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Squad value
Current squads only, at the salary each player is on now, judged on how they have played over the last two seasons (the latest counts double). Build the best XI a budget can buy, and see who is worth the money and who is not.
IPL 2026 squads · form from 2025–2026
The strongest balanced eleven the current squads can supply for the money, at the salaries they are on now, shown in the order they would bat. By default: keeper and four batters at 1-5 (top order 1-3, middle order 4-5), a proper finisher and two all-rounders at 6-8, three bowlers at 9-11. Or pick the exact mix yourself, including pace and spin, below. Only players who have played this season.
A whole IPL squad is bought under a purse of roughly ₹120 Cr, so ₹60–100 Cr is a realistic XI.
Price players at
Each player is priced at what the market would most likely ask now, never below their current contract.
Players you want in (optional)
Pick anyone you would like in the XI. They are marked as your picks, and the rest of the side is built around them.
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Form per crore of salary. Bargains are paid ₹1 Cr or more; the other list is players on ₹5 Cr or more.
Delivering most for the money
Vaibhav Suryavanshi
1028 runs at 229
₹1.10 Cr
+389 form
Eshan Malinga
33 wkts at 9.2
₹1.20 Cr
+371 form
Ryan Rickelton
836 runs at 168
₹1.00 Cr
+155 form
Jamie Overton
151 runs at 162 · 14 wkts at 9.8
₹1.50 Cr
+217 form
Jaydev Unadkat
15 wkts at 8.6
₹1.00 Cr
+141 form
Lungi Ngidi
17 wkts at 8.5
₹2.00 Cr
+263 form
Vaibhav Arora
28 wkts at 10.2
₹1.80 Cr
+236 form
Suyash Sharma
17 wkts at 9.0
₹2.60 Cr
+260 form
Paid more than they have given
Ruturaj Gaikwad
459 runs at 130
₹18.00 Cr
−16 form
Mayank Yadav
2 wkts at 11.8
₹11.00 Cr
−3 form
Shimron Hetmyer
317 runs at 136
₹11.00 Cr
−2 form
Prashant Veer
90 runs at 134
₹14.20 Cr
−1 form
Tristan Stubbs
575 runs at 139
₹10.00 Cr
−1 form
Liam Livingstone
127 runs at 117 · 2 wkts at 8.4
₹13.00 Cr
+4 form
Auqib Nabi
0 wkts at 11.5
₹8.40 Cr
+3 form
Rishabh Pant
581 runs at 136
₹27.00 Cr
+14 form
233 players with a known salary. Sort any column. 22 more are in the squads with no published salary and are left out.