IPL Auction 2026: Updated List of Sold and Unsold Players for the Mega Event

The IPL 2026 auction has finally ended, with all the 10 teams finalizing their squads for the next year’s mega event. The auction witnessed intense bidding wars for several local and international players, making the event highly engaging. The rising Australian all-rounder, Cameron Green, stole the limelight of the show as Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for a whopping INR 25.20 crore, making him the most expensive overseas buy in the IPL history.

The event was held in Abu Dhabi, where representatives from each IPL franchise were present. Looking at the IPL auction 2026 players list, it became clear that all franchises were focused on building balanced team combinations rather than simply buying expensive names. As a result, many notable players went unsold, while some low-key names attracted big bids during the event.

Besides Cameron Green (INR 25.20 crore) and Matheesha Pathirana (INR 18 crore), India’s local uncapped boys Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma became the point of interest for many teams. In the end, Chennai Super Kings finally won the bidding war for them, as they bought the duo for a staggering INR 14.2 crore each. This highlights how highly these two players are valued ahead of the upcoming edition, which will start on March 26 and run until May 31.

In this article, we will take a look at how each team is stacked at the end of the auction held in Abu Dhabi. We will also look at all those players who went unsold in the event, showcasing how franchises prioritized buying quality over star-power in the IPL 2026 auction. Let’s first take a look at the final squads of each franchise below.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

The defending champions have kept the core of their squad intact, as Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Josh Hazlewood and other notable RCB players retained their place in the team. Venkatesh Iyer became their only high-profile buy, as he was bought for INR 7 crore to solidify the middle order of the team.

Batters: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Tim David, Devdutt Padikkal

Wicketkeepers: Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Jordan Cox

Allrounders: Jacob Bethell, Venkatesh Iyer, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Romario Shepherd, Satwik Deswal, Kanish Chouhan, Vihaan Malhotra, Vicky Ostwal

Spinners: Suyash Sharma

Fast bowlers: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam, Mangesh Yadav, Yash Dayal, Jacob Duffy, Nuwan Thushara, Abhinandan Singh

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers Hyderabad entered the IPL 2026 auction with the third-biggest purse, but Liam Livingstone became their only high profile buy for INR 13 crore. They didn’t spend big on other overseas players, as the management kept on signing Indian domestic seamers to bolster their attack. Nevertheless, Travis Head and Pat Cummins remain Sunrisers’ biggest retentions for the upcoming edition, making their squad fairly well settled.

Batters: Travis Head, Aniket Verma, R Smaran

Wicketkeepers: Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Salil Arora

Allrounders: Liam Livingstone, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Brydon Carse, Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, Kamindu Mendis, Harsh Dubey, Jack Edwards, Shivang Kumar, Krains Fuletra

Spinners: Zeeshan Ansari, Amit Kumar

Fast bowlers: Eshan Malinga, Jaydev Unadkat, Shivam Mavi, Onkar Tarmale, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians came into the auction with an already settled squad. This is why they didn’t engage in bidding war for other players, as Quinton de Kock was their only focus in the IPL 2026 auction list. Luckily, they bought the South African smartly, making their team look well organized for the upcoming IPL edition.

Batters: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Danish Malewar

Wicketkeepers: Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock

Allrounders: Shardul Thakur, Sherfane Rutherford, Corbin Bosch, Hardik Pandya, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Tilak Varma, Will Jacks, Atharva Ankolekar

Spinners: Mayank Markande, AM Ghazanfar, Raghu Sharma

Fast bowlers: Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Mohammed Izhar

Gujarat Titans

Gujarat Titans came into the IPL 2026 auction with INR 12.90 crore in their purse. Their core squad is already well settled, so there was no need for other big signings. Talking about the biggest overseas signing, the franchise bought Jason Holder for a reasonable price, as he will act as their core all-rounder in next year’s mega event.

Batters: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Tom Banton, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan

Wicketkeepers: Jos Buttler, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra

Allrounders: Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Rahul Tewatia, Nishant Sindhu, Jayant Yadav, Arshad Khan

Spinners: Sai Kishore

Fast bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Luke Wood, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Sharma, Prithvi Raj Yarra.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders amazed everyone at the auction as they bought the young Australian all-rounder Cameron Green for a whopping price of INR 25.20 crore. They went all out for Green to fill the void left by Andre Russell, who recently announced his retirement from the IPL. Besides Green, Matheesha Pathirana was another overseas player to receive a big bid from KKR, as he was bought for INR 18 crore to strengthen their fast bowling attack.

Batters: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell

Wicketkeepers: Finn Allen, Tejasvi Dahiya, Tim Seifert

Allrounders: Anukul Roy, Cameron Green, Daksh Kamra, Ramandeep Singh, Rachin Ravindra, Sarthak Ranjan, Sunil Narine

Spinners: Prashant Solanki, Varun Chakravarthy

Fast bowlers: Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Kartik Tyagi, Matheesha Pathirana, Mustafizur Rahman, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora

Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals were successful in signing Ravi Bishnoi for INR 7.20 crore. They also added Yash Raj Punja and left-armer Vignesh Puthur to bring more variety to their spin attack. In terms of pace, they signed Adam Milne to strengthen their fast bowling, who will team up with Jofra Archer and Sam Curran in the upcoming edition of the tournament.

Batters: Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Aman Rao

Wicketkeepers: Dhruv Jurel, Ravi Singh

Allrounders: Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh

Spinners: Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur

Fast bowlers: Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Sushant Mishra, Adam Milne, Kuldeep Sen, Brijesh Sharma.

Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings bought aggressive Australian star Cooper Connolly to fill the void of Josh Inglis in the upcoming IPL edition. Besides that, they also picked Ben Dwarshuis to lead their fast bowling attack alongside Arshdeep Singh. This makes their side pretty much well balanced and organized for the next year’s event.

Batters: Harnoor Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shreyas Iyer

Wicketkeepers: Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod

Allrounders: Azmatullah Omarzai, Ben Dwarshuis, Cooper Connolly, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Owen, Musheer Khan, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge

Spinners: Praveen Dubey, Yuzvendra Chahal

Fast bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Vishal Nishad, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur

Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals bought Lungi Ngidi and Kyle Jamieson to support Mitchell Starc in the fast bowling department. These two high-profile purchases showcase how focused they were on strengthening their pace attack during the auction. Besides Ngidi and Jamieson, Pathum Nissanka and Ben Duckett were other notable signings by DC in the IPL 2026 auction.

Batters: Prithvi Shaw, Karun Nair, Nitish Rana, Pathum Nissanka, Ashutosh Sharma, David Miller, Sameer Rizvi, Sahil Parakh

Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Ben Duckett

Allrounders: Axar Patel, Vipraj Nigam, Kyle Jamieson, Auqib Nabi, Madhav Tiwari, T Vijay, Ajay Mandal

Spinners: Kuldeep Yadav

Fast bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Lungi Ngidi, Dushmantha Chameera

Lucknow Super Giants

Lucknow Super Giants entered the auction with a largely settled squad. They had some gaps in the middle order, which is why they picked Josh Inglis for INR 8.6 crore. In addition, LSG also secured the services of Wanindu Hasaranga for IPL 2026. He will add depth to the batting lineup, giving LSG more options and versatility in every match.

Batters: Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Aiden Markram, Akshat Raghuwanshi

Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Josh Inglis, Mukul Choudhary

Allrounders: Arshin Kulkarni, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed

Spinners: Digvesh Rathi, M Siddharth

Fast bowlers: Akash Singh, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Mohsin Khan, Anrich Nortje, Prince Yadav, Arjun Tendulkar, Mayank Yadav, Naman Tiwari

A Quick Look at the IPL 2026 Unsold Players

Looking at the originally released IPL auction 2026 players list, many renowned names went unsold in Tuesday's mega event. Some of them were not picked due to their availability issues, while some were ignored due to their recent poor form in T20 cricket. Here are those players who got registered in the IPL auction 2026 players list, but didn’t find any buyers in Abu Dhabi.

Player	Base Price (in INR)	Capped/Uncapped	Set
Jake Fraser-McGurk	2 Cr	Capped	1
Devon Conway	2 Cr	Capped	1
Gus Atkinson	2 Cr	Capped	2
Jamie Smith	2 Cr	Capped	2
Deepak Hooda	75 Lakh	Capped	2
Wiaan Mulder	1 Cr	Capped	2
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	1.5 Cr	Capped	3
Jonny Bairstow	1 Cr	Capped	3
K.S. Bharat	75 Lakh	Capped	3
Gerald Coetzee	2 Cr	Capped	4
Spencer Johnson	1.5 Cr	Capped	4
Fazalhaq Farooqi	1 Cr	Capped	4
Maheesh Theekshana	2 Cr	Capped	5
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	2 Cr	Capped	5
Aarya Desai	30 Lakh	Uncapped	6
Yash Dhull	30 Lakh	Uncapped	6
Abhinav Manohar	30 Lakh	Uncapped	6
Anmolpreet Singh	30 Lakh	Uncapped	6
Atharva Taide	30 Lakh	Uncapped	6
Abhinav Tejrana	30 Lakh	Uncapped	6
Mahipal Lomror	50 Lakh	Uncapped	7
Rajvardhan Hangargekar	40 Lakh	Uncapped	7
Vijay Shankar	30 Lakh	Uncapped	7
Eden Apple Tom	30 Lakh	Uncapped	7
Tanush Kotian	30 Lakh	Uncapped	7
Kamlesh Nagarkoti	30 Lakh	Uncapped	7
Ruchit Ahir	30 Lakh	Uncapped	8
Sanvir Singh	30 Lakh	Uncapped	8
Vansh Bedi	30 Lakh	Uncapped	8
Tushar Raheja	30 Lakh	Uncapped	8
Raj Limbani	30 Lakh	Uncapped	9
Simarjeet Singh	30 Lakh	Uncapped	9
Akash Madhwal	30 Lakh	Uncapped	9
Wahidullah Zadran	30 Lakh	Uncapped	10
Shivam Shukla	30 Lakh	Uncapped	10
Karn Sharma	50 Lakh	Uncapped	10
Kartikeya Singh	30 Lakh	Uncapped	10
Sediqullah Atal	75 Lakh	Capped	1st accelerated round
Sean Abbott	2 Cr	Capped	1st accelerated round
Michael Bracewell	2 Cr	Capped	1st accelerated round
Daryl Mitchell	2 Cr	Capped	1st accelerated round
Dasun Shanaka	75 Lakh	Capped	1st accelerated round
Chetan Sakariya	75 Lakh	Capped	1st accelerated round
Waqar Salamkheil	1 Cr	Capped	1st accelerated round
Salman Nizar	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
KM Asif	40 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Murugan Ashwin	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Tejas Baroka	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
KC Cariappa	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Mohit Rathee	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Daniel Lawrence	2 Cr	Capped	1st accelerated round
Taskin Ahmed	75 Lakh	Capped	1st accelerated round
Richard Gleeson	75 Lakh	Capped	1st accelerated round
Alzarri Joseph	2 Cr	Capped	1st accelerated round
Riley Meredith	1.50 Cr	Capped	1st accelerated round
Jhye Richardson	1.50 Cr	Capped	1st accelerated round
M.Dheeraj Kumar	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Tanay Thyagarajann	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Connor Esterhuizen	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Irfan Umair	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Chintal Gandhi	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Nathan Smith	75 Lakh	Capped	1st accelerated round
Daniel Lategan	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Karan Lal	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Utkarsh Singh	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Ayush Vartak	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Jikku Bright	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Izaz Sawariya	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Mani Sankar Mura Singh	30 Lakh	Uncapped	1st accelerated round
Manan Vohra	30 Lakh	Uncapped	2nd accelerated round
Mayank Dagar	30 Lakh	Uncapped	2nd accelerated round
Money Grewal	30 Lakh	Uncapped	2nd accelerated round
Macneil Noronha	30 Lakh	Uncapped	2nd accelerated round
Siddharth Yadav	30 Lakh	Uncapped	2nd accelerated round
Ritik Tada	30 Lakh	Uncapped	2nd accelerated round
Chama Milind	30 Lakh	Uncapped	2nd accelerated round
Swastik Chikara	30 Lakh	Uncapped	2nd accelerated round
William Sutherland	1 Cr	Capped	3rd accelerated round
RS Ambrish	30 Lakh	Uncapped	3rd accelerated round

Players Snapped Up in Accelerated Rounds After Going Unsold in IPL 2026

1. Sarfaraz Khan to CSK for 75 Lakh
2. Rachin Ravindra to KKR for 2 crore
3. Liam Livingstone to SRH for 13 Cr
4. Akash Deep to KKR for 1 Cr
5. Matt Henry to CSK for 2 CR
6. Shivam Mavi to SRH for 75 Lakh
7. Rahul Chahar to CSK for 5.20 Cr
8. Ben Dwarshuis to PBKS for 4.40 Cr
9. Jordan Cox to RCB for 75 Lakh
10. Josh Inglis to LSG for 8.60 Cr
11. Lungi Ngigi to DC for 2 Cr
12. Mayank Rawat to MI for 30 Lakh
13. Vishal Nishad to PBKS for 30 Lakh
14. Prithvi Shaw to DC for 75 Lakh
15. Tom Banton to GT for 2 Cr
16. Adam Milne to RR for 2.40 Cr
17. Kuldeep Sen to RR for 75 Lakh
18. Vicky Ostwal to RCB for 30 Lakh
19. Kyle Jamieson to DC for 2 Cr

Final Words

The IPL 2026 auction attracted attention from the global cricket circles. Teams spent big money on their preferred players, as the signing of Cameron Green for a staggering INR 25.20 crore is a clear example of that. Now that all teams have finalized their squads for the upcoming edition, it will be interesting to see the combinations they create to compete in the tournament. On paper, every team looks well settled, so the focus will now shift to the planning part to get the best performances from these players in the IPL 2026 edition.