The IPL 2026 auction threw up several notable patterns, with uncapped Indian players emerging as some of the biggest beneficiaries.
While Australia all-rounder Cameron Green ended as the most expensive buy at ₹25.20 crore, it was Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma who grabbed attention by becoming the joint costliest uncapped Indian players in IPL history, securing ₹14.20 crore each from Chennai Super Kings at the auction held in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Overall, the 10 franchises collectively spent ₹215.45 crore to pick 77 players, including 29 overseas cricketers, reflecting a strong mix of domestic investment and international recruitment.
Chennai Super Kings
Players bought: Kartik Sharma (₹14.20 cr), Prashant Veer (₹14.20 cr), Rahul Chahar (₹5.20 cr), Akeal Hosein (₹2 cr), Matt Henry (₹2 cr), Matthew Short (₹1.50 cr), Aman Khan (₹40 L), Sarfaraz Khan (₹75 L), Zakary Foulkes (₹75 L)
Retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, M.S. Dhoni, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis
Traded in: Sanju Samson (from RR)
Purse remaining: ₹2.40 crore
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Mumbai Indians
Players bought: Quinton de Kock (₹1 cr), Mohammad Izhar (₹30 L), Danish Malewar (₹30 L), Atharva Ankolekar (₹30 L), Mayank Rawat (₹30 L)
Retained: Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickleton, 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)
Purse remaining: ₹55 lakh
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Kolkata Knight Riders
Players bought: Cameron Green (₹25.20 cr), Matheesha Pathirana (₹18 cr), Mustafizur Rahman (₹9.20 cr), Tejasvi Singh (₹3 cr), Finn Allen (₹2 cr), Tim Seifert (₹1.50 cr), Rahul Tripathi (₹75 L), Kartik Tyagi (₹30 L), Daksh Kamra (₹30 L), Sarthak Ranjan (₹30 L), Prashant Solanki (₹30 L), Akashdeep (₹1 cr), Rachin Ravindra (₹2 cr)
Retained: Ajinkya Rahane, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Varun Chakravarthy, Ramandeep Singh, Ankul Roy, Rovman Powell, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik
Purse remaining: ₹45 lakh
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Players bought: Venkatesh Iyer (₹7 cr), Mangesh Yadav (₹5.20 cr), Jacob Duffy (₹2 cr), Satwik Deswal (₹30 L), Jordan Cox (₹75 L), Vihaan Malhotra (₹30 L), Kanishk Chouhan (₹30 L), Vicky Ostwal (₹30 L)
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
Purse remaining: ₹25 lakh
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Punjab Kings
Players bought: Cooper Connolly (₹2 cr), Ben Dwarshuis (₹4.40 cr), Praveen Dubey (₹30 L), Vishal Nishad (₹30 L)
Retained: 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
Purse remaining: ₹3.50 crore
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Gujarat Titans
Players bought: Jason Holder (₹7 cr), Ashok Sharma (₹90 L), Luke Wood (₹75 L), Prithvi Raj Yarra (₹30 L), Tom Banton (₹30 L)
Retained: 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
Purse remaining: ₹1.95 crore
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Rajasthan Royals
Players bought: Ravi Bishnoi (₹7.20 cr), Ravi Singh (₹95 L), Sushant Mishra (₹90 L), Vignesh Puthur (₹30 L), Yash Raj Punja (₹30 L), Aman Rao (₹30 L), Brijesh Sharma (₹30 L), Kuldeep Sen (₹75 L), Adam Milne (₹2.40 cr)
Retained: Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger
Traded in: Ravindra Jadeja (from CSK), Sam Curran (from CSK)
Purse remaining: ₹2.65 crore
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Sunrisers Hyderabad
Players bought: Salil Arora (₹1.50 cr), Shivang Kumar (₹30 L), Sakib Hussain (₹30 L), Onkar Tarmale (₹30 L), Krains Fuletra (₹30 L), Praful Hinge (₹30 L), Amit Kumar (₹30 L), Shivam Mvi (₹75 L), Liam Livingstone (₹13 cr), Jack Edwards (₹3 cr)
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
Purse remaining: ₹5.45 crore
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Lucknow Super Giants
Players bought: Josh Inglis (₹8.60 cr), Mukul Choudhary (₹2.60 cr), Akshat Raghuwanshi (₹2.20 cr), Anrich Nortje (₹2 cr), Wanindu Hasaranga (₹2 cr), Naman Tiwari (₹1 cr)
Retained: 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, Digvijay Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh
Traded in: Mohammed Shami (from SRH), Arjun Tendulkar (from MI)
Purse remaining: ₹4.55 crore
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Delhi Capitals
Players bought: Auqib Nabi Dar (₹8.40 cr), Pathum Nissanka (₹4 cr), Ben Duckett (₹2 cr), David Miller (₹2 cr), Lungi Ngidi (₹2 cr), Sahil Parakh (₹30 L), Prithvi Shaw (₹75 L), Kyle Jamieson (₹2 cr)
Retained: 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
Traded in: Nitish Rana (from RR)
Purse remaining: ₹35 lakh