The IPL 2026 auction changed the squads for every team before the season started. Teams brought in new players, kept their top performers, and released some others to match their strategies. Some franchises spent a lot of money on star players, while others looked for good value and a balanced team.
Below is the team wise full squad list for IPL 2026, including players bought at the auction, released players.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Full Squad, IPL 2026
Royal Challengers Bengaluru focused on strengthening their Indian core and bowling at the IPL 2026 auction.
FULL LIST OF PLAYERS BOUGHT AT THE AUCTION:
1. Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 7 crore)
2. Jacob Duffy (Rs 2 crore)
3. Mangesh Yadav (Rs 5.20 crore)
4. Satvik Deswal (Rs 30 lakh)
5. Kanishk Chouhan (Rs 30 lakh)
6. Vihaan Malhotra (Rs 30 lakh)
7. Vicky Ostwal (Rs 30 lakh)
8. Jordan Cox (Rs 75 lakh)
CURRENT SQUAD AND RETAINED PLAYERS: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Jitesh Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Bethell, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Dar, Swapnil Singh.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Full Squad, IPL 2026:
Rajasthan Royals strengthened their squad at the IPL 2026 auction with a clear focus on bowling and squad depth.
FULL LIST OF PLAYERS BOUGHT AT THE AUCTION:
1. Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 7.20 crore)
2. Sushant Mishra (Rs 90 lakh)
3. Yash Raj Punja (Rs 30 lakh)
4. Vignesh Puthur (Rs 30 lakh)
5. Ravi Singh (Rs 95 lakh)
6. Aman Rao (Rs 30 lakh)
7. Brijesh Sharma (Rs 30 lakh)
8. Adam Milne (Rs 2.4 crore)
9. Kuldeep Sen (Rs 75 lakh)
CURRENT SQUAD AND RETAINED PLAYERS: Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Donovan Ferreira, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhvir Charak.
RELEASED PLAYERS: Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Full Squad, IPL 2026:
Sunrisers Hyderabad retained their core players and added power and depth during the IPL 2026 auction.
FULL LIST OF PLAYERS BOUGHT AT THE AUCTION:
1. Shivang Kumar (Rs 30 lakh)
2. Salil Arora (Rs 1.5 crore)
3. Sakib Hussain (Rs 30 lakh)
4. Onkar Tarmale (Rs 30 lakh)
5. Amit Kumar (Rs 30 lakh)
6. Praful Hinge (Rs 30 lakh)
7. Krains Fuletra (Rs 30 lakh)
8. Liam Livingstone (Rs 13 crore)
9. Shivam Mavi (Rs 75 lakh)
10. Jack Edwards (Rs 3 crore)
CURRENT SQUAD AND RETAINED PLAYERS: 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 PLAYERS: Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Simarjeet Singh.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Full Squad, IPL 2026:
Chennai Super Kings made bold moves at the IPL 2026 auction by investing heavily in uncapped Indian players.
FULL LIST OF PLAYERS BOUGHT AT THE AUCTION:
1. Akeal Hosein (Rs 2 crore)
2. Prashant Veer (Rs 14.20 crore)
3. Kartik Sharma (Rs 14.20 crore)
4. Matthew Short (Rs 1.5 crore)
5. Aman Khan (Rs 40 lakh)
6. Sarfaraz Khan (Rs 75 lakh)
7. Matt Henry (Rs 2 crore)
8. Rahul Chahar (Rs 5.2 crore)
9. Zak Foulkes (Rs 75 lakh)
CURRENT SQUAD AND RETAINED PLAYERS: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni, Sanju Samson, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary.
RELEASED PLAYERS: Matheesha Pathirana, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaikh Rasheed, Andre Siddarth, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vansh Bedi, Ravindra Jadeja(Trade), Sam Curran(Trade).
Mumbai Indians (MI) Full Squad, IPL 2026:
Mumbai Indians entered the IPL 2026 auction with a limited purse but made smart and value based picks.
FULL LIST OF PLAYERS BOUGHT AT THE AUCTION:
1. Quinton de Kock (Rs 1 crore)
2. Danish Malewar (Rs 30 lakh)
3. Mohammed Izhar (Rs 30 lakh)
4. Atharva Ankolekar (Rs 30 lakh)
5. Mayank Rawat (Rs 30 lakh)
CURRENT SQUAD AND RETAINED PLAYERS: 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. Traded in: Sherfane Rutherford (from GT), Mayank Markande (from KKR), Shardul Thakur (from LSG).
RELEASED PLAYERS: Satyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Bevon Jacobs, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur, Arjun Tendulkar (traded).
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Full Squad, IPL 2026:
Kolkata Knight Riders made headlines with big money buys at the IPL 2026 auction.
FULL LIST OF PLAYERS BOUGHT AT THE AUCTION:
1. Cameron Green (Rs 25.20 crore)
2. Finn Allen (Rs 2 crore)
3. Matheesha Pathirana (Rs 18 crore)
4. Tejasvi Singh (Rs 3 crore)
5. Kartik Tyagi (Rs 30 lakh)
6. Prashant Solanki (Rs 30 lakh)
7. Rahul Tripathi (Rs 75 lakh)
8. Tim Seifert (Rs 1.5 crore)
9. Mustafizur Rahman (Rs 9.2 crore)
10. Sarthak Ranjan (Rs 30 lakh)
11. Daksh Kamra (Rs 30 lakh)
12. Rachin Ravindra (Rs 2 crore)
13. Akash Deep (Rs 1 crore)
CURRENT SQUAD AND RETAINED PLAYERS: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.
RELEASED PLAYERS: Luvnith Sisodia, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell (retired), Moeen Ali, Spencer Johnson, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya.
Delhi Capitals (DC) Full Squad, IPL 2026:
Delhi Capitals added experienced international players and Indian depth at the IPL 2026 auction.
FULL LIST OF PLAYERS BOUGHT AT THE AUCTION:
1. David Miller (Rs 2 crore)
2. Ben Duckett (Rs 2 crore)
3. Auqib Nabi Dar (Rs 8.4 crore)
4. Pathum Nissanka (Rs 4 crore)
5. Lungi Ngidi (Rs 2 crore)
6. Sahil Parakh (Rs 30 lakh)
7. Prithvi Shaw (Rs 75 lakh)
8. Kyle Jamieson (Rs 2 crore)
CURRENT SQUAD AND RETAINED PLAYERS: Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Nitish Rana.
RELEASED PLAYERS: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Donovan Ferreira, Sediqullah Atal, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Full Squad, IPL 2026
Lucknow Super Giants focused on overseas quality and pace strength at the IPL 2026 auction.
FULL LIST OF PLAYERS BOUGHT AT THE AUCTION:
1. Wanindu Hasaranga (Rs 2 crore)
2. Anrich Nortje (Rs 2 crore)
3. Mukul Choudhary (Rs 2.60 crore)
4. Naman Tiwari (Rs 1 crore)
5. Akshat Raghuwanshi (Rs 2.20 crore)
6. Josh Inglis (Rs 8.60 crore)
CURRENT SQUAD AND RETAINED PLAYERS: Rishabh Pant (c), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Mohammed Shami, Arjun Tendulkar.
RELEASED PLAYERS: Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Shamar Joseph.
Gujarat Titans (GT) Full Squad, IPL 2026:
Gujarat Titans made targeted signings to support their strong retained core.
FULL LIST OF PLAYERS BOUGHT AT THE AUCTION:
1. Ashok Sharma (Rs 90 lakh)
2. Jason Holder (Rs 7 crore)
3. Tom Banton (Rs 2 crore)
4. Prithvi Raj (Rs 30 lakh)
5. Luke Wood (Rs 75 lakh)
CURRENT SQUAD AND RETAINED PLAYERS: 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.
RELEASED PLAYERS: Sherfane Rutherford, Mahipal Lomror, Karim Janat, Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, Kulwant Khejroliya.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) Full Squad, IPL 2026:
Punjab Kings added overseas pace and all round options during the IPL 2026 auction.
FULL LIST OF PLAYERS BOUGHT AT THE AUCTION:
1. Cooper Connolly (Rs 3 crore)
2. Ben Dwarshuis (Rs 4.40 crore)
3. Pravin Dubey (Rs 30 lakh)
4. Vishal Nishad (Rs 30 lakh)
CURRENT SQUAD AND RETAINED PLAYERS: 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.
RELEASED PLAYERS: Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen Pravin Dubey.
