IPL 2026 Retentions: Full Checklist Of Gamers Retained, Launched And Traded; Remaining Slots And Purse Forward Of Public sale


Forward of the IPL 2026 mini-auction, the ten groups have confirmed their retention and releases and trades following the top of the participant retention window on Saturday, November 15.

There have been just a few surprises within the retention checklist, with Chennai Tremendous Kings parting methods with Matheesha Pathirana, Kolkata releasing Andre Russell and Lucknow Tremendous Giants sending Ravi Bishnoi again into the public sale pool.

Throughout groups, a complete of 173 gamers have been retained, together with 49 abroad gamers. A mixed purse of Rs 237.55 crore will likely be out there on the public sale for a complete of 77 participant slots.

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With every staff allowed to have a most squad of 25 gamers, Punjab Kings have opted to retain 21 gamers, essentially the most among the many 10 franchises, whereas Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans have retained 20 gamers every.

The IPL Participant Public sale will happen on sixteenth December on the Etihad Enviornment in Abu Dhabi. The commerce window continues to be open.

Right here is the total checklist of gamers launched, retained, traded by their respective franchises:

Chennai Tremendous Kings

Gamers launched: Ravindra Jadeja (traded to RR), Andre Siddarth, Deepak Hooda, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Matheesha Pathirana, Sam Curran (traded to RR), Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Rahul Tripathi, Shaikh Rasheed, Vansh Bedi, Vijay Shankar.

Gamers retained: MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson (traded in from RR), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dube, Urvil Patel, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Khaleel Ahmed, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Jamie Overton, Gurjapneet Singh, Anshul Kamboj.

Purse remaining: INR 43.40 crore out of INR 125 crore

Slots remaining: 9 (4 abroad)

Delhi Capitals

Gamers launched/traded out: Donovan Ferreira (traded to RR), Darshan Nalkande, Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Sediqullah Atal.

Gamers retained/traded in: Nitish Rana (traded in from RR), Abishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam

Purse remaining: INR 21.80 crore out of INR 125 crore

Slots remaining: 8 (5 abroad)

Gujarat Titans

Gamers launched/traded out: Sherfane Rutherford (traded to MI), Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mahipal Lomror

Gamers retained/traded in: Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Gurnoor Brar, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Arshad Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Prasidh Krishna, R Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, B Sai Sudharsan, M Shahrukh Khan, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar.

Purse remaining: INR 12.90 crore out of INR 125 crore

Slots remaining: 5 (4 abroad)

Kolkata Knight Riders

Gamers launched/traded out: Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Luvnith Sisodia, Moeen Ali, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Spencer Johnson, Venkatesh Iyer

Gamers retained/traded in: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy.

Purse remaining: INR 64.30 crore out of INR 125 crore

Slots remaining: 13 (6 abroad)

Lucknow Tremendous Giants

Gamers launched/traded out: Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Ravi Bishnoi, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shardul Thakur (traded to MI), Akash Deep, Shamar Joseph

Gamers retained/traded in: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar (traded in from MI), Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Mohammed Shami (traded in from SRH), Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed

Purse remaining: INR 22.95 crore out of INR 125 crore

Slots remaining: 6 (4 abroad)

Mumbai Indians

Gamers launched/traded out: Arjun Tendulkar (traded to LSG), Bevon Jacobs, Karn Sharma, Lizaad Williams, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Reece Topley, Krishnan Shrijith, Satyanarayana Raju, Vignesh Puthur

Gamers retained/traded in: Shardul Thakur (traded in from LSG), Sherfane Rutherford (traded in from GT), Mayank Markande (traded in from KKR), AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks.

Purse remaining: INR 2.75 crore out of INR 125 crore

Slots remaining: 5 (1 abroad)

Punjab Kings

Gamers launched/traded out: Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Kyle Jamieson, Kuldeep Sen, Praveen Dubey

Gamers retained/traded in: Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Purse remaining: INR 11.50 crore out of INR 125 crore

Slots remaining: 4 (2 abroad)

Rajasthan Royals

Gamers launched/traded out: Sanju Samson (traded to CSK), Nitish Rana (traded to DC), Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Singh Rathore, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga.

Gamers retained/traded in: Donovan Ferreira (traded in from DC), Ravindra Jadeja (traded in from CSK), Sam Curran (traded in from CSK), Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Nandre Burger, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yudhvir Singh.

Purse remaining: INR 16.05 crore out of INR 125 crore

Slots remaining: 9 (1 abroad)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Gamers launched: Liam Livingstone, Lungi Ngidi, Mayank Agarwal, Manoj Bhandage, Swastik Chikara, Mohit Rathee

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

Purse remaining: INR 16.40 crore out of INR 125 crore

Slots remaining: 8 (2 abroad)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Gamers launched/traded out: Mohammed Shami (traded to LSG), Atharva Taide, Sachin Child, Abhinav Manohar, Wiaan Mulder, Adam Zampa, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar

Gamers retained/traded in: Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, R Smaran, Travis Head, Zeeshan Ansari.

Purse remaining: INR 25.50 crore out of INR 125 crore

Slots remaining: 10 (2 abroad)