January 2026

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