Probable XI of IPL teams 2026

The IPL mini auction held at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday (December 16) broke records one after another. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) made Australian all-rounder Cameron Green the most expensive foreign player in history.

Probable XI of IPL teams 2026

Three-time champions KKR did not stop there. They bought Sri Lankan fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana for Rs 18 crore. They also spent another Rs 9 crore to bring in Bangladeshi left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman.

The biggest surprise of the mini auction came from Chennai Super Kings. They spent Rs 14.2 crore to bring in uncapped Indian cricketers Prashant Veer and Karthik Sharma, which is unprecedented in the history of the auction.

A total of 10 teams filled their 77 vacant slots. The total cost of the auction was Rs 215.45 crore. Let’s take a look at the possible strong XI of each team after the auction.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Rajat Patidar (captain), Tim David, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.

Impact Player: Suyash Sharma.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Ruturaj Gayakwar (captain), Sanju Samson, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, M.S. Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Jamie Overton, Prashant Veer, Kartik Sharma, Rahul Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmed.

Impact Player: Ayush Mahatre.

Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Will Jacks, Hardik Pandya (captain), Naman Dhir, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghazanfar.
Impact Player: Mayank Markande.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Cameron Green, Finn Allen (wicketkeeper), Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Ankrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Mathisha Pathirana, Vaibhav Arora.
Impact Player: Manish Pandey.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Liam Livingstone, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (captain), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Shivam Mavi, Zeeshan Ansari.
Impact Player: Salil Arora.

Punjab Kings (PBKS): Pravsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Cooper Connolly, Marco Janssen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lockie Ferguson.
Impact Player: Harpreet Brar.

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Ayush Badoni, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammed Shami, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan.
Impact Player: M Siddharth.

Delhi Capitals (DC): KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ben Duckett, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (captain), David Miller, Ashutosh Sharma, Aqib Nabi Dar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan.
Impact Player: Karun Nair.

Rajasthan Royals (RR): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Luan-Dre Pretorius, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi, Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma.
Impact Player: Vignesh Puthur.

Gujarat Titans (GT): Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Tom Banton, Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Siraj, Jason Holder, Prasidh Krishna.
Impact Player: Sai Kishore.