IPL 2026 Mini Auction review : Green is the new purple, CSK re-define age norms as yet another thrilling auction concludes.

In what was expected to be a record breaking bid for Cameron Green, the Kolkata Knight Riders pipped the Chennai Super Kings and bought the all rounder for a whopping 25.20 crores at the IPL 2026 Mini auction. Green is now the third Australian to fetch a fee in excess of INR 20 crore - after Starc and Pat Cummins (INR 20.5 crore) did it in 2024.

However, he will get only 18 crores as the rest of the 7.2 crores will go to the BCCI as per their guidelines, which were issued last year. KKR also brought Matheesha Pathirana for a whopping 18 crores, making him the highest paid Sri Lankan player ever. RCB and KKR engaged in yet another bidding war for Venkatesh Iyer with the former winning the battle at a price of 7 crore.  Venkatesh Iyer and Rajat Patidar, who have high regards for each other, will now play with each other for RCB.

Chennai Super Kings, who had the second highest purse stayed quiet for most of the first hour, just buying Akeal Hossein quietly. However, they pulled a cat out of the bag as they picked up two relatively unknown young guns in Kartik Sharma and Prashant Veer for 14.20 crores each, which indicates that they are going the Gen Z route.

The Rajasthan Royals, who grabbed headlines for their trade buys made an important addition to their squad as they got hold of Ravi Bishnoi, as they won yet another war with CSK, this time on the bidding table. With Donovan Ferrera, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran and now Ravi Bishnoi, RR have been terrific with their team selection and now we see how they perform on the field.

Punjab Kings, although a settled unit, added another Aussie to their squad as they picked up Ben Dwarshius. With an enviable all rounder list already there, Dwarshius is another terrific addition to a squad that played some enthralling cricket last season. Sheryas Iyer, who was also present in the auction also acknowledged the picking of Copper Conolly, another Australian and said that he personally loved his mental toughness as a player.

Speaking of the Aussies, another Aussie, Tom Moody, helped the Lucknow Super Giants team to pick Josh Inglis for a record price of 8 crores. With Mars, Markram and Pooran already there, Inglis will provide a flexibility to open the innings as well. Having secured Mohammad Shami in the trade and a fast bowling line up that is one of the most potent in the tournament, LSG will hope that all of them are fit as they still search for their maiden title..

The Sunrisers Hyderabad had a strange auction this time. Like CSK, they were quiet till they suddenly decided to invest in Liam Livingstone. Head, Abhishek, Kishan, Klassen and now Livingstone. Their top order is as good as any in the league and getting Shivam Mavi to add to their variety in the bowling department is another strategic move. Pat Cummins once again will have a good selection headache, but Sunrises this time look that extra robust to go the full distance.

Mumbai Indians made headlines when they bid for Cameron Green, although on a lighter note. They eventually got their talisman opener in Quinton De Kock and the last time he and Rohit Sharma opened for MI, we all know what happened. A couple of youngsters picked it up for a reasonable price and they set it to make it number 6.

The Gujarat Titans made some impressive additions too with Jason Holder being one of them. They snapped up Ashok Sharma for 90 Lakh. Ashok, another Rajasthan represent, is the current leading wicket-taker in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with a knack to bowl quick and he might play the perfect foil to the likes of Rabada and Mohammad Siraj.

Ten teams with the right concoction of youth and experience. Ten teams raring to go after revamping their squads. Ten teams who will once again fight it out once again for the coveted price. A  riveting IPL 2026 beckons once again.

Here’s how the squads look after the IPL 2026 mini auction

Chennai Super Kings

Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Sanju Samson (traded from RR), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shivam Dube, Urvil Patel (wk), Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmad, Shreyas Gopal, Gurjapneet Singh, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Prashant Veer, Kartik Sharma, Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Rahul Chahar.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Pat Cummins (c), Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari, Liam Livingstone, Shivang Kumar, Salil Arora, Sakib Hussain, Onkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar, Praful Hinge, Krains Fuletra, Jack Edwards, Shivam Mavi.

Rajasthan Royals

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

Delhi Capitals  

Nitish Rana (traded from RR), Kuldeep Yadav, KL Rahul, Mitchell Starc, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Vipraj Nigam, Mukesh Kumar, Ajay Mandal, Madhav Tiwari, Auqib Dar, Pathum Nissanka, David Miller, Ben Duckett, Kyle Jamieson, Lungi Ngidi, Prithvi Shaw, Sahil Parakh. 

Kolkata Knight Riders

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

Gujarat Titans

Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, 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, Glenn Phillips, Jason Holder, Tom Banton, Ashok Sharma, Luke Wood, Prithviraj Yarra. 

Lucknow Super Giants

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

Punjab Kings. 

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 Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod, Ben Dwarshuis, Cooper Connolly, Vishal Nishad, Pravin Dubey. 

Mumbai Indians

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

Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, Suyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Mangesh Yadav, Jacob Duffy, Jordan Cox, Kanishk Chouhan, Vihaan Malhotra, Vicky Ostwal, Satvik Deswal