IPL 2026 Auction: Full Overseas Player List, By Country
With the IPL 2026 Auction set for December 16 in Abu Dhabi, overseas players will once again dominate discussions and price tags. This will be the 19th IPL auction and history shows that foreign players often command the highest bids.
Over the previous 18 editions, overseas players have been the most expensive buy 10 times. In the last decade alone, this has happened 7 times. Overseas players have been the most expensive picks, 3 times in the last 5 auctions.
In the 18 IPL auctions conducted so far, Australia and England have produced 8 of those record-breaking signings, while only Chris Morris (2021) and the Shane Bond–Kieron Pollard duo (2010) have topped auctions from other nations.
Ben Stokes is the only overseas player to have been picked for the highest price at two consecutive IPL auctions. In 2017, Rising Pune Supergiant picked him at ₹14.5 crore. And then in 2018, Rajasthan Royals picked the England allrounder at ₹12.5 crore. The only other player is Yuvraj Singh, in 2014 and 2015.
The most recent overseas player to break the bank was Mitchell Starc, whom KKR signed for ₹24.75 crore in 2024, a record at the time. Ahead of the IPL 2026 auction, there has been a lot of chatter around another Australian, Cameron Green.
For IPL 2026, a total of 110 overseas players from 9 countries have made the final shortlist. Overall, 350 players will go under the hammer. Here’s the complete breakdown of the overseas player pool, by country.
England – 21 Players
Gus Atkinson, Liam Livingstone, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith, Tom Banton, Tom Curran, Daniel Lawrence, Liam Dawson, Saqib Mahmood, Olly Stone, Jonny Bairstow, Joshua Tongue, Jordan Cox, Rehan Ahmed, Richard Gleeson, Luke Wood, George Garton, Matthew Potts, Joe Clarke, Tom Moores, Daniel Lategan
Australia – 19 Players
Jake Fraser-McGurk, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Sean Abbott, Josh Inglis, Cooper Connolly, Spencer Johnson, Matthew Short, Riley Meredith, Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendorff, Beau Webster, Ben Dwarshuis, Daniel Sams, William Sutherland, Ben McDermott, Wes Agar, Billy Stanlake, Jack Edwards
New Zealand – 16 Players
Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Finn Allen, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Michael Bracewell, Daryl Mitchell, Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, William O’Rourke, Tim Seifert, Tim Robinson, Zak Foulkes, Bevon Jacobs, Muhammad Abbas, Nathan Smith
South Africa – 15 Players
David Miller, Gerald Coetzee, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Wiaan Mulder, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, George Linde, Dwaine Pretorius, Connor Esterhuizen, Delano Potgieter, Tiaan Van Vuuren, Bayanda Majoli, Dian Forrester, Tristan Luus
Sri Lanka – 12 Players
Wanindu Hasaranga, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana, Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka, Pathum Nissanka, Dasun Shanaka, Kusal Mendis, Viyaskanth Vijayakanth, Dunith Wellalage, Binura Fernando, Traveen Mathew
Afghanistan – 10 Players
Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mohammad Salimkheil, Gulbadin Naib, Sediqullah Atal, Qais Ahmad, Arab Gul, Wahidullah Zadran
West Indies – 9 Players
Akeal Hosein, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Roston Chase, Kyle Mayers, Ackeem Auguste, Shamar Joseph, Obed McCoy
Bangladesh – 7 Players
Mustafizur Rahman, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nahid Rana, Shoriful Islam, Rakibul Hasan
Ireland – 1 Player
Joshua Little
The franchises have already announced their retained players after player trades were finalised for the IPL 2026 season. Recently, the WPL Mega Auction concluded for the 2026 season – check the full squads here.
The IPL 2026 auction will start at 1 PM UAE time on December 16 (i.e., 2:30 PM IST).