Delhi Capitals IPL 2026 Auction: Complete team of Delhi Capitals
Sports Desk, New Delhi. DC Squad IPL 2026 Auction LIVE: Delhi Capitals will be eyeing to strengthen their team in the IPL 2026 mini auction. The mini auction of IPL 2026 is to be held today i.e. on 16th December in Abu Dhabi, in which the Delhi team would like to fill 8 vacant slots.
Delhi team has Rs 21.80 crore in its purse. Delhi had released 7 players from the auction, which included opener Jack Franzer-McGarrg, one of the highest run scorers for the team, and vice-captain Faf Duplessis.
At the same time, T Natarajan will continue to play with Delhi Capitals. Because the franchise is expressing confidence in this left-arm fast bowler despite the injury-hit season.
Delhi Capitals IPL 2026 Auction: Pace attack problem
Apart from Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who performed brilliantly in IPL 2025, Delhi Capitals does not have any bowler who can take wickets consistently. Especially considering the fitness challenges of T Natarajan, Delhi will be eyeing to buy such a fast bowler in the auction, who can prove to be their trump card.
Looking for a reliable opener
Delhi Capitals team needs a reliable opener. The Delhi team also lacks real power hitters and their focus in the auction will be to buy a player who is more powerful. In the last IPL season, Delhi team used 8 different opening pairs, which was the most by any team in IPL 2025. The Delhi team will be eyeing to reduce the burden on KL Rahul and buy a reliable opener. In the auction, Delhi team can target Ben Duckett, David Miller, Jacob Duffy, Mathisa Pathirana and Matthew Ford.
Delhi Capitals Full team IPL 2026:-
Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Abhishek Porel, Axar Patel, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripura Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera.
Players released by Delhi Capitals
Faf du Plessis, Jack Fraser-McGurk, Donovan Ferreira (trade Mumbai), Sediqullah Atal, Manwant Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande.
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