IPL 2026 Retention List: Know which teams retained and released which players ahead of the IPL 2026 mini auction. The IPL 2026 retention list, revealing the retained and released players by every Indian Premier League team ahead of the upcoming auction, was officially announced on Saturday.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Category Players Retained Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Dewald Brevis*, Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton*, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shivam Dube, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmad*, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis*, Shreyas Gopal, Gurjapneet Singh, Sanju Samson (Trade-In) Released Ravindra Jadeja (Trade-Out), Sam Curran* (Trade-Out), Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth, Rachin Ravindra*, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Matheesha Pathirana*, Devon Conway*, Ravichandran Ashwin (Retired) Trade Activity In: Sanju Samson (RR) • Out: Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran (RR)
Delhi Capitals (DC) Category Players Retained KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs*, Axar Patel, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc*, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera*, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana (Trade-In) Released Donovan Ferreira* (Trade-Out), Faf du Plessis*, Jake Fraser-McGurk*, Sediqullah Atal*, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande Trade Activity In: Nitish Rana (RR) • Out: Donovan Ferreira (RR)
Gujarat Titans (GT) Category Players Retained Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler*, Nishant Sindhu, Glenn Phillips*, Washington Sundar , Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada*, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Rashid Khan*, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav Released Sherfane Rutherford* (Trade-Out), Mahipal Lomror, Karim Janat*, Dasun Shanaka*, Gerald Coetzee*, Kulwant Khejroliya Trade Activity Out: Sherfane Rutherford (MI)
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Category Players Retained Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell*, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narine*, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Umran Malik Released Mayank Markande (Trade-Out), Andre Russell*, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock*, Anrich Nortje*, Luvnith Sisodia, Rahmanullah Gurbaz*, Moeen Ali*, Chetan Sakariya, Spencer Johnson* Trade Activity Out: Mayank Markande (MI)
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Category Players Retained Rishabh Pant, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram*, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke*, Nicholas Pooran*, Mitchell Marsh*, Shahbaz Ahamad, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar (Trade-In), Mohammed Shami (Trade-In) Released Shardul Thakur (Trade-Out), David Miller*, Aryan Juyal, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi Trade Activity In: Mohammed Shami (SRH), Arjun Tendulkar (MI) • Out: Shardul Thakur (MI)
Mumbai Indians (MI) Category Players Retained Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton*, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner*, Will Jacks*, Corbin Bosch*, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult*, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar*, Mayank Markande (Trade-In), Shardul Thakur (Trade-In), Sherfane Rutherford* (Trade-In) Released Arjun Tendulkar (Trade-Out), Satyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley*, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Bevon Jacobs*, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman*, Lizaad Williams*, Vignesh Puthur Trade Activity In: Markande (KKR), Shardul (LSG), Rutherford (GT) • Out: Arjun Tendulkar (LSG)
Punjab Kings (PBKS) Category Players Retained Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harnoor Pannu, Pyla Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis*, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen*, Azmatullah Omarzai*, Priyansh Arya, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Mitch Owen*, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett*, Lockie Ferguson* Released Josh Inglis*, Aaron Hardie*, Glenn Maxwell*, Kuldeep Sen, Praveen Dubey Trade Activity None
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Category Players Retained Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Tim David*, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt*, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Jacob Bethell*, Romario Shepherd*, Swapnil Singh, Josh Hazlewood*, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Nuwan Thushara*, Abhinandan Singh Released Mayank Agarwal, Swastik Chhikara, Tim Seifert*, Liam Livingstone*, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi*, Mohit Rathee Trade Activity None
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Category Players Retained Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius*, Shimron Hetmyer*, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer*, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqi*, Kwena Maphaka*, Nandre Burger*, Ravindra Jadeja (Trade-In), Sam Curran* (Trade-In), Donovan Ferreira* (Trade-In) Released Sanju Samson (Trade-Out), Nitish Rana (Trade-Out), Kunal Rathore, Maheesh Theekshana*, Wanindu Hasaranga*, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Ashok Sharma Trade Activity In: Jadeja, Curran (CSK), Ferreira (DC) • Out: Sanju Samson (CSK), Nitish Rana (DC)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Category Players Retained Travis Head*, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen*, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis*, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse*, Pat Cummins*, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga*, Zeeshan Ansari Released Mohammed Shami (Trade-Out), Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Wiaan Mulder*, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa* Trade Activity Out: Mohammed Shami (LSG)
The 2026 retention cycle underscores a shift toward agility, long-term roster stewardship, and high-value trade deals . With franchises tightening their strategic levers and upgrading their competitive stacks, the mini auction is poised for high-voltage outcomes.
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