IPL 2026 Retained Players List – All 10 Teams Latest News

IPL 2026 Retained Players List: Ahead of the 19th season of the tournament, all teams are set to announce their released and retained players’ lists to reschedule tactics.

The IPL 2025 has witnessed spectacular performances from various IPL teams, especially the Punjab Kings and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who reached the finals.

Several star-studded teams had a disappointing campaign in the IPL 2025 season and will be looking for some replacements for the next season.

With the deadline for submitting the retention players list ending by November 15, BCCI planned to hold the IPL 2026 mini auction on December 16, 2025.

Listed below are the players likely to be retained ahead of the auction. The official retained players list will be available after the announcement from the respective franchises. Fans can get the latest updates on the IPL 2026 auction date and venues for the event, and trading news right after the official announcement.

As per IPL 2026 auction rules and regulations, all teams must submit their released and retained players list to the IPL governing council ahead of the auction. Unlike mega auction teams, they can retain several core players and are likely to pick the players to fill the voids during the auction.

We have also listed the IPL 2026 released players list for the IPL 2026 auction.

IPL 2026 Retained Players List

All 10 teams must reveal their retained players list ahead of the IPL 2026 auction, along with the released players list.

Listed below are the possible IPL 2026 retained players list, and the exact list will be updated below after the official announcement.

IPL 2026 Retained Players List CSK

Chennai Super Kings has strong core players, and several youngsters have been added as injury replacements in the previous edition of the tournament. However, the official retained list will be updated here after the official announcement.

Following is the CSK retained players ahead of the IPL 2026 auction.

• Ruturaj Gaikwad
• Ayush Mhatre
• Dewald Brevis
• MS Dhoni
• Sanju Samson
• Urvil Patel
• Shivam Dube
• Jamie Overton
• Ramakrishna Ghosh
• Noor Ahmad
• Khaleel Ahmed
• Anshul Kamboj
• Nathan Ellis
• Shreyas Gopal
• Mukesh Choudhury
• Gurjapneet Singh

IPL 2026 Retained Players List MI

Mumbai Indians have strong core players and also have some of the underperforming players from the previous edition of the tournament. However, the official retained list will be updated here after the official announcement.

Following is the MI Retained players ahead of the IPL 2026 auction.

• Suryakumar Yadav
• Rohit Sharma
• Tilak Varma
• Sherfane Rutherford
• Ryan Rickelton
• Robin Minz
• Hardik Pandya
• Naman Dhir
• Will Jacks
• Mitchell Santner
• Raj Bawa
• Corbin Bosch
• Shardul Thakur
• Jasprit Bumrah
• Trent Boult
• Deepak Chahar
• Allah Ghazanfar
• Ashwini Kumar
• Raghu Sharma
• Mayank Markande

IPL 2026 Retained Players List KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders had a disappointing season in the previous edition of the tournament and will look for some serious replacements for underperforming players. However, the official retained list will be updated here after the official announcement.

Following is the KKR Retained Players List ahead of the IPL 2026 auction.

• Rinku Singh
• Angkrish Raghuvanshi
• Manish Pandey
• Ajinkya Rahane
• Sunil Narine
• Ramandeep Singh
• Ankul Roy
• Rovman Powell
• Varun Chakravarthy
• Harshit Rana
• Vaibhav Arora
• Umran Malik

IPL 2026 Retained Players List RCB

Royal Challengers Bengaluru had a successful season by winning their maiden IPL title in the previous edition of the tournament and will look for some replacements to further strengthen the squad. However, the official retained list will be updated here after the official announcement.

Following is the RCB retained players list ahead of the IPL 2026 auction.

• Virat Kohli
• Rajat Patidar
• Tim David
• Devdutt Padikkal
• Phil Salt
• Jitesh Sharma
• Krunal Pandya
• Jacob Bethell
• Romario Shepherd
• Swapnil Singh
• Josh Hazlewood
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar
• Rashik Dar
• Suyash Sharma
• Nuwan Thushara
• Abinandhan Singh
• Yash Dayal

IPL 2026 Retained Players List DC

Despite having a solid start, Delhi Capitals failed to keep the momentum as they missed the spot in the qualifier round.

They will be looking forward to further deepening the squad during the IPL 2026 auction. However, the official retained list will be updated here after the official announcement.

Following is the DC Retained players list ahead of the IPL 2026 auction:

• Tristan Stubbs
• Sameer Rizvi
• Nitish Rana
• Karun Nair
• KL Rahul
• Abhishek Porel
• Axar Patel
• Ashutosh Sharma
• Vipraj Nigam
• Madhav Tiwari
• Tripurana Vijay
• Ajay Mandal
• Kuldeep Yadav
• Mitchell Starc
• Mukesh Kumar
• Dushmantha Chameera
• T. Natrajan

IPL 2026 Retained Players List PBKS

Punjab Kings had a brilliant outing in the IPL 2025 and will be looking to continue the same momentum during the 2026 season.

Being the runners, they will be aiming to further deepen the squad for the upcoming season. However, the official retained list will be updated here after the official announcement.

The following is the PBKS retained players ahead of the IPL 2026 auction.

• Shreyas Iyer
• Nehal Wadhera
• Priyansh Arya
• Pila Avinash
• Musheer Khan
• Harnoor Singh
• Prabhsimran Singh
• Vishnu Vinoth
• Marcus Stoinis
• Marco Jansen
• Shashank Singh
• Azmatullah Omarzai
• Harpreet Brar
• Suryanash Hedge
• Mitchell Owen
• Arsheep Singh
• Yuzvendra Chahal
• Lockie Ferguson
• Vyshak Vijaykumar
• Yash Thakur
• Xavier Bartlett

IPL 2026 Retained Players List SRH

Sunrisers Hyderabad had a disappointing campaign in the IPL 2025, but has one of the best lineups.

Despite not much to be changed, they will make some key signings during the IPL 2026 auction to solidify the squad for the upcoming season. However, the official retained list will be updated here after the official announcement.

The following is the SRH Retained players ahead of IPL 2026 auction.

• Travis Head
• Aniket Verma
• Smaran Ravichandran
• Heinrich Klaasen
• Ishan Kishan
• Abhishek Sharma
• Nitish Kumar Reddy
• Kamindu Mendis
• Brydon Carse
• Harsh Dubey
• Pat Cummins
• Harshal Patel
• Ishan Malinga
•  Jaydev Undaket
• Jeeshan Ansari

IPL 2026 Retained Players List GT

Gujarat Titans has one of the best batting lineups with well defined top order. Their middle order lacks batting power and we would like to see some changes in the middle order and some bowling inclusions for the upcoming season.

Despite not much to be changed, they will make some key signing during the IPL 2026 auction to solidfy the squad for the upcoming season. However, the official retained list will be updated here after the official announcement.

Following are the GT Retained players list ahead of the IPL 2026 auction.

• Sai Sudharsan
• Shubman Gill
• Sharukh Khan
• Kumar Kushagra
• Jos Buttler
• Anuj Rawat
• Rahul Tewatia
• Washington Sundar
• Glenn Phillips
• Jayant Yadav
• Nishanth Sindhu
• Rashid Khan
• Mohammed Siraj
• Kagido Rabada
• Prasidh Krishna
• Sai Kishore
• Gurnoor Singh Brar
• Arshad Khan
• Ishanth Sharma
• Manav Suthar

IPL 2026 Retained Players List LSG

Lucknow Super Giants had a disappointing campaign in the 2025 season and will be looking to make some serious changes during the IPL 2026 auction. Ahead of that, they will be announcing the released players and retained players for the upcoming season.

Following are the LSG Retained players ahead of the IPL 2026 auction:

• Abdul Samad
• Ayush Badoni
• Aiden Markram
• Himmat Singh
• Rishabh Pant
• Nicholas Pooran
• Matthew Breetzke
• Mitchell Marsh
• Shabaz Ahmed
• Arshin Kulkarni
• Mayank Yadav
• Mohammed Shami
• Avesh Khan
• Digvesh Singh
• Mohsin Khan
• Siddharth Manimaran
• Prince Yadav
• Akash Singh
• Arjun Tendulkar

IPL 2026 Retained Players List RR

Rajasthan Royals also had a disappointing season last year as they lost several matches on a close call. However, they will be aiming to build the middle order and bowling department for the upcoming season.

Following are the RR retained players list ahead of IPL 2026 auction:

• Yashasvi Jaiswal
• Shimran Hetmyer
• Vaibhav Suryavanshi
• Shubham Dube
• Dhruv Jurel
• Lhuan-dre Pretorius
• Riyan Parag
• Ravindra Jadeja
• Sam Curran
• Jofra Archer
• Sandeep Sharma
• Yudhvir Singh
• Nandre Burger
• Kwena Maphaka
• Thushar Deshpande

IPL 2026 Auction Date

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to host the Ipl 2026 auction on December 16, 2025.

IPL 2026 Auction Venue

The IPL governing council has decided to host the IPL 2026 auction at Abu Dhabi. 

IPL 2026 Teams Purse Value

IPL 2026 Teams Purse Value: The IPL 2026 purse value will be INR 151 Crore. Additionally, each player will receive a match fee of INR 7.5 lakhs per match on top of their contracted amount.

The final purse value of the team will be decided right after they submit the retained and released players’ list for the event. The following are the details of the “IPL 2026 Teams Purse Value” for all teams: