While Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings will go ahead with the maximum purse at the upcoming IPL 2026 auctions in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, the rest of the franchises do have a few holes to fill. Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings have a job on their hands to make their squad a well-rounded one.Delhi CapitalsPurse remaining: Rs 21.80 crore. Slots left: 8 (5 overseas)Players retained: 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, Mukesh Kumar, Nitish Rana (traded in from RR).What they need: In Mitchell Starc and Tristan Stubbs have two of their overseas players locked. With Jake Frarse-McGurk and Faf du Plessis released, they are in need of an overseas top-order batsman or an Indian opener who can partner KL Rahul potentially at the top. That they traded Donovan Ferreira – a hard striker who is capable of playing finisher role to Rajasthan Royals means, they would be on the look out for an overseas all-rounder. But whether they manage to get that at the auction remains to be seen given the competition. They would also need an overseas and an Indian seamer to be back-up options for Starc and Natarajan, given their injury history.What to expect: Other franchises with a bigger purse could outbid them for their prime targets. Their homework will determine how their auction shapes up.ALSO READ | IPL Auction 2026: What do Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, RR and SRH need?Gujarat TitansPurse remaining: Rs 12.90 crore. Slots left: 5 (4 overseas)Players retained: Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Arshad Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Prasidh Krishna, R Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, B Sai Sudharsan, M Shahrukh Khan, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar.Story continues below this adWhat they need: Their top-order did the bulk of weightlifting last season and the story will be similar this season. While the likes of Washington Sundar, Nishant Sindhu are expected to play a prominent role, they need more reinforcements in the middle-order, particularly after they traded Sherfane Rutherford to Mumbai Indians. With Shahrukh Khan struggling off-late, and Tewatia recovering from injury, they are short on options on that front.What to expect: Given their purse, they could go big on one of their targets and look at uncapped Indians or overseas players who are affordable at a base price.ALSO READ | With the biggest purse, KKR can land all their targetsLucknow Super GiantsPurse remaining: Rs 22.95 crore. Slots left: 6 (4 overseas)Story continues below this adPlayers retained: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Shami (traded in from SRH), Arjun Tendulkar (traded in from MI).What they need: With David Miller released, Lucknow need an overseas finisher with Michael Bracewell a possible option as he can also bowl a few overs of off-break. While Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram sure shots in the XI, and Matthew Breetzke also in the mix, whether they go searching for an overseas pacer remains to be seen. Having let go off Ravi Bishnoi, they could be in the market for another spinner and few back-up options for their pace-bowling pack.What to expect: Have a good purse to work around, so won’t be an issue to land any of their targets.Punjab KingsPurse remaining: Rs 11.50 crore. Slots left: 4 (2 overseas)Players retained: Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Singh Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal.Story continues below this adWhat they need: Surprisingly, they will be amongst the quieter franchises at the auction table as they have decided to retain the core that took them to the final. In terms of their XI or the XII, they have their picks ready, but with Josh Inglis released, need a similar player who can provide the impetus at the top. Similarly, with Glenn Maxwell not around, they will be amongst the teams that pursue Michael Bracewell with interest. An overseas pacer, likely Spencer Johnson or Matt Henry would be in their wishlist.What to expect: A quiet auction. Have the funds to go big on one player and just sit back and relax.