Abu Dhabi: The IPL 2026 mini auction, held in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, December 16, has brought clarity to the squad compositions of all ten franchises ahead of the upcoming season. Several teams spent heavily, with some crossing the ₹200 crore mark, investing in marquee overseas players as well as promising Indian talent to strengthen their line-ups.

Below is a team-wise breakdown of the complete squads following the conclusion of the auction.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

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

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

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

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

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

Delhi Capitals (DC)

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

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

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, Matheesha Pathirana, Mustafizur Rahman, Finn Allen, Tim Seifert, Tejasvi Singh, Kartik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Akash Deep, Rachin Ravindra, Daksh Kamra, Sarthak Ranjan

Gujarat Titans (GT)

Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, 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, Glenn Phillips, Jason Holder, Tom Banton, Ashok Sharma, Luke Wood, Prithviraj Yarra

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

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, Josh Inglis, Wanindu Hasaranga, Anrich Nortje, Mukul Choudhary, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Naman Tiwari, Mohammed Shami (traded from SRH), Arjun Tendulkar (traded from MI)

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

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, Ben Dwarshuis, Cooper Connolly, Vishal Nishad, Pravin Dubey

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, AM Ghazanfar, Quinton de Kock, Shardul Thakur (traded from LSG), Sherfane Rutherford (traded from GT), Mayank Markande (traded from KKR), Mayank Rawat, Atharva Ankolekar, Mohammad Izhar, Danish Malewar

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

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

Conclusion

The IPL 2026 mini auction has reshaped team strategies, with franchises focusing on balanced squads combining experience, youth, and global talent. With final line-ups now confirmed, fans can look forward to an exciting and competitive IPL 2026 season.