Teams spent a total of ₹214.45 crore to acquire 77 players in the IPL auction.
Although seven Bangladeshi cricketers were listed in the 2026 IPL auction, only Mustafizur Rahman was picked by a franchise. Taskin Ahmed’s name was in the auction, but no team showed interest, while the other five did not even make it to the list.
In the mini-auction held in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, Kolkata Knight Riders snapped up Mustafizur for ₹9.2 crore, breaking his own record as the highest-paid Bangladeshi in IPL history.
Besides Mustafizur and Taskin, the other Bangladeshi players listed in the auction were Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan, Nahid Rana, Rakibul Hasan, and Shariful Islam.
Most franchises had already retained key players from last season. From the auction, the 10 franchises added 77 players, including 29 overseas cricketers. Each team completed its maximum quota of 25 players.
Kolkata paid the highest auction price for an overseas player, spending ₹25.2 crore on Australian all-rounder Cameron Green. They also picked Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana for ₹18 crore.
Chennai Super Kings surprised everyone by acquiring uncapped duo Prashant Vira and Kartik Sharma for ₹14.2 crore each.
Squads by team (auction price in INR)
Kolkata Knight Riders
Auction picks: Mustafizur Rahman (₹9.2 cr), Cameron Green (₹25.2 cr), Matheesha Pathirana (₹18 cr), Finn Allen (₹2 cr), Tejasvi Dahia (₹3 cr), Kartik Tyagi (₹30 L), Prashant Solanki (₹30 L), Rahul Tripathi (₹75 L), Tim Seifert (₹1.5 cr), Sarthak Ranjan (₹30 L), Daksh Kamra (₹30 L), Rachin Ravindra (₹2 cr), Akash Deep (₹1 cr)
Retained: Rinku Singh (₹13 cr), Varun Chakravarti (₹12 cr), Sunil Narine (₹12 cr), Harshit Rana (₹4 cr), Ramanand Singh (₹4 cr), Ankush Raghuvanshi (₹3 cr), Vaibhav Arora (₹1.8 cr), Rovman Powell (₹1.5 cr), Ajinkya Rahane (₹1.5 cr), Umran Malik (₹75 L), Manish Pandey (₹75 L), Anukul Roy (₹40 L)
Chennai Super Kings
Auction picks: Kartik Sharma (₹14.2 cr), Prashant Vira (₹14.2 cr), Rahul Chahar (₹5.2 cr), Akil Hossain (₹2 cr), Matt Henry (₹2 cr), Matthew Short (₹1.5 cr), Sarfaraz Khan (₹75 L), Jack Fox (₹75 L), Aman Khan (₹40 L)
Retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad (₹18 cr), Sanju Samson (₹18 cr, traded), Shivam Dube (₹12 cr), Nur Ahmad (₹10 cr), Khalil Ahmed (₹4.8 cr), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (₹4.3 cr), Anshul Kamboj (₹3.4 cr), Gurjapanit Singh (₹2.2 cr), Dewald Brevis (₹2.2 cr), Nathan Ellis (₹2 cr), Jamie Overton (₹1.5 cr), Ayush Matre (₹30 L), Ramakrishna Ghosh (₹30 L), Urvil Patel (₹30 L), Mukesh Chowdhury (₹30 L), Shreyas Gopal (₹30 L)
Delhi Capitals
Auction picks: Aqib Nabi (₹8.4 cr), Pathum Nissanka (₹4 cr), Lungi Ngidi (₹2 cr), Ben Duckett (₹2 cr), David Miller (₹2 cr), Prithvi Shaw (₹75 L), Sahil Parakh (₹30 L), Kyle Jamieson (₹2 cr)
Retained: Axar Patel (₹16.5 cr), Lokesh Rahul (₹14 cr), Kuldeep Yadav (₹13.25 cr), Mitchell Starc (₹11.75 cr), Thangarasu Natarajan (₹10.75 cr), Tristan Stubbs (₹10 cr), Mukesh Kumar (₹8 cr), Nitish Rana (₹4.2 cr, traded), Avishek Porel (₹4 cr), Ashutosh Sharma (₹3.8 cr), Samir Rizvi (₹95 L), Dushmantha Chameera (₹75 L), Vipraj Nigam (₹50 L), Karun Nair (₹50 L), Madhav Tiwari (₹40 L), Tripurna Vijay (₹30 L), Ajay Mondal (₹30 L)
Gujarat Titans
Auction picks: Jason Holder (₹7 cr), Ashok Sharma (₹90 L), Luke Wood (₹75 L), Prithvi Raj (₹30 L), Tom Banton (₹2 cr)
Retained: Rashid Khan (₹18 cr), Shubman Gill (₹16.5 cr), Jos Buttler (₹15.75 cr), Kagiso Rabada (₹10.75 cr), Mohammad Siraj (₹12.25 cr), Prasidh Krishna (₹9.5 cr), Sai Sudharsan (₹8.5 cr), Rahul Tewatia (₹4 cr), Shahrukh Khan (₹4 cr), Washington Sundar (₹3.2 cr), Sai Kishore (₹2 cr), Glenn Phillips (₹2 cr), Gurnur Brar (₹1.3 cr), Arshad Khan (₹1.3 cr), Jayant Yadav (₹75 L), Ishant Sharma (₹75 L), Kumar Kushagra (₹65 L), Nishant Sindhu (₹30 L), Anuj Rawat (₹30 L), Manav Suthar (₹30 L)
Lucknow Super Giants
Auction picks: Josh Inglis (₹8.6 cr), Mukul Chowdhury (₹2.6 cr), Akshat Raghuvanshi (₹2.2 cr), Wanindu Hasaranga (₹2 cr), Anrich Nortje (₹2 cr), Naman Tiwari (₹1 cr)
Retained: Rishabh Pant (₹27 cr), Nicholas Pooran (₹21 cr), Mayank Yadav (₹11 cr), Mohammed Shami (₹10 cr, traded), Avesh Khan (₹9.75 cr), Abdul Samad (₹4.2 cr), Ayush Badoni (₹4 cr), Mohsin Khan (₹4 cr), Mitchell Marsh (₹3.4 cr), Shahbaz Ahmed (₹2.4 cr), Aiden Markram (₹2 cr), M Siddharth (₹75 L), Matthew Brittski (₹75 L), Digbesh Rathi (₹30 L), Arshin Kulkarni (₹30 L), Prince Yadav (₹30 L), Akash Singh (₹30 L), Arjun Tendulkar (₹30 L, traded), Himat Singh (₹30 L)
Mumbai Indians
Auction picks: Quinton de Kock (₹1 cr), Mohammad Izhar (₹30 L), Danish Maleowar (₹30 L), Atharva Ankolekar (₹30 L), Mayank Rawat (₹30 L)
Retained: Jasprit Bumrah (₹18 cr), Suryakumar Yadav (₹16.35 cr), Hardik Pandya (₹16.35 cr), Rohit Sharma (₹16.3 cr), Trent Boult (₹12.5 cr), Deepak Chahar (₹9.25 cr), Tilak Varma (₹8 cr), Naman Dhir (₹5.25 cr), Will Jacks (₹5.25 cr), AM Gazanfar (₹4.8 cr), Sherfane Rutherford (₹2.6 cr, traded), Mitchell Santner (₹2 cr), Shardul Thakur (₹2 cr, traded), Ryan Rickelton (₹1 cr), Corbin Bosch (₹75 L), Robin Minz (₹30 L), Raj Bawa (₹30 L), Ashwini Kumar (₹30 L), Raghhu Sharma (₹30 L), Mayank Markande (₹30 L, traded)
Punjab Kings
Auction picks: Ben Dwarshuis (₹4.4 cr), Cooper Connolly (₹3 cr), Vishal Nishad (₹30 L), Pravin Dube (₹30 L)
Retained: Shreyas Iyer (₹26.75 cr), Arshdeep Singh (₹18 cr), Ujendra Chehel (₹18 cr), Marcus Stoinis (₹11 cr), Marco Jansen (₹7 cr), Shashank Singh (₹5.5 cr), Nehal Wadhera (₹4.2 cr), Praveshmirran Singh (₹4 cr), Priyansh Aria (₹3.8 cr), Mitchell Wain (₹3 cr), Azmatullah Omarzai (₹2.4 cr), Lockie Ferguson (₹2 cr), Vijaykumar Vishak (₹1.8 cr), Yash Thakur (₹1.6 cr), Harpreet Brar (₹1.5 cr), Vishnu Vinod (₹95 L), Xavier Bartlett (₹80 L), Suryansh Shedge (₹30 L), Payala Avinash (₹30 L), Mushir Khan (₹30 L), Harnur Singh (₹30 L)
Rajasthan Royals
Auction picks: Ravi Bishnoi (₹7.2 cr), Adam Milne (₹2.4 cr), Ravi Singh (₹95 L), Sushant Mishra (₹90 L), Kuldeep Sen (₹75 L), Yash Raj Punja (₹30 L), Brijesh Sharma (₹30 L), Vignesh Puthur (₹30 L), Aman Rao (₹30 L)
Retained: Yashasvi Jaiswal (₹18 cr), Riyan Parag (₹14 cr), Dhruv Jurel (₹14 cr), Ravindra Jadeja (₹14 cr, traded), Jofra Archer (₹12.5 cr), Shimron Hetmyer (₹11 cr), Tushar Deshpande (₹6.5 cr), Sandeep Sharma (₹4 cr), Nandre Burger (₹3.5 cr), Sam Curran (₹2.4 cr, traded), Quna Mafaka (₹1.5 cr), Vaibhav Suryavanshi (₹1.1 cr), Donovan Ferreira (₹1 cr), Shubham Dube (₹30 L), Yudhvir Singh (₹35 L), Luan-dre Pretorius (₹30 L)
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Auction picks: Venkatesh Iyer (₹7 cr), Mangesh Yadav (₹5.2 cr), Jacob Duffy (₹2 cr), Jordan Cox (₹75 L), Sattvik Deswal (₹30 L), Kanish Chauhan (₹30 L), Bihan Malhotra (₹30 L), Vicky Astwal (₹30 L)
Retained: Virat Kohli (₹21 cr), Josh Hazelwood (₹12.5 cr), Phil Salt (₹11.5 cr), Rajat Patidar (₹11 cr), Jitesh Sharma (₹11 cr), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (₹10.75 cr), Rasikh Salam (₹6 cr), Krunal Pandya (₹5.75 cr), Yash Dayal (₹5 cr), Suyash Sharma (₹2.6 cr), Jacob Bethel (₹2.6 cr), Devdutt Padikkal (₹2 cr), Nuwan Thushara (₹1.6 cr), Romario Shepherd (₹1.5 cr), Swapnil Singh (₹50 L), Avinandan Singh (₹30 L)
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Auction picks: Liam Livingstone (₹13 cr), Jack Edwards (₹3 cr), Salil Arora (₹1.5 cr), Shivam Mavi (₹75 L), Ankar Tarmal (₹30 L), Amit Kumar (₹30 L), Shivang Kumar (₹30 L), Cranes Fuletra (₹30 L), Sakib Hussain (₹30 L), Praful Hing (₹30 L)
Retained: Heinrich Klaasen (₹23 cr), Pat Cummins (₹18 cr), Avishek Sharma (₹14 cr), Travis Head (₹14 cr), Ishan Kishan (₹11.25 cr), Harshal Patel (₹8 cr), Nitish Kumar Reddy (₹6 cr), Ishan Malinga (₹1.2 cr), Zayed Unadkat (₹1 cr), Brydon Carse (₹75 L), Kamindu Mendis (₹75 L), Zishan Ansari (₹40 L), Aniket Verma (₹30 L), Ravichandran Smaran (₹30 L), Harsh Dube (₹30 L)
