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IPL 2026 AUCTION & SALARY TRACKER

IPL 2026 Player Prices & Auction Tracker.

Track verified IPL 2026 player prices, official retention lists, team purse balances, BCCI salaries, and career earnings across all 10 IPL franchises.

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IPL Team Budgets & Squads

Check remaining auction budget, total spend, and player squads for all 10 teams from 2022 to 2026.

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BCCI Central Contracts & Salaries (2025–26)

Official annual contract salaries for Team India players across Grade A, B, and C (excluding match fees).

Grade A+Senior Men
₹7.00 Cr

Annual Fixed Retainer

Contracted Players:

  • Rohit Sharma
  • Virat Kohli
  • Jasprit Bumrah
  • Ravindra Jadeja
Grade ASenior Men
₹5.00 Cr

Annual Fixed Retainer

Contracted Players:

  • KL Rahul
  • Shubman Gill
  • Hardik Pandya
  • Mohammed Siraj
  • Mohammed Shami
Grade BSenior Men
₹3.00 Cr

Annual Fixed Retainer

Contracted Players:

  • Suryakumar Yadav
  • Yashasvi Jaiswal
  • Axar Patel
  • Kuldeep Yadav
  • Rishabh Pant
Grade CSenior Men
₹1.00 Cr

Annual Fixed Retainer

Contracted Players:

  • Rinku Singh
  • Ruturaj Gaikwad
  • Arshdeep Singh
  • Nitish Kumar Reddy
  • Sanju Samson
CRICROSTER EDITORIAL & VALUATION INDEX

About CricRoster: The Definitive IPL 2026 Player Prices, Retention & Auction Valuation Index

An institutional-grade intelligence portal providing verified, real-time tracking of cricket player salaries, franchise purse analytics, and multi-format contract structures.

Franchise Purse Cap
₹120.00 Cr
BCCI Official Limit
All-Time Auction Record
₹27.00 Cr
Rishabh Pant (LSG)
Top Retention Slab
₹23.00 Cr
Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)
Lifetime IPL Earner
₹230.2 Cr
Virat Kohli (RCB)

The Modern Economy of Indian Premier League Cricket

The modern Indian Premier League (IPL) represents the world’s most dynamic cricket economy, where athletic excellence, franchise valuation metrics, and high-stakes financial bidding intersect. CricRoster was engineered as an authoritative, independent financial intelligence and player valuation database for cricket enthusiasts, sports journalists, and fantasy analysts worldwide. While conventional cricket portals concentrate strictly on live ball-by-ball commentary, CricRoster delivers verified, institutional-grade tracking of IPL 2026 player prices, year-by-year auction transactions, franchise purse expenditures, and official BCCI central contract salaries in both Indian Rupees (Crores) and US Dollars (Millions).

IPL 2026 Retention Rules, Price Slabs & Franchise Budget Mechanics

The road to the 2026 season marks an unprecedented economic paradigm shift in franchise cricket. Ahead of the mega auction cycle, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the IPL Governing Council expanded each franchise’s overall auction budget to a record ₹120.00 Crore INR (increasing to ₹125.00 Crore for 2026). This expansion triggered aggressive retention bidding and historical contract valuations across all ten franchises—including Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Mumbai Indians (MI), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Delhi Capitals (DC), Punjab Kings (PBKS), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), and Gujarat Titans (GT). Under official tournament guidelines, franchises were permitted to protect up to six players through retention and Right-to-Match (RTM) combinations, adhering to structured salary deduction slabs of ₹18 Crore, ₹14 Crore, ₹11 Crore, ₹18 Crore, and ₹14 Crore, alongside the restored ₹4 Crore uncapped player regulation utilized by CSK to secure legendary icon MS Dhoni.

Historic Mega Auction Records: The ₹27 Crore Milestone & Salary Benchmarks

At the landmark Jeddah Mega Auction, player acquisition records were shattered in historic fashion. Rishabh Pant emerged as the all-time highest-paid player in IPL history, commanding a monumental ₹27.00 Crore INR winning bid from Lucknow Super Giants to lead their franchise. Minutes earlier, Shreyas Iyer secured ₹26.75 Crore INR from Punjab Kings after captaining KKR to their 2024 championship. In parallel, Sunrisers Hyderabad completed cricket’s highest single franchise retention by securing South African power-hitter Heinrich Klaasen at ₹23.00 Crore INR, while locking captain Pat Cummins at ₹18.00 Crore and ICC Men's #1 T20I batter Abhishek Sharma at ₹14.00 Crore. Royal Challengers Bengaluru committed a benchmark ₹21.00 Crore INR retainership to modern batting maestro Virat Kohli, whose career IPL earnings now cross ₹230.00 Crore across nineteen consecutive seasons with RCB.

Multi-Format Valuations: Bridging BCCI Contracts, Franchise Salaries & Career Wealth

CricRoster’s real-time salary directory bridges franchise earnings with international retainers. Beyond domestic franchise league compensations, elite Indian cricketers draw multi-tiered annual retainers governed by the BCCI. Our financial index tracks all four BCCI contract tiers for the 2025–2026 cycle: Grade A+ (₹7.00 Crore annually for all-format leaders like Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, and Virat Kohli), Grade A (₹5.00 Crore for stars including KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Mohammed Siraj, and Hardik Pandya), Grade B (₹3.00 Crore for Suryakumar Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Axar Patel), and Grade C (₹1.00 Crore for rising match-winners like Arshdeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Nitish Kumar Reddy). By juxtaposing international retainers against tournament auction compensation, users gain a complete, verified snapshot of net athletic compensation.

Franchise Balance Sheets: How Teams Allocate ₹120+ Crore Budgets

Franchise roster management requires rigorous mathematical balance. When Mumbai Indians locked their generational leadership core—securing Jasprit Bumrah at ₹18.00 Crore alongside Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, and Suryakumar Yadav at ₹16.30–₹16.35 Crore tiers—nearly 60% of their total ₹120 Crore budget was committed before auction paddles were raised. Similarly, Gujarat Titans structured their retainers around Rashid Khan at ₹18.00 Crore and captain Shubman Gill at ₹16.50 Crore, while Rajasthan Royals invested ₹18.00 Crore apiece into captain Sanju Samson and explosive opening sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal. Our interactive franchise budget analyzer lets fans examine spent budget metrics, remaining auction capital, overseas roster caps, and complete squad rosters from 2022 through 2026.

Data Architecture, Head-to-Head Scorecards & Independent Cricket Intelligence

Every profile across CricRoster features rigorous cross-verification against primary documentation, official BCCI disclosures, and ESPNcricinfo historical records. Paired with our comprehensive IPL Head-to-Head match scorecard archives, CricRoster delivers clean, ad-free, data-dense cricket analytics built for the modern digital era. Whether you are researching historical auction bidding trends, evaluating player net worth benchmarks, or tracking team salary caps, CricRoster remains your definitive source for cricket financial intelligence.

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