IPL 2026 Retentions Highlights: Complete List Of Retained, Released Players Out!

IPL 2026 Retentions highlights: Check out which players did CSK, MI, RCB, and all other franchises decide to retain and release ahead of the next edition of the Indian Premier League.

Background

The deadline for all franchises to announce their retentions for the next edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is only a few hours away from now. Some interesting trade deals have already taken place in the build up to the occasion, such as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) exchanging Ravindra Jadeja (along with Sam Curran) and Sanju Samson.Mumbai Indians (MI) have also brought in Shardul Thakur and Sherfane Rutherford. It is worth noting that this year's IPL auction will be a Mini Auction, and so the franchises can be expected to retain more players than usually seen in the case of Mega Auctions.That said, those who finished poorly in the previous edition might want to make significant changes to their squad. Nevertheless, with only a few hours left to the retention announcements, fans don't have to wait too long. IPL 2026 Auctions: What Do We Know So Far?The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) still hasn't revealed an official date of the IPL 2026 auctions so far. Having said that, a recent report by PTI suggested that it could be conducted between December 15 or 16, 2025. There's around a month left in this suggested date's arrival, so if it is to be accurate, an official confirmation should arrive in the coming weeks. The amount of money each franchise will enter the auctions with also depends on how many, and which players they decided to keep in the squad.Big players and those who showed potential last year are likely to remain with the same teams whereas others could be on the move, looking for a new home in the competition. All IPL FranchisesAll of these 10 Indian Premier League franchises will announce their retained players later today:Chennai Super Kings (CSK)Delhi Captials (DC)Gujarat Titans (GT)Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)Mumbai Indians (MI)Punjab Kings (PBKS)Rajasthan Royals (RR)Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

15/11/2025 17:44:38

IPL Retentions LIVE: Remaining Auction Purse For All Franchises

• KKR - 64.3 Crore


• CSK - 43.4 Crore


• SRH - 25.5 Crore


• LSG - 22.9 Crore


• DC - 21.8 Crore


• RCB - 16.4 Crore


• RR - 16.05 Crore


• GT - 12.9 Crore


• PBKS - 11.5 Crore


• MI - 2.75 Crore

15/11/2025 17:40:01

IPL Retentions LIVE: Rajasthan Royals Full list of Retained, Released Players

RR Retained Players:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan Dre-Pretorius, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, D Ferreira, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhvir Singh, Kwen Maphaka, Nandre Burger

RR Released Players:

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

15/11/2025 17:37:28

IPL Retentions LIVE: LSG Full list of Retained, Released Players

LSG 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, M Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh

LSG Released Players:

Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi

15/11/2025 17:33:57

IPL Retentions LIVE: Kolkata Knight Riders Full list of Retained, Released Players

KKR Retained Players:

Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik

KKR Released Players:

Luvnith Sisodia, Quinton De Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Moeen Ali, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Chetan Sakariya, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson

15/11/2025 17:31:08

IPL Retentions LIVE: Gujarat Titans Full list of Retained, Released Players

GT Retained Players:

Shubman Gill, 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

GT Released Players:

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

15/11/2025 17:28:48

IPL Retentions LIVE: Sunrisers Hyderabad Full list of Retained, Released Players

SRH Retained Players:

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

SRH Released Players:

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

15/11/2025 17:45:08

IPL Retentions LIVE: Delhi Capitals Full list of Retained, Released Players

DC Retained Players:

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

DC Released Players:

Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sediqullah Atal, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande

15/11/2025 17:22:30

IPL Retentions LIVE: RCB Full list of Retained, Released Players

RCB 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

RCB Released Players:

Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Siefert, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Blessingh Muzarabani, Mohit Rathee

15/11/2025 17:16:38

IPL Retentions LIVE: Punjab Kings Full list of Retained, Released Players

PBKS Retained Players:

Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Shashank Singh, Pyla Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Musheer Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis, Marco JansenAzmatullah Omarzai, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Arshdeep Singh, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur

PBKS Released Players:

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

15/11/2025 17:18:21

IPL Retentions Live: Mumbai Indians Full list of Retained, Released Players

MI Retained Players:

Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar

MI Released Players:

Satyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Bevon Jacobs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur

15/11/2025 17:26:35

IPL Retentions Live: Chennai Super Kings Full list of Retained, Released Players

CSK Retained Players:

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Devon Conway, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmed, Khaleel Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary

CSK Released Players:

Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, C Andre Siddarth, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Matheesha Pathirana

15/11/2025 16:47:07

IPL Retentions Live: KKR-Russell Split Likely

According to a new report by ESPNcricinfo, Andre Russell will be released by the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Russell is no short of a legend in the franchise, but hasn't been at his best for a couple of seasons now. This could be why the two parties are set to sever age-old ties.

15/11/2025 16:20:44

IPL Retentions Live: DC Backs Nattu

ESPNcricinfo reports that the Delhi Capitals have decided to retain Indian fast bowler T Natarajan in their squad.

He was bought by the franchise for Rs 10.75 crore last year, but surprisingly, didn't receive much game time at all.

15/11/2025 15:33:30

IPL Retentions Live: Major Overhaul For KKR

As per ESPNcricinfo, the Kolkata Knight Riders could release the following players:

Venkatesh Iyer (who they bought last year for Rs 23.75 crore), Anrich Nortje, Quinton De Kock, Spencer Johnson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Moeen Ali

15/11/2025 14:58:43

IPL Retentions Live: Delhi Capitals' Possible Releases

DC, according to a report by the Times of India, could be releasing these four big names:

Faf du Plessis (South Africa), Jake Fraser-McGurk (Australia), Mohit Sharma (India), Harry Brook (England).

15/11/2025 14:51:26

IPL Retentions Live: Ravi Bishnoi On The Move?

Indian spin bowler Ravi Bishnoi is currently a part of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).

However, reports suggest he might not be retained by the franchise, but possibly bought back during the Mini Auction.

15/11/2025 14:44:11

IPL Retentions Live: PBKS Overseas Core Remains

ESPNcricinfo has also reported that the Punjab Kings, last year's table toppers and Runners Up will retain 7 overseas players.

These are reportedly Lockie Ferguson, Stoinis, Jansen, Inglis, Omarzai, Bartlett, and Mitchell Owen.

15/11/2025 14:41:33

IPL Retentions Live: CSK To Release Pathirana?

According to a report by ESPNcricinfo, Chennai Super Kings could release Sri Lankan fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana from their squad.

That said, it is also suggested that the franchise would look to bring him back during IPL 2026 auctions.

 

15/11/2025 13:54:20

IPL Retentions LIVE: CSK-RR Make Big Moves

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) have conducted perhaps the most notable IPL 2026 trade deal so far.

The former has handed over Ravindra Jadeja (for Rs 14 crore) and English all-rounder Sam Curran (for Rs 2.4 crore) in exchange for wicket keeper-batsman Sanju Samson (for Rs 18 crore).

15/11/2025 13:51:22

IPL Retentions Live: Nitish Rana Home Bound

Delhi local Nitish Rana has been traded from the Rajasthan Royals (RR) to the Delhi Capitals (DC) for Rs 4.2 crore. This will be the first time that the middle order batsman plays for his home city's IPL franchise.

Furthermore, DC have give away South Africa's Donovan Ferreira to the RR in exchange for Rs 1 crore.

15/11/2025 13:47:06

IPL Retentions Live: Shami Finds A New Home

India's veteran fast bowler, Mohammad Shami, has been traded by the Sunrisers Hyderabad to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 10 crore. 

Shami played 9 matches for SRH in the last season, picking 6 wickets. That just, with Shardul Thakur now gone from LSG, this addition has all the potential to fill the void.

15/11/2025 13:48:31

IPL Retentions Live: MI Welcome 3 New Players

5-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians have brought in Shardul Thakur (from LSG) and Sherfane Rutherford (from GT) to their squad for the next season.

Both of these were cash deals, with Thakur being traded for Rs 2 crore, and Rutherford for Rs 2.6 crore. 

The third new addition for MI is Mayank Markande from KKR for Rs 30 lakhs.

It is also worth noting that Lucknow Super Giants have received Arjun Tendulkar from MI for Rs 30 lakhs.

15/11/2025 13:38:56

IPL Retentions Live: Franchises Discuss Trade

While the deadline for announcing IPL 2026 retentions is today, some franchises have been busy for a while engaging in trade deals.

Few deals are said to have fallen through, whereas others have been completed successfully and officially confirmed, perhaps the biggest of which was announced earlier.