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:

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.