IPL 2026 Retentions - Page 6

Originally posted by: SoniRita

RCB retain Dayal; Livingstone goes out

Yash Dayal hasn't played any cricket since June 2025•BCCI

Not surprisingly, they've let go off Liam Livingstone in what is their only big overseas release. Lungi Ngidi was largely a reserve, and has been let go.

They've retained Yash Dayal, who hasn't played any form of cricket since the IPL final on June 3. He is in the midst of some legal challenges that forced him to be a non-participant in the UP T20 League. He hasn't played for Uttar Pradesh at the Ranji Trophy yet, but perhaps RCB know something we don't, and that they're confident Dayal will take the field come IPL 2026.

Among other releases are Mayank Agarwal, who was signed as a replacement for the injured Devdutt Padikkal. Swastik Chikara goes out without playing a game.

RCB has 16.4 crore to play with

Rcb has no sponsors na ? They got ? Someone purchased them ?

What Kasi said is correct. Change is necessary. Some players lost their charm by staying in the same team forever. Majority of them changed teams anyway.

This way every franchise will get a shot at winning the trophy.

By the way, Arjun Tendulkar agrees with me. He also changed his bench.

Originally posted by: SoniRita

In the most high-profile releases in IPL history, KKR have decided to let go their star allrounder Andre Russell.

Russell has been a constant since coming on board in IPL 2014, and was among five players retained by the franchise ahead of the 2025 mega auction for INR 12 crore.

The other overseas players released are Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje, Quintin de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Spencer Johnson.

The big call apart from Russell, of course, and not surprisingly, is the release of Venkatesh Iyer.

They'll have INR 64.3 crores heading into the auction.

See them turning into a beast as soon as they are released from kkr

T Natarajan will continue to play for DC. He was signed for INR 10.75 crore, but didn't play a whole lot due to injuries. Had a lukewarm TNPL, but has since recovered fully and is fit and firing. He has now been named in TN's squad for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

A massive show of faith from the DC management.

Among their big-ticket releases as said earlier are Faf du Plessis and Jake Fraser-McGurk. Sediqullah Atal, the Afghanistan batter, also goes back into the auction pool.

They will have a salary cap of INR 21.8 crore remaining.

Originally posted by: Savera84

What Kasi said is correct. Change is necessary. Some players lost their charm by staying in the same team forever. Majority of them changed teams anyway.

This way every franchise will get a shot at winning the trophy.

By the way, Arjun Tendulkar agrees with me. He also changed his bench.

Kasi man why didnt you release Dhoni?

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates: Gujarat Titans - List of retained players

Shubman Gill (captain), Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sindhu, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips.

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates: Gujarat Titans - List of released players

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

The only other overseas players released apart from David Miller is Shamar Joseph, the West Indies quick.

The other quick they've released is Akash Deep, who was signed for INR 8.25 crore. They've also shown a lot of faith in Mayank Yadav, who they've invested in heavily and backed him through his several injuries.

They'll hope, Mayank will hope, IPL 2026 is a different story.

LSG have a salary purse of INR 22.95 crore at the auction.

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates: RR - Purse remaining

Rajasthan Royals will enter the IPL 2026 auction with Rs 16.05 crore in their purse, nine slots to fill, and one overseas player spot available.

This comes after a disappointing IPL 2025 season where RR finished in 9th position

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates: RR released players

Released Players

Kunal Rathore
Nitish Rana (trade to DC)
Sanju Samson (trade to CSK)
Wanindu Hasranga
Mahesh Teekshana
Fazalhaq Farooqi
Ashok Sharma
Kumar Kartikeya
Akash Madhwal

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates: RR retained players

Rajasthan Royals have finalised their retained and released players ahead of the IPL 2026 mega auction, with the high-profile trade of Ravindra Jadeja and Sanju Samson making headlines.

In a blockbuster deal, Sanju Samson, who has been the backbone of Rajasthan Royals over the years, has been traded to five-time champions Chennai Super Kings. In return, RR secured the services of Men in Yellow legend Ravindra Jadeja along with England all-rounder Sam Curran. Samson will represent CSK at his existing league fee of INR 18 crore, while Jadeja’s fee has been revised from INR 18 crore to INR 14 crore. Curran moves to RR at his current price of INR 2.4 crore.

RR also traded left-handed batter Nitish Rana to Delhi Capitals ahead of the IPL 2026 mini-auction. Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals sent South African all-rounder Donovan Ferreira to Rajasthan Royals, his first IPL franchise. Rana’s fee remains INR 4.2 crore, while Ferreira’s fee has been revised from INR 75 lakh to INR 1 crore.

Retained Players

Yashasvi Jaiswal
Shimron Hetmyer
Vaibhav Suryavanshi
Luhan de Pretorius
Shubham Dube
Donovan Ferreira (trade from DC)
Dhruv Jurel
Ravindra Jadeja (trade from CSK)
Sam Curran
Riyan Parag
Jofra Archer
Sandeep Sharma
Nandre Burger
Tushar Deshpande
Kewna Mapahka
Yudhvir Singh

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates: SRH - released and retained players

Full List of Players Retained by SRH for IPL 2026

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, B Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari

Players Released by SRH Ahead of IPL 2026 Auction

Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Wiaan Mulder, Mohammed Shami, Smarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates: Full List of Players Retained by PBKS

BATSMEN

Shreyas Iyer

Nehal Wadhera

Priyansh Arya

Payala Avinash

Musheer Khan

Harnoor Pannu

WICKETKEEPERS

Prabhsimran Singh

Josh Inglis

Vishnu Vinod

ALL-ROUNDERS

Marcus Stoinis

Marco Jansen

Shashank Singh

Ajamullah Amandrei

Harshita Brar

Suyash Sharma

Prayansh Dubey

Ace Hardi

Glenn Maxwell

BOWLERS

Arshdeep Singh

Yuzvendra Chahal

Lockie Ferguson

Vijaykumar Vyshak

Yash Thakur

Obed McCoy

Kuldeep Sen

Kyle Jamieson

Remaining Purse: Rs 11.5 Cr

Slots Remaining: 4 (including 2 Overseas)