IPL 2026 Retention List Complete Breakdown of All 10 Teams

Overview

The IPL 2026 retention list for all 10 franchises has been officially announced, featuring major trades, surprising releases, and strategic retentions. Sanju Samson move to CSK and Ravindra Jadeja return to Rajasthan Royals headline the updates as teams prepare for the upcoming mini auction.

Full team wise IPL 2026 retention and release list announced.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has confirmed the official retention and release lists for the 2026 season. With the trade window now closed, franchises have finalized their squads ahead of the mini auction. The biggest headline of this cycle is the blockbuster trade between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, involving Sanju Samson and Ravindra Jadeja. Below is the complete team wise analysis.

Chennai Super Kings ( CSK)

Released Players:

Matheesha Pathirana, Rachin Ravindra, Andre Siddharth, Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, Deepak Hooda, Sheikh Rasheed, Vijay Shankar, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sam Curran (Trade), Ravindra Jadeja (Trade)

Retained Players:

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dewald Brevis, Ayush Mahatre, MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Sanju Samson (Trade), Devon Conway, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ram Krishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary

Remaining Purse: ₹43.4 Crore — Slots: 9

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Released Players:

Jake Fraser McGurk, Darshan Nalkande, Mohit Sharma, Manav Suther

Retained Players:

Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair, Donovan Ferreira (Trade), Nitish Rana (Trade), KL Rahul, Abhishek Porel, Axar Patel, Ayush Badoni, Vicky Ostwal, Mahipal Lomror, Tripuranha Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Manav Suthar, Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande, T Natarajan

Remaining Purse: ₹21.8 Crore

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Released Players:

Satya Narayan Raju, Reece Topley, KL Srijith, Arjun Tendulkar, Karan Sharma, Beyon Jacob, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Lizard Williams, Vignesh Puther

Retained Players:

Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ryan Rickelton, Robin Minj, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Shardul Thakur (Trade), Raj Angad Bawa, Sherfane Rutherford (Trade), Ashwini Kumar, Raghu Verma, Allah Ghazanfar, Mayank Markande (Trade)

Remaining Purse: ₹2.75 Crore — Slots: 5

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

Released Players:

Satvik Chakara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhangre, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, Mohit Rathore

Retained Players:

Rajat Patidar, 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

Remaining Purse: ₹16.40 Crore — Slots: 17

Gujarat Titans (GT)

Released Players:

Sherfane Rutherford, Mahipal Lomror, Karim Janat, Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, Kulwant Khejroliya

Retained Players:

Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav

Remaining Purse: ₹12.9 Crore — Slots: 19

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Released Players:

Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardy, Josh Inglis, Kuldeep Sen, Praveen Dubey

Retained Players:

Shreyas Iyer, Nihal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Priyansh Arya, P Avinash, Harnur Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Musheer Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Yuzvendra Chahal, Svayansh Sidhge, Mitchell Owen, Arshdeep Singh, Vishak Vijay Kumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson

Remaining Purse: ₹11.4 Crore — Slots: 21

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Released Players:

Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Wiaan Mulder, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Mohammed Shami

Retained Players:

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R Samran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari

Remaining Purse: ₹25.50 Crore — Slots: 15

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Released Players:

Kunal Singh Rathore, Nitish Rana, Sanju Samson, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya

Sanju Samson traded to Chennai Super Kings ahead of IPL 2026 season.

Retained Players:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Lohan de Pretorius, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Ravindra Jadeja, Donovan Ferreira, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhvir Singh, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger

Remaining Purse: ₹16.05 Crore — Slots: 16