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In view of the next auction, each Indian Premier League team’s retained and released players were revealed in the IPL 2026 retention list, which was formally issued on Saturday. Punjab Kings held the most players (21) out of the ten IPL cricket teams, while Kolkata Knight Riders held the fewest (12). Andre Russell, a member of the squad since 2014, and Venkatesh Iyer, the organization’s most costly acquisition in IPL history, were both cut by KKR last season.
After losing 13 players from the previous season, including the now-retired Ravichandran Ashwin, the Chennai Super Kings are also anticipated to participate in the impending auction. MS Dhoni was kept on board. Among the other well-known players let go by their respective clubs were Glenn Maxwell, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, and Ravi Bishnoi. Franchises are permitted to keep the majority of their squads prior to mini auctions, as long as they stay within the INR 120 crore purse and the 18–25 player roster limit, as opposed to the virtual reset that comes with retentions before mega auctions, where only a few core players can be held on to.
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IPL 2026 retention list: Players retained and released
Here is the complete list of players of all 10 teams who were released and retained
* Overseas players
Chennai Super Kings IPL 2026 retention
CSK retained players
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- MS Dhoni
- Dewald Brevis* (SA)
- Ayush Mhatre
- Urvil Patel
- Anshul Kamboj
- Jamie Overton* (ENG)
- Ramakrishna Ghosh
- Shivam Dube
- Khaleel Ahmed
- Noor Ahmad* (AFG)
- Mukesh Choudhary
- Nathan Ellis* (AUS)
- Shreyas Gopal
- Gurjapneet Singh
- Sanju Samson – trade in from RR
CSK released players
- Ravindra Jadeja – trade out to RR
- Sam Curran* (ENG) – trade out to RR
- Rahul Tripathi
- Vansh Bedi
- Andre Siddarth
- Rachin Ravindra* (NZ)
- Deepak Hooda
- Vijay Shankar
- Shaik Rasheed
- Kamlesh Nagarkoti
- Matheesha Pathirana* (SL)
- Devon Conway* (NZ)
- Ravichandran Ashwin (retired)
Delhi Capitals IPL 2026 retention
DC retained players
- KL Rahul
- Karun Nair
- Abishek Porel
- Tristan Stubbs* (SA)
- Axar Patel
- Sameer Rizvi
- Ashutosh Sharma
- Vipraj Nigam
- Ajay Mandal
- Tripurana Vijay
- Madhav Tiwari
- Mitchell Starc* (AUS)
- T. Natarajan
- Mukesh Kumar
- Dushmantha Chameera* (SL)
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Nitish Rana – trade in from RR
DC released players
- Donovan Ferreira* (SA) – trade out to RR
- Faf du Plessis* (SA)
- Jake Fraser-McGruk* (AUS)
- Sediqullah Atal* (AFG)
- Manvanth Kumar
- Mohit Sharma
- Darshan Nalkande
Gujarat Titans IPL 2026 retention
GT retained players
- Shubman Gill
- Sai Sudharsan
- Kumar Kushagra
- Anuj Rawat
- Jos Buttler* (ENG)
- Nishant Sindhu
- Glenn Phillips* (NZ)
- Washington Sundar
- Arshad Khan
- Shahrukh Khan
- Rahul Tewatia
- Kagiso Rabada* (SA)
- Mohammed Siraj
- Prasidh Krishna
- Ishant Sharma
- Gurnoor Singh Brar
- Rashid Khan* (AFG)
- Manav Suthar
- Sai Kishore
- Jayant Yadav
GT released players
- Sherfane Rutherford* (WI) – trade out to MI
- Mahipal Lomror
- Karim Janat* (AFG)
- Dasun Shanaka* (SL)
- Gerald Coetzee* (SA)
- Kulwant Khejroliya
Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2026 retention
KKR retained players
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Rinku Singh
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi
- Manish Pandey
- Rovman Powell* (WI)
- Anukul Roy
- Ramandeep Singh
- Vaibhav Arora
- Sunil Narine* (WI)
- Varun Chakaravarthy
- Harshit Rana
- Umran Malik
KKR released players
- Mayank Markande – trade out to MI
- Andre Russell* (WI)
- Venkatesh Iyer
- Quinton de Kock* (SA)
- Anrich Nortje* (SA)
- Luvnith Sisodia
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz* (AFG)
- Moeen Ali* (ENG)
- Chetan Sakariya
- Spencer Johnson* (AUS)
Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2026 retention
LSG retained players
- Rishabh Pant
- Ayush Badoni
- Abdul Samad
- Aiden Markram* (SA)
- Himmat Singh
- Matthew Breetzke* (SA)
- Nicholas Pooran* (WI)
- Mitchell Marsh* (AUS)
- Shahbaz Ahamad
- Arshin Kulkarni
- Mayank Yadav
- Avesh Khan
- Mohsin Khan
- M. Siddharth
- Digvesh Rathi
- Prince Yadav
- Akash Singh
- Arjun Tendulkar – traded in from MI
- Mohammed Shami – traded in from SRH
LSG released players
- Shardul Thakur – traded out to MI
- David Miller* (SA)
- Aryan Juyal
- Yuvraj Chaudhary
- Rajvardhan Hangargekar
- Akash Deep
- Ravi Bishnoi
Mumbai Indians IPL 2026 retention
MI retained players
- Rohit Sharma
- Surya Kumar Yadav
- Robin Minz
- Ryan Rickelton* (SA)
- Tilak Varma
- Hardik Pandya
- Naman Dhir
- Mitchell Santner* (NZ)
- Will Jacks* (AUS)
- Corbin Bosch* (SA)
- Raj Bawa
- Trent Boult* (NZ)
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Deepak Chahar
- Ashwani Kumar
- Raghu Sharma
- Allah Ghazanfar* (AFG)
- Mayank Markande – trade in from KKR
- Shardul Thakur – trade in from LSG
- Sherfane Rutherford* (WI) – trade in from GT
MI released players
- Arjun Tendulkar – trade out to LSG
- Satyanarayana Raju
- Reece Topley* (ENG)
- KL Shrijith
- Karn Sharma
- Bevon Jacobs* (SA)
- Mujeeb-ur-Rahman* (AFG)
- Lizaad Williams* (SA)
- Vignesh Puthur
Punjab Kings IPL 2026 retention
PBKS retained players
- Shreyas Iyer
- Nehal Wadhera
- Vishnu Vinod
- Harnoor Pannu
- Pyla Avinash
- Prabhsimran Singh
- Shashank Singh
- Marcus Stoinis* (AUS)
- Harpreet Brar
- Marco Jansen* (SA)
- Azmatullah Omarzai* (AFG)
- Priyansh Arya
- Musheer Khan
- Suryansh Shedge
- Mitch Owen* (AUS)
- Arshdeep Singh
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Vyshak Vijaykumar
- Yash Thakur
- Xavier Bartlett* (AUS)
- Lockie Ferguson* (NZ)
PBKS released players
- Josh Inglis* (AUS)
- Aaron Hardie* (AUS)
- Glenn Maxwell* (AUS)
- Kuldeep Sen
- Praveen Dubey
Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2026 retentions
RCB retained players
- Rajat Patidar
- Virat Kohli
- Tim David* (AUS)
- Devdutt Padikkal
- Phil Salt* (ENG)
- Jitesh Sharma
- Krunal Pandya
- Jacob Bethell* (ENG)
- Romario Shepherd* (WI)
- Swapnil Singh
- Josh Hazlewood* (AUS)
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Rasikh Salam
- Yash Dayal
- Suyash Sharma
- Nuwan Thushara* (SL)
- Abhinandan Singh
RCB released players
- Mayank Agarwal
- Swastik Chhikara
- Tim Seifert* (NZ)
- Liam Livingstone* (ENG)
- Manoj Bhandage
- Lungi Ngidi* (SA)
- Mohit Rathee
Rajasthan Royals IPL 2026 retention
RR retained players
- Shubham Dubey
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi
- Lhuan-dre Pretorius* (SA)
- Shimron Hetmyer* (WI)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Dhruv Jurel
- Riyan Parag
- Yudhvir Singh Charak
- Jofra Archer* (ENG)
- Tushar Deshpande
- Fazalhaq Farooqi* (AFG)
- Kwena Maphaka* (SA)
- Nandre Burger* (SA)
- Ravindra Jadeja – trade in from CSK
- Sam Curran* (ENG) – trade in from CSK
- Donovan Ferreira* (SA) – trade in from DC
RR released players
- Sanju Samson – trade out to CSK
- Nitish Rana – trade out to DC
- Kunal Singh Rathore
- Maheesh Theekshana* (SL)
- Wanindu Hasaranga* (SL)
- Fazalhaq Farooqi* (AFG)
- Akash Madhwal
- Kumar Kartikeya
- Ashok Sharma
Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2026 retention
SRH retained players
- Travis Head* (AUS)
- Abhishek Sharma
- Aniket Verma
- R Smaran
- Ishan Kishan
- Heinrich Klaasen* (SA)
- Nitish Kumar Reddy
- Harsh Dubey
- Kamindu Mendis* (SL)
- Harshal Patel
- Brydon Carse* (ENG)
- Pat Cummins* (AUS)
- Jaydev Unadkat
- Eshan Malinga* (SL)
- Zeeshan Ansari
SRH released players
- Mohammad Shami – traded out to LSG
- Abhinav Manohar
- Atharva Taide
- Sachin Baby
- Wiaan Mulder* (SA)
- Simarjeet Singh
- Rahul Chahar
- Adam Zampa* (AUS)