CSK Squad 2026: The IPL 2026 mini auction was held in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday December 16. A total of 369 players were available for selection during the bidding. Chennai Super Kings bought nine players at the auction and drew attention with record spending on two uncapped Indian players. CSK paid ₹14.2 crore each for Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma. The deals made them the joint highest paid uncapped players in IPL auction history.
CSK added West Indies spinner Akeal Hosein along with Matthew Short Aman Khan Sarfaraz Khan Matt Henry Rahul Chahar and Zak Foulkes to complete their squad. With these purchases the franchise filled all available slots. After the auction CSK were left with a purse of ₹2.40 crore. The team has no player slots remaining and no overseas slots left.
Players bought by CSK at IPL 2026 mini auction
Akeal Hosein (₹2 crore, Capped)
Prashant Veer (₹14.20 crore, Uncapped)
Kartik Sharma (₹14.20 crore, Uncapped)
Matthew Short (₹1.5 crore, Capped)
Aman Khan (₹40 lakh, Uncapped)
Zak Foulkes (₹75 lakh, Capped)
Sarfaraz Khan (₹75 lakh, Capped)
Rahul Chahar (₹5.20 crore, Capped)
Matt Henry (₹2 crore, Capped)
CSK retained players
Ruturaj Gaikwad captainAyush MhatreMS DhoniSanju SamsonDewald BrevisUrvil PatelShivam DubeJamie OvertonRamakrishna GhoshNoor AhmadKhaleel AhmedAnshul KambojGurjapneet SinghShreyas GopalMukesh ChoudharyNathan Ellis
Chennai Super Kings full squad for IPL 2026
Ruturaj Gaikwad captainAyush MhatreMS DhoniSanju SamsonDewald BrevisUrvil PatelShivam DubeJamie OvertonRamakrishna GhoshNoor AhmadKhaleel AhmedAnshul KambojGurjapneet SinghShreyas GopalMukesh ChoudharyNathan EllisAkeal HoseinPrashant VeerKartik SharmaMatthew ShortAman KhanSarfaraz KhanMatt HenryRahul ChaharZak Foulkes