IPL Auction: Which Team Has the Most Star Players – CSK, KKR or RCB? Best Playing XI Revealed.

IPL 2026 Auction: In the IPL 2026 auction, all 10 team franchises strategically bought players. A total of 77 players were bought in the auction, including 29 overseas players, and a total of ₹215.45 crore was spent on them. Australian all-rounder Cameron Green received the highest bid of ₹25.20 crore. Now that all 10 franchises have finalized their teams, let's take a look at the possible playing XI for each team.

1. Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings spent ₹41 crore in this auction. The team acquired uncapped players like Prashant Veer (₹14.20 crore) and Kartik Sharma (₹14.20 crore). In addition, they signed Sarfaraz Khan (₹75 lakh), Matthew Short (₹1.50 crore), Aman Khan (₹40 lakh), Jack Edwards (₹1.60 crore), Jack Foulkes (₹75 lakh), Akeal Hosein (₹2 crore), Rahul Chahar (₹5.2 crore), and Matt Henry (₹2 crore). The team was left with ₹2.40 crore in their purse. Now, the debate about what Chennai Super Kings' playing XI will look like in IPL 2026 has intensified.

CSK Full Squad:

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre, MS Dhoni, Sanju Samson, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramkrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Akeal Hosein, Prashant Veer, Kartik Sharma, Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Matt Henry, Rahul Chahar, and Jack Foulds.

Chennai Super Kings Probable Playing XI:

Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Ayush Mhatre, Sanju Samson, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Sarfraz Khan, Prashant Veer, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed

Impact Player: Matt Henry/Rahul Chahar

2.Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders spent ₹63.85 crore. The franchise acquired Cameron Green for ₹25.20 crore, making him the most expensive foreign player in the IPL auction. Besides Green, the team also bought Rahul Tripathi (₹75 lakh), Finn Allen (₹2 crore), Tejaswi Singh (₹3 crore), Prashant Solanki (₹30 lakh), Matheesha Pathirana (₹18 crore), Kartik Tyagi (₹30 lakh), Tim Seifert (₹1.50 crore), Sarthak Ranjan (₹30 lakh), Daksh Kamra (₹30 lakh), Rachin Ravindra (₹2 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (₹9.20 crore), and Akash Deep (₹1 crore). They have ₹45 lakh remaining.

Kolkata Knight Riders' complete squad after the auction:

Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Cameron Green, Finn Allen, Matheesha Pathirana, Tejaswi Singh, Kartik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Mustafizur Rahman, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Rachin Ravindra, and Akash Deep.

Kolkata Knight Riders Probable Playing XI

Rachin Ravindra/Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wicketkeeper), Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Matheesha Pathirana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy

3.Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals spent ₹21.45 crore in this mini-auction. Delhi acquired David Miller (₹2 crore), Ben Duckett (₹2 crore), Aaqib Nabi (₹8.40 crore), Pathum Nissanka (₹4 crore), Sahil Parakh (₹30 lakh), Lungi Ngidi (₹2 crore), Kyle Jamieson (₹2 crore), and Prithvi Shaw (₹75 lakh). The team saved ₹35 lakh in their purse.

Delhi Capitals' complete squad after the IPL auction:

Nitish Rana, Abhishek 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, David Miller, Ben Duckett, Auqib Nabi, Pathum Nissanka, Lungi Ngidi, Sahil Parekh, Prithvi Shaw, and Kyle Jamieson.

Delhi Capitals Probable Playing XI:

KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ben Duckett/Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Axar Patel (captain), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Auqib Nabi, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan

4.Gujarat Titans

Gujarat Titans spent a total of ₹10.90 crore in this auction. The franchise spent a significant amount on Jason Holder (₹7 crore). In addition, they acquired Tom Banton (₹2 crore), Ashok Sharma (₹90 lakh), Prithvi Raj (₹30 lakh), and Luke Wood (₹75 lakh). The team was left with ₹1.95 crore in their purse.

Gujarat Titans squad after the auction:

Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, 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, Ashok Sharma, Jason Holder, Tom Banton, Prithvi Raj Yarra, and Luke Wood

Gujarat Titans Probable Playing XI

Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

5. Lucknow Super Giants

Lucknow Super Giants spent ₹18.40 crore in this auction. This franchise acquired Akshat Raghuvanshi (₹2.2 crore), Mukul Choudhary (₹2.6 crore), Anrich Nortje (₹2 crore), Naman Tiwari (₹1 crore), Josh Inglis (₹8.60 crore), and Wanindu Hasaranga (₹2 crore). Remaining amount - ₹4.55 crore.

Lucknow Super Giants Full Squad

Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (Captain), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvijay Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Mohammed Shami, Arjun Tendulkar, Wanindu Hasaranga, Anrich Nortje, Mukul Choudhary, Naman Tiwari, Akshat Raghuvanshi, and Josh Inglis

Lucknow Super Giants Probable Playing XI

Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (Captain/Wicketkeeper), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Himmat Singh/Mukul Choudhary, Abdul Samad, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammed Shami, Mayank Yadav, Digvijay Rathi, Avesh Khan

6.Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians spent the least amount of money in this auction. Mumbai spent a total of ₹2.20 crore on Danish Malewar (₹30 lakh), Quinton de Kock (₹1 crore), Atharva Ankolekar (₹30 lakh), Mayank Rawat (₹30 lakh), and Mohammad Izhar (₹30 lakh). Remaining amount: ₹55 lakh.

Mumbai Indians Full Squad

Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickelton, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Raghu Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghazanfar, Ashwini Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Sherfane Rutherford, Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur, Quinton de Kock, Danish Malewar, Mohammad Izhar, Atharva Ankolekar, and Mayank Rawat.

Mumbai Indians Probable XI

Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Sherfane Rutherford, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Allah Ghazanfar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah

7.Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings spent ₹8 crore in this auction. The team acquired Praveen Dubey (₹30 lakh), Vishal Nishad (₹30 lakh), Ben Dwarshuis (₹4.40 crore), and Cooper Connolly (₹3 crore). The team has ₹3.50 crore remaining.

Punjab Kings Full Squad:

Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shegde, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Praveen Dubey, and Vishal Nishad.

Punjab Kings Probable Playing XI:

Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nehal Wadhera, Mitchell Owen/Cooper Connolly, Azmatullah Omarzai/Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shegde, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lockie Ferguson, Vijaykumar Vyshak/Yash Thakur

8.Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals spent ₹13.40 crore in the IPL 2026 mini-auction. The team acquired Adam Milne (₹2.40 crore), Yashraj Punja (₹30 lakh), Vignesh Puthur (₹30 lakh), Aman Rao (₹30 lakh), Ravi Singh (₹95 lakh), Ravi Bishnoi (₹7.20 crore), Sushant Mishra (₹90 lakh), Brajesh Sharma (₹30 lakh), and Kuldeep Sen (₹75 lakh). Remaining balance: ₹2.65 crore.

Rajasthan Royals Full Squad

Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Luan-dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur, Ravi Singh, Aman Rao, Brajesh Sharma, Adam Milne, and Kuldeep Sen.

Rajasthan Royals Probable Playing XI

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Shubham Dubey, Donovan Ferreira, Shimron Hetmyer, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande/Yudhvir Singh/Kuldeep Sen

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10.Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers Hyderabad spent ₹20.05 crore in this auction. The franchise acquired Liam Livingstone for ₹13 crore. In addition, they signed Salil Arora (₹1.50 crore), Jack Edwards (₹3 crore), Amit Kumar (₹30 lakh), Krrish Fulletra (₹30 lakh), Sakib Hussain (₹30 lakh), Omkar Tarmaale (₹30 lakh), Prafull Hinge (₹30 lakh), Shivam Mavi (₹75 lakh), and Shivang Kumar (₹30 lakh). Remaining amount - ₹5.45 crore.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Full Squad

Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari, Shivang Kumar, Salil Arora, Sakib Hussain, Omkar Tarmaale, Amit Kumar, Prafull Hinge, Krrish Fulletra, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, and Jack Edwards

Sunrisers Hyderabad Probable Playing XI

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Aniket Verma, Heinrich Klaasen, Liam Livingstone, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari/Harsh Dubey