The IPL teams retention list 2026 deadline is almost here. All ten franchises must officially announce their decisions by November 15. IPL 2026 brings some exciting changes to the rules this year. Franchise can keep unlimited players unlike previous seasons with strict limits.
IPL Teams Retention List 2026
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- 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
Punjab Kings
- 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
Mumbai Indians
- Rohit Sharma
- Hardik Pandya
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Tilak Varma
- Trent Boult
- Vignesh Puthur
- Karn Sharma
- Mitchell Santner
- Arjun Tendulkar
- Will Jacks
- Robin Minz
- Naman Dhir
- Allah Ghazanfar
- Ryan Rickelton
- Ashwani Kumar
Chennai Super Kings
- MS Dhoni
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Andre Siddharth
- Ayush Mhatre
- Shaik Rasheed
- Dewald Brevis
- Ramakrishna Ghosh
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Sam Curran
- Shivam Dube
- Urvil Patel
- Anshul Kamboj
- Khaleel Ahmed
- Matheesha Pathirana
- Mukesh Choudhary
- Nathan Ellis
- Noor Ahmad
- Shreyas Gopal
Sunrisers Hyderabad
- 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
Kolkata Knight Riders
- Ajinkya Rahane
- 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
Delhi Capitals
- Axar Patel
- Faf du Plessis
- Sediqullah Atal
- Sameer Rizvi
- Tristan Stubbs (WK)
- 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
Rajasthan Royals
- Sanju Samson
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi
- Riyan Parag
- Dhruv Jurel
- Nitish Rana
- Shubham Dubey
- Lhuan-dre Pretorius
- Shimron Hetmyer
- Yudhvir Singh Charak
- Wanindu Hasaranga
- Sandeep Sharma
- Jofra Archer
- Kumar Kartikeya
- Tushar Deshpande
- Kwena Maphaka
- Ashok Sharma
- Kunal Singh Rathore
Gujarat Titans
- 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
Lucknow Super Giants
- 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
Major Trades Shaping IPL 2026 Retention Plans
Sanju Samson’s move to Chennai Super Kings is almost confirmed already. Rajasthan Royals will get Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran in return for their captain. This trade affects both teams’ strategies significantly for next season.
Kolkata Knight Riders want KL Rahul badly from the Delhi Capitals right now. Punjab Kings are discussing Marcus Stoinis trades with the Rajasthan Royals too. These swaps will reshape the IPL teams retention list.
Ravindra Jadeja reportedly wants the captaincy role at Rajasthan if traded. That adds another interesting angle to these ongoing discussions.
Franchise Making Tough Retention Calls
Mumbai Indians plan to release several underperforming players before IPL 2026 starts. Royal Challengers Bangalore is doing the same with their struggling performers. Both franchises need fresh talent to bounce back stronger next season.
The unlimited retaining rule gives more flexibility this time around. But salary caps still force tough decisions on every franchise’s planning. A franchise must balance keeping experienced stars versus bringing new energy in.
December 15 marks the mega auction date, where released players find new homes. The keeping phase determines which players eventually enter that auction pool.
What This Means for IPL 2026
Cricket experts believe this window could change IPL dynamics completely. Franchises are thinking long-term instead of making quick fixes anymore. These strategies will ultimately define which team dominate next season.
Fan excitement is building with each trade rumour surfacing daily now. November 15 will reveal the final retention lists from all squads.
