TATA IPL 2026 Auction, Live Updates: Complete list of Players Sold, Unsold, Purse Remaining and Full Team Details.
The IPL 2026 mini-auction is underway in Abu Dhabi today, with all 10 franchises locked in intense bidding battles to fine-tune their squads ahead of the new season, scheduled to begin in March 2026. A total of 369 players, including 253 Indian and 116 overseas cricketers, have entered the auction pool to compete for 77 available slots across teams. With strategies varying sharply based on budget strength and squad gaps, franchises collectively have ₹237.55 crore to spend, making today’s proceedings crucial in shaping team combinations for the upcoming IPL cycle.
Here’s all you need to know about the mini-auction for the upcoming edition of the blockbuster T20 competition.
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IPL 2026 Mini-Auction: Franchise-wise Remaining Purse and Number of Players Targeted
Franchises enter the auction with varied purse capacities, shaping their strategies for squad finalisation. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lead the pack with the largest remaining purse of ₹64.30 crore and 13 slots to fill (including 7 Indian and 6 overseas), followed by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) with ₹43.40 crore and 9 slots (5 Indian, 4 overseas). Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have ₹25.50 crore for 10 slots, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) ₹22.95 crore for 6, and Delhi Capitals (DC) ₹21.80 crore for 8. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) sit around ₹16.40 crore and ₹16.05 crore respectively, while Gujarat Titans (GT) (₹12.90 crore) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) (₹11.50 crore) have smaller budgets. Mumbai Indians (MI) have the least purse left at ₹2.75 crore for 5 slots, meaning they’ll need to be particularly shrewd in their picks.
Top Buys of the day from IPL 2026 mini-auction
| Player | Team | Type | Price (in Crore) |
| Cameron Green | KKR | Batter | 25.2 |
| M Pathirana | KKR | Bowler | 18 |
| Prashant Veer | CSK | All-rounder | 14.2 |
| Kartik Sharma | CSK | Wicket-keeper | 14.2 |
| Liam Livingstone | SRH | All-Rounder | 13 |
| M Rahman | KKR | Bowler | 9.2 |
| Jos Inglis | LSG | Wicket-keeper | 8.6 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | RR | Bowler | 7.2 |
| Venkatesh Iyer | RCB | All-Rounder | 7 |
| Jason Holder | GT | All-Rounder | 7 |
Players bought so far and how Teams are stacked up for IPL 2026
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Current squad- Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Krunal Pandya, Josh Hazlewood, Tim David, Jitesh Sharma, Devdutt Padikkal, Nuwan Thushara, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Yash Dayal, Abhinandan Singh, Rasikh Dar.
Players bought at the auction: Venkatesh Iyer (INR 7 Crore), Jacob Duffy (INR 2 Crore), Satwik Desal (INR 30 Lakh), Mangesh Yadav (INR 5.2 crore), Jordan Cox (INR 75 lakhs), Vihaan Malhotra (INR 30 Lakh), Kanishk Chouhan (INR 30 Lakh), Vicky Ostwal (INR 30 Lakh)
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Current squad- AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks, Shardul Thakur (traded in from LSG), Mayank Markande (traded in from KKR), Sherfane Rutherford (traded in from GT)
Players bought at the auction: Quinton de Kock (INR 1 Crore), Danish Malewar (INR 30 lakh), Mohammad Izhar (INR 30 lakh), Atharva Ankolekar (INR 30 Lakh), Mayank Rawat (INR 30 lakh)
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Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Current squad- Ruturaj Gaikwad, 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 in from RR).
Players bought at the auction: Akeal Hosein (INR 2 crore), Prashant Veer (INR 14.2 crore), Kartik Sharma (INR 14.2 crore), Matt Short (INR 1.5 crore), Aman Khan (INR 40 lakh), Sarfaraz Khan (INR 75 Lakh), Matt Henry (INR 2 crore), Rahul Chahar (INR 5.2 crore)
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Current squad- Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Nandre Burger, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yudhvir Singh, Ravindra Jadeja (traded in from CSK), Sam Curran (traded in from CSK)
Players bought at the auction: Ravi Bishnoi (INR 7.2 crore), Sushant Mishra (INR 90 lakhs), Yash Punja (INR 30 Lakh), Vignesh Puthur (INR 30 Lakh), Ravi Singh (INR 95 lakh), Aman Rao (INR 30 Lakh), Brijesh Sharma (INR 30 Lakh), Kuldeep Sen (INR 75 lakh), Adam Milne (INR 2 crore)
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Current 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.
Players bought at the auction: Cameron Green (INR 25.2 Crore), Finn Allen (INR 2 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (INR 18 crore), Tejasvi Dahiya (INR 3 crore), Kartik Tyagi (INR 30 lakh), Prashant Solanki (INR 30 lakh), Rahul Tripathi (INR 75 Lakh), Tim Seifert (INR 1.5 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (INR 9.2 crore), Sarthak Ranjan (INR 30 lakh), Daksh Kamra (INR 30 lakh), Rachin Ravindra (INR 2 crore), Akash Deep (INR 1 crore)
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Current squad- 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.
Players bought at the auction: Cooper Connolly (INR 3 crore), Ben Dwarshuis (INR 4.4 crore), Pravin Dubey (INR 30 lakh), Vishal Nishad (INR 30 lakh)
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Gujarat Titans (GT)
Current squad- Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Arshad Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Prasidh Krishna, R Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, B Sai Sudharsan, M Shahrukh Khan, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar.
Players bought at the auction: Ashok Sharma (INR 90 lakh), Jason Holder (INR 7 crore), Luke Wood (INR 75 lakh), Prithvu Raj (INR 30 Lakh), Tom Banton (INR 2 crore)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Current squad- Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Eshan Malinga, Brydon Carse, Harsh Dubey, Smaran Ravichandran, Zeeshan Ansari.
Players bought at the auction: Shivang Kumar (INR 30 lakh), Salil Arora (INR 1.5 crore), Sakib Hussain (INR 30 Lakh), Omkar Tarmale (INR 30 Lakh), Amit Kumar (INR 30 Lakh), Praful Hinge (INR 30 Lakh), Krains Fuletra (INR 30 lakh), Liam Livingstone (INR 13 crore), Shivam Mavi (INR 75 lakh), Jack Adwards (INR 3 crore)
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Delhi Capitals (DC)
Current squad- Abishek 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 in from RR)
Players bought at the auction: David Miller (INR 2 crore), Ben Duckett (INR 2 crore), Auqib Nabi Dar (INR 8.4 crore), Pathum Nissanka (INR 4 Crore), Lungi Ngidi (INR 2 crore), Sahil Parakh (INR 30 Lakh), Prithvi Shaw (INR 75 Lakh), Kyle Jamieson (INR 2 crore)
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Current squad- Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arjun Tendulkar (traded in from MI) Mohammed Shami (traded in from SRH).
Players bought at the auction: Wanindu Hasaranga (INR 2 Crore), Anrich Nortje (INR 2 crore), Mukul Choudhary (INR 2.6 crore), Naman Tiwari (INR 1 crore), Akshat Raghuvanshi (INR 2.2 crore), Jos Inglis (INR 8.6 crore)
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Players sold in TATA IPL mini-Auction 2026
David Miller (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2 crore
Cameron Green (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold Kolkata Knight Riders to for INR 25.2 crore
Wanindu Hasaranga (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold Lucknow Super Giants to for INR 2 crore
Venkatesh Iyer (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for INR 7 crore
Quinton De Kock (Base price INR 1 crore) was sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 1 crore
Ben Duckett (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2 crore
Finn Allen (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 2 crore
Jacob Duffy (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for INR 2 crore
Anrich Nortje (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 2 crore
Matheesha Pathirana (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 18 crore
Ravi Bishnoi (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 7.2 crore
Akeal Hosein (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 2 crore
Auqib Nabi Dar (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 8.4 crore
Prashant Veer (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 14.2 crore
Kartik Sharma (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 14.2 crore
Mukul Choudhary (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 2.6 crore
Tejasvi Dahiya (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 3 crore
Ashok Sharma (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 90 Lakhs
Kartik Tyagi (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 30 Lakhs
Naman Tiwari (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 1 crore
Sushant Mishra (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 90 lakhs
Yash Punja (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 30 lakhs
Prashant Solanki (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 30 Lakhs
Vignesh Puthur (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 30 lakhs
Rahul Tripathi (Base price INR 75 lakh) was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 75 Lakhs
Pathum Nissanka (Base price INR 75 lakh) was sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 4 crore
Jason Holder (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 7 crore
Matt Short (Base price INR 1.5 crore) was sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 1.5 crore
Tim Seifert (Base price INR 1.5 crore) was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 1.5 crore
Mustafizur Rahman (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 9.2 crore
Danish Malewar (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 30 lakhs
Akshat Raghuvanshi (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 2.2 crore
Satwik Desal (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Royal Challenger Bengaluru for INR 30 lakhs
Aman Khan (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 40 lakhs
Mangesh Yadav (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Royal Challenger Bengaluru for INR 5.2 crore
Salil Arora (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 1.5 crore
Ravi Singh (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 95 lakhs
Sakib Hussain (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 30 Lakh
Omkar Tarmale (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 30 Lakh
Mohammad Izhar (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 30 Lakh
Cooper Connolly (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Punjab Kings for INR 3 crore
Amit Kumar (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 30 Lakh
Atharva Ankolekar (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 30 Lakh
Praful Hinge (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 30 Lakh
Krains Fuletra (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 30 Lakh
Sarthak Ranjan (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 30 Lakh
Daksh Kamra (Base price INR 30 lakh) was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 30 Lakh
Sarfaraz Khan (Base price INR 75 lakh) was sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 75 Lakh
Liam Livingstone (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 13 crore
Rachin Ravindra (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 2 crore
Akash Deep (Base price INR 1 crore) was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 1 crore
Matt Henry (Base price INR 2 crore) was sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 2 crore
Shivam Mavi (Base price 75 lakh) was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 75 lakh
Rahul Chahar (Base price 1 crore) was sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 5.2 crore
Ben Dwarshuis (Base price 1 crore) was sold to Punjab Kings for INR 4.4 crore
Jordan Cox (Base price 75 lakh) was sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for INR 75 Lakhs
Jos Inglis (Base price 2 crore) was sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 8.6 crore
Lungi Ngidi (Base price 2 crore) was sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2 crore
Aman Rao (Base price 30 lakh) was sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 30 Lakh
Mayank Rawat (Base price 30 lakh) was sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 30 Lakh
Pravin Dubey (Base price 30 lakh) was sold to Punjab Kings for INR 30 Lakh
Sahil Parakh (Base price 30 lakh) was sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 30 Lakh
Vishal Nishad (Base price 30 lakh) was sold to Punjab Kings for INR 30 Lakh
Brijesh Sharma (Base price 30 lakh) was sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 30 Lakh
Jack Adwards (Base price 75 lakh) was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 3 crore
Prithvi Shaw (Base price 75 lakh) was sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 75 Lakhs
Zak Foulkes (Base price 75 lakh) was sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 75 Laks
Adam Milne (Base price 2 crore) was sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 2.4 crore
Tom Banton (Base price 2 crore) was sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 2 crore
Kuldeep Sen (Base price 75 lakh) was sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 75 Lakh
Vicky Ostwal (Base price 30 lakh) was sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for INR 30 Lakh
Prithvu Raj (Base price 30 lakh) was sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 30 Lakh
Luke Wood (Base price 75 Lakh) was sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 75 Lakh
Kyle Jamieson (Base price 2 crore) was sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2 crore
Kanishk Chouhan (Base price 30 lakh) was sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for INR 30 Lakh
Vihaan Malhotra (Base price 30 lakh) was sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for INR 30 Lakh
Unsold Players in TATA IPL Auction 2026
Jake Fraser-McGurk, Davon Conway, Gus Atkinson, Wiaan Mulder, Jonny Bairstow, Deepak Hooda, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, KS Bharat, Jamie Smith, Gerald Coetzee, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Spencer Johnson, Maheesh Theekshana, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Atharva Taide, Anmolpreet Singh, Abhinav Tejrana, Abhinav Manohar, Yash Dhull, Aarya Desai, Vijay Shankar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mahipal Lomror, Eden Apple Tom, Sanvir Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Tanush Kotian, Ruchit Ahir, Tushar Raheja, Vansh Bedi, Raj Limbani, Simarjeet Singh, Akash Madhwal, Wahidullah Zadran, Shivam Shukla, Karn Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya, Sediqullah Atal, Sean Abbott, Michael Bracewell, Daryl Mitchell, Dasun Shanaka, Chetan Sakariya, Waqar Salamkheil, Salman Nizar, KM Asif, Tejas Baroka, M Ashwin, Mohit Rathee, Dan Lawrence, KC Cariappa, Taskin Ahmed, Richard Gleeson, Alzarri Joseph, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Dheeraj Kumar, Tanay Thyagarajan, Connor Esterhuizen, Chintal Gandhi, Nathan Smith, Dan Lategan, Karan Lal, Utkarsh Singh, Ayush Vartak, Jikku Bright, Izaz Sawariya, Manusankar Murasingh, Mayank Dagar, Money Grewal, Macneil Noronha, Siddharth Yadav, Ritik Tada, Chama Milind, Swastik Chikara
