The IPL 2026 retention deadline hits on November 15 and things are getting crazy. Every franchise is finalizing its retained and released players list right now. Some massive trades and shocking releases are happening across all ten teams.
Big Player Trades Before IPL 2026
Mumbai Indians got Shardul Thakur from LSG in a smart move. They also signed Sherfane Rutherford from GT for extra firepower. MI is chasing Mayank Markande and Rahul Chahar to strengthen their spin attack.
Ravindra Jadeja might leave CSK and rejoin the Rajasthan Royals, where he started. Sanju Samson could move to Chennai in exchange for this blockbuster deal. Arjun Tendulkar is heading to LSG from MI in another confirmed trade.
KKR wants KL Rahul badly from the Delhi Capitals.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Retain:
- Rajat Patidar
- Virat Kohli
- Phil Salt
- Devdutt Padikkal
- Jitesh Sharma
- Mayank Agarwal
- Tim David
- Romario Shepherd
- Jacob Bethell
- Krunal Pandya
- Josh Hazlewood
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Lungi Ngidi
- Nuwan Thushara
- Suyash Sharma
- Swastik Chikara
- Manoj Bhandage
Release:
- Liam Livingstone
- Yash Dayal
- Swapnil Singh
- Rasikh Salam Dar
- Mohit Rathee
- Abhinandan Singh
Punjab Kings
Retain:
- Shreyas Iyer
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Arshdeep Singh
- Nehal Wadhera
- Shashank Singh
- Vijaykumar Vyshak
- Yash Thakur
- Harpreet Brar
- Vishnu Vinod
- Marco Jansen
- Josh Inglis
- Xavier Bartlett
- Kuldeep Sen
- Pyla Avinash
- Suryansh Shedge
- Priyansh Arya
- Prabhsimran Singh
- Praveen Dubey
- Azmatullah Omarzai
- Lockie Ferguson
Release:
- Harnoor Singh
- Glenn Maxwell
- Marcus Stoinis
- Aaron Hardie
- Musheer Khan
Mumbai Indians
Retain:
- Rohit Sharma
- Hardik Pandya
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Tilak Varma
- Trent Boult
- Vignesh Puthur
- Karn Sharma
- Mitchell Santner
- Shardul Thakur
- Sherfane Rutherford
- Will Jacks
- Robin Minz
- Naman Dhir
- Allah Ghazanfar
- Ryan Rickelton
- Ashwani Kumar
Release:
- Reece Topley
- Krishnan Shrijith
- Satyanarayana Raju
- Bevon Jacobs
- Arjun Tendulkar
- Lizaad Williams
- Raj Bawa
Chennai Super Kings
Retain:
- MS Dhoni
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Andre Siddharth
- Ayush Mhatre
- Shaik Rasheed
- Dewald Brevis
- Ramakrishna Ghosh
- Shivam Dube
- Urvil Patel
- Anshul Kamboj
- Khaleel Ahmed
- Matheesha Pathirana
- Mukesh Choudhary
- Nathan Ellis
- Noor Ahmad
- Shreyas Gopal
Release:
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Sam Curran
- Devon Conway
- Rahul Tripathi
- Vijay Shankar
- Jamie Overton
- Kamlesh Nagarkoti
- Gurjapneet Singh
- Rachin Ravindra
- Deepak Hooda
- Ravichandran Ashwin
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retain:
- Pat Cummins
- Travis Head
- Abhishek Sharma
- Heinrich Klassen
- Nitish Reddy
- Ishan Kishan
- Harsh Dubey
- Atharva Taide
- Abhinav Manohar
- Simarjeet Singh
- Zeeshan Ansari
- Kamindu Mendis
- Aniket Verma
- Eshan Malinga
Release:
- Mohammad Shami
- Harshal Patel
- Rahul Chahar
- Jaydev Unadkat
- Wiaan Mulder
- Sachin Baby
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retain:
- Quinton de Kock
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi
- Rinku Singh
- Andre Russell
- Luvnith Sisodia
- Anukul Roy
- Ramandeep Singh
- Sunil Narine
- Varun Chakravarthy
- Harshit Rana
- Vaibhav Arora
- Anrich Nortje
- Spencer Johnson
- Shivam Shukla
Release:
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Venkatesh Iyer
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz
- Moeen Ali
- Manish Pandey
- Rovman Powell
- Mayank Markande
- Anrich Nortje
- Umran Malik
- Chetan Sakariya
Delhi Capitals
Retain:
- Axar Patel
- Faf du Plessis
- Sediqullah Atal
- Sameer Rizvi
- Tristan Stubbs
- Ashutosh Sharma
- Vipraj Nigam
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Mustafizur Rahman
- Mukesh Kumar
- KL Rahul
- Manvanth Kumar L
- Tripurana Vijay
- Ajay Jadav Mandal
- Darshan Nalkande
- Abishek Porel
- Madhav Tiwari
- T Natarajan
Release:
- Karun Nair
- Dushmantha Chameera
- Donovan Ferreira
- Mohit Sharma
Rajasthan Royals
Retain:
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi
- Riyan Parag
- Dhruv Jurel
- Nitish Rana
- Shubham Dubey
- Lhuan-dre Pretorius
- Shimron Hetmyer
- Yudhvir Singh Charak
- Sandeep Sharma
- Jofra Archer
- Kumar Kartikeya
- Tushar Deshpande
- Kwena Maphaka
- Ashok Sharma
- Kunal Singh Rathore
Release:
- Sanju Samson
- Akash Madhwal
- Wanindu Hasaranga
- Fazalhaq Farooqi
- Nandre Burger
- Maheesh Theekshana
Gujarat Titans
Retain:
- Shubman Gill
- Kumar Kushagra
- Anuj Rawat
- Nishant Sindhu
- Mahipal Lomror
- Washington Sundar
- Mohd. Arshad Khan
- Sai Kishore
- Jayant Yadav
- Sai Sudharsan
- Shahrukh Khan
- Kagiso Rabada
- Mohammed Siraj
- Prasidh Krishna
- Manav Suthar
- Ishant Sharma
- Kulwant Khejroliya
- Rahul Tewatia
- Rashid Khan
Release:
- Kusal Mendis
- Sherfane Rutherford
- Dasun Shanaka
- Gerald Coetzee
- Gurnoor Singh Brar
- Karim Janat
Lucknow Super Giants
Retain:
- Rishabh Pant
- Aiden Markram
- Aryan Juyal
- Nicholas Pooran
- Mitchell Marsh
- Abdul Samad
- Shahbaz Ahamad
- Yuvraj Chaudhary
- Rajvardhan Hangargekar
- Arshin Kulkarni
- Ayush Badoni
- Avesh Khan
- Akash Deep
- M. Siddharth
- Digvesh Singh
- Prince Yadav
- William O’Rourke
- Ravi Bishnoi
Release:
- Shamar Joseph
- Himmat Singh
- Abdul Samad
- Matthew Breetzke
- Akash Singh
- David Miller
- Shardul Thakur
Retained Players Staying With Their Teams
MS Dhoni confirmed he’s playing for CSK in IPL 2026. The legendary captain isn’t retiring anytime soon from cricket basically. Rishabh Pant stays at LSG despite average performances last season.
Most crickets are core team members who performed well consistently. Teams are keeping their proven match-winners for another season ahead.
Released Players Entering IPL 2026 Auction
KKR is releasing Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer, reportedly before the auction. Heinrich Klaasen might get drop from SRH too surprisingly for many fans.
The retained and released players gets finalized by November 15. Non-picked will enter the mini-auction pool looking for new teams. IPL promises some exciting squad changes happening soon across franchises. Every retention decision shapes how teams perform next season, ultimately in competitions.
