IPL 2026: Which players joined which teams

Ahead of the 2026 IPL auction, franchises finalized their retained and released players, while several high-profile players switched teams through trades. According to Sportstar, the auction may take place on 16 December in Abu Dhabi.
 

Notable Trades Before the Auction:

• Ravindra Jadeja: From Chennai Super Kings to Rajasthan Royals for ₹14 crore.

• Sanju Samson: From Rajasthan Royals to Chennai Super Kings for ₹18 crore.

• Sam Curran: From Chennai Super Kings to Rajasthan Royals for ₹2.4 crore.

• Mohammed Shami: From Sunrisers Hyderabad to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹10 crore.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

• Released: Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Andre Siddarth, Deepak Hooda, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Matheesha Patirana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Rahul Tripathi, Sheikh Rasheed, Vansh Bedi, Vijay Shankar

• Retained: MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Matre, David Brevis, Shivam Dube, Urvil Patel, Noor Ahmed, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Khalil Ahmed, Ramkrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhury, Jamie Overton, Gurjapneet Singh, Anshul Kamboj

• Traded In: Sanju Samson (from Rajasthan Royals)

• Budget Left: ₹43.40 crore

• Slots Available: 9 (including 4 overseas)

Delhi Capitals (DC)

• Released: Donovan Ferreira (to Rajasthan Royals), Darshan Nalakande, Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Monu Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Sediqullah Atal

• Retained: Abhishek Porel, Ajay Mandal, Ashutosh Sharma, Akshar Patel, Dushmant Chamera, Karun Nair, Lokesh Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Samir Rizvi, T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay, Tristan Stubbs, Bipraj Nigam

• Traded In: Nitish Rana (from Rajasthan Royals)

• Budget Left: ₹21.80 crore

• Slots Available: 8 (including 5 overseas)

Note: Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman played for DC last year as a replacement for Fraser-McGurk. Replacement players cannot be retained, so he will be part of the auction pool.

Gujarat Titans (GT)

• Released: Sherfane Rutherford (to Mumbai), Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mohipal Lomror

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

• Budget Left: ₹12.90 crore

• Slots Available: 5 (including 4 overseas)

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

• Released: Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Luvnith Sisodia, Moeen Ali, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Spencer Johnson, Venkatesh Iyer

• Retained: Ajinkya Rahane, Ankush Raghuwanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty

• Budget Left: ₹64.30 crore

• Slots Available: 13 (including 6 overseas)

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

• Released: Shardul Thakur (to Mumbai), Aaryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Ravi Bishnoi, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Akash Deep, Shamar Joseph

• Retained: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Abesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvijesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Monimaran Siddharth, Matthew Bridges, Mayank Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Prithvi Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed

• Traded In: Arjun Tendulkar (from Mumbai), Mohammed Shami (from Hyderabad)

• Budget Left: ₹22.95 crore

• Slots Available: 6 (including 4 overseas)

Mumbai Indians (MI)

• Released: Arjun Tendulkar (to Lucknow), Bevon Jacobus, Karn Sharma, Lijad Williams, Mujib-ur-Rehman, Reece Topley, Krishnan Srijit, Satyanarayan Raju, Vignesh Putur

• Retained: A M Gajnfar, Ashvini Kumar, Korbin Bash, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dheera, Raghu Sharma, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Will Jacks

• Traded In: Shardul Thakur (from Lucknow), Sherfane Rutherford (from Gujarat), Mayank Markande (from Kolkata)

• Budget Left: ₹2.75 crore

• Slots Available: 5 (including 1 overseas)

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

• Released: Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardy, Kyle Jamieson, Kuldeep Sen, Prabin Dubey

• Retained: Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnar Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Wern, Mushir Khan, Nihal Wadhwa, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Pilla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Suryansh Shej, Bishnu Vinod, Vaishak Vijaykumar, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal

• Budget Left: ₹11.50 crore

• Slots Available: 4 (including 2 overseas)

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

• Released: Sanju Samson (to Chennai), Nitish Rana (to Delhi), Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Singh Rathore, Mahish Tikshana, Wanindu Hasaranga

• Retained: Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Quinton de Kock, Luan-Dre Pretorius, Nandre Burger, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubman Dube, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yudhvir Singh

• Traded In: Donovan Ferreira (from Delhi), Ravindra Jadeja (from Chennai), Sam Curran (from Chennai)

• Budget Left: ₹16.05 crore

• Slots Available: 9 (including 1 overseas)

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

• Released: Liam Livingstone, Lungi Ngidi, Mayank Agarwal, Manoj Vihari, Swastik Chikara, Mohit Rathi

• Retained: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Jitesh Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Abhinandan Singh, Nuwan Tushara, Rashikh Dar, Swapnil Singh

• Budget Left: ₹16.40 crore

• Slots Available: 8 (including 2 overseas)

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

• Released: Mohammed Shami (to Lucknow), Atharv Taide, Sachin Baby, Abhinav Manohar, Wiaan Mulder, Adam Zampa, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar

• Retained: Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, Brydon Carse, Ishan Malinga, Harsh Dube, Harshal Patel, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, Ar Shmaran, Travis Head, Zishan Ansari

• Budget Left: ₹25.50 crore

• Slots Available: 10 (including 2 overseas)