IPL 2026 Retentions Highlights All 10 teams have announced retained & released lists Big releases: Pathirana, Conway, Rachin, Russell, de Kock, Bishnoi Trades confirmed: Sanju Samson → CSK , Mohammed Shami → LSG KKR enters auction with highest purse (₹64.30 crore) MI has the lowest purse (₹2.75 crore) Image credit: IPL Below is the full team-by-team IPL 2026 Retention List with purse remaining and available slots:
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Category Players Retained Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, M.S. Dhoni, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis. Traded in: Sanju Samson (from RR). Released Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, C Andre Siddarth, Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Sam Curran (traded to RR), Ravindra Jadeja (traded to RR), Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, and Matheesha Pathirana. Available Slots 9 Purse Remaining ₹43.5 Cr
Mumbai Indians (MI) Category Players Retained Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickleton, Robin Minz, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghafanzar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks. Traded in: Sherfane Rutherford (from GT), Mayank Markande (from KKR), Shardul Thakur (from LSG). Released Satyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Arjun Tendulkar (traded to LSG), Bevon Jacobs, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, and Vignesh Puthur. Available Slots 5 Purse Remaining ₹2.75 Cr
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Category Players Retained 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, and Suyash Sharma. Released Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, and Mohit Rathee. Available Slots 8 Purse Remaining ₹16.40 Cr
Kolkata Knight Riders Category Players Retained Rahane, Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy Released Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje, and Mayank Markande (traded to MI) Available Slots 13 Purse Remaining ₹64.30 Cr
Sunrisers Hyderabad Category Players Retained Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari. Released Mohammed Shami (traded to LSG), Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, and Sachin Baby. Available Slots 10 Purse Remaining ₹25.50 Cr
Gujarat Titans Category Players Retained Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, 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 (traded to MI), Mahipal Lomror, Karim Janat, Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, and Kulwant Khejroliya. Available Slots 5 Purse Remaining ₹12.90 Cr
Rajasthan Royals Category Players Retained 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, Nandre Burger. Traded in: Ravindra Jadeja (from CSK), Sam Curran (from CSK). Released Sanju Samson (traded to CSK), Nitish Rana (traded to DC), Wanindu Hasaranga, and Maheesh Theekshana Available Slots 9 Purse Remaining ₹16.05 Cr
Delhi Capitals Category Players Retained Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera. Traded in: Nitish Rana. Released Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Donovan Ferreira (traded to RR), Sediqullah Atal, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, and Darshan Nalkande. Available Slots 8 Purse Remaining ₹21.80 Cr
Lucknow Super Giants Category Players Retained Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (c), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh. Traded in: Mohammed Shami (from SRH). Released Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shardul Thakur (traded to MI), Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, and Shamar Joseph Available Slots 6 Purse Remaining ₹22.95 Cr
Punjab Kings Category Players Retained 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, Vishnu Vinod. Released Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, and Kuldeep Sen. Available Slots 4 Purse Remaining ₹11.50 Cr
IPL 2026 Retention Rules (FAQ Section) 1. How many players can a team retain for IPL 2026? Teams can retain a maximum of 4 players – including up to 2 overseas players .
2. Can franchises use RTM (Right to Match) in IPL 2026? Yes, teams can use up to 3 RTM cards at the auction.
3. Do released players return to the auction pool? Yes. All released players go directly into the IPL 2026 auction pool .
4. Can teams trade players after announcing retentions? Yes. Teams can still make trades during the pre-auction trade window .
5. Is there a minimum player salary during trade? Traded players retain their existing contract value unless teams renegotiate.
