After the player retentions that generated a lot of talks and the IPL 2026 mini-auction in Abu Dhabi that ended, all ten franchises have finalized their squads for the next season. The Indian Premier League 2026 is going to start on March 26, and the teams are already adjusting their plans to take the maximum advantage of the resources and to create the winning combinations.
Let’s check out the predicted Playing XIs of all IPL teams for the 2026 season ahead:
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – Predicted Playing XI
Sanju Samson, Ayush Mhatre, Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Kartik Sharma, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Prashant Veer, MS Dhoni (WK), Nathan Ellis, Matt Henry/Akeel Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) – Predicted Playing XI
Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jitesh Sharma (WK), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – Predicted Playing XI
Tim Seifert/Finn Allen (WK), 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, Varun Chakravarthy
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) – Predicted Playing XI
Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (Captain & WK), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Avesh Khan/Mohsin Khan, Mohammed Shami, Mayank Yadav, Digvesh Rathi
Mumbai Indians (MI) – Predicted Playing XI
Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (Captain), Naman Dhir, Sherfane Rutherford/Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur/Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashwani Kumar/Mayank Markande, AM Ghazanfar, Trent Boult
Delhi Capitals (DC) – Predicted Playing XI
KL Rahul (WK), Ben Duckett/Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (Captain), David Miller, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Auqib Nabi, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – Predicted Playing XI
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Liam Livingstone, Pat Cummins (Captain), Harsh Dubey/Krains Fuletra, Harshal Patel, Shivam Mavi/Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat
Gujarat Titans (GT) – Predicted Playing XI
Shubman Gill (Capt.), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (WK), Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Glenn Phillips/Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj
Punjab Kings (PBKS) – Predicted Playing XI
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Mitch Owen/Cooper Connolly, Marcus Stoinis/Azmatullah Omarzai, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson/Ben Dwarshuis, Yuzvendra Chahal
Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Predicted Playing XI
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Riyan Parag (Captain), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Shimron Hetmyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran/Donovan Ferreira, Jofra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma
The formation of teams is still in progress, however, the overall expectation for a new season full of unique excitement has already emerged, … not to mention that the teams involved have ambitious objectives and have chosen their best players to play together.
