Introduction:TATA IPL 2026 Auction
The TATA IPL 2026 Auction came to an end today with franchises focused on key areas, spending wisely on match-winners to strengthen their squads. Several big names like Cameron Green, Pathirana changed teams, young talents like Prashant Veer,Kartik Sharma & Aakib Nabi Dar earned life-changing contracts of 14.20cr each & 8.4cr respectively. Here Is a team-wise overview and analysis of how each franchise performed at the auction table.
Team Wise Player List
Chennai Super Kings(CSK)
Retained – Anshul Kamboj,Gurjapneet Singh,Jamie Overton,M.S Dhoni.Mukesh Chaudhary,Noor Ahmed,Ramakrishna Ghosh,Nathan Ellis,Noor Ahmed,
Sanju Samson (T),Ruturaj Gaikwad,Shivam Dube,Shreyas Gopal,Syed Khaleel Ahmad,Aayush Mhatre,Dewald Brevis,Urvil Patel.
Buy – Prashant Veer (14.20cr),Kartik Sharma (14.20cr),Akeal Hosein (2cr),Rahul Chahar (5.20cr),Matt Henry (2cr),Sarfaraz Khan (75L),Aman Khan (40L),Matthew Short (1.5cr),Zak Foulkes (75L)
Delhi Capital (DC)
Retained – Abhishek Porel,Ajay Mandal,Ashutosh Sharma,Axar Patel,Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nayar,KL Rahul,Kuldeep Yadav,Madhav Tiwari,Mitchell Starc,Mukesh Kumar,Nitish Rana(T),Sameer Rizvi,T Natrajan,Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs,Vipraj Nigam.
Buy – David Miller (2cr),Ben Duckett (2cr),Auqib Nabi Dar (8.40cr),Pathum Nissanka (4cr),Lungi Ngidi (2cr),Sahil Parakh (30L)
Gujarat Titans (GT)
Retained – 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 Sudarshan,Shahrukh Khan,Shubhman Gill Washington Sundar.
Buy –Ashok Sharma(90 L),Jason Holder (7cr)
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Retained – Ajinkya Rahane,Angkrish Raghuvanshi,Anukul Roy,Harshit Rana,Manish Pandey,Ramandeep Singh,Rinku Singh,Roman Powell,Sunil Narine,Umran Malik,Vaibhav Arora,Varun Chakravarthy.
Buy – Cameron Green (25.20cr),Matheesha Pathirana (18cr),Finn Allen (2cr),Kartik Tyagi (30 L),Prashant Solanki (30 L),Mustafizur Rahman (9.2cr),Rachin Ravindra (2cr),Akash Deep (1cr),Rahul Tripathi (75L),Sarthak Ranjan (30L),Daksh Kamra (30L),Prashant Solanki (30L),Tejasvi Dahiya (3cr)
Lucknow Super Gaints (LSG)
Retained – Abdul Samad,Aiden Markram,Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar(T),Arshin Kulkarni,Avesh Khan,Ayush Badoni,Digvesh Rathi,Himmat Singh,Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke,Mayank Yadav,Mohd. Shami(T),Mitchell Marsh,Mohsin Khan,Nicholas Pooran,Prince Yadav,Rishabh Pant,Shahbaz Ahmed.
Buy – Wanindu Hasranga (2cr),Anrich Nortje (2cr),Mukul Chaudhary (2.60cr),Naman Tiwari (1cr),Josh Inglis (8.6cr),Akshat Raghuwanshi (2.20cr),
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Retained – Allah Ghazanfar,Ashwani Kumar,Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah,Hardik Pandya,Shardul Thakur(T),Sherfane Rutherford (T),Ryan Rickelton,Tilak Verma,Surya Kumar Yadav,Trent Boult,Mayank Markande(T),Will Jacks,Corbin Bosch,Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner,Naman Dhir,Raghu Sharma,Raj Angad Bawa,Robin Minz.
Buy – Quinton De Kock (1cr),Mohd. Izhar (30L),Danish Malewar (30L),Atharva Ankolekar (30L),Mayank Rawat (30L)
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Retained – 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.
Buy – Benjamin Dwarshuis (4.4cr),Cooper Connolly (3cr),Praveen Dubey (30L),Vishal Nishad (30L)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Retained – Abhinandan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Devdutt padikkal,Jacob Bethell,Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood,Krunal Pandya, Nuwan Thushara,Phil Salt,Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Rasikh Dar Salam,Romario Shepherd,Suyash Sharma,Swapnil Singh,Tim David,Yash Dayal.
Buy – Venktesh Iyer (7cr), Jacob Duffy (2cr),Satvik Deswal (30L),Jordan Cox (75L),Mangesh Yadav (5.2cr)
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Retained – Dhruv Jurel,Donovan Ferreira(T),Jofra Archer,Kwena Maphaka,Lhuan-Dre-Pretorious,Nandre Burger,Ravindra Jadeja(T),Riyan Parag,Sam Curran(T),Sandeep Sharma,Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey,Tushar Deshpande,Yashaswi Jaiswal,Yudhvir Singh.
Buy – Ravi Bishnoi (7.20cr),Sushant Mishra (90 L),Yash Raj Punja (30 L),Vignesh Puthur (30 L),Aman Rao (30L),Brijesh Sharma (30L),Ravi Singh (95L)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Retained – 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 Ravichandran,Travis Head, Zeeshan Ansari.
Buy – Shivang Kumar (30 L),Liam Livingstone (13cr),Jack Edwards (3cr),Shivam Mavi (74L),Salil Arora (1.5cr),Onkar Tarmale (30L),Amit Kumar (30L),KB Fuletra (30L),Praful Hinge (30L),Sakib Hussain(30L)
Conclusion
The TATA IPL 2026 Auction once again proved that why it is the most exciting event in world cricket.This Auction played a crucial role in shaping team combination where some team goes for the big name & some goes for the new talent. Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma emerged as most costly pick for Chennai Super Kings. There is some more uncapped player who also bagged good amount of money from franchises.
The TATA IPL 2026 Auction once again proved to be life-changing platform for the young talent.Franchises focused on long-term growth by securing young promising talent who could play crucial role not just this season but also in the upcoming years.
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