IPL 2026: Full list of retained players by teams
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All Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises submitted their final list of retained players ahead of the November 15 deadline. Chennai Super Kings (CSK), who acquired Sanju Samson in a record trade deal, released the most number of players (11). Here's the final list of players retained by each of the 10 IPL sides ahead of the upcoming auction for the 2026 season.
CSK
Chennai Super Kings: Retained players
CSK, who finished last in IPL 2025, traded out Sam Curran and Ravindra Jadeja to acquire Sanju Samson from Rajasthan Royals for ₹18 crore. Retained players: Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, R Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, and Mukesh Choudhary. Purse remaining: ₹43.4 crore.
RCB
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Retained players
Royal Challengers Bengaluru, the defending champions, have retained seamer Yash Dayal, who hasn't played since the 2025 IPL final. Retained players: Rajat Patidar (captain), 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 Thusara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, and Suyash Sharma. Purse remaining: ₹16.4 crore.
KKR
Kolkata Knight Riders: Retained players
In a major development, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be without Andre Russell in the impending IPL season. Besides Russell, Venkatesh Iyer has also been released by the three-time champions. Retained players: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, and Varun Chakaravarthy. Purse remaining: ₹64.3 crore.
SRH
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Retained players
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), the 2016 IPL champions, had already traded Indian pacer Mohammed Shami to Lucknow Super Giants. Retained players: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, S Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, and Zeeshan Ansari. Purse remaining: ₹25.50 crore.
GT
Gujarat Titans: Retained players
Gujarat Titans (GT), the 2022 champions, have retained their core group. Retained players: Shubman Gill (captain), Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sindhu, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips. Purse remaining: ₹12.9 crore.
MI
Mumbai Indians: Retained players
Mumbai Indians (MI) retained most of their players, having traded Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur, and Sherfane Rutherford in. Retained players: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, and Will Jacks. Purse remaining: ₹2.75 crore.
DC
Delhi Capitals: Retained players
Delhi Capitals (DC) have retained Indian pacer T Natarajan, who was acquired for ₹10.75 crore last year. Meanwhile, Nitish Rana has joined DC from RR. Retained players: Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, and Kuldeep Yadav. Purse remaining: ₹21.8 crore.
LSG
Lucknow Super Giants: Retained players
Lucknow Super Giants have shown faith in speedster Mayank Yadav. Meanwhile, Mohammed Shami and Arjun Tendulkar have been traded in. Retained players: Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh. Purse remaining: ₹22.95 crore.
RR
Rajasthan Royals: Retained players
As mentioned, RR have traded in one of the most prolific all-rounders in Jadeja. They have also traded in Donovan Ferreira. Retained players: Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal Rathore, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma, and Nandre Burger. Purse remaining: ₹16.05 crore.
PBKS
Punjab Kings: Retained players
Punjab Kings have released star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell while retaining Marcus Stoinis. Retained players: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, and Vishnu Vinod. Purse remaining: ₹11.50 crore.