Delhi Capitals walked into the mini-auction with Rs 21.8 crore available and some unfinished business in their squad. They also opened the day’s buying by becoming the first franchise to make a signing in Abu Dhabi. DC secured South Africa’s David Miller at his base price of Rs 2 crore with no challenge, and later added England opener Ben Duckett for Rs 2 crore in another uncontested deal. In the lead-up to the auction, DC had let go of Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Manvanth Kumar, Donovan Ferreira, Sediqullah Atal, Mohit Sharma and Darshan Nalkande.
Complete list of Delhi Capitals’ buys at the IPL 2026 auction: David Miller (Rs 2 crore) and Ben Duckett (Rs 2 crore), Auqib Nabi Dar 8.40 Cr, Pathum Nissanka (Rs 4cr).
Retained Players: Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera. Traded in: Nitish Rana (traded from RR).
Players Released: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Donovan Ferreira (traded to RR), Sediqullah Atal, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, and Darshan Nalkande.