Before the IPL 2026 auction, all 10 teams have released their lists of retained and released players. After the announcement of IPL retention, the main squads of most of the teams have been confirmed. Now the auction to fill the remaining slots will be held on December 16. Kolkata Knight Riders is the team which has retained the least number of players. Except KKR, all the teams have retained 15 or more players. 3 teams including Punjab Kings retained 20 or more players. See here the squads of all 10 teams after the announcement of retention.

Chennai Super Kings Team (CSK Squad 2026)

Rituraj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Dewald Brewis, Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shivam Dubey, Khalil Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Mukesh Chaudhary, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Gurjapaneet Singh, Sanju Samson.

• How many players did CSK retain – 16 (4 foreigners)
• Available Slots- 9 (4 Foreign)

Delhi Capitals Team (DC Squad 2026)

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

• How many players did DC retain – 17 (3 foreigners)
• Available Slots- 8 (5 Foreign)

Gujarat Titans Team (GT Squad 2026)

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

• How many players did GT retain – 20 (4 foreigners)
• Available Slots- 5 (4 Foreign)

Kolkata Knight Riders Team (KKR Squad)

Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakraborty, Harshit Rana, Umran Malik.

• How many players did KKR retain – 12 (2 foreigners)
• Available Slots- 13 (6 Foreign)

Lucknow Super Giants Team (LSG Squad 2025)

Rishabh Pant, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Himmat Singh, Matthew Bretzke, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami.

• How many players did LSG retain – 19 (4 foreigners)
• Available Slots- 6 (4 Foreign)

Mumbai Indians Team (MI Squad 2026)

Rohit Sharma, Surya Kumar Yadav, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dheer, Mitchell Santner, Will Jack, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar, Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur, Sherfane Rutherford.

• How many players did MI retain – 20 (7 foreigners)
• Available Slots- 5 (1 Foreign)

Punjab Kings Team (PBKS Squad 2026)

Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harnoor Pannu, Paila Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Marco Johnson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Mushir Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Mitch Owen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Visak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson.

• How many players did PBKS retain – 21 (6 foreigners)
• Available Slots- 4 (2 Foreign)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Team (RCB Squad 2026)

Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Tim David, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Jacob Bethel, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salaam, Yash Dayal, Suyyash Sharma, Nuwan Thushara, Abhinandan Singh.

• How many players did RCB retain – 17 (6 foreigners)
• Available Slots- 8 (2 Foreign)

Rajasthan Royals Team (RR Squad 2026)

Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Luan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Ryan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Joffra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Quena Mafaka, Nandre Berger, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira.

• How many players did RR retain – 16 (7 foreigners)
• Available Slots- 9 (1 Foreign)

Sunrisers Hyderabad Team (SRH Squad 2026)

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

• How many players did SRH retain – 15 (6 foreigners)
• Available Slots- 10 (2 Foreign)

Chennai Super Kings, captained by Ruturaj Gaikwad, had a bad season in the last edition, when he was out due to injury, MS Dhoni took command. But the situation did not change, in the end the team had to be out of the league stage. What was worse was that CSK was at the bottom of the points table. Now the franchise has a chance to prepare its team afresh, for this the team can release many big players before the auction.

There was a mega auction for the last edition, before that the team had retained 5 players. However, now there is a mini auction, so the team will retain more players than that. Last season, the team had included R Ashwin in its team for Rs 9.75 crore, who has now taken retirement. In such a situation, the team is also looking for his replacement.

Chennai Super Kings had won only 4 out of 14 matches played in the league stage, while lost 10 matches. CSK’s net run rate was -0.647. The team was at the bottom 10th position in the points table.

CSK is looking for replacement of Ashwin

There are reports that CSK is looking at Washington Sundar, who is part of Gujarat Titans, as a replacement for Ashwin. It will be interesting to see whether Gujarat retains Sundar or not, if not then CSK can bet on him in the auction.

CSK wants Sanju Samson in place of Ravindra Jadeja

Before IPL retention and auction, the name of Ravindra Jadeja is being discussed the most. According to the news, talks are going on between CSK and Rajasthan Royals. CSK wants Sanju Samson in its team through trade deal.

Which players can CSK release?

Chennai Super Kings can release 2 New Zealand batsmen Rachin Ravindra and Conway. Ashwin has retired, CSK can also release Deepak Hooda and Rahul Tripathi. Many franchises contacted him regarding Nathan Ellis, but the team did not want to give him a team. This means that the team will retain Ellis, he also had a great performance in the T20 series against India. He had dismissed Abhishek 3 times. MS Dhoni has also told CSK management that he will play in the next edition.

How much money is in CSK’s purse?

Chennai Super Kings currently have Rs 5 lakh in their purse. However, R Ashwin, who was priced at Rs 9.75 crore, has retired from all forms of cricket. Their value will also be added to this. How much purse CSK will have in the auction will be known on November 15. But if CSK releases big players like Conway, Rachin, then their purse can be around Rs 30 crore.

CSK players and their price

• Ruturaj Gaikwad- 18 crores
• Ravindra Jadeja- 18 crores
• Mathisha Pathirana – Rs 13 crore
• Shivam Dubey- 12 crores
• MS Dhoni- 4 crores
• Devon Conway- 6.25 crores
• Rahul Tripathi- 3.40 crores
• Shaikh Rashid- 30 lakhs
• Deepak Hooda- 1.70 crores
• Andre Siddharth – 30 lakhs
• Vansh Bedi- 55 lakhs
• Rachin Ravindra- 4 crores
• Vijay Shankar- 1.20 crores
• Sam Curran- 2.40 crores
• Anshul Kamboj – 3.40 crores
• Jamie Overton- 1.50 crores
• Ramakrishna Ghosh- 30 lakhs
• R Ashwin- 9.75 crores (retired)
• Noor Ahmed- 10 crores
• Shreyas Gopal- 30 lakhs
• Khalil Ahmed- 4.80 crores
• Mukesh Chaudhary- 30 lakhs
• Gurjapneet Singh- 2.20 crores
• Nathan Ellis- 2 crores
• Kamlesh Nagarkoti- 30 lakhs

When will IPL 2026 auction take place?

The mini auction for the 19th edition of IPL is likely to take place on December 15. This could be for a day.