KKR Squad 2026: Strong team with new additions after successful IPL Mini Auction.

The IPL 2026 mini auction held in Abu Dhabi saw all 77 players being sold for a total of Rs. 215.45 crore. Kolkata Knight Riders emerged as the highest spender in the auction, with a purse significantly larger than that of their closest competitor. The team’s updated squad for IPL 2026 is as follows:

RETAINED PLAYERS:
– Ajinkya Rahane
– Sunil Narine
– Rinku Singh
– Angkrish Raghuvanshi
– Manish Pandey
– Varun Chakravarthy
– Ramandeep Singh
– Ankul Roy
– Rovman Powell
– Harshit Rana
– Vaibhav Arora
– Umran Malik

PLAYERS BOUGHT:
– Cameron Green (25.20 cr)
– Matheesha Pathirana (18 cr)
– Mustafizur Rahman (9.20 cr)
– Tejasvi Singh (3 cr)
– Finn Allen (2 cr)
– Tim Seifert (1.50 cr)
– Rahul Tripathi (75 L)
– Kartik Tyagi (30 L)
– Daksh Kamra (30 L)
– Sarthak Ranjan (30 L)
– Prashant Solanki (30 L)
– Akashdeep (1 cr)
– Rachin Ravindra (2 cr)

The auction concluded on December 17, 2025.

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