January 2026

The Mumbai Indians had the lowest purse among the 10 teams walking into the IPL 2026 auction. The Hardik Pandya-led side had a purse of INR 2.75 crore. With that small budget, MI bid for a total of 10 players at the auction table and picked five. All five players came at their base price. 

The Rajasthan Royals did one of the biggest trades before the IPL 2026 auction. They traded former skipper Sanju Samson to the Chennai Super Kings and in return got Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran. Jadeja was a part of the RR squad that won the first-ever edition of the IPL in 2008. The franchise came

Lucknow Super Giants were one of the four franchises with a purse value of more than INR 20 crore. They came to the auction table with INR 22.95 crore in their hands and picked up a total of six players. They started the auction by purchasing Wanindu Hasaranga and Anrich Nortje for their respective base

Punjab Kings had a purse of INR 11.50 crore and bought a total of four players in the auction. PBKS retained a total of 21 players before heading to the auction. They released a total of six players before the auction, including Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, and Kyle Jamieson. The remaining two players

Gujarat Titans retained a total of 20 players before heading to the IPL 2026 auction. They had traded Sherfane Rutherford to the Mumbai Indians and released five more players, including the overseas trio of Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, and Karim Janat. This gave GT a purse value of INR 12.90 crore before heading to the

Kolkata Knight Riders had the highest purse value among 10 teams at the auction table. As predicted, they picked the two most expensive players in this season’s auction. The 2024 winner spent INR 25.20 crore for Australian all-rounder Cameron Green and INR 18 crore for Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana. The team picked up a

The defending champions, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, bought a total of eight players in the auction. Venkatesh Iyer was the most expensive player for the franchise in the auction, and RCB shelled out INR 7 crore for him. They fought a bidding war against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Mangesh Yadav, a 23-year-old all-rounder from Madhya

Sunrisers Hyderabad entered the IPL 2026 auction with a purse value of INR 25.50 crore, the third-highest among the 10 franchises. They made some interesting choices at the auction table. SRH spent INR 6.30 crore, around 25% of their purse, to sign eight uncapped players. They spent more than 50% of their purse to sign