IPL 2026 All Teams Squad & Strongest Playing 11 with Impact Players

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IPL 2026 All Teams Squad & Strongest Playing 11 with Impact Players: The IPL 2026 mini-auction has concluded, and all 10 franchises appear fully prepared for the upcoming season. This year's auction saw several records broken, while some big-name players went unsold. A total of 77 slots were available in the IPL 2026 mini-auction, and remarkably, all of them were filled.

The 10 teams collectively spent ₹215.45 crore. Of these 77 players, 29 were overseas players, indicating that the franchises also placed considerable trust in domestic talent. Let's take a look at the squads of all the IPL 2026 teams and their strongest playing XI, including the impact players.

IPL 2026 Squads Decoded: Best Playing 11s and Impact Players

1. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

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Players: 25 (8 overseas)

RCB's Probable Playing XI for IPL 2026: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jitesh Sharma (Wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood

RCB Impact Players: Yash Dayal

RCB Squad for IPL 2026

• Batsmen: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Tim David, Devdutt Padikkal.
• Wicketkeepers: Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Jordan Cox.
• All-rounders: Jacob Bethell, Venkatesh Iyer, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Romario Shepherd, Satvik Deswal, Kanishk Chauhan, Vihan Malhotra, Vicky Ostwal.
• Spinners: Suyash Sharma.
• Fast Bowlers: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam, Mangesh Yadav, Yash Dayal, Jacob Duffy, Nuwan Thushara, Abhinandan Singh.

2. Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

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Players: 25 (8 overseas)

CSK's Probable Playing XI for IPL 2026: Sanju Samson, Ayush Mhatre, Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Nathan Ellis, Matt Henry/Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad.

CSK Impact Players: Khaleel Ahmed

CSK Squad for IPL 2026:

• Batsmen: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dewald Brevis, Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan.
• Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson, MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma.
• All-rounders: Shivam Dube, Jack Foulds, Ramkrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Aman Khan, Prashant Veer, Matt Short.
• Spinners: Noor Ahmad, Rahul Chahar.
• Fast Bowlers: Khaleel Ahmed, Nathan Ellis, Matt Henry, Gurjapneet Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary.

3. Mumbai Indians (MI)

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Players: 25 (8 overseas)

MI's Probable Playing XI for IPL 2026: Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashwani Kumar/Mayank Markande, AM Ghazanfar, Trent Boult

MI Impact Player: Deepak Chahar

MI Squad for IPL 2026

• Batsmen: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Danish Malavar
• Wicketkeepers: Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock
• All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Sherfane Rutherford, Corbin Bosch, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Tilak Varma, Will Jacks, Atharva Ankolekar
• Spinners: Mayank Markande, AM Ghazanfar, Raghu Sharma
• Fast Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Mohammad Izhar

Also Read: IPL Auction 2026 Updates, Complete list of sold and unsold players

4. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

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Players: 25 (8 overseas)

SRH's Probable Playing XI for IPL 2026: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Liam Livingstone, Pat Cummins (c), Harsh Dubey/Krans Phuletra, Harshal Patel, Shivam Mavi/Zeeshan Ansari

SRH Impact Player: Jaydev Unadkat

SRH Squad for IPL 2026

• Batsmen: Travis Head, Aniket Verma, R Smaran
• Wicketkeepers: Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Salil Arora
• All-rounders: Liam Livingstone, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Brydon Carse, Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, Kamindu Mendis, Harsh Dubey, Jack Edwards, Shivang Kumar, Krans Phuletra
• Spinners: Zeeshan Ansari, Amit Kumar
• Fast Bowlers: Ishan Malinga, Jaydev Unadkat, Shivam Mavi, Omkar Tarmale, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge.

5. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

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Players: 25 (8 overseas)

KKR's Probable Playing XI for IPL 2026: Tim Seifert/Finn Allen (wicketkeeper), Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rahul Tripathi/Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Matheesha Pathirana/Mustafizur Rahman

KKR Impact Player: Varun Chakravarthy

KKR Squad for IPL 2026

• Batsmen: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell
• Wicketkeepers: Finn Allen, Tejaswi Dahiya, Tim Seifert
• All-rounders: Cameron Green, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Rachin Ravindra, Sunil Narine, Daksh Kamra, Sarthak Ranjan
• Spinners: Varun Chakravarthy, Prashant Solanki
• Fast Bowlers: Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Akash Deep, Kartik Tyagi, Matheesha Pathirana, Mustafizur Rahman, Umran Malik

6. Gujarat Titans (GT)

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Players: 25 (7 overseas)

GT's Probable Playing XI for IPL 2026: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Glenn Phillips/Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj

GT Impact Player: Prasidh Krishna

GT Squad for IPL 2026

• Batsmen: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Tom Banton, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan
• Wicketkeepers: Jos Buttler, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra
• All-rounders: Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Rahul Tewatia, Nishant Sindhu, Jayant Yadav, Arshad Khan
• Spinners: Sai Kishore
• Fast Bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Luke Wood, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Sharma, Prithvi Raj Yarra

7. Rajasthan Royals (RR)

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Players: 25 (8 overseas)

RR's Probable Playing XI for IPL 2026: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Riyan Parag (captain), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran/Donovan Ferreira, Jofra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande

RR Impact Player: Sandeep Sharma

RR Squad for IPL 2026

• Batsmen: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Aman Rao
• Wicketkeepers: Dhruv Jurel, Ravi Singh
• All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh
• Spinners: Ravi Bishnoi, Yashraj Punja, Vignesh Puthur
• Fast Bowlers: Jofra Archer, Adam Milne, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Nandre Burger, Kuldeep Sen, Sushant Mishra

Also Read: Most Expensive Players in IPL 2026 Auction, Full List of Highest Paid Players

8. Punjab Kings (PBKS)

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PBKS's Probable Playing XI for IPL 2026: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Mitch Owen/Cooper Connolly, Marcus Stoinis/Azmatullah Omarzai, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson/Ben Dwarshuis, Yuzvendra Chahal

PBKS Impact Player: Harpreet Brar

PBKS Squad for IPL 2026

• Batsmen: Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Harnoor Singh
• Wicketkeepers: Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod
• All-rounders: Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Cooper Connolly, Harpreet Brar, Shashank Singh
• Spinners: Yuzvendra Chahal, Praveen Dubey
• Fast Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Ben Dwarshuis, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Xavier Bartlett

9. Delhi Capitals (DC)

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DC's Probable Playing XI for IPL 2026: KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ben Duckett/Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (captain), David Miller, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Auqib Dar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc.

DC Impact Player: T Natarajan

DC Squad for IPL 2026

• Batsmen: Prithvi Shaw, Karun Nair, Nitish Rana, Pathum Nissanka, David Miller, Ashutosh Sharma
• Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Tristan Stubbs, Ben Duckett, Abhishek Porel
• All-rounders: Axar Patel, Auqib Nabi, Kyle Jamieson, Vipraj Nigam
• Spinners: Kuldeep Yadav
• Fast Bowlers: Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Dushmantha Chameera

10. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

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LSG's Probable Playing XI for IPL 2026: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Avesh Khan/Mohsin Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvijay Rathi.

LSG Impact Player: Mayank Yadav

LSG Squad for IPL 2026

• Batsmen: Aiden Markram, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Matthew Breetzke
• Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Josh Inglis
• All-rounders: Mitchell Marsh, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed
• Spinners: Digvijay Rathi, M Siddharth
• Fast Bowlers: Mohammed Shami, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Anrich Nortje

Also Read: Top 5 high-profile players who went unsold in the IPL 2026 auction

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