The IPL Governing Council may introduce tweaks for the 2026 season:
: The tournament features 74 matches. Teams are divided into two groups, similar to the 2023 format. Wikipedia +1 Teams & Key Players All ten franchises returned with significant roster changes following a busy trade window and the mini-auction. ESPNcricinfo +1 Team Captain (2026) Notable Players Royal Challengers Bengaluru Rajat Patidar Virat Kohli , Devdutt Padikkal , Phil Salt , Venkatesh Iyer Kolkata Knight Riders Ajinkya Rahane Cameron Green , Rinku Singh , Sunil Narine , Matheesha Pathirana Chennai Super Kings Ruturaj Gaikwad MS Dhoni , Sanju Samson (Traded), Shivam Dube , Prashant Veer Mumbai Indians Hardik Pandya Rohit Sharma , Suryakumar Yadav , Jasprit Bumrah , Shardul Thakur Rajasthan Royals Riyan Parag Yashasvi Jaiswal , Ravindra Jadeja (Traded), Sam Curran , Ravi Bishnoi Sunrisers Hyderabad Pat Cummins Travis Head , Abhishek Sharma , Heinrich Klaasen , Ishan Kishan Gujarat Titans Shubman Gill Rashid Khan , Mohammed Siraj , Sai Sudharsan , Jos Buttler Delhi Capitals Axar Patel KL Rahul , Kuldeep Yadav , Mitchell Starc , Sameer Rizvi Lucknow Super Giants Rishabh Pant Mohammed Shami , Nicholas Pooran , Aiden Markram , Mayank Yadav Punjab Kings Shreyas Iyer Arshdeep Singh , Yuzvendra Chahal , Marcus Stoinis , Prabhsimran Singh Major Pre-Season Trades The 2026 season was preceded by several "blockbuster" player swaps: The Economic Times +1 Sanju Samson moved to ipl 2026 auction date schedule teams players
The IPL 2026 mini-auction was held on , at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi . It marked the third consecutive year the auction took place outside India. A total of 350 players were shortlisted from 1,390 registrations to fill 77 available slots. IPL 2026 Auction | Live Updates & Overview | IPLT20 The IPL Governing Council may introduce tweaks for