IPL 2026: List of retained, released players and purse remaining ahead of mini-auction

On Saturday, November 15, all 10 Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises unveiled their retained and released players list. There have been surprising choices in both lists. Interestingly, Kolkata Knight Riders will head into the mini-auction with a heavy purse of INR 64.3 Crore.

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On that note, let’s take a look at retained, released players, and purse remaining of all 10 IPL franchises ahead of IPL 2026 mini auction.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

16 players retained | Purse remaining: INR 43.40 Crore.

Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Jamie Overton, MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmad, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Sanju Samson (T), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Shreyas Gopal, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel.

Released: Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, C Andre Siddarth, Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Sam Curran (traded to RR), Ravindra Jadeja (traded to RR), Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, and Matheesha Pathirana.

Delhi Capitals (DC)

17 players retained | Purse remaining: INR 21.80 Crore.

Abhishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, Nitish Rana (T), Sameer Rizvi, T. Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam.

Released: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Donovan Ferreira (traded to RR), Sediqullah Atal, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, and Darshan Nalkande.

Gujarat Titans (GT)

20 players retained | Purse remaining: INR 12.90 Crore.

Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Kumar Kushagra, Manav Suthar, Mohammad Siraj, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Prasidh Krishna, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar.

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Released: Sherfane Rutherford (traded to MI), Mahipal Lomror, Karim Janat, Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, and Kulwant Khejroliya.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

12 players retained | Purse remaining: INR 64.30 Crore.

Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Released: Andre Russell, Luvnith Sisodia, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Spencer Johnson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Moeen Ali, Chetan Sakariya, Anrich Nortje, and Mayank Markande (traded to MI).

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

19 players retained | Purse remaining: INR 22.95 Crore.

Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar (T), Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Md Shami (T), Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed.

Released: Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Will O’Rourke, Shardul Thakur (traded to MI), Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, and Shamar Joseph.

Mumbai Indians (MI)

20 players retained | Purse remaining: INR 2.75 Crore.

Allah Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Markande (T), Mitchell Santner, Naman Dhir, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Shardul Thakur (T), Sherfane Rutherford (T), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks.

Released: Satyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Arjun Tendulkar (traded to LSG), Bevon Jacobs, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, and Vignesh Puthur.

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

21 players retained | Purse remaining: INR 11.50 Crore.

Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Released: Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Praveen Dubey, Kyle Jamieson, and Kuldeep Sen.

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

16 players retained | Purse remaining: INR 16.05 Crore.

Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira (T), Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-Dre Pretorious, Nandre Burger, Ravindra Jadeja (T), Riyan Parag, Sam Curran (T), Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Yudhvir Charak.

Released: Sanju Samson (traded to CSK), Nitish Rana (traded to DC), Wanindu Hasaranga, Kumar Kartikeya, Ashok Sharma, Kunal Singh Rathore, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akash Madhwal, and Maheesh Theekshana.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

17 players retained | Purse remaining: INR 16.40 Crore.

Abhinandan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Devdutt Padikkal, Jacob Bethell, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Krunal Pandya, Nuwan Thushara, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, Rasikh Dar, Romario Shepherd, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal.

Released: Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, and Mohit Rathee.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

15 players retained | Purse remaining: INR 25.50 Crore.

Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, Brydon Carse, Eshan Malinga, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, *Pat Cummins, Smaran Ravichandaran, Travis Head, Zeeshan Ansari.

Released: Mohammed Shami (traded to LSG), Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Simarjeet Singh, Wiaan Mulder, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, and Sachin Baby.

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