All IPL 2026 teams with prices after retention announcement and trades

The road to the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 has officially begun as the franchises announced their team retention yesterday. It was a busy day for cricket fans as the first India vs South Africa test match coincided with the announcement of the retention of IPL 2026. All the IPL fans were glued to their screens and analyzing the retentions of their favorite team.

Unlike any other IPL season, this time we witnessed several important exchanges which added drama to the retention day. Additionally, some big names have also been released. Andre Russell, Glenn Maxwell, Matheesha Pathirana and David Miller are among the biggest names set to take part in the IPL 2026 auction.

With the IPL 2026 auction date set for December 16 in Abu Dhabi, fans should need to know what each IPL franchise is looking like right now. This will give them a better idea of ​​their bidding goals and their team’s strategy going forward. So on that note, let’s look at all the IPL 2026 teams after the retention announcement.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) IPL 2026 Team

Retained players: 15
Players released: 12
Remaining IPL 2026 auction purse: INR 43.4 crores
Remaining slots: 9 (4 overseas)

Batsmen retained by CSK

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Giikwad Travel	18 million
Ayush Mhatre	30 million
Urvil Patel	30 million
Shivam Dubey	12 million
Dewald Brévis ✈️	2.2 million
MS Dhoni	4 million
Sanju Samson (traded)	18 million

All-rounders selected by CSK

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Jamie Overton✈️	1.50 million
Ramakrishna Ghosh	30 million

Bowlers retained by CSK

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Noor Ahmad✈️	10 million
Khalil Ahmed	4.80 million
Anshul Kamboj	3.40 million
Gurjapneet Singh	2.2 million
Nathan Ellis✈️	2 million
Shreyas Gopal	30 million
Mukesh Choudhary	30 million

Mumbai Indians (MI) IPL 2026 Team

Players selected: 17
Players released: 9
Remaining IPL 2026 Auction Purse: 2.75 million INR
Remaining locations: 5 (1 abroad)

Batsmen retained by MI

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Rohit Sharma	16.30 billion
Suryakumar Yadav	16.35 billion
Tilak Varma	8 million
The Plant Man	5.25 billion
Robin Minz	65 million
Ryan Rickelton ✈️	1 billion

All-rounders selected by MI

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Hardik Pandya (C)	16.35 billion
Deepak Chahar	9.25 billion
Mitchell Santner ✈️	2 million
Raj Angad Bawa	30 million
Sherfane Rutherford (trade from GT)✈️	2.60 million
Corbin Bosch ✈️	30 million
Will Jacks ✈️	5.25 billion

Bowlers retained by MI

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Jasprit Bumrah	18 million
Trent Boult ✈️	12.5 million
Shardul Thakur (traded from LSG)	2 million
Mayank Markande (traded from KKR)	30 million
Ashwani Kumar	30 million
AM Ghazanfar ✈️	4.80 million
Raghu Sharma	30 million

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) IPL 2026 squad

Players selected: 17
Players released: 8
Remaining IPL 2026 Auction Purse: INR 16.4 crore
Remaining locations: 8 (2 abroad)

Batsmen retained by RCB

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Virat Kohli	21 billion
Rajat Patidar	11 million
Phil Sel ✈️	11.50 billion
Devdutt Padikkal	2 million
Jacob Bethell ✈️	2.60 million
Jitesh Sharma	11 million
Tim David ✈️	3 million

All-rounders selected by RCB

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Krunal Pandya	5.75 million
Shepherd Romario ✈️	1.50 million

Bowlers retained by RCB

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Josh Hazlewood ✈️	12.50 billion
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	10.75 billion
Rasikh Dar	6 million
Yash Dayal	5 million
Suyash Sharma	2.60 million
Nuwan Thurshara ✈️	1.60 million
Swapnil Singh	50 million
Abhinandan Singh	30 million

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL 2026 squad

Players selected: 12
Players released: 10
Remaining IPL 2026 Auction Purse: INR 64.3 million
Remaining locations: 13 (6 abroad)

Batsmen retained by KKR

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Rinku Singh	13 million
Angkrish Raghuvanshi	3 million
Ajinkya Rahane	1.5 million
Manish Pandey	75 million

All-rounders selected by KKR

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Sunil Narine ✈️	12 million
Harshit Rana	4 million
Ramandep Singh	4 million
Rovman Powell ✈️	1.5 million
Anukul Roy	40 million

Bowlers retained by KKR

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Varun Chakraborty	12 million
Vaibhav Arora	1.8 million
Umran Malik	75 million

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) IPL 2026 Team

Players selected: 15
Players released: 8
Remaining IPL 2026 Auction Purse: 25.5 million INR
Remaining locations: 10 (2 abroad)

Batsmen retained by SRH

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Travis head ✈️	14 million
Abhishek Sharma	14 million
Ishan Kishan	11.25 billion
Aniket Verma	30 million
Smaran Ravichandran	30 million
Heinrich Klaasen ✈️ (WK drummer)	23 million

All-rounders selected by SRH

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Nitish Kumar Reddy	6 million
Dur Dubey	30 million
Brydon Carse ✈️	1 billion
Kamindu Mendis ✈️	75 million

Bowlers retained by SRH

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Eshan Malinga ✈️	1.20 million
Jaydev Unadkat	1 billion
Harshal Patel	8 million
Zeeshan Ansari	40 million
Pat Cummins ✈️	18 million

Punjab Kings (PBKS) IPL 2026 Team

Players selected: 21
Players released: 5
Remaining IPL 2026 Auction Purse: 11.5 million INR
Remaining locations: 4 (2 abroad)

Batsmen retained by PBKS

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Shreyas Iyer	26.75 billion
Nehal Wadhera	4.20 million
Priyansh Arya	3.80 million
Harnoor Pannu	30 million
Musheer Khan	30 million
Pyla Avinash	30 million
Prabhsimran Singh	4 million
Vishnu Vinod	95 million
Shashank Singh	4 million

All-rounders selected by the PBKS

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Marcus Stoinis ✈️	11 million
Azmatullah Omarzai ✈️	2.40 million
Suryansh Shed	30 million

Bowlers retained by PBKS

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Arshdeep Singh	18 million
Yuzvendra Chahal	18 million
Marco Jansen ✈️	7 million
Lockie Ferguson ✈️	2 million
Vijay Kumar Vyshak	1.80 million
Yash Thakur	1.60 million
Xavier Bartlett ✈️	80 million
Harpreet Brar	1.50 million

Rajasthan Royals retentions for IPL 2026

Released: 9
Retained: 13
Scholarship available: 16.05 million INR
Locations available: 9 (1 abroad)

Batsmen retained by RR

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Yashasvi Jaiswal	18 million
Shimron Hetmyer ✈️	11 million
Vaibhav Suryavanshi	1.1 billion
Shubham Dubey	30 million
Dhruv Jurel	14 million
Lhuan Dre Pretorius ✈️	30 million
Donovan Ferreira (T) ✈️	1 billion

The all-rounders selected by RR

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Riyan Parag	14 million
Ravindra Jadeja (T)	14 million
Sam Curran (T) ✈️	2.6 million

Bowlers retained by RR

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Jofra Archer ✈️	12.50 billion
Tushar Deshpande	6.5 million
Sandeep Sharma	4 million
Nandre Burger ✈️	3.5 million
To you Maphaka ✈️	1.5 million
Yudhvir Singh Charak	35 million

Delhi Capitals (DC) IPL 2026 Team

Retained players: 17
Players released:7
Remaining IPL 2026 auction purse: INR 21.8 crores
Remaining slots: 8 (5 overseas)

Drummers retained by DC

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
KL Rahul ✈️	14 million
Tristan Stubbs ✈️	10 million
Abhishek Porel	4 million
Ashutosh Sharma	3.80 million
Sameer Rizvi	95 million
Karun Nair	50 million
Nitish Rana (Traded from RR)	4.2 million

All-rounders selected by DC

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Axar Patel	16.25 billion
Vipraj Nigam	50 million
Madhav Tiwari	40 million
Tripura Vijay	30 million
Ajay Mandal	30 million

Bowlers retained by DC

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Kuldeep Yadav	13.25 billion
Mitchell Starc ✈️	11.75 billion
T. Natarajan	10.75 billion
Mukesh Kumar	8 million
Dushmantha Chameera ✈️	75 million

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) IPL 2026 Team

Retained players: 17
Players released: 8
Remaining IPL 2026 auction purse: 22.95 million INR
Remaining slots: 6 (4 overseas)

Batsmen retained by LSG

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Rishabh pants ✈️	27 million
Nicolas Pooran ✈️	21 billion
Aiden Markram ✈️	2 million
Himmat Singh	30 million
Matthew Breetzke ✈️	75 million
Ayush Badoni	4 million
Mitchell Marsh ✈️	3.40 million
Abdoul Samad	4.20 million

All-rounders selected by LSG

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Shahbaz Ahmed	2.40 million
Kulkarni’s Throne	30 million

Bowlers retained by LSG

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Mayank Yadav	11 million
Avesh Khan	9.75 billion
Mohammed Shami (T)	10 million
Mohsin Khan	4 million
Digvesh Rathi	30 million
Prince Yadav	30 million
Akash Singh	30 million
Manimaran Siddharth	75 million

Gujarat Titans (GT) IPL 2026 Team

Retained players: 20
Players released: 8
Remaining IPL 2026 auction purse: 12.90 million INR
Remaining slots: 5 (4 overseas)

Batsmen retained by GT

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Shubman Gil	15.75 billion
Sai Sudharsan	8.50 billion
If Buttler ✈️	15.75 billion
Kumar Kushagra	65 million
Anuj Rawat	30 million

All-rounders selected by GT

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Washington Sundar	3.20 million
Rahul Tewatia	4 million
Shahrukh Khan	4 million
Nishant Sindhu	30 million
Arshad Khan	1.30 million

Pacers retained by GT

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Mohammed Siraj	12.25 billion
Kagiso Rabada ✈️	10.75 billion
Prasidh Krishna	9.50 billion
Ishant Sharma	75 million
Gurnoor Singh Brar	1.30 million

Spinners retained by GT

Player	IPL 2026 Price (INR)
Rashid Khan ✈️	18 million
Sai Kishore	2 million
Jayant Yadav	75 million
Manav Suthar	30 million