IPL 2026 Retention List: Retained, Released, and Traded Players by IPL Teams

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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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.