Ahead of the IPL 2026 mini-auction, the 10 groups have actually validated their retention and releases and trades following completion of the gamer retention window on Saturday, November 15.
There were a couple of surprises in the retention list, with Chennai Super Kings parting methods with Matheesha Pathirana, Kolkata launching Andre Russell and Lucknow Super Giants sending out Ravi Bishnoi back into the auction swimming pool.
Throughout groups, an overall of 173 gamers have actually been maintained, consisting of 49 abroad gamers. A combined handbag of Rs 237.55 crore will be readily available at the auction for an overall of 77 gamer slots.
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With each group permitted to have an optimum team of 25 gamers, Punjab Kings have actually decided to maintain 21 gamers, the most amongst the 10 franchises, while Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans have actually kept 20 gamers each.
The IPL Player Auction will occur on 16th December at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The trade window is still open.
Here is the complete list of gamers launched, kept, traded by their particular franchises:
Chennai Super 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 maintained: MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson (sold 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
Handbag staying: INR 43.40 crore out of INR 125 crore
Slots staying: 9 (4 abroad)
Delhi Capitals
Gamers released/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 (sold 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
Handbag staying: INR 21.80 crore out of INR 125 crore
Slots staying: 8 (5 abroad)
Gujarat Titans
Gamers released/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
Handbag staying: INR 12.90 crore out of INR 125 crore
Slots staying: 5 (4 abroad)
Kolkata Knight Riders
Gamers released/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
Handbag staying: INR 64.30 crore out of INR 125 crore
Slots staying: 13 (6 abroad)
Lucknow Super Giants
Gamers released/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 (sold from MI), Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Mohammed Shami (sold from SRH), Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed
Bag staying: INR 22.95 crore out of INR 125 crore
Slots staying: 6 (4 abroad)
Mumbai Indians
Gamers released/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 (sold from LSG), Sherfane Rutherford (sold from GT), Mayank Markande (sold 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
Handbag staying: INR 2.75 crore out of INR 125 crore
Slots staying: 5 (1 abroad)
Punjab Kings
Gamers released/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
Bag staying: INR 11.50 crore out of INR 125 crore
Slots staying: 4 (2 abroad)
Rajasthan Royals
Gamers released/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 (sold from DC), Ravindra Jadeja (sold from CSK), Sam Curran (sold 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
Bag staying: INR 16.05 crore out of INR 125 crore
Slots staying: 9 (1 abroad)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Gamers launched: Liam Livingstone, Lungi Ngidi, Mayank Agarwal, Manoj Bhandage, Swastik Chikara, Mohit Rathee
Gamers kept: 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
Handbag staying: INR 16.40 crore out of INR 125 crore
Slots staying: 8 (2 abroad)
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Gamers released/traded out: Mohammed Shami (traded to LSG), Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, 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
Handbag staying: INR 25.50 crore out of INR 125 crore
Slots staying: 10 (2 abroad)