chauhan, Vihan Malhotra.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Full Squad

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

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Full Squad

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

Delhi Capitals (DC) Full Squad

Abhishek 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, Nitish Rana (Traded), Aaqib Nabi, Pathum Nissanka, Ben Duckett, Lungi Ngidi, Kyle Jamieson, Prithvi Shaw, David Miller, Sahil Parekh.

Punjab Kings (PBKS) Full Squad

Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Vishal Nishad, Praveen Dubey, Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Payla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyashank Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Full Squad

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

Rajasthan Royals (RR) Full Squad

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

Gujarat Titans (GT) Full Squad

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