How the teams stack up after IPL 2026 auction

New Delhi: The glitzy Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 mini-auction concluded in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. As many as 77 players were sold with all the ten franchises completing their 25-member quote ahead of the 19th edition of the league commencing in March.

Australia all-rounder Cameron Green became the most expensive pick at the event as he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for a whopping prize of Rs 25.20 crore. KKR also picked Matheesha Pathirana for a massive prize of Rs 18 crore, spending most of their purse on these two giants and also breaking some part of their bank for Mustafizur Rahman (9.20 crore).

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Sunrisers Hyderabad joined the show when they picked the lethal Liam Livingstone for a whopping sum of Rs 13 crore, making him the the fourth-most expensive player at the 2026 mini-auction. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) went in for young uncapped guns Prashant Veer and wicketkeeper-bat Kartik Sharma who became the richest uncapped players ever at Rs 14.20 crore each as the franchise spent a total of 28.40 crore on both.

Delhi Capitals stole the limelight when they bought the services of Jammu and Kashmir pacer Auqib Nabi for a massive sum of 8.40 crore. After the completion of the auction, let's take a look at the how the teams stack up ahead of the new edition of the cash-rich league.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-Dre Pretorious, Nandre Burger, Ravindra Jadeja, Riyan Parag, Sam Curran, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Yudhvir Charak, Aman Rao, Ravi Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur, Sushant Mishra, Brijesh Sharma, Adam Milne, Kuldeep Sen.

Abhinandan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Devdutt Padikkal, Jacob Bethell, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Krunal Pandya, Nuwan Thushara, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, Rasikh Dar, Romario Shepherd, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Vihaan Malhotra, Jordan Cox, Venkatesh Iyer, Satvik Deswal, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Kanishk Chouhan, Jacob Duffy.

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