IPL 2026 Retained and Released Players Overview
The Indian Premier League 2026 includes the final retained and released players list for all teams. This IPL squad update covers Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Gujarat Titans, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants.
Chennai Super Kings Retained Players
The Chennai Super Kings retained players include MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dewald Brevis, Ayush Mhatre, Shivam Dube, Khaleel Ahmed, Urvil Patel, Noor Ahmad, Anukul Roy, Jamie Overton, Nathan Ellis, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ramakrishna Ghosh and Sanju Samson.
Kolkata Knight Riders Retained Players
The Kolkata Knight Riders retained players include Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Rovman Powell, Anukul Roy and Umran Malik.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Retained Players
The Sunrisers Hyderabad retained players include Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek Sharma, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Harshal Patel, Jishan Ansari, Aniket Verma, Ishant Malinga, Ravi Chandra and Shamaran Harsh Dubey.
Gujarat Titans Retained Players
The Gujarat Titans retained players include Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler, Sai Sudharsan, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Arshad Khan, R Sai Kishore, Shah Rukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Washington Sundar and Ishant Sharma.
Rajasthan Royals Retained Players
The Rajasthan Royals retained players include Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Riyan Parag, Jofra Archer, Dhruv Jurel, Lungi Ngidi, Sandeep Sharma, Shivam Dube, Tushar Deshpande, Shimron Hetmyer, Yudhvir Singh, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja and Donovan Ferreira.
Mumbai Indians Retained Players
The Mumbai Indians retained players include Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Will Jacks, Raj Angad Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Ashwani Kumar, Ryan Rickelton, Robin Minz, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Raghu Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar, Sherfane Rutherford, Shardul Thakur and Manimaran Siddharth.
Punjab Kings Retained Players
The Punjab Kings retained players include Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Amatul Omar, Vaibhav Bartlett, Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Musheer Khan, Anurag Pannu, Ravi Bishnoi, Ben Duckett, Marcus Stoinis, Shyam Shedge, Lockie Ferguson and Yash Thakur.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Retained Players
The Royal Challengers Bangalore retained players include Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Devdutt Padikkal, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd, Shubnil Singh, Rasikh Salam Dar, Nuwan Thushara and Abhinandan Singh.
Delhi Capitals Retained Players
The Delhi Capitals retained players include Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Abhishek Porel, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Sami Riby, Karun Nair, Madhav Tiwari, Tipurana, Vijay Mandal, Dushmantha Chameera and Nitish Rana.
Lucknow Super Giants Retained Players
The Lucknow Super Giants retained players include Rishabh Pant, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Ayush Badoni, Digvijay Singh, Avesh Khan, Matthew Breetzke, Arshin Kulkarni, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, M Siddharth, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Mohammed Shami and Arjun Tendulkar.
Conclusion
The IPL 2026 retained and released players list provides the updated squad details for all teams in the Indian Premier League 2026.