IPL 2026 Player Retention

The IPL 2026 retention window closed on November 15, 2025, with all 10 franchises confirming their retained players. A total of 173 players have been retained, including 49 overseas players. The IPL 2026 auction is scheduled for December 16 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

Complete Retention List by Team

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – 16 Players Retained
4 overseas | Total spent: ₹81.60 crore | Purse remaining: ₹43.40 crore

Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Ayush Mhatre, MS Dhoni, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton (OS), Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad (OS), Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis (OS), Sanju Samson (T) (OS)

Delhi Capitals (DC) – 17 Players Retained
3 overseas | Total spent: ₹103.20 crore | Purse remaining: ₹21.80 crore

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

Gujarat Titans (GT) – 20 Players Retained
4 overseas | Total spent: ₹112.10 crore | Purse remaining: ₹12.90 crore

Shubman Gill (C), Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler (OS), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada (OS), Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Rashid Khan (OS), Manav Suthar, R. Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips (OS)

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – 12 Players Retained
2 overseas | Total spent: ₹60.70 crore | Purse remaining: ₹64.30 crore

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

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) – 19 Players Retained
4 overseas | Total spent: ₹102.05 crore | Purse remaining: ₹22.95 crore

Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram (OS), Matthew Breetzke (OS), Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (C), Nicholas Pooran (OS), Mitchell Marsh (OS), Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Mohammed Shami (T), Arjun Tendulkar (T)

Mumbai Indians (MI) – 20 Players Retained
7 overseas | Total spent: ₹122.25 crore | Purse remaining: ₹2.75 crore

Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickelton (OS), Shardul Thakur (T), Sherfane Rutherford (OS, T), Allah Ghazanfar (OS), Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks (OS), Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz, Mitchell Santner (OS), Corbin Bosch (OS), Naman Dhir, Trent Boult (OS), Mayank Markande (T)

Punjab Kings (PBKS) – 21 Players Retained
6 overseas | Total spent: ₹113.50 crore | Purse remaining: ₹11.50 crore

Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (C), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis (OS), Azmatullah Omarzai (OS), Marco Jansen (OS), Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen (OS), Xavier Bartlett (OS), Lockie Ferguson (OS), Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod

Rajasthan Royals (RR) – 16 Players Retained
7 overseas | Total spent: ₹108.95 crore | Purse remaining: ₹16.05 crore

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Charak, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Ravindra Jadeja (T), Jofra Archer (OS, T), Sam Curran (OS, T), Donovan Ferreira (OS, T), Kwena Maphaka (OS), Lhuan-Dre Pretorious (OS), Nandre Burger (OS)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) – 17 Players Retained
6 overseas | Total spent: ₹108.60 crore | Purse remaining: ₹16.40 crore

Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (C), Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt (OS), Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David (OS), Romario Shepherd (OS), Jacob Bethell (OS), Josh Hazlewood (OS), Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara (OS), Rasikh Dar, Abhinandan Singh, Suyash Sharma

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – 15 Players Retained
6 overseas | Total spent: ₹99.50 crore | Purse remaining: ₹25.50 crore

Pat Cummins (C), Travis Head (OS), Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, Smaran Ravichandaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen (OS), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis (OS), Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse (OS), Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga (OS), Zeeshan Ansari

Key Highlights

Punjab Kings retained the most players with 21 retained, while Kolkata Knight Riders retained the fewest with just 12 players. Mumbai Indians spent the highest amount at ₹122.25 crore, while they have the lowest remaining purse of just ₹2.75 crore. In contrast, Kolkata Knight Riders has the highest remaining purse of ₹64.30 crore with only 12 players retained, giving them flexibility for the auction.

A combined purse of ₹237.55 crore is available across all teams to fill a total of 77 remaining player slots. Notable players released include Glenn Maxwell, Faf Du Plessis, Andre Russell, David Miller, and Ravi Bishnoi, who will be available in the IPL 2026 mini-auction.