IPL 2026 Retention List: The retention drama has unfolded as all Indian Premier League franchises finalized their retention lists by the 3 PM deadline on November 15, setting the stage for the December 16 mini-auction in Abu Dhabi. From blockbuster trades to surprising releases, here’s the comprehensive breakdown of every team’s retention strategy with exact player prices.
Key Retention Statistics Category Details Most Expensive Retention Rishabh Pant (LSG) – ₹27 Crore Highest Paid Indian Rishabh Pant – ₹27 Crore Most Retentions Punjab Kings – 21 Players Fewest Retentions Kolkata Knight Riders – 13 Players Biggest Surprise Release Andre Russell (KKR after 12 years) Auction Date December 16, 2025, Abu Dhabi
Mumbai Indians – Retained Players (16) Player Name Role Retention Price Jasprit Bumrah Bowler ₹18.00 crore Hardik Pandya (C) All-rounder ₹16.35 crore Suryakumar Yadav Batter ₹16.35 crore Rohit Sharma Batter ₹16.30 crore Trent Boult ✈️ Bowler ₹12.50 crore Deepak Chahar Bowler ₹9.25 crore Tilak Varma Batter ₹8.00 crore Naman Dhir All-rounder ₹5.25 crore AM Ghazanfar ✈️ Bowler ₹4.80 crore Mitchell Santner ✈️ All-rounder ₹2.00 crore Ryan Rickelton ✈️ Batter/WK ₹1.00 crore Robin Minz All-rounder ₹65 lakh Raj Angad Bawa All-rounder ₹30 lakh Ashwani Kumar Bowler ₹30 lakh Corbin Bosch ✈️ Bowler ₹30 lakh TOTAL SPENT ₹117.25 crore Purse Remaining ₹2.75 crore
Chennai Super Kings – Retained Players (16) Player Name Role Retention Price Sanju Samson (Traded) Batter/WK ₹18.00 crore Ruturaj Gaikwad (C) Batter ₹18.00 crore Shivam Dube All-rounder ₹12.00 crore Noor Ahmad ✈️ Bowler ₹10.00 crore Khaleel Ahmed Bowler ₹4.80 crore MS Dhoni WK/Batter ₹4.00 crore Anshul Kamboj Bowler ₹3.40 crore Dewald Brevis ✈️ Batter ₹2.20 crore Gurjapneet Singh Bowler ₹2.20 crore Nathan Ellis ✈️ Bowler ₹2.00 crore Jamie Overton ✈️ All-rounder ₹1.50 crore Ayush Mhatre Batter ₹30 lakh Mukesh Choudhary Bowler ₹30 lakh Shreyas Gopal Bowler ₹30 lakh TOTAL SPENT ₹76.60 crore Purse Remaining ₹43.40 crore
Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Retained Players (17) Player Name Role Retention Price Virat Kohli Batter ₹21.00 crore Josh Hazlewood ✈️ Bowler ₹12.50 crore Phil Salt ✈️ Batter/WK ₹11.50 crore Rajat Patidar (C) Batter ₹11.00 crore Jitesh Sharma WK/Batter ₹11.00 crore Bhuvneshwar Kumar Bowler ₹10.75 crore Rasikh Salam Dar Bowler ₹6.00 crore Krunal Pandya All-rounder ₹5.75 crore Yash Dayal Bowler ₹5.00 crore Tim David ✈️ All-rounder ₹3.00 crore Jacob Bethell ✈️ All-rounder ₹2.60 crore Suyash Sharma Bowler ₹2.60 crore Devdutt Padikkal Batter ₹2.00 crore Swapnil Singh All-rounder ₹50 lakh Abhinandan Singh Bowler ₹30 lakh TOTAL SPENT ₹103.60 crore Purse Remaining ₹16.40 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders – Retained Players (13) Player Name Role Retention Price Rinku Singh Batter ₹13.00 crore Varun Chakaravarthy Bowler ₹12.00 crore Sunil Narine ✈️ All-rounder ₹12.00 crore Ramandeep Singh All-rounder ₹4.00 crore Harshit Rana Bowler ₹4.00 crore Angkrish Raghuvanshi Batter ₹3.00 crore Vaibhav Arora Bowler ₹1.80 crore Ajinkya Rahane Batter ₹1.50 crore Rovman Powell ✈️ All-rounder ₹1.50 crore Manish Pandey Batter ₹75 lakh Umran Malik Bowler ₹75 lakh Anukul Roy All-rounder ₹40 lakh Arjun Tendulkar (Traded) All-rounder ₹30 lakh TOTAL SPENT ₹55.70 crore Purse Remaining ₹64.30 crore
Punjab Kings – Retained Players (21) Player Name Role Retention Price Shreyas Iyer (C) Batter ₹26.75 crore Arshdeep Singh Bowler ₹18.00 crore Yuzvendra Chahal Bowler ₹18.00 crore Marco Jansen ✈️ All-rounder ₹11.25 crore Marcus Stoinis ✈️ All-rounder ₹11.00 crore Shashank Singh All-rounder ₹5.50 crore Nehal Wadhera Batter ₹4.20 crore Prabhsimran Singh WK/Batter ₹4.00 crore Priyansh Arya Batter ₹3.80 crore Azmatullah Omarzai ✈️ All-rounder ₹2.40 crore Lockie Ferguson ✈️ Bowler ₹2.00 crore Vijaykumar Vyshak Bowler ₹1.80 crore Yash Thakur Bowler ₹1.60 crore Harpreet Brar All-rounder ₹1.50 crore Vishnu Vinod WK ₹95 lakh Xavier Bartlett ✈️ Bowler ₹80 lakh Suryansh Shedge All-rounder ₹30 lakh Pyla Avinash Bowler ₹30 lakh Musheer Khan Batter ₹30 lakh Harnoor Singh Batter ₹30 lakh TOTAL SPENT ₹108.50 crore Purse Remaining ₹11.50 crore
Lucknow Super Giants – Retained Players (21) Player Name Role Retention Price Rishabh Pant WK/Batter ₹27.00 crore Mohsin Khan Bowler ₹23.00 crore Nicholas Pooran ✈️ WK/Batter ₹18.00 crore Mayank Yadav Bowler ₹14.00 crore Ayush Badoni All-rounder ₹14.00 crore Avesh Khan Bowler ₹9.75 crore Akash Deep Bowler ₹8.00 crore Abdul Samad All-rounder ₹4.20 crore Mitchell Marsh ✈️ All-rounder ₹3.40 crore Shahbaz Ahmed All-rounder ₹2.40 crore Aiden Markram ✈️ Batter ₹2.00 crore M. Siddharth Bowler ₹75 lakh Matthew Breetzke ✈️ Batter ₹75 lakh Himmat Singh All-rounder ₹30 lakh Aryan Juyal WK ₹30 lakh Digvesh Singh All-rounder ₹30 lakh Akash Singh Bowler ₹30 lakh Prince Yadav Bowler ₹30 lakh Yuvraj Chaudhary Bowler ₹30 lakh Rajvardhan Hangargekar All-rounder ₹30 lakh Arshin Kulkarni Batter ₹30 lakh TOTAL SPENT ₹97.05 crore Purse Remaining ₹22.95 crore
Rajasthan Royals – Retained Players (16) Player Name Role Retention Price Yashasvi Jaiswal Batter ₹18.00 crore Riyan Parag All-rounder ₹14.00 crore Dhruv Jurel WK/Batter ₹14.00 crore Jofra Archer ✈️ Bowler ₹12.50 crore Shimron Hetmyer ✈️ Batter ₹11.00 crore Tushar Deshpande Bowler ₹6.50 crore Sandeep Sharma Bowler ₹4.00 crore Nandre Burger ✈️ Bowler ₹3.50 crore Kwena Maphaka ✈️ Bowler ₹1.50 crore Vaibhav Suryavanshi Batter ₹1.10 crore Shubham Dubey All-rounder ₹80 lakh Yudhvir Singh All-rounder ₹35 lakh Lhuan-dre Pretorius ✈️ Bowler ₹30 lakh Plus Traded Players: Ravindra Jadeja (from CSK) All-rounder ₹14.00 crore Sam Curran ✈️ (from CSK) All-rounder ₹18.00 crore Donovan Ferreira ✈️ (from DC) All-rounder Price TBD TOTAL SPENT ₹103.95 crore Purse Remaining ₹16.05 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad – Retained Players (18) Player Name Role Retention Price Heinrich Klaasen ✈️ WK/Batter ₹23.00 crore Pat Cummins ✈️ All-rounder ₹18.00 crore Travis Head ✈️ Batter ₹14.00 crore Abhishek Sharma All-rounder ₹14.00 crore Ishan Kishan WK/Batter ₹11.25 crore Harshal Patel Bowler ₹8.00 crore Nitish Kumar Reddy All-rounder ₹6.00 crore Abhinav Manohar Batter ₹3.20 crore Simarjeet Singh Bowler ₹1.50 crore Eshan Malinga ✈️ Bowler ₹1.20 crore Jaydev Unadkat Bowler ₹1.00 crore Kamindu Mendis ✈️ All-rounder ₹75 lakh Wiaan Mulder ✈️ All-rounder ₹75 lakh Zeeshan Ansari Bowler ₹40 lakh Aniket Verma Batter ₹30 lakh Ravichandran Smaran Batter ₹30 lakh Harsh Dubey Bowler ₹30 lakh Atharva Taide Batter ₹30 lakh TOTAL SPENT ₹94.50 crore Purse Remaining ₹25.50 crore
Gujarat Titans – Retained Players (20) Player Name Role Retention Price Rashid Khan ✈️ Bowler ₹18.00 crore Shubman Gill (C) Batter ₹16.50 crore Jos Buttler ✈️ WK/Batter ₹15.75 crore Mohammed Siraj Bowler ₹12.25 crore Kagiso Rabada ✈️ Bowler ₹10.75 crore Prasidh Krishna Bowler ₹9.50 crore Sai Sudharsan Batter ₹8.50 crore Shahrukh Khan All-rounder ₹4.00 crore Rahul Tewatia All-rounder ₹4.00 crore Washington Sundar All-rounder ₹3.20 crore Sai Kishore Bowler ₹2.00 crore Glenn Phillips ✈️ All-rounder ₹2.00 crore Arshad Khan Bowler ₹1.30 crore Gurnoor Brar Bowler ₹1.30 crore Jayant Yadav All-rounder ₹75 lakh Ishant Sharma Bowler ₹75 lakh Karim Kushagra WK ₹65 lakh Anuj Rawat WK/Batter ₹30 lakh Nishant Sindhu All-rounder ₹30 lakh Manav Suthar Bowler ₹30 lakh TOTAL SPENT ₹107.10 crore Purse Remaining ₹12.90 crore
Delhi Capitals – Retained Players (17) Player Name Role Retention Price Axar Patel All-rounder ₹16.50 crore KL Rahul Batter ₹14.00 crore Kuldeep Yadav Bowler ₹13.25 crore Mitchell Starc ✈️ Bowler ₹11.75 crore T Natarajan Bowler ₹10.75 crore Tristan Stubbs ✈️ All-rounder ₹10.00 crore Mukesh Kumar Bowler ₹8.00 crore Abhishek Porel WK ₹4.00 crore Ashutosh Sharma All-rounder ₹3.80 crore Sameer Rizvi All-rounder ₹95 lakh Dushmanta Chameera ✈️ Bowler ₹75 lakh Karun Nair Batter ₹50 lakh Vipraj Nigam All-rounder ₹50 lakh Madhav Tiwari Batter ₹40 lakh Tripurana Vijay Bowler ₹30 lakh Ajay Mandal All-rounder ₹30 lakh Plus Traded Player: Nitish Rana (from RR) Batter ₹4.20 crore TOTAL SPENT ₹98.20 crore Purse Remaining ₹21.80 crore
Major IPL 2026 Trade Deals Player From To Price Sanju Samson Rajasthan Royals Chennai Super Kings ₹18 crore Ravindra Jadeja Chennai Super Kings Rajasthan Royals ₹14 crore Sam Curran Chennai Super Kings Rajasthan Royals ₹18 crore Mohammed Shami Sunrisers Hyderabad Lucknow Super Giants ₹10 crore Shardul Thakur Lucknow Super Giants Mumbai Indians ₹2 crore Sherfane Rutherford Gujarat Titans Mumbai Indians ₹2.60 crore Nitish Rana Rajasthan Royals Delhi Capitals ₹4.20 crore Arjun Tendulkar Mumbai Indians Lucknow Super Giants ₹30 lakh Donovan Ferreira Delhi Capitals Rajasthan Royals Price TBD
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Frequently Asked Questions Q1: When is the IPL 2026 mini-auction? The IPL 2026 mini-auction is scheduled for December 16, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Q2: Who is the most expensive retention for IPL 2026? Rishabh Pant is the costliest retention at ₹27 crore by Lucknow Super Giants, making him the highest-paid IPL player.
Q3: Which team retained the most players? Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants both retained 21 players each, while Kolkata Knight Riders kept the fewest with 13.
Q4: What happened to Andre Russell at KKR? KKR released Andre Russell after 12 years with the franchise, making him available for the December 16 auction.
Q5: Which major trades happened before the retention deadline? The biggest trade saw Sanju Samson move to CSK while Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran joined Rajasthan Royals in a three-player swap deal.
