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
Retained Players:
- 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
Released Players:
- Liam Livingstone
- Yash Dayal
- Swapnil Singh
- Rasikh Salam Dar
- Mohit Rathee
- Abhinandan Singh
Punjab Kings
Retained Players:
- 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
Released Players:
- Harnoor Singh
- Glenn Maxwell
- Marcus Stoinis
- Aaron Hardie
- Musheer Khan
Mumbai Indians
Retained Players:
- 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
Released Players:
- Reece Topley
- Krishnan Shrijith
- Satyanarayana Raju
- Bevon Jacobs
- Arjun Tendulkar
- Lizaad Williams
- Raj Bawa
Chennai Super Kings
Retained Players:
- 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
Released Players:
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Sam Curran
- Devon Conway
- Rahul Tripathi
- Vijay Shankar
- Jamie Overton
- Kamlesh Nagarkoti
- Gurjapneet Singh
- Rachin Ravindra
- Deepak Hooda
- Ravichandran Ashwin
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained Players:
- 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
Released Players:
- Mohammad Shami
- Harshal Patel
- Rahul Chahar
- Jaydev Unadkat
- Wiaan Mulder
- Sachin Baby
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained Players:
- Quinton de Kock
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi
- Rinku Singh
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Luvnith Sisodia
- Anukul Roy
- Ramandeep Singh
- Sunil Narine
- Varun Chakravarthy
- Harshit Rana
- Vaibhav Arora
- Anrich Nortje
- Spencer Johnson
- Shivam Shukla
Released Players:
- Andre Russell (Just Came)
- Venkatesh Iyer
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz
- Moeen Ali
- Manish Pandey
- Rovman Powell
- Mayank Markande
- Anrich Nortje
- Umran Malik
- Chetan Sakariya
Delhi Capitals
Retained Players:
- 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
Released Players:
- Karun Nair
- Dushmantha Chameera
- Donovan Ferreira
- Mohit Sharma
Rajasthan Royals
Retained Players:
- 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
Released Players:
- Sanju Samson
- Akash Madhwal
- Wanindu Hasaranga
- Fazalhaq Farooqi
- Nandre Burger
- Maheesh Theekshana
Gujarat Titans
Retained Players:
- 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
Released Players:
- Kusal Mendis
- Sherfane Rutherford
- Dasun Shanaka
- Gerald Coetzee
- Gurnoor Singh Brar
- Karim Janat
Lucknow Super Giants
Retained Players:
- Rishabh Pant
- Aiden Markram
- Aryan Juyal
- Nicholas Pooran
- Mitchell Marsh
- Abdul Samad
- Shahbaz Ahamad
- Yuvraj Chaudhary
- Rajvardhan Hangargekar
- Arshin Kulkarni
- Ayush Badoni
- Avesh Khan
- M. Siddharth
- Digvesh Singh
- Prince Yadav
- William O’Rourke
Released Players:
- Shamar Joseph
- Himmat Singh
- Abdul Samad
- Matthew Breetzke
- Akash Singh
- David Miller
- Shardul Thakur
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Akash Deep
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.
