IPL 2026 Mini-Auction Highlights: Record Bids and Player Acquisitions
IPL 2026 Mini-Auction Overview
The IPL 2026 Mini-Auction has wrapped up after an exciting bidding war, where all ten franchises competed fiercely to acquire seasoned players, international stars, and promising domestic talents to enhance their teams for the upcoming season on December 16.
A staggering total of INR 215.45 crore was spent by the franchises on 77 players to fill their rosters. Notably, Australian all-rounder Cameron Green made headlines by becoming the most expensive overseas player in IPL history, as the Kolkata Knight Riders secured him for an impressive INR 25.2 crore. Additionally, Indian uncapped players Prashant Veer and Kratik Sharma were both acquired by Chennai Super Kings for INR 14.2 crore each, marking them as the highest-priced uncapped players.
Franchise Acquisitions
Kolkata Knight Riders
Cameron Green (₹25.20 crore), Finn Allen (₹2 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (₹18 crore), Tejasvi Singh (₹3 crore), Kartik Tyagi (₹30 lakh), Prashant Solanki (₹30 lakh), Rahul Tripathi (₹75 lakh), Tim Seifert (₹1.5 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (₹9.2 crore), Sarthak Ranjan (₹30 lakh), Daksh Kamra (₹30 lakh), Rachin Ravindra (₹2 crore), Akash Deep (₹1 crore).
Retained Players: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Chennai Super Kings
Akeal Hosein (₹2 crore), Prashant Veer (₹14.20 crore), Kartik Sharma (₹14.20 crore), Matthew Short (₹1.5 crore), Aman Khan (₹40 lakh), Sarfaraz Khan (₹75 lakh), Matt Henry (₹2 crore), Rahul Chahar (₹5.2 crore), Zak Foulkes (₹75 lakh).
Retained Players: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, MS Dhoni (WK), Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Sanju Samson (WK) (Traded from RR).
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Shivang Kumar (₹30 lakh), Salil Arora (₹1.5 crore), Sakib Hussain (₹30 lakh), Onkar Tarmale (₹30 lakh), Amit Kumar (₹30 lakh), Praful Hinge (₹30 lakh), Krains Fuletra (₹30 lakh), Liam Livingstone (₹13 crore), Shivam Mavi (₹75 lakh), Jack Edwards (₹3 crore).
Retained Players: Pat Cummins (C), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan (WK), Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari.
Lucknow Super Giants
Wanindu Hasaranga (₹2 crore), Anrich Nortje (₹2 crore), Mukul Choudhary (₹2.60 crore), Naman Tiwari (₹1 crore), Akshat Raghuwanshi (₹2.20 crore), Josh Inglis (₹8.60 crore).
Retained Players: Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (C), Nicholas Pooran (WK), Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, M Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Mohammed Shami (Traded from SRH), Arjun Tendulkar (Traded from MI).
Mumbai Indians
Quinton de Kock (₹1 crore), Danish Malewar (₹30 lakh), Mohammed Izhar (₹30 lakh), Atharva Ankolekar (₹30 lakh), Mayank Rawat (₹30 lakh).
Retained Players: Hardik Pandya (C), 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, Sherfane Rutherford (Traded from GT), Mayank Markande (Traded from KKR), Shardul Thakur (Traded from LSG).
Punjab Kings
Cooper Connolly (₹3 crore), Ben Dwarshuis (₹4.40 crore), Pravin Dubey (₹30 lakh), Vishal Nishad (₹30 lakh).
Retained Players: Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (C), 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.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Venkatesh Iyer (₹7 crore), Jacob Duffy (₹2 crore), Satvik Deswal (₹30 lakh), Mangesh Yadav (₹5.2 crore), Jordan Cox (₹75 lakh), Vicky Ostwal (₹30 lakh), Vihaan Malhotra (₹30 lakh), Kanishk Chouhan (₹30 lakh).
Retained Players: Rajat Patidar (C), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt (WK), Jitesh Sharma (WK), Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, and Suyash Sharma.
Gujarat Titans
Ashok Sharma (₹90 lakh), Jason Holder (₹7 crore), Tom Banton (₹2 crore), Prithvi Raj (₹30 lakh), Luke Wood (₹75 lakh).
Retained Players: Shubman Gill (C), Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler (WK), 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.
Rajasthan Royals
Ravi Bishnoi (₹7.20 crore), Sushant Mishra (₹90 lakh), Yash Raj Punja (₹30 lakh), Vignesh Puthur (₹30 lakh), Ravi Singh (₹95 lakh), Aman Rao (₹30 lakh), Brijesh Sharma (₹30 lakh), Adam Milne (₹2.4 crore), Kuldeep Sen (₹75 lakh).
Retained Players: 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, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhvir Charak.
Delhi Capitals
David Miller (₹2 crore), Ben Duckett (₹2 crore), Auqib Nabi Dar (₹8.4 crore), Pathum Nissanka (₹4 crore), Lungi Ngidi (₹2 crore), Sahil Parakh (₹30 lakh), Prithvi Shaw (₹75 lakh), Kyle Jamieson (₹2 crore).
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 (Traded from RR).