Tejasvi Dahiya, Himmat Singh headline DPL 2026 men's auction as Rishabh Pant pulls out

New Delhi: Rishabh Pant, who was retained by the Puraani Dilli 6 for the upcoming Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2026 season, has pulled out of the league "due to international commitments" as the auction held in the national capital saw Tejasvi Dahiya walking away with a cheque of Rs 40 lakh (South Delhi Superstarz through Right to Match card) and Himmat Singh for Rs 38 lakh (New Delhi Tigers using Right to Match card). Both these players had not been retained ahead of the auction.

Besides Pant, pace bowler Ishant Sharma will also not be seen in the league. Pant was initially retained for Rs 11 lakh which is a significantly low amount for an India Test cricketer. Many others, some who hadn't even played senior state cricket, were retained for a much bigger amount than Pant.

Apart from Dahiya and Himmat, Sarthak Ranjan was also snapped up through Right to Match card for Rs 17 lakh.

Anuj Rawat went to Puraani Dilli 6 for Rs 27 lakh as a replacement for Pant, while Kuldip Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Navdeep Saini and Simarjeet Singh were all picked up at base price by Central Delhi Kings, West Delhi Lions, Outer Delhi Warriors and East Delhi Riders respectively.

The remaining unsold players from the Marquee set were moved into the Category A pool at a revised base price of Rs 5 lakh.

Central Delhi Kings will anchor their campaign around pace bowler Kuldip Yadav (previously North Delhi Strikers), Yash Dhull (retained) and Vansh Bedi (earlier Puraani Dilli); East Delhi Riders around Simarjeet Singh (Central Delhi Kings last year), Mayank Yadav and Mayank Rawat (retained); New Delhi Tigers around Himmat Singh and Prince Yadav (earlier Puraani Dilli). North Delhi Strikers around Harshit Rana and Sarthak Ranjan (both retained). Outer Delhi Warriors will lean on Navdeep Saini and Priyansh Arya, Puraani Dilli 6 on Anuj Rawat, Digvesh Rathi and Lalit Yadav, South Delhi Superstarz on Ayush Badoni and Tejasvi Dahiya. West Delhi Lions on Nitish Rana, Suyash Sharma and Kulwant Khejroliya.

The 10 most expensive players in DPL 2026

Tejasvi Dahiya - Rs 40 lakh - South Delhi Superstarz (Right to Match card in the auction)

Himmat Singh - Rs 38 lakh - New Delhi Tigers (Right to Match card in the auction)

Nitish Rana - Rs 34 lakh - West Delhi Lions (Retained ahead of the auction)

Prince Yadav - Rs 33 lakh - New Delhi Tigers (Retained ahead of the auction)

Anuj Rawat - Rs 27 lakh - Puraani Dilli 6 (Bought during the auction)

Rajneesh Dadar - Rs 19 lakh - Puraani Dilli 6 (Retained ahead of the auction)

Sarthak Ranjan - Rs 17 lakh - North Delhi Strikers (Right to Match card during the auction)

Dev Lakra - Rs 14 lakh - Rs 14 lakh -- Puraani Dilli 6 (Retained ahead of the auction)

Dhruv Singh - Rs 13.5 lakh - Outer Delhi Warriors (Retained ahead of the auction)

Ayush Badoni - Rs 11 lakh - South Delhi Superstarz (Retained ahead of the auction)

Full Squads

Central Delhi Kings: Kuldip Yadav, Yash Dhull, Vansh Bedi, Divij Mehra, Money Grewal, Jonty Sidhu, Aayush Kumar, Vedant Sehwag, Yatish Singh, Yugal Saini, Aditya Bhandari, Siddharth Joon, Keshav Dabas, Aatrey Tripathi, Arun Pundir, Aryaveer Kohli, Gavnish Khurana, Jasvir Sehrawat, Tejas Baroka, Ojasdeep Singh, Samarth Singh, Rahul, Abhishek Kumar Yadav, Prathmesh Singh, Jai Sharma.

East Delhi Riders: Simarjeet Singh, Mayank Yadav, Mayank Rawat, Arpit Rana, Dhruv Kaushik, Rounak Waghela, Hardik Sharma, Sujal Rajiv Singh, Tanmay Chaudhary, Aradhya Chawla, Rohan Parchanda, Vansh Jetly, Yashwardhan Oberai, Deepak Punia, Ashish Meena, Kavya Gupta, Rohit Yadav, Vaibhav Baisla, Uday Chawla, Sunny Rawal, Suryansh Raina, Ankit Kumar, Vansh Mehra, Suryakant Chauhan, Harsh Bhardwaj.

New Delhi Tigers: Himmat Singh, Prince Yadav, Hritik Shokeen, Rahul Chaudhary, Lakshay Thareja, Vaibhav Rawal, Atulya Pandey, Dhruv Bindra, Laxman, Pradyuman Sanan, Aaryan Sharma, Keshav R. Singh, Manish Sehrawat, Parikshit Singh Bhati, Parth Kr. Bali, Shivam Gupta, Varun Vanjani, Tanuj Pawar, Rishabh Sharma, Revaant Rakyan, Saurabh Gupta, Yashjeet, Ayush Tanwar, Aditya Paweriya, Dev Chaudhary.

North Delhi Strikers: Harshit Rana, Sarthak Ranjan, Pranav Rajvanshi, Vaibhav Kandpal, Aayush Singh, Akhil Chaudhary, Arnav Bugga, Kirit Kaushik, Saurabh Deswal, Yash Bhatia, Parnit Tiwari, Prikshit Sehrawat, Arjun Rapria, Kaushal Suman, Vikas Dixit, Yash Dabas, Mayank Dagar, Bharat Sindhwani, Ajay Yadav, Anant Jain, Gaurav Sabharwal, Nikhil Kumar.

Outer Delhi Warriors: Navdeep Saini, Priyansh Arya, Aryan Rana, Harsh Tyagi, Shivam Sharma, Siddhant Sharma, Anant S. Sareen, Dhanya Nakra, Mohit Panwar, Saksham Gahlot, Shaurya Malik, Aman Chaudhary, Rushal Saini, Yajas Sharma, Dhruv Singh, Rishab Drall, Aditya Sharma, Akshay Saini, Monu Shukla, Pratham Saluja, Sammar Kohar, Garvit Grover, Shivam Bhan, Deepanshu Phore, Aditya Yadav.

Puraani Dilli 6: Anuj Rawat, Digvesh Rathi, Lalit Yadav, Rohan Rana, Samarth Seth, Dev Lakra, Kush Nagpal, Mohak Kumar, Rajneesh Dadar, Udhav Mohan, Prince Mishra, Yug Gupta, Aditya Malhotra, Ajay Ahlawat, Gaurav Saroha, Kabir Sachdeva, Pankaj Jaswal, Yash Kumar, Aryan Gaur, Aditya Verma, Ashwini Chillar, Lakshay Verma, Harshvardhan Phogat, Vanam Aggarwal, Arjun Rexwal.

South Delhi Superstarz: Ayush Badoni, Tejasvi, Sanat Sangwan, Sumit Kumar, Sumit Mathur, Pranshu Vijayran, Aman Bharti, Divansh Rawat, Karan Garg, Pranav Pant, Anmol Sharma, Vivek Kumar Tiwari, Adviteeya Sinha, Ankur Kaushik, Anshuman Hooda, Deepanshu Gulia, Ekansh Dobal, Sagar Tanwar, Vision Panchal, Yamit Sehrawat, Ankit Dabas, Tushar Duggal, Kartik Yadav, Rishabh Sharma, Raghav Agarwal.

West Delhi Lions: Nitish Rana, Suyash Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya, Ayush Doseja, Manan Bhardwaj, Mayank Gusain, Aaryavir Sehwag, Ankit Rajesh Kumar, Dhruv Kumar Chumbak, Krish Yadav, Ravneet Tanwar, Rudra Dev Yadav, Aarav Garg, Shubham Dubey, Ajay Rana, Anirudh Chowdhary, Hiten Dalal, Jitesh Singh, Tishant Dabla, Vikas Rana, Bhanu Yadav, Sombir Sheokand, Yash Bansal, Avinash Singh Manhas, Khushhal Yadav.

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