IPL 2026 Retentions: Complete List of Retained & Released Players of Each Team ahead of Mini-Auction

The IPL 2026 mini-auction is now set after all ten teams submitted their retention lists on November 15, 2025. This year, teams had no cap on the number of players they could keep. The only limits were the ₹120 crore purse and a 25-player squad. Several big trades and many surprise releases have changed the shape of the league.

Below is a clear team-by-team look at who stayed, who moved, and who was let go.

Chennai Super Kings

CSK shook things up by trading out Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran. Sanju Samson arrived in a rare big swap. The team kept Ruturaj Gaikwad, M. S. Dhoni and Shivam Dube. Matheesha Pathirana and Devon Conway were confirmed releases while reports suggest Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar and Shaik Rasheed also exit.

CSK Retained & Released Players List ahead of IPL 2026 Auction

Section	Players
Trade In	Sanju Samson (from RR)
Trade Out	Ravindra Jadeja (to RR) Sam Curran (to RR)
Retained	Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary
Released	Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Matheesha Pathirana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shaik Rasheed, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Andre Siddarth, Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi

Mumbai Indians

MI were active again. They signed Shardul Thakur, Sherfane Rutherford and Mayank Markande. Arjun Tendulkar was traded out. They held on to Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma and Tilak Varma. Reported exits include Reece Topley, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Bevon Jacobs and Mujeeb Ur Rahman among others.

MI Retained & Released Players List ahead of IPL 2026 Auction

Section	Players
Trade In	Shardul Thakur (from LSG) Sherfane Rutherford (from GT) Mayank Markande (from KKR)
Trade Out	Arjun Tendulkar (to LSG)
Retained	Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, AM Ghazanfar, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch
Released	Sathyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Bevon Jacobs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur

Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR had a quiet window and let go of Mayank Markande in a trade. Ajinkya Rahane is expected to stay. They released Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Andre Russell among others.

KKR Retained & Released Players List ahead of IPL 2026 Auction

Section	Players
Trade In	None
Trade Out	Mayank Markande (to MI)
Retained	Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik
Released	Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Luvnith Sisodia, Moeen Ali, Spencer Johnson, Chetan Sakariya, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

RCB kept Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal. Liam Livingstone and Swastik Chikara were released. Mayank Agarwal and Lungi Ngidi are top player set to exit.

RCB Retained & Released Players List ahead of IPL 2026 Auction

Section	Players
Trade In	None
Trade Out	None
Retained	Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Tim David, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam Dar, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara, Abhinandan Singh
Released	Lungi Ngidi, Mohit Rathee, Manoj Bhandage, Liam Livingstone, Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal

Gujarat Titans

GT did not make any signings but traded Sherfane Rutherford to Mumbai. They retained Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler, Sai Sudharsan, Rashid Khan and Kagiso Rabada. Gerald Coetzee and Karim Janat were released. Dasun Shanaka, Mahpal Lomror and Kulwant Khejroliya are set to leave.

GT Retained & Released Players List ahead of IPL 2026 Auction

Section	Players
Trade In	None
Trade Out	Sherfane Rutherford (to MI)
Retained	Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Brar, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav
Released	Gerald Coetzee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Karim Janat, Dasun Shanaka, Mahpal Lomror

Delhi Capitals

DC added Nitish Rana and moved out Donovan Ferreira. They kept Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel and T. Natarajan. Releases include Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk and Mohit Sharma.

DC Retained & Released Players List ahead of IPL 2026 Auction

Section	Players
Trade In	Nitish Rana (from RR)
Trade Out	Donovan Ferreira (to RR)
Retained	Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Nikunj, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, T Natarajan
Released	Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mohit Sharma

Lucknow Super Giants

LSG completed the most dramatic trade of the window by bringing in Mohammed Shami and Arjun Tendulkar, after sending out Shardul Thakur. They kept Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni and Rishabh Pant. Reports suggest David Miller, Ravi Bishnoi, Akash Deep and Shamar Joseph could be released.

LSG Retained & Released Players List ahead of IPL 2026 Auction

Section	Players
Trade In	Arjun Tendulkar (from MI) Mohammed Shami (from SRH)
Trade Out	Shardul Thakur (to MI)
Retained	Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Mohsin Khan, M Siddharth, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh
Released	David Miller, Aryan Juyal, Yuvraj Choudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shamar Joseph, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi

Punjab Kings

PBKS stayed steady. They kept Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh and Lockie Ferguson. Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen and Josh Inglis were released.

PBKS Retained & Released Players List ahead of IPL 2026 Auction

Section	Players
Trade In	None
Trade Out	None
Retained	Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Hurnoor Pannu, Musheer Khan, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Shedge, Lockie Ferguson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett
Released	Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Kyle Jamieson, Pravin Dubey

Rajasthan Royals

RR made big moves by bringing in Jadeja, Curran and Ferreira while sending off Sanju Samson and Nitish Rana. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer and Sandeep Sharma were retained. Likely releases include Maheesh Theekshana, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Wanindu Hasaranga.

RR Retained & Released Players List ahead of IPL 2026 Auction

Section	Players
Trade In	Ravindra Jadeja (from CSK) Sam Curran (from CSK) Donovan Ferreira (from DC)
Trade Out	Sanju Samson (to CSK) Nitish Rana (to DC)
Retained	Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Riyan Parag, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Yudhvir Singh Charak
Released	Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Sunrisers Hyderabad

SRH traded out Shami but held on to Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen and Travis Head. Expected releases include Adam Zampa and Rahul Chahar.

SRH Retained & Released Players List ahead of IPL 2026 Auction

Section	Players
Trade In	None
Trade Out	Mohammed Shami (to LSG)
Retained	Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Aniket Verma, R Smaran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Brydon Carse, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga, Javdev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari
Released	Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Abhinav Manohar, Adam Zampa, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder