The player retention window for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) closed on November 15, 2025, with all 10 franchises confirming their retained players ahead of the auction (IPL 2026 Auction). The IPL 2026 Player Auction will take place on 16th December at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.
Across teams, a total of 173 players have been retained, including 49 overseas players.
With each team allowed to have a maximum squad of 25 players, the Punjab Kings have opted to retain 21 players, the most among the 10 franchises, while the Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans have retained 20 players each.
IPL 2026: CSK Retained and Released Player List
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Retained Players List:
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Sanju Samson (Trade In), Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Released Player List:
Ravindra Jadeja (Trade out), Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Matheesha Pathirana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sam Curran (Trade out), Shaik Rasheed, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Andre Siddarth, Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi
Aslo Read: IPL 2026 Full list of player trades
IPL 2026: DC Retained and Released Player List
Delhi Capitals (DC) Retained Players List
Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel (C), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Nitish Rana (Trade in)
Delhi Capitals (DC) Released Player List:
Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mohit Sharma, Donovan Ferreira, Sediqullah Atal, Manvath Kumar, Darshan Nalkande
IPL 2026: GT Retained and Released Player List
Gujarat Titans (GT) Retained Players List:
Shubman Gill (C), Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Glenn Philips, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav
Gujarat Titans (GT) Released Player List:
Dasun Shanaka, Mahipal Lomror, Karim Janat, Gerald Coetzee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Sherfane Rutherford (Trade out)
IPL 2026: KKR Retained and Released Player List
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Retained Players List:
Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Manish Pandey, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Released Player List:
Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Moeen Ali, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Luvnith Sisodia, Chetan Sakariya, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson, Mayank Markande (Trade out)
IPL 2026: LSG Retained and Released Player List
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Retained Players List:
Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Arjun Tendulkar (Trade In), Mohammed Shami (Trade In), Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Mohsin Khan, M Siddharth, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Released Player List:
Shardul Thakur (Trade Out), David Miller, Aryan Juyal, Yuvraj Choudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shamar Joseph, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi
IPL 2026: MI Retained and Released Player List
Mumbai Indians (MI) Retained Players List:
Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Hardik Pandya (C), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, AM Ghazanfar, Shardul Thakur (Trade in), Sherfane Rutherford (Trade in), Mayank Markande (Trade in)
Mumbai Indians (MI) Released Player List:
Sathyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Bevon Jacobs, Mustafizur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur, Arjun Tendulkar (Trade out)
IPL 2026: PBKS Retained and Released Player List
Punjab Kings (PBKS) Retained Players List:
Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Shashank Singh, Pyla Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Musheer Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Arshdeep Singh, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar
Punjab Kings (PBKS) Released Player List:
Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell, Kuldeep Sen, Praveen Dubey
IPL 2026: RR Retained and Released Player List
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Retained Players List:
Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Donovan Ferreira (Trade In), Ravindra Jadeja (Trade In), Sam Curran (Trade In), Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Yudhvir Singh Charak
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Released Player List:
Sanju Samson (Trade out), Nitish Rana (Trade out), Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kunal Singh Rathore
IPL 2026: RCB Retained and Released Player List
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Retained Players List:
Rajat Patidar (C), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, Suyash Sharma
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Released Player List:
Liam Livingstone, Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, Mohit Rathee
IPL 2026: SRH Retained and Released Player List
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Retained Players List:
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Pat Cummins (C), Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Released Player List:
Mohammed Shami (Trade out), Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Wiaan Mulder, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa
| Teams | Retained | Released |
| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 16 | 12 |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | 17 | 7 |
| Gujarat Titans (GT) | 20 | 6 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 12 | 10 |
| Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | 19 | 8 |
| Mumbai Indians (MI) | 20 | 9 |
| Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 21 | 5 |
| Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 16 | 9 |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) | 17 | 8 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 15 | 8 |
