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IPL 2026 Retention Highlights: Pathirana released by CSK, KKR offload Andre Russell, RCB discard Livingstone

By MyKhel Staff

IPL 2026 Retentions Highlights: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 retention phase marks a crucial period for teams as they shape their squads for the upcoming season.

Retention, a process where franchises decide which players to keep from their existing rosters before the auction, is more flexible this year than in previous mega-auction cycles.

IPL 2026 Retention Highlights

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Nov 15, 2025, 6:40 pm IST

That's it from us for the IPL 2026 retentions. The teams now have another Trade window to rope in released players, before the auction in December. Take Care, See you Soon!!

Nov 15, 2025, 6:37 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live: Full List of Released Players

Chennai Super Kings

Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Matheesha Pathirana

Delhi Capitals

Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sediqullah Atal, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande

Kolkata Knight Riders

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

Mumbai Indians

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

Rajasthan Royals

Wanindu Hasaranga, Mahessh Theekshana, Kunal Singh Rathore, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya

Lucknow Super Giants

Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shamar Joseph

Gujarat Titans

Gerald Coetzee, Karim Janat, Mahipal Lomror, Kulwant Khejroliya, Dasun Shanaka

Punjab Kings

Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Sen

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Mayank Agarwal, Swastik Chhikara, Tim Seifert, Liam Livingstone, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, Mohit Rathee, Manoj Bhandage

Sunrisers Hyderabad

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

Nov 15, 2025, 6:18 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates

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Here are the most expensive released players ahead of the IPL 2026 mini auction.

Nov 15, 2025, 6:14 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates; No captaincy for Samson

CSK confirm that Ruturaj Gaikwad will captain them in the IPL 2026 season.

Nov 15, 2025, 6:11 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates

IPL 2026 auction is around a month away. But make no mistake, the auction purse at the end of the Retention announcement may not be the same when these teams head into the auction. The 10 teams can trade in the released players from now on till the start of the IPL 2026 mini auction. Hence the likes of KKR, CSK can rope in players from now till the auction.

Nov 15, 2025, 6:05 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates

Check Out the Purse and Slots for all Ten Teams

Nov 15, 2025, 6:02 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates

"At 9 crores, what we got from him was not enough, so we decided to let him go," Delhi Capitals head coach Hemang Badani says on Jake Fraser-McGurk.

Nov 15, 2025, 5:59 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates: Delhi Capitals Retained Players

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

Nov 15, 2025, 5:55 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live

Here are the retained players for the Kolkata Knight Riders, but don't be surprised if they add a few from their released ones in the auction.

Nov 15, 2025, 5:41 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates

Mumbai Indians have Rs 2.75 crore remaining to use in the IPL 2026 auction and they have to sign a maximum of 5 players.

Nov 15, 2025, 5:37 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates: Rajasthan Royals

RR have retained players for IPL 2026, keeping a strong Indian core of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Sandeep Sharma and Tushar Deshpande.

RR have also retained overseas players Shimron Hetmyer, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Jofra Archer, Kwena Maphaka and Nandre Burger, and strengthened the squad through key trades by bringing in Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran and Donovan Ferreira.

The Royals have Rs 16.05 crore in the auction and have 9 slots remaining at the moment.

Nov 15, 2025, 5:33 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates

Have a look at the Released Players of all the Teams.

Nov 15, 2025, 5:31 pm IST

KKR Full List of Released Players

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

Nov 15, 2025, 5:28 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates: KKR clear the Overseas Names

KKR have released 6 overseas players - Andre Russell, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje, Quintin de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Spencer Johnson.

Nov 15, 2025, 5:27 pm IST

IPL 2025 Retention Live Updates: Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders are set to appear in the IPL 2026 mini auction with the biggest purse, which is a mammoth Rs 64.3 crore.

Nov 15, 2025, 5:25 pm IST

LSG Live Retention Updates

LSG have Rs 22.95 crore purse in the mini auction and have 6 slots remaining to fill.

Nov 15, 2025, 5:25 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live: Lucknow Super Giants release Akash Deep, Bishnoi

Released Players:Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shamar Joseph

Nov 15, 2025, 5:22 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be heading into the IPL 2026 mini auction with a purse of Rs 16.4 crore.

Nov 15, 2025, 5:20 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates; Gujarat Titans

Gerald Coetzee, Karim Janat, Mahipal Lomror, Kulwant Khejroliya, Dasun Shanaka - five players released by the Gujarat Titans.

Nov 15, 2025, 5:17 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live: Delhi Capitals

Released Players - Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sediqullah Atal, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande

Nov 15, 2025, 5:16 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live: Sunrisers Hyderabad

Released players are - Abhinav Manohar, Atharva taide, Sachin Baby, Wiaan Mulder, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa

Mohammed Shami has been traded to Lucknow Super Giants.

Nov 15, 2025, 5:15 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention LIVE Updates: Royal Challengers Bengaluru

The released players are - Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, Mohit Rathee

Nov 15, 2025, 5:13 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention List: Punjab Kings

Released: Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Sen

Nov 15, 2025, 5:10 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates

MI have a purse of just Rs 2.75 crore in the IPL 2026 auction. CSK head into the auction with a mammoth Rs 43.4 crore purse

Nov 15, 2025, 5:10 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention List; Rajasthan Royals

RR have released Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana.

Nov 15, 2025, 5:08 pm IST

IPL 2025 Retention Live Updates: Mumbai Indians

Released:Satyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Bevon Jacobs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur

Nov 15, 2025, 5:04 pm IST

IPL 2025 Retention LIVE: Chennai Super Kings

Released: Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Matheesha Pathirana

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

Nov 15, 2025, 4:56 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live

Sanju Samson may end up captaining Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2026 season, says former India player Abhinav Mukund. Ravindra Jadeja can also lead the Rajasthan Royals.

Nov 15, 2025, 4:50 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates

We are moments away from the IPL 2026 Retentions. Brace Yourselves Folks!!

Nov 15, 2025, 4:47 pm IST

IPL 2026 Retention LIVE Updates; Andre Russell to the Auction!!

A Massive, Massive News coming in!! Andre Russell is reportedly released by the Kolkata Knight Riders. The West Indies all-rounder has been poised with a move away for some time now, and even in the IPL 2025 mega auction, he was a last-minute inclusion to the Retention List. But Dre-Russ may have run his race with KKR!!

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Unlike the IPL 2025 mega auction, the IPL 2026 edition features a mini-auction scheduled for December 16, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, where released players and new entrants will compete for contracts. Notably, the Right-to-Match (RTM) card is not available this season, meaning all players who enter the auction pool will face open bidding without guaranteed buy-back options for franchises.

This year's retention dynamics have prompted significant trade discussions and player movements ahead of the deadline. High-profile talks have centered around Rajasthan Royals' captain Sanju Samson potentially moving to Chennai Super Kings, possibly in exchange for Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran. Other notable trade and retention stories include Venkatesh Iyer's uncertain position at Kolkata Knight Riders, Mohammed Shami's status with Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Mumbai Indians' acquisition of Shardul Thakur from Lucknow Super Giants.

The retention decisions directly impact each team's auction purse, as the salary value of released players is added back to the budget available for the mini-auction. For example, teams like Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, which have released several high-value players, will enter the auction with considerable spending power, allowing them to be aggressive in building their squads.

IPL 2026 Retention Snippets

Number of Retentions: There is no cap on the number of players a franchise can retain, unlike in mega-auction years.

Squad Size: Each team must maintain a squad of up to 25 players, including a mix of Indian and overseas talent.

Auction Purse: Every franchise starts with a purse of ₹120 crore for the mini-auction to bid on released players or new talent.

Trade Window: Open before the retention deadline, allowing player swaps or all-cash deals to optimize squads.

Broadcast and Announcement: Retention lists will be revealed starting at 5 PM IST on November 15, with live coverage on Star Sports channels and streaming on JioHotstar.

Story first published: Friday, November 14, 2025, 18:55 [IST]
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