TATA IPL 2026 Player Retentions Announced: Full Team-Wise Breakdown.
TATA IPL 2026 player retentions revealed—complete details on retained players, shock exclusions, and how each team is shaping up for the new season.
Ankush Pandey
All ten teams confirmed their retained players prior to the auction, and the player retention window for the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season closed on November 15, 2025. A total of 173 players, including 49 foreign players, have been retained across all teams.
There will be 77 player slots up for auction, with a total purse of ₹237.55 crore. The Punjab Kings have chosen to keep 21 players, the most of the ten teams, while the Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians have each kept 20. Each team is permitted to maintain a squad of up to 25 players.
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The IPL Player Auction will be held at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on December 16. Kolkata Knight Riders will have the biggest purse in the group going into the auction—₹64.3 crore—to fill a maximum of 13 berths, with six international seats available. With the second-largest budget of ₹43.4 crore, the Chennai Super Kings would be able to fill up to nine spots.
The squad sizes, open player spots, and remaining salary cap for each franchise are broken down by team in the table below.
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IPL 2026/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots |
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Franchise |
No of Players |
No of Overseas Players |
Total money spent (Rs.) |
Salary cap available (Rs.) |
Available Slots |
Overseas Slots |
|
CSK |
16 |
4 |
81.6 |
43.4 |
9 |
4 |
|
DC |
17 |
3 |
103.2 |
21.8 |
8 |
5 |
|
GT |
20 |
4 |
112.1 |
12.9 |
5 |
4 |
|
KKR |
12 |
2 |
60.7 |
64.3 |
13 |
6 |
|
LSG |
19 |
4 |
102.05 |
22.95 |
6 |
4 |
|
MI |
20 |
7 |
122.25 |
2.75 |
5 |
1 |
|
PBKS |
21 |
6 |
113.5 |
11.5 |
4 |
2 |
|
RCB |
17 |
6 |
108.6 |
16.4 |
8 |
2 |
|
RR |
16 |
7 |
108.95 |
16.05 |
9 |
1 |
|
SRH |
15 |
6 |
99.5 |
25.5 |
10 |
2 |
|
Total |
173 |
49 |
1012.45 |
237.55 |
77 |
31 |
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
16 players retained | 4 overseas | Total spent: ₹81.60 | Cap remaining: ₹43.40
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.
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Delhi Capitals (DC)
17 players retained | 3 overseas | Total spent: ₹103.20 | Cap remaining: ₹21.80
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.
Gujarat Titans (GT)
20 players retained | 4 overseas | Total spent: ₹112.10 | Cap remaining: ₹12.90
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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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
12 players retained | 2 overseas | Total spent: ₹60.70 | Cap remaining: ₹64.30
Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, *Rovman Powell, *Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
19 players retained | 4 overseas | Total spent: ₹102.05 | Cap remaining: ₹22.95
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.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
20 players retained | 7 overseas | Total spent: ₹122.25 | Cap remaining: ₹2.75
*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
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Punjab Kings (PBKS)
21 players retained | 6 overseas | Total spent: ₹113.50 | Cap remaining: ₹11.50
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
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
16 players retained | 7 overseas | Total spent: ₹108.95 | Cap remaining: ₹16.05
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 Chara
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
17 players retained | 6 overseas | Total spent: ₹108.60 | Cap remaining: ₹16.40
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.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
15 players retained | 6 overseas | Total spent: ₹99.50 | Cap remaining: ₹25.50
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 AnsariNotes: Amounts are in crores while * denotes overseas players.
