IPL 2026 Mini Action: The mini auction for the Indian Premier League 2026 has ended on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. In this auction, five-time champion Chennai Super Kings was sitting on the auction table with the second largest purse. Chennai had Rs 43.40 crore for the auction. CSK bid on a total of 16 players in the auction, but were able to buy 9 players. In the mini auction held in Abu Dhabi, CSK made the highest bid on Prashant Veer and Karthik Sharma, which was Rs 14.20 crore for both the uncapped players. Chennai had also placed a big bet on Cameron Green. CSK had bid up to Rs 25 crore with Kolkata Knight Riders, but ultimately KKR won and added Green for Rs 25.20 crore.

CSK had vacant slots for 9 players

A total of 9 players’ slots were vacant in the CSK team for IPL 2026, out of which there was space for 5 Indian and 4 foreign players. CSK included foreign players Matt Henry, Akil Hussain, Matthew Short and Zachary Foulkes in their team. At the same time, CSK has added 5 Indian players Prashant Veer, Karthik Sharma, Sarfaraz Khan, Rahul Chahar and Aman Khan. In the mini auction, CSK spent a total of Rs 41 crore to include these 9 players in their team. Even after this, Chennai was left with a purse of Rs 2.40 crore.

Players bought by CSK in the mini auction for IPL 2026:

• Prashant Veer (14.20 crores)
• Karthik Sharma (14.20 crores)
• Sarfaraz Khan (75 lakhs)
• Rahul Chahar (5.20 crores)
• Aman Khan (40 lakhs)
• Zackary Faulks(75 lakhs)
• Matt Henry (2 crores)
• Akil Hussain (2 crores)
• Matthew Short (1.50 crore)

CSK’s squad for IPL 2026:

MS Dhoni, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapaneet Singh, Jamie Overton, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmed, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dubey, Shreyas Gopal, Khalil Ahmed, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brewis, Urvil Patel, Karthik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Akil Hosein, Matt Henry, Matthew Short, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Rahul Chahar and Jack Foulkes.

After the release of the retention list for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026), more than half of the players of almost all the teams have been confirmed. The auction process for the remaining slots will take place on December 16. Before this, captains of 8 out of 10 teams have been confirmed, know everyone’s record and their price.

Who is the captain of RCB?

Rajat Patidar is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Who took command of this team for the first time in the last edition and did what had not happened in 18 years. Under his captaincy, RCB won its first IPL title, this time too Rajat will take charge of RCB.

32-year-old Rajat Patidar, resident of Indore, made his IPL debut in 2021 while playing for RCB. Since then he is a part of this franchise. He has scored a total of 1111 runs in 42 IPL matches, which includes 9 half-centuries and 1 century. RCB had retained Rajat Patidar for Rs 11 crore for the last edition, this time too he has been retained.

Who is the captain of CSK?

The captain of Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026 is Ruturaj Gaikwad. With Sanju Samson joining this camp, some people thought that he would be the captain but in the coming season only Ruturaj will be the captain. In the last edition, Ruturaj was out of the tournament midway due to injury, after which Dhoni had to take over the captaincy again.

Rituraj Gaikwad made his debut for Chennai Super Kings in 2020, since then he has been a part of this franchise. Ruturaj Gaikwad was retained by CSK for Rs 18 crore for the last edition. Ruturaj has played a total of 71 matches in IPL, in which he scored 2502 runs. He has 2 centuries and 20 half-centuries in his name in IPL.

Who is the captain of MI?

The captain of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026 is Hardik Pandya, who became the captain of this franchise by replacing Rohit Sharma. He has made Gujarat Titans champion under his captaincy in 2022. Although he made his IPL debut in 2015 while playing for MI.

Hardik Pandya played a total of 152 matches in IPL, in which he has 2749 runs in his name. Pandya has 10 half-centuries to his name. He was retained by Mumbai Indians for Rs 16.35 crore for the last edition.

Who is the captain of KKR?

Ajinkya Rahane, who captained Kolkata Knight Riders in the last edition, has been retained by the franchise for the upcoming season as well. Although they have not yet announced the name of their captain.

Who is the captain of PBKS?

The captain of Punjab Kings in IPL 2026 is Shreyas Iyer, who was bought by the franchise in the auction last year for a huge amount of Rs 26.75 crore. Under his captaincy the team also reached the finals.

Talking about Shreyas Iyer’s IPL records, he has played a total of 133 matches for 3 franchises (DC, KKR and PBKS), in which he has 3731 runs in his name. He has scored 27 half-centuries in IPL.

Who is the captain of GT?

The captain of Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026 is Shubman Gill. Gill is also the captain of India’s Test and ODI team. Gill was retained by Gujarat in the last edition for Rs 16.5 crore. He has played a total of 118 matches in IPL, in which he has 3866 runs in his name. Gill has scored 4 centuries and 26 half-centuries in IPL.

Who is the captain of LSG?

The captain of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2026 will be Rishabh Pant, who has been retained by the franchise this year and was bought last year by making the highest bid in IPL history. LSG had bought Pant for Rs 27 crore. Pant was earlier the captain of Delhi Capitals, he made his IPL debut for Delhi in 2016.

Talking about his IPL career, Rishabh Pant has scored 3553 runs in 125 matches, in which there are 2 centuries and 19 half-centuries.

Who is the captain of DC?

The captain of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026 is Axar Patel, who is one of the most experienced players in the team. Patel was retained by the franchise in the last edition for Rs 16.50 crore, while Pant was released.

Akshar Patel started the IPL by playing for Punjab Kings in 2014, he came to Delhi in 2019 and has been a part of this franchise since then. Patel has played a total of 162 matches in IPL, in which he has 1916 runs and 128 wickets in his name.

Who is the captain of RR?

Who will be the captain of Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2026? There is still doubt on this because the team has handed over its captain to CSK through trade. However, through this trade, he has included an experienced player like Ravindra Jadeja in his team.

There is a possibility that Jadeja can become the captain. However, there is nothing official on this yet. Rajasthan has included Jadeja in its team for Rs 14 crore, whereas his price in CSK was Rs 18 crore.

Who is the captain of SRH?

Pat Cummins will be the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026. He is the only foreigner among all the confirmed captains, while the other 7 are Indians. Under the captaincy of Cummins, Hyderabad reached the final in 2024, where KKR defeated them by 8 wickets. The team’s performance last season was poor, yet Cummins will be the captain in the coming season.

Pat Cummins was retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 18 crore for the last edition. He has played a total of 72 matches for 3 teams (KKR, DC and SRH) in IPL, in which he has taken 79 wickets.

Rituraj Gaikwad has scored a century against the Central Zone in the Dilip Trophy. In the semi -finals, Gaikwad won the West Zone from trouble by hitting a century in difficult situations. He has not played any match for Team India after July 2024, but on the basis of this century, he has caught the attention of the selectors. However, Shreyas Iyer could not score a big score. Khalil Ahmed made him a clean bold at the score of 25 runs.

Rituraj Gaikwad, who captained the CSK team in the Indian Premier League, came to bat on number-4 for the Gaikwad West Zone. The team had lost 2 wickets for just 10 runs, when Gaikwad took one end and made a very important partnership of 82 runs with Aryan Desai. Desai was dismissed for 39 runs. He then added 42 runs with Shreyas Iyer.

Rituraj Gaikwad becomes One Man Army

Rituraj Gaikwad, who captained the CSK team in the Indian Premier League, came to bat on number-4 for the Gaikwad West Zone. The team had lost 2 wickets for just 10 runs, when Gaikwad took one end and made a very important partnership of 82 runs with Aryan Desai. Desai was dismissed for 39 runs. He then added 42 runs with Shreyas Iyer.

The 2 -match domestic Test series is coming near against the West Indies in October. After that Team India has to play Test series against South Africa. Gaikwad continued well in the Dilip Trophy, so his return to India is possible.

Anyway, the Indian Test team needs a good batsman of number-3. In the series against England, both Karun Nair and Sai Sudarshan were flopped on number-3. Gaekwad has the experience of batting in the top order.

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Suresh Raina and Rachin Ravindra: IPL 2025 was nothing special for Chennai Super Kings. This team was at number 10 this season. At the same time, in the next season of IPL, many changes can be seen in the CSK team. After this IPL, the news about a deal of CSK has intensified. According to reports, CSK is thinking about joining Sanju Samson in the team. At the same time, there are also reports that Suresh Raina can join this team as a batting coach.

Suresh Raina will be included in CSK?

According to reports, former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina can return to the team of Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026. The next season, Raina can be made the batting coach of Chennai. Suresh Raina was asked about this, but the player has still kept silence on the return to CSK. According to reports, Rituraj Gaikwad’s team also wants to include Sanju Samson in the team.

Rachin Ravindra will be out of CSK in IPL2026?

According to a post viral on social media, Chennai’s team can sign a deal with Delhi Capitals, in which CSK can include Donovan Ferrera in the team by releasing Rachin Ravindra for Delhi. In this post, it is being claimed that Delhi Capitals are looking for a new opener, because the Delhi team wants to include Rachin Ravindra in the team by releasing Faf du Plessis.

CSK is reportedly eyeing a trade with dc involving rachin ravindra and donovan ferreira, as dc looks for an overseas opener with faf and fraser-mcGurk likely to be released.
Also suresh raina may join csk’s coaching staff.
Dwayne bravo as well.@RCBXTROFFICIAL https://t.co/f3e3ojt8fm

– RCBXTRA (@RCBXTRAOFICIAL) July 12, 2025

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MS Dhoni on Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad: Chennai Super Kings are one of the most successful teams of IPL. MS Dhoni has made this team a five -time champion under his captaincy, but before the last year i.e. IPL 2024, he handed over the command of Chennai to Rituraj Gaikwad. Gaikwad’s personal performance season rate season has become better, as well as impressed by his captaincy. But many people believe that Dhoni is still running the CSK team to a great extent. Dhoni himself has broken the silence on this subject.

Recently, Dhoni gave an interview to Jio Hotstar, in which he revealed that during the match, most of the decisions take Gaekwad themselves. He said, “Before the start of the tournament, I told him,” If I am giving you any advice, it is not necessary that he believes you. I will try to maintain distance from the decisions of the team. ” While the previous season was going on, many people speculated as if I was taking all the decisions of the team from behind.

There is something special in Rituraj – Dhoni

MS Dhoni said that it has been a long time for Rituraj Gaikwad to CSK and he has done well for the team. Dhoni said, “He remains very humble and calm. There is a very good synergy between him and Stephen Fleming. This was the reason we had chosen him for the role of leadership. When the last IPL season ended, I told him that 90 percent of the team’s responsibility will be on you the next season. So prepare yourself mentally.”

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