IPL 2026 Retentions Live: Player trades, retentions, releases, purse remaining and full team squads

KKR – 64.3 crore
CSK – 43.4 crore
SRH – 35.5 crore
LSG – 22.9 crore
DC – 21.8 crore
RCB – 16.4 crore
RR – 16.05 crore
GT – 12.9 crore
PBKS – 11.5 crore
MI – 2.75 crore

Punjab Kings have expectedly released Glenn Maxwell. Maxwell's homecoming was far from ideal and he had a forgettable time in the previous season. Punjab Kings have retained his fellow countryman Marcus Stoinis. 

Purse remaining: INR 11.5 crore

LSG have let go of David Miller after his lukewarm returns last season. Their other overseas release is West Indies seamer Shamar Joseph. 

Despite his curtailed presence last year, LSG have shown faith in express pacer Mayank Yadav while letting go Akash Deep.

Purse remaining: INR 22.95 crore

Here's the list of retained players, released players and purse remaining for all teams

IPL 2026: SRH Retained and Released Player List

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Retained Players List:

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

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Released Player List:

Mohammed Shami, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Abhinav Manohar, Adam Zampa, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder

IPL 2026: LSG Retained and Released Player List

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Retained Players List:

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

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Released Player List:

Shardul Thakur, David Miller, Aryan Juyal, Yuvraj Choudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shamar Joseph, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi

IPL 2026: GT Retained and Released Player List

Gujarat Titans (GT) Retained Players List:

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 Brar, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav

Gujarat Titans (GT) Released Player List:

Sherfane Rutherford, Gerald Coetzee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Karim Janat, Dasun Shanaka, Mahpal Lomror

IPL 2026: PBKS Retained and Released Player List

Punjab Kings (PBKS) Retained Players List:

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

Punjab Kings (PBKS) Released Player List:

Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Kyle Jamieson, Pravin Dubey

IPL 2026: DC Retained and Released Player List

Delhi Capitals (DC) Retained Players List

Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Nikunj, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, T Natarajan

Delhi Capitals (DC) Released Player List:

Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mohit Sharma, Donovan Ferreira

IPL 2026: RR Retained and Released Player List

Rajasthan Royals (RR) Retained Players List:

Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Riyan Parag, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Yudhvir Singh Charak, 

Rajasthan Royals (RR) Released Player List:

Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi

IPL 2026: KKR Retained and Released Player List

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Retained Players List: 

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

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Released Player List:

Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Luvnith Sisodia, Moeen Ali, Spencer Johnson, Chetan Sakariya, Mayank Markande, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje

IPL 2026: CSK Retained and Released Player List

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Retained Players List:

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

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Released Player List:

Ravindra Jadeja, Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Matheesha Pathirana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sam Curran, Shaik Rasheed, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Andre Siddarth, Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi

IPL 2026: MI Retained and Released Player List

Mumbai Indians (MI) Retained Players List:

Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Shardul Thakur (trade), Sherfane Rutherford (trade), Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, AM Ghazanfar, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch

Mumbai Indians (MI) Released Player List:

Arjun Tendulkar, Sathyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Bevon Jacobs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur

IPL 2026: RCB Retained and Released Player List

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Retained Players List:

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

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Released Player List:

Lungi Ngidi, Mohit Rathee, Manoj Bhandage, Liam Livingstone, Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal

Team-wise Purse and RTMs ahead of IPL 2026 Auctions

Openers Faf du Plessis and Jake Fraser-McGurk will be heading to the auction, having been released by Delhi Capitals. Also released is Afghanistan batter Sediqullah Atal.

Purse remaining: INR 21.8 crore

Adam Zampa and Rahul Chahar will be heading to the auction after being released by Sunrisers Hyderabad. Neither of the two featured regularly in the previous season. SRH have also let go of South African Wiaan Mulder. 

Purse remaining: INR 25.5 crore

RCB have released the overseas duo of Liam Livingstone and Lungi Ngidi. Livingstone struggled with consistency issues while Ngidi was used sparingly, making the releases predictable. 

The other releases include Mayank Agarwal, who was roped in as Devdutt Padikkal's replacement last year. Swastik Chikara, who remained on the bench throughout the last season, has also been let go.

Purse remaining: INR 16.4 crore

KKR have released their mainstay Andre Russell, who has been with the franchise since 2014, in one of this season's biggest shakeups. They have freed INR 12 crore with the move, and nearly twice that sum by releasing Indian all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, whom they had bought for a whopping INR 23.75 crore in the previous auction. 

The other overseas released are England spin all-rounder Moeen Ali, South Africa duo of Anrich Nortje and Quintin de Kock, Afghanistan's wicketkeeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Australia's left-arm pacer Spencer Johnson.

Purse remaining: INR 64.3 crore

Mumbai Indians have released four overseas players in Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Bevon Jacobs, Reece Topley and Lizaad Williams. 

They have retained England allrounder Will Jacks and secured Sherfane Rutherford in a trade from Titans. They have also traded Arjun Tendulkar to LSG.

Amongst the local talents released are Vignesh Puthur, the left-arm wrist spinner, and Andhra seamer V Satyanarayana Raju.

 Purse remaining: INR 2.75 crore 

Rajasthan Royals have released Sri Lankan spin twins Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana. Afghanistan left-arm pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi is also headed to the auction, having been released by the inagurual champions.

Amongst Indian players, Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma, Kunal Rathore and Kumar Kartikeya have been released.

Purse remaining: INR 16.05 crores
 

Chennai Super Kings have released 11 players from their squad, including four overseas players: Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Matheesha Pathirana and Sam Curran (traded to Rajasthan Royals). Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Shaikh Rasheed and Vijay Shankar have also been let go.

Purse remaining: INR 43.4 crore