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 leave CSK and rejoin the Rajasthan Royals, where he started. Sanju Samson 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 but failed.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Retained Players:
- Rajat Patidar
- Virat Kohli
- Phil Salt
- Devdutt Padikkal
- Jitesh Sharma
- Tim David
- Romario Shepherd
- Jacob Bethell
- Krunal Pandya
- Josh Hazlewood
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Nuwan Thushara
- Suyash Sharma
- Swapnil SIngh
- Rasikh Salam
- Abhinandan Singh
Released Players:
- Swastik Chikara
- Mayank Agarwal
- Tim Seifert
- Liam Livingstone
- Manoj Bhandage
- Lungi Ngidi
- Blessing Muzarabani
- Mohit Rathee
Punjab Kings
Retained Players:
- Shreyas Iyer
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Arshdeep Singh
- Nehal Wadhera
- Shashank Singh
- Vijaykumar Vyshak
- Yash Thakur
- Marcus Stoinis
- Harpreet Brar
- Marco Jansen
- Xavier Bartlett
- Pyla Avinash
- Suryansh Shedge
- Priyansh Arya
- Prabhsimran Singh
- Azmatullah Omarzai
- Lockie Ferguson
- Mitchell Owen
- Musheer Khan
- Harnoor Singh
- Vishnu Vinod
Released Players:
- Kyle Jamieson
- Josh Inglis
- Aaron Hardie
- Glenn Maxwell
- Praveen Dubey
- Kuldeep Sen
Mumbai Indians
Retained Players:
- Rohit Sharma
- Hardik Pandya
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Tilak Varma
- Trent Boult
- Mitchell Santner
- Shardul Thakur
- Sherfane Rutherford
- Mayank Markande
- 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
- Karn Sharma
- Vignesh Puthur
Chennai Super Kings
Retained Players:
- MS Dhoni
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Sanju Samson
- Ayush Mhatre
- Dewald Brevis
- Ramakrishna Ghosh
- Shivam Dube
- Urvil Patel
- Anshul Kamboj
- Khaleel Ahmed
- Mukesh Choudhary
- Nathan Ellis
- Noor Ahmad
- Shreyas Gopal
- Jamie Overton
- Gurjapneet Singh
Released Players:
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Sam Curran
- Rahul Tripathi
- Vijay Shankar
- Kamlesh Nagarkoti
- Rachin Ravindra
- Deepak Hooda
- Devon Conway
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Andre Siddharth
- Shaik Rasheed
- Vansh Bedi
- Matheesha Pathirana
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained Players:
- Pat Cummins
- Travis Head
- Abhishek Sharma
- Aniket Verma
- R. Smaran
- Ishan Kishan
- Heinrich Klaasen
- Nitish Kumar Reddy
- Harsh Dubey
- Kamindu Mendis
- Harshal Patel
- Brydon Carse
- Jaydev Unadkat
- Eshan Malinga
- Zeeshan Ansari
Released Players:
- Mohammed Shami
- Adam Zampa
- Rahul Chahar
- Wiaan Mulder
- Abhinav Manohar
- Atharva Taide
- Sachin Baby
- Simarjeet Singh
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained Players:
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Rinku Singh
- Angrish Raghuvanshi
- Rovman Powell
- Manish Pandey
- Sunil Narine
- Ramandeep Singh
- Anukul Roy
- Varun Chakaravarthy
- Harshit Rana
- Vaibhav Arora
- Umran Malik
Released Players:
- Andre Russell
- Venkatesh Iyer
- Quinton de Kock
- Moeen Ali
- Anrich Nortje
- Mayank Markande
- Spencer Johnson
- Chetan Sakariya
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz
- Luvnit Sisodia
Delhi Capitals
Retained Players:
- Axar Patel
- KL Rahul
- Abishek Porel
- Tristan Stubbs
- Karun Nair
- Nitish Rana
- Sameer Rizvi
- Ashutosh Sharma
- Vipraj Nigam
- Madhav Tiwari
- Tripurana Vijay
- Ajay Mandal
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Mitchell Starc
- T. Natarajan
- Mukesh Kumar
- Dushmantha Chameera
Released Players:
- Faf du Plessis
- Jake Fraser-McGurk
- Donovan Ferreria
- Sediqullah Atal
- Manvanth Kumar
- Mohit Sharma
- Darshan Nalkande
Rajasthan Royals
Retained Players:
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Sam Curran
- Donovan Ferreira
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi
- Dhruv Jurel
- Riyan Parag
- Shimron Hetmyer
- Shubham Dubey
- Yudhvir Singh
- Jofra Archer
- Tushar Deshpande
- Sandeep Sharma
- Kwena Maphaka
Released Players:
- Sanju Samson
- Nitish Rana
- Wanindu Hasaranga
- Maheesh Theekshana
- Fazalhaq Farooqi
- Akash Madhwal
- Kumar Kartikeya
- Kunal Rathore
- Ashok Sharma
Gujarat Titans
Retained Players:
- Shubman Gill
- Sai Sudharsan
- Kumar Kushagra
- Anuj Rawat
- Jos Buttler
- Nishant Sindhu
- Washington Sundar
- Arshad Khan
- Shahrukh Khan
- Rahul Tewatia
- Kagiso Rabada
- Mohammed Siraj
- Prasidh Krishna
- Ishant Sharma
- Gurnoor Singh Brar
- Rashid Khan
- Manav Suthar
- Sai Kishore
- Jayant Yadav
Released Players:
- Sherfane Rutherford
- Mahipal Lomror
- Karim Janat
- Dasun Shanaka
- Gerald Coetzee
- Kulwant Khejroliya
Lucknow Super Giants
Retained Players:
- Abdul Samad
- Ayush Badoni
- Aiden Markram
- Matthew Breetzke
- Himmat Singh
- Rishabh Pant
- Nicholas Pooran
- Mitchell Marsh
- Shahbaz Ahmed
- Arshin Kulkarni
- Mayank Yadav
- Avesh Khan
- Arjun Tendulkar (Trade In)
- Mohammad Shami (Trade In)
- Mohsin Khan
- Manimaran Siddharth
- Digvesh Rathi
- Prince Yadav
- Akash Singh
Released Players:
- Aryan Juyal
- David Miller
- Yuvraj Chaudhary
- Rajvardhan Hangargekar
- Akash Deep
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Shamar Joseph
- Shardul Thakur (Trade Out)
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 Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer, reportedly before the auction. Pathirana dropped from CSK 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.
