Delhi Capitals IPL 2026 Squad: Auction Buys, Predicted XI & Everything You Need To Know; KL Rahul To Mitchell Starc

Delhi Capitals entered the IPL 2026 mini-auction in Abu Dhabi with a clear focus on strengthening their batting depth, picking eight players overall.

DC bought eight players at the auction, with as many as five specialist batters, underlining their intent to bolster run-scoring consistency.

Experienced internationals David Miller and Ben Duckett headline DC’s auction buys, adding firepower and flexibility to the middle order.

KL Rahul (c) Ben Duckett David Miller Tristan Stubbs Axar Patel Sameer Rizvi

Vipraj Nigam

Kuldeep Yadav Mitchell Starc T Natarajan

Auqib Nabi

With KL Rahul at the helm, DC have surrounded him with multiple batting options to avoid over-reliance on a single phase of the innings.

Delhi Capitals also invested in uncapped Indian players like Sahil Parakh and Auqib Nabi, aiming for long-term squad balance.

DC retained key names including KL Rahul, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Mitchell Starc and T Natarajan.

With overseas stars like Miller, Duckett, Stubbs, Starc, Ngidi and Nissanka, DC have filled all their overseas slots for IPL 2026.

David Miller Ben Duckett Auqib Nabi Pathum Nissanka Lungi Ngidi Sahil Parakh Prithvi Shaw Kyle Jamieson

Nitish Rana, Abishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, David Miller, Ben Duckett, Auqib Nabi, Pathum Nissanka, Lungi Ngidi, Sahil Parakh, Prithvi Shaw, Kyle Jamieson.