IPL Retention Live Blog: Teams announce their retained and released players ahead of 2026 season

Released Players: Luvnith Sisodia, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Moeen Ali, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Mayank Markande (Traded Out), Chetan Sakariya, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson

Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2026 squad:

Batters: Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Manish Pandey All-rounders: Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy Bowlers: Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik

Released Players: Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarbani, Mohit Rathee.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2026 squad:

Batters: Rajat Patidar (C), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal. Wicket-keepers: Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma All-rounders: Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell Pacers: Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh Spinners: Suyash Sharma

Released Players: Satyanarayan Raju, Reece Topley, KL Srijith, Karn Sharma, Arjun Tendulkar, Bevon Jacobs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puther

Mumbai Indians IPL 2026 squad:

Batters: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma

Wicket-keepers: Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton

All-rounders: Hardik Pandya (C), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa

Pacers: Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Shardul Thakur (Traded In)

Spinners: Raghu Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar, Mayank Markhande (Traded In).

Released Players: Sherfane Rutherford (Traded Out), Mahipal Lomror, Karim Janat, Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, Kulwant Khejroliya

Gujarat Titans IPL 2026 squad:

Batters: Shubman Gill (C), Sai Sudharsan, M Shahrukh Khan, Kumar Kushagra Wicket-keepers: Josh Buttler, Anuj Rawat All-rounders: Rahul Tewatia, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Jayant Yadav, Nishant Sandhu Bowlers: Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Sai Kishore, Gurnoor Brar, Arshad Khan, Ishant Sharma, Manav Suthar

Released Players: Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, C. Andre Siddarth, Ravindra Jadeja (Trade Out), Rachin Ravindra, Sam Curran (Trade out), Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Matheesha Pathirana, Devon Conway.

Chennai Super Kings IPL 2026 squad:

Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis Wicket-keepers: MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Sanju Samson (Trade in) All-Rounders: Shivam Dube Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh Bowlers: Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary.

Released Players: Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shardul Thakur (Traded Out), Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Shamar Joseph

Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2026 squad:

Batters: Abdul Samad, Ayush badoni,Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh Wicket-keepers: Rishabh Pant (C), Nicholas Pooran All-Rounders: Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshini Kulkarni Bowlers: Mohammed Shami (Traded In), Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash SIngh

Released Players: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk (Traded Out), Sediqullah Atal, Manvantha Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande

Delhi Capitals IPL 2026 squad:

Batters: Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair Wicket-keepers: KL Rahul, Abishek Porel All-rounders: Axar patel (C), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal Bowlers: Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Strac, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera

Released Players: Kunal Singh Rathore, Nitish Rana (Traded Out), Sanju Samson (Traded Out), Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya

Rajasthan Royals IPL 2026 squad:

Batters: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan dre-Pretorius Wicket-keeper: Dhruv Jurel All-rounders: Riyan Parag, Ravindra Jadeja (Traded In), Sam Curran (Traded In), Donovan Ferreira (Traded In) Bowlers: Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhvir Singh, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger

Released Players: Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Wiaan Mulder, Mohammed Shami (Traded out), Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa

Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2026 squad:

Batters: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R Smaran Wicket-keepers: Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen All-rounders: Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse Pacers: Pat Cummins (C), Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga Spinners: Zeeshan Ansari

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

Punjab Kings IPL 2026 squad:

Batters: Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Shashank Singh, Pyla Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Musheer Khan Wicket-keepers: Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod. All Rounders: Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Suransh Shedge, Mitchell Owen Pacers: Arshdeep SIngh, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson Spinners: Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar