As IPL 2026 approaches, all franchises have begun preparing their Retained Players and released players lists. With the auction drawing near, teams are strategizing carefully to strengthen their squads.
This season, the rules are slightly different: franchises can retain any number of players, but the total team purse remains capped at ₹120 crore, and the maximum squad size is still 25 players.
Every team is focused on retaining their most valuable and reliable players. Deciding who stays and who goes into the auction has become a crucial challenge for all franchises.
Fans are eagerly watching the IPL 2026 all team retained players list to see where their favorite stars will play next.
Probable All Team-wise Retained Players List
| Team | Probable Retained Players |
|---|---|
| 1. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) | 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 |
| 2. Mumbai Indians (MI) | 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 |
| 3. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 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 Devon Conway Jamie Overton Gurjapneet Singh |
| 4. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | Ajinkya Rahane Rinku Singh Angrish Raghuvanshi Rovman Powell Manish Pandey Sunil Narine Ramandeep Singh Anukul Roy Varun Chakaravarthy Harshit Rana Vaibhav Arora Umran Malik |
| 5. Rajasthan Royals (RR) | Ravindra Jadeja Sam Curran Yashasvi Jaiswal Vaibhav Suryavanshi Dhruv Jurel Riyan Parag Shimron Hetmyer Shubham Dubey Yudhvir Singh Jofra Archer Tushar Deshpande Sandeep Sharma Kwena Maphaka |
| 6. Gujarat Titans (GT) | 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 |
| 7. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | Abdul Samad Ayush Badoni Aiden Markram Matthew Breetzke Himmat Singh Rishabh Pant Nicholas Pooran Mitchell Marsh Shahbaz Ahmed Arshin Kulkarni Mayank Yadav Avesh Khan Mohsin Khan Manimaran Siddharth Digvesh Rathi Prince Yadav Akash Singh |
| 8. Delhi Capitals (DC) | Axar Patel KL Rahul Abishek Porel Tristan Stubbs Karun Nair Sameer Rizvi Ashutosh Sharma Vipraj Nigam Madhav Tiwari Tripurana Vijay Ajay Mandal Kuldeep Yadav Mitchell Starc T. Natarajan Mukesh Kumar Dushmantha Chameera |
| 9. Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 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 |
| 10. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 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 |
IPL 2026 Retained Players Trades and Updates
One of the biggest stories this season is Sanju Samson joining CSK. Ravindra Jadeja will move to Rajasthan Royals, while RCB aims to maintain its core winning team. Meanwhile, MI, KKR, and DC are making significant changes to their squads.
The trade window is now open, and several players are preparing to switch teams ahead of the auction.
IPL 2026’s auction will be held in mid-December in Abu Dhabi, promising to be bigger and more exciting than any previous season.
The retained players list gives fans important insights about their favorite stars and the teams they will represent next season.
