The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 is one of the most-awaited cricket tournaments of the year, and as the season slowly approaches, cricket fans are eager to know about the teams’ squads, captains, player list, and coaches. However, we might not see major changes in squads in the IPL 2026, as next year there is going to be a mega auction, to which teams will focus on rebuilding the squad next year.
The IPL 2026 Mini Auction is scheduled to take place between December 13 and 15, 2025. Teams will be looking to fill the gaps from IPL 2025. The mini-auction is a shorter event that focuses on making a perfect and balanced squad. All franchises must submit their list of retained and released players by November 15, 2025.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won their maiden IPL title last year, and now, they are going to defend the title this year. RCB, under the leadership of new captain Rajat Patidar, played exceptional cricket and registered their first IPL trophy in the cabinet. They have a strong squad, but still, some of the gaps are yet to be filled in this auction.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) are the two most successful IPL franchises with five titles, but they had a disappointing season last year; they almost finished near the bottom of the points table. However, both teams are known for their comebacks and will try to bounce back and lift their trophy.
IPL 2026 is going to have good competitions between the teams as all franchises have made decent squads. Mumbai Indians (MI), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have a more balanced squad as compared to the other teams, and any one of them can lift the IPL 2026 trophy.
Gujarat Titans (GT)
Captain: Shubman Gill
Coach: Ashish Nehra
GT squad for IPL 2026
Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler, B. Sai Sudharshan, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Gerald Coetzee, Mohmmad Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Sherfane Rutherford, R. Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Kareem Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Captain: Sanju Samson
Coach: Rahul Dravid
RR squad for IPL 2026
Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma, Jofra Archer, Wainindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Nitish Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Charak, Fazal Farooqi, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kwena Maphaka, Kunal Rathore, Ashok Sharma
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Captain: Rishabh Pant
Coach: Justin Langer
LSG squad for IPL 2026
Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bisnoi, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ayush Badoni, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke
Injury replacement: Mohsin Khan replaced by Shardul Thakur
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Captain: Rajat Patidar
Coach: Andy Flower
RCB squad for IPL 2026
Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Captain: Axar Patel
Coach: Hemang Badani
DC squad for IPL 2026
KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristian Stubbs, Axar Patel (Captain), Kuldeep Yadav, T Natrajan, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmanta Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari
Team news: Harry Brook pulled out of the competition.
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Captain: Shreyas Iyer
Coach: Ricky Ponting
PBKS squad for IPL 2026
Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey, Nehal Wadhera
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Captain: Ajinkya Rahane
Coach: Chandrakant Pandit
KKR squad for IPL 2026
Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali
Injury replacement: Umran Malik was replaced by Chetan Sakariya.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Captain: Pat Cummins
Coach: Daniel Vettori
SRH squad for IPL 2026
Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klassen, Nitish Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Sachin Baby
Injury replacement: Brydon Carse was replaced by Wiaan Mulder
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Captain: Ruturaj Gaikwad
Coach: Stephen Fleming
CSK squad for IPL 2026
Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Captain: Hardik Pandya
Coach: Mahela Jayawardene
MI squad for IPL 2026
Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Shrijith Krishnan, Raj Angad Bawa, Venkat Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Vignesh Puthhur, Suryakumar Yadav
Injury replacements: Allah Ghazanfar and Lizaad Williams were replaced by Mujeeb-ur-Rahman and Corbin Bosch.
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