The retention list for IPL 2026 dropped last month and some choices surprised everyone. All ten franchises had until November 15 to lock in their players officially. A total of 173 players made it onto the retention list across all teams. That includes 49 overseas cricketers who’ll be sticking with their current franchises.
IPL 2026 Retention List of All Teams
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- 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
Punjab Kings
- 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
Mumbai Indians
- 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
Chennai Super Kings
- 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
Sunrisers Hyderabad
- 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
Kolkata Knight Riders
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Rinku Singh
- Angrish Raghuvanshi
- Rovman Powell
- Manish Pandey
- Sunil Narine
- Ramandeep Singh
- Anukul Roy
- Varun Chakaravarthy
- Harshit Rana
- Vaibhav Arora
- Umran Malik
Delhi Capitals
- 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
Rajasthan Royals
- 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
Gujarat Titans
- 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
Lucknow Super Giants
- 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
Which Teams Kept the Most Players?
Punjab Kings is keeping 21 players in their squad. Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans weren’t far behind with 20 players each for the next season. Every team approached their strategy differently based on their needs and budgets available.
How Much Money Do Teams Have Left?
The keeping players’ decisions left ₹237.55 crore total for the December 16 auction coming up. KKR walks in with the fattest purse at ₹64.3 crore to fill 13 slots. CSK has ₹43.4 crore sitting there for just 9 empty spots on their list. These numbers will shape how bold teams get during bidding at the auction.
When’s the Big IPL 2026 Auction Happening?
Mark December 16, 2025, on your calendars because that’s auction day for IPL 2026. The Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi hosts this massive event where 77 player slots get filled. Teams will battle over the remaining talent pool using their leftover retention budgets strategically.
