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Check RCB, CSK, MI, KKR, SRH, DC, GT, PBKS, RR, LSG Teams Sold Players and Unsold Players list

Check RCB, CSK, MI, KKR, SRH, DC, GT, PBKS, RR, LSG Teams Sold Players and Unsold Players list

IPL 2026 Auction Sold and Unsold Players Full List: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) were the biggest movers of in the auction ahead of the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL), to put it mildly. Among the top six buys on Tuesday evening, five came from the two franchises. However, it also signalled an interesting shift in philosophy for CSK. The team that once came to be known as “Dad’s Army” have spent Rs 14.20 crore each on two uncapped players. One of them, Prashant Veer, is expected to be a direct replacement for Ravindra Jadeja while the other is wicketkeeper Kartik Sharma. The latter’s arrival could be a signal to the fact that this season truly might be the last to feature MS Dhoni. KKR had the highest bid of the day in the form of Cameron Green, who was acquired at Rs 25.20 crore, making him the most expensive overseas buy of all time in auction history. Top eight buys were Cameron Green (KKR, Rs 25.30 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (KKR, …

Father earned Rs 12000 as teacher; son Prashant Veer hopes to be perfect Dhoni student, picked for Rs 14.2 crore by CSK | Cricket News

Father earned Rs 12000 as teacher; son Prashant Veer hopes to be perfect Dhoni student, picked for Rs 14.2 crore by CSK | Cricket News

A son of ‘Shiksha Mitr’ (Primary Teacher) who earned around Rs 12,000 per month, 20-year-old Prashant Veer was picked for Rs 14.20 crore by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Indian Premier League’s mini-auction on Tuesday. Veer wasn’t expecting too much, and like any uncapped player, he hoped someone in the auction room would merely raise the paddle for him. “I was just hoping that someone would raise their paddle, it took me some time to process that I have gone to CSK for 14 crores. Sapna lag raha tha sab, I told Rinku (Singh) bhai ke pinch karo ek baar. My family has not seen so much money in their life, this will change things for good. What I will do with the money, yeh sochney ka kaam gharwalon ka hai, mera nahi,” he told The Indian Express. (It felt like a dream to be picked by CSK. I told Rinku to pinch me. My family will decide what to do with the money. God heard my prayers.) Divine intervention or not, CSK needed to …

Full List of Delhi Capitals Team Players, Squad for IPL 2026

Full List of Delhi Capitals Team Players, Squad for IPL 2026

DC Team 2026 Players List: After finishing the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) season just outside the playoffs spot despite starting well before losing their way eventually, Delhi Capitals will look to reassess their situation as they come into the IPL auction with a Rs 21.80 crore purse and with 8 slots, including 5 overseas positions remaining. They have released their vice-captain Faf du Plessis who will take no part in this season’s edition, opting instead to play the Pakistan Super League as well as big hitter Jake Fraser-McGurk who failed to fire last season. They will be in the lookout for an Indian opener to partner KL Rahul and also an overseas all-rounder who is a capable finisher. With Mitchell Starc and T Natarajan in their ranks, the only hole they need to plug in their seam attack is to buy an Indian pacer. They also might go for Jonny Bairstow but will face stiff competition from the Kolkata Knight Riders who will also be on the lookout for a wicketkeeper-batter. If DC doesn’t …

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Team Full Players List, Squad

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Team Full Players List, Squad

RCB Team 2026 Players List: RCB chose to retain 17 players and went into the mini-auction with a purse of Rs 16.40 crore. The funds were freed up after they released England all-rounder Liam Livingstone and South Africa fast bowler Lungi Ngidi, along with Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Agarwal, Mohit Rathee and Sachin Baby. RCB’s purse at the start of the day was the fourth lowest, only ahead of Mumbai Indians (Rs 2.75 crore), Punjab Kings (Rs 11.50 crore) and the Rajasthan Royals (Rs 16.05 crore). Having ended what seemed like a never-ending wait for a title last season, RCB now face a challenge that is arguably more difficult than winning the IPL itself – defending it. They have chosen to not tinker too much with a combination that literally ended up being declared the best in the league last year but where they would be worried would be the depth, or lack of it, in their fast bowling department. Josh Hazlewood is injured and his workload management is a worry while Yash Dayal has played …

Gujarat Titans Team Full Players List, Squad

Gujarat Titans Team Full Players List, Squad

GT Team 2026 Players List: GT chose retained 20 players and went into the mini-auction with a purse of Rs 12.90 crore. They let Sherfane Rutherford join the Mumbai Indians on retention deadline day. Before that, GT had let go of South African pace bowling all-rounder, Gerald Coetzee, and former Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka. Karim Jannat — whose Indian Premier League debut was spoiled by teenage prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi — Kulwant Khejroliya and Mahipal Lomror have also been released from the GT squad. FOLLOW: IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates GT’s season was almost entirely built on their run-machine of a top order made of Jos Buttler, Sai Sudharsan and captain Shubman Gill. The departure of Rutherforde, though, means that GT will be in the market to strengthen their middle order, even with someone like Washington Sundar in there. Moreover, Shahrukh Khan hasn’t been too convincing in domestic cricket off late while Rahul Tewatia is recovering from an injury. GT players signed in IPL 2026 Mini-Auction To be updated shortly Players retained: Shubman Gill (c), …

IPL 2026 Sunrisers Hyderabad Retained, Released, Sold and Unsold Players List, Full Squad

IPL 2026 Sunrisers Hyderabad Retained, Released, Sold and Unsold Players List, Full Squad

IPL SRH Team 2026 Players List: One-time champions Sunrisers Hyderabad have reached the final in 2024, but the 2025 campaign has been a disappointment. Although they have added to the firepower from the previous season, they could not click as a collective both with bat and ball in the various stages of the 2025 campaigns. A few things did start to click at the end of the tournament, but it was too little too late to resurrect the campaign. IPL Auction 2026 LIVE: Check Team-wise Sold and Unsold Players Live Updates Here. IPL 2026 Auction Live Updates Coach Daniel Vettori was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo: “Wanted to keep nucleus together, happy with how players performed. Happy to go with enough of a purse to target players. Any time you have chance to add quality players who may have not fit elsewhere, hopefully we can identify them and add to our squad.” As per their retentions their big-money South African asset in Heinrich Klaasen was retained despite the rumours of potential exit while the likes …

Full List of Rajasthan Royals Team Players, Squad for IPL 2026

Full List of Rajasthan Royals Team Players, Squad for IPL 2026

RR Team 2026 Players List: Rajasthan Royals began their IPL 2026 mini-auction process by signing up India spinner Ravi Bishnoi for Rs 7.20 crore after staving off bids from Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bishnoi has been part of Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants in the past, picking up 72 wickets from 77 matches across six seasons. He was let go by LSG after a poor 2025 season.Earlier, they engaged in a bidding war for Cameron Green at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday but eventually dropped off as CSK and KKR went at it, with the latter getting their man at Rs 25.2 crore. Rajasthan entered the mini-auction process, listing 369 cricketers with a purse of Rs 16.05 crore. In November, RR had made a massive decision to release nine players, including the release their captain and wicket-keeper, Sanju Samson, in a major trade deal with the Chennai Super Kings. In return, RR secured a reunion with Ravindra Jadeja, who made an impact with the franchise during his fledgling days …

IPL 2026 Lucknow Super Giants Retained, Released, Sold and Unsold Players List, Full Squad

IPL 2026 Lucknow Super Giants Retained, Released, Sold and Unsold Players List, Full Squad

LSG Team 2026 Players List: Uncapped Rajasthan cricketer Mukul Choudhary was signed up by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 2.6 crore at the IPL mini auction in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. They then added left-arm pacer Naman Tiwari to their burgeoning roster of pacers, snapping him up for Rs 1 crore from base price of Rs 30 lakh. Earlier, Sri Lanka allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga was snapped up at base price by LSG as their first signing. Hasaranga has been a part of RCB and RR in the past, picking up 46 wickets in the 37 matches he has played in the league across four seasons. LSG also went big after another Sri Lankan in Matheesha Pathirana, before KKR swooped in and got the pacer for Rs 18 crore. But soon after LSG got South African speedster Anrich Nortje also at base price of Rs 2 crore. Nortje has been cranking up the pace in the ongoing India vs South Africa series. Although Lucknow Super Giants started the 2025 campaign well, they lost their bearings halfway …

IPL 2026 Kolkata Knight Riders Retained, Released, Sold and Unsold Players List, Full Squad

IPL 2026 Kolkata Knight Riders Retained, Released, Sold and Unsold Players List, Full Squad

IPL KKR Team 2026 Players List: 2024 champions Kolkata Knight Riders made a big splash in the IPL mini auction in Abu Dhabi when they snapped up the highly-sought after Cameron Green for a whopping Rs 25.20 crore. That was almost an inevitability with the Ajinkya Rahane-led team entering the auction with the biggest purse. They also snapped up New Zealand’s Finn Allen for Rs 2 crore and express pacer Matheesha Pathirana for Rs 18 crore. They also released big hitter Andre Russell with the West Indies player returning to the franchise as a power coach after retiring from the IPL after getting released. With such a big purse available, Kolkata are likely to strengthen their squad exponentially. The name on top of their wish list will undoubtedly be Aussie allrounder Cameron Green who is expected to go for big bucks in this auction. The will also need a specialized wicketkeeper and might look to bring back Quinton de Kock or Rahmanullah Gurbaz. If not, they’ll still have Jonny Bairstow, Finn Allen and Ben Duckett …

IPL 2026 Mumbai Indians Retained, Released, Sold and Unsold Players List, Full Squad

IPL 2026 Mumbai Indians Retained, Released, Sold and Unsold Players List, Full Squad

IPL MI Team 2026 Players List: Mumbai Indians started their spending in the Indian Premier League mini auction after they snapped up South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock for Rs 1 crore. MI players signed in IPL 2026 Mini-Auction Quinton de Kock (Rs 1 crore) Players retained/traded by Mumbai Indians AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks, Shardul Thakur (traded in from LSG), Sherfane Rutherford (traded in from GT), Mayank Markande (traded in from KKR). What do Mumbai Indians need in the IPL 2026 auction? Mumbai will arrive in Abu Dhabi having done a majority of their work during the trade window, which means it won’t be a busy day for the five-time champions at the auction table. With the least amount to spend, big names could be out of their way. Even with uncapped domestic talents, whether they are able to land their prime targets remains to …