Providing the complete list of 170+ retained players and 70+ released players for all 10 franchises can be overwhelming, so I will break down the information into the Key Retentions, Major Releases, and Trades for each team, along with their remaining auction purse.
This focuses on the most significant changes and the core of each squad for the IPL 2026 Mini-Auction (scheduled for December 16, 2025).
IPL 2026: Key Retentions, Releases, & Trades by Team :
| Franchise | Key Retained Players (Core) | Major Released Players | Key Trades (In / Out) | Purse Remaining (INR Cr) |
| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), MS Dhoni, Shivam Dube, Khaleel Ahmed, Dewald Brevis, Noor Ahmad. | Matheesha Pathirana, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda. | IN: Sanju Samson (from RR) OUT: Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran (to RR) | ₹43.40 Cr |
| Mumbai Indians (MI) | Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult. | Reece Topley, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karn Sharma, Arjun Tendulkar (Traded out). | IN: Shardul Thakur (from LSG), Sherfane Rutherford (from GT), Mayank Markande (from KKR) OUT: Arjun Tendulkar (to LSG) | ₹2.75 Cr |
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ajinkya Rahane, Umran Malik, Rovman Powell. | Venkatesh Iyer (Most Expensive Release), Andre Russell, Quinton de Kock, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje. | OUT: Mayank Markande (to MI) | ₹64.30 Cr |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) | Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt, Josh Hazlewood, Krunal Pandya, Devdutt Padikkal, Tim David. | Liam Livingstone, Lungi Ngidi, Mayank Agarwal, Mohit Rathee. | None | ₹16.40 Cr |
| Gujarat Titans (GT) | Shubman Gill (C), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj. | Gerald Coetzee, Mahipal Lomror, Dasun Shanaka. | OUT: Sherfane Rutherford (to MI) | ₹12.90 Cr |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | Pat Cummins (C), Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat. | Mohammed Shami (Traded out), Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Abhinav Manohar. | OUT: Mohammed Shami (to LSG) | ₹25.50 Cr |
| Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | Rishabh Pant (C), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Aiden Markram, Shahbaz Ahmed. | Ravi Bishnoi, David Miller, Akash Deep, Shamar Joseph. | IN: Mohammed Shami (from SRH), Arjun Tendulkar (from MI) OUT: Shardul Thakur (to MI) | ₹22.95 Cr |
| Rajasthan Royals (RR) | Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Dhruv Jurel. | Sanju Samson (Traded out), Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana. | IN: Ravindra Jadeja (from CSK), Sam Curran (from CSK), Donovan Ferreira (from DC) OUT: Sanju Samson (to CSK), Nitish Rana (to DC) | ₹16.05 Cr |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | KL Rahul, Axar Patel, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar. | Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mohit Sharma. | IN: Nitish Rana (from RR) OUT: Donovan Ferreira (to RR) | ₹21.80 Cr |
| Punjab Kings (PBKS) | Shreyas Iyer (C), Marcus Stoinis, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prabhsimran Singh, Marco Jansen. | Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen. | None | ₹11.50 Cr |
Note : The purse remaining totals show how much a team has to spend at the mini-auction on December 16, 2025.
This year saw some of the most dramatic trades in IPL history.
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