The 2026 Indian Premier League was the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held in India, which was organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It has been held annually since the first edition in 2008. In July 2024, the IPL Governing Council announced that a mega auction would be conducted for the 2025 season followed by mini auctions in 2026 and 2027.

The franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 15 November 2025, and a total of 173 players were retained ahead of the auction. The auction was held on 16 December 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with the auction purse for each franchise set at . A total of 1,355 players registered for the auction, of which 369 players were shortlisted and 156 were featured in the auction and 77 were sold in the auction. Cameron Green became the most expensive overseas player and the third most expensive player in the history of the IPL when he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for . Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma became the joint-most expensive uncapped players in the history of the IPL when they were both bought by Chennai Super Kings for each. The 79 unsold players included players such as Jake Fraser-McGurk, Jonny Bairstow, Daryl Mitchell, Devon Conway, Alzarri Joseph, Gus Atkinson, Deepak Hooda and Karn Sharma.

Pre-auction + Retired players Date Name 2025 team 27 August 2025 Chennai Super Kings 38 30 November 2025 Kolkata Knight Riders 37 3 December 2025 Delhi Capitals 37

+ Traded players Date Name Salary From To 13 November 2025 Lucknow Super Giants Mumbai Indians Gujarat Titans Chennai Super Kings Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royals Chennai Super Kings 15 November 2025 Sunrisers Hyderabad Lucknow Super Giants Delhi Capitals Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royals Delhi Capitals Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians Lucknow Super Giants

Player retention Retention policy The ten franchises were allowed to retain any number of players from their squad, including traded players while excluding players signed as temporary replacements. The auction purse for each franchise was set at . Franchises were deducted a specific amount from the auction purse for every retained player.

Retained players The franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 15 November 2025, and a total of 173 players were retained ahead of the auction.

Sources: BCCI,IPL Retained Players 2026 Cricinfo, Olympics.com

Chennai Super Kings No. Player Nationality Salary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Delhi Capitals No. Player Nationality Salary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Gujarat Titans No. Player Nationality Salary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Kolkata Knight Riders No. Player Nationality Salary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Lucknow Super Giants No. Player Nationality Salary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Mumbai Indians No. Player Nationality Salary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Punjab Kings No. Player Nationality Salary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Rajasthan Royals No. Player Nationality Salary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Royal Challengers Bengaluru No. Player Nationality Salary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Sunrisers Hyderabad No. Player Nationality Salary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Auction Any player willing to play in the IPL was required to register for the auction. Players who did not register for the 2025 mega auction are ineligible to participate in the mini-auctions held in the subsequent years. Any auctioned player who withdrew before the 2025 season without legitimate reason or injury is banned from the IPL for a period of two years.

The auction was held on 16 December 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Mallika Sagar was appointed as the auctioneer for the third consecutive year, after she hosted the 2024 and 2025 auctions. A total of 1,355 players registered for the auction, of which 369 players were shortlisted and 156 were featured in the auction and 77 were sold in the auction.

Summary

+ Summary by teams Team Retained Bought Overall Capped Uncapped Total Capped Uncapped Total Capped Uncapped Total Chennai Super Kings 6 10 16 6 3 9 12 13 25 Delhi Capitals 10 7 17 6 2 8 16 9 25 Gujarat Titans 12 8 20 3 2 5 15 10 25 Kolkata Knight Riders 6 6 12 8 5 13 14 11 25 Lucknow Super Giants 10 9 19 3 3 6 13 12 25 Mumbai Indians 13 7 20 1 4 5 14 11 25 Punjab Kings 11 10 21 2 2 4 13 12 25 Rajasthan Royals 9 7 16 3 6 9 12 13 25 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 9 8 17 3 5 8 12 13 25 Sunrisers Hyderabad 9 6 15 2 8 10 11 14 25 Total 95 78 173 37 40 77 132 118 250

Sold players Ten sets of players were divided based on their specialisation: batters, all-rounders, wicket keeper batters, fast bowlers and spin bowlers; and status: capped and uncapped. The capped players went up for bidding first followed by the uncapped players. After player no. 70, the auction entered its accelerated phase, covering all the remaining players. During the accelerated round, players were presented based on the franchises' preference.

Sources: Cricinfo, Olympics.com

+ Set 1: capped batters (BA1) No. Name Country No. of IPL matches Base price(lakhs) 2026 IPL team Auctioned price(lakhs) 2025 IPL team 3 29 200 Kolkata Knight Riders 2520 4 50 75 Chennai Super Kings 75 5 141 200 Delhi Capitals 200 Lucknow Super Giants 6 79 75 Delhi Capitals 75

+ Set 2: capped all-rounders (AL1) No. Name Country No. of IPL matches Base price(lakhs) 2026 IPL team Auctioned price(lakhs) 2025 IPL team 8 37 200 Lucknow Super Giants 200 Rajasthan Royals 10 62 200 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 700 Kolkata Knight Riders 11 49 200 Sunrisers Hyderabad 1300 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 13 18 200 Kolkata Knight Riders 200 Chennai Super Kings

+ Set 3: capped wicket-keepers (WK1) No. Name Country No. of IPL matches Base price(lakhs) 2026 IPL team Auctioned price(lakhs) 2025 IPL team 14 0 200 Kolkata Knight Riders 200 17 115 100 Mumbai Indians 100 Kolkata Knight Riders 18 200 Delhi Capitals 200

+ Set 4: capped fast bowlers (FA1) No. Name Country No. of IPL matches Base price(lakhs) 2026 IPL team Auctioned price(lakhs) 2025 IPL team 22 14 100 Kolkata Knight Riders 100 Lucknow Super Giants 23 200 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 200 25 6 200 Chennai Super Kings 200 27 32 75 Sunrisers Hyderabad 75 28 48 200 Lucknow Super Giants 200 Kolkata Knight Riders 29 32 200 Kolkata Knight Riders 1800 Chennai Super Kings

+ Set 5: capped spin bowlers (SP1) No. Name Country No. of IPL matches Base price(lakhs) 2026 IPL team Auctioned price(lakhs) 2025 IPL team 30 77 200 Rajasthan Royals 720 Lucknow Super Giants 31 80 100 Chennai Super Kings 520 Sunrisers Hyderabad 32 1 200 Chennai Super Kings 200

+ Set 7: uncapped all-rounders (UAL1) No. Name Country No. of IPL matches Base price(lakhs) 2026 IPL team Auctioned price(lakhs) 2025 IPL team 41 0 30 Delhi Capitals 840 44 0 30 Sunrisers Hyderabad 30 50 0 30 Chennai Super Kings 1420

+ Set 8: uncapped wicket-keepers (UWK1) No. Name Country No. of IPL matches Base price(lakhs) 2026 IPL team Auctioned price(lakhs) 2025 IPL team 53 30 Lucknow Super Giants 260 55 30 Chennai Super Kings 1420 56 30 Kolkata Knight Riders 300

+ Set 9: uncapped fast bowlers (UFA1) No. Name Country No. of IPL matches Base price(lakhs) 2026 IPL team Auctioned price(lakhs) 2025 IPL team 59 30 Rajasthan Royals 90 60 30 Gujarat Titans 90 Rajasthan Royals 62 30 Lucknow Super Giants 100 63 20 30 Kolkata Knight Riders 30

+ Set 10: uncapped spin bowlers (USP1) No. Name Country No. of IPL matches Base price(lakhs) 2026 IPL team Auctioned price(lakhs) 2025 IPL team 64 30 Rajasthan Royals 30 65 5 30 Rajasthan Royals 30 Mumbai Indians 69 2 30 Kolkata Knight Riders 30

+ Accelerated round No. Name Country Role No. of IPL matches Category Base price(lakhs) 2026 IPL team Auctioned price(lakhs) 2025 IPL team 75 Batter Capped 75 Delhi Capitals 400 78 Batter 100 Capped 75 Kolkata Knight Riders 75 Chennai Super Kings 81 All-rounder Capped 100 Punjab Kings 440 82 All-rounder Capped 75 Chennai Super Kings 75 83 All-rounder 46 Capped 200 Gujarat Titans 700 87 All-rounder 6 Capped 150 Chennai Super Kings 150 88 Wicket-keeper 2 Capped 200 Gujarat Titans 200 89 Wicket-keeper Capped 75 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 75 91 Wicket-keeper 11 Capped 200 Lucknow Super Giants 860 Punjab Kings 95 Wicket-keeper 3 Capped 150 Kolkata Knight Riders 150 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 96 Bowler 13 Capped 200 Delhi Capitals 200 Punjab Kings 98 Bowler 10 Capped 200 Rajasthan Royals 240 99 Bowler 16 Capped 200 Delhi Capitals 200 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 101 Bowler 60 Capped 200 Kolkata Knight Riders 920 Delhi Capitals 103 Bowler 12 Capped 75 Rajasthan Royals 75 Punjab Kings 111 Batter Uncapped 30 Mumbai Indians 30 114 Batter Uncapped 30 Rajasthan Royals 30 115 Batter Uncapped 30 Lucknow Super Giants 220 118 All-rounder Uncapped 30 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 30 119 All-rounder 12 Uncapped 30 Chennai Super Kings 40 121 All-rounder Uncapped 30 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 30 124 All-rounder Uncapped 30 Mumbai Indians 30 126 All-rounder Uncapped 30 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 520 127 Wicket-keeper Uncapped 30 Sunrisers Hyderabad 150 134 Wicket-keeper Uncapped 30 Rajasthan Royals 95 136 Bowler Uncapped 30 Sunrisers Hyderabad 30 137 Bowler Uncapped 30 Mumbai Indians 30 142 Bowler Uncapped 30 Sunrisers Hyderabad 30 143 Bowler 2 Uncapped 30 Gujarat Titans 30 149 Bowler 5 Uncapped 30 Punjab Kings 30 Punjab Kings 154 All-rounder Capped 200 Punjab Kings 300 170 Bowler 2 Capped 75 Gujarat Titans 75 176 Batter Uncapped 30 Delhi Capitals 30 211 Bowler Uncapped 30 Sunrisers Hyderabad 30 212 All-rounder Uncapped 30 Punjab Kings 30 239 All-rounder Uncapped 30 Mumbai Indians 30 251 Bowler Uncapped 30 Sunrisers Hyderabad 30 275 All-rounder Uncapped 30 Sunrisers Hyderabad 30 295 All-rounder Uncapped 30 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 30 299 All-rounder Uncapped 30 Kolkata Knight Riders 30 309 Bowler Uncapped 30 Rajasthan Royals 30 313 All-rounder Uncapped 30 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 30 322 All-rounder Uncapped 30 Kolkata Knight Riders 30 346 All-rounder Uncapped 50 Sunrisers Hyderabad 300

Support staff changes

+ Support staff changes for the 2026 Indian Premier League Team Position Outgoing Incoming Chennai Super Kings Bowling coach Delhi Capitals Assistant coach Gujarat Titans Assistant coach Batting coach Kolkata Knight Riders Head coach Assistant coach Bowling coach Fielding coach Lucknow Super Giants Assistant coach Batting coach Bowling coach Fielding coach Mentor Punjab Kings Bowling coach Rajasthan Royals Head coach Assistant coach Bowling coach Sunrisers Hyderabad Assistant coach Batting coach Bowling coach

Withdrawn players The following players were ruled out and/or unavailable for the rest of the season due to either injury or national duties. The franchises were allowed to pick a replacement player from the unsold players at the auction to replace the withdrawn players.