Royal Challengers Bangalore has also included Yash Dayal in its retention list (RCB Retained Players List) for IPL 2026. This decision of RCB is being heavily criticized, because Yash currently has two serious criminal cases registered against him, including one case under the POCSO Act. Last year, RCB had retained Yash Dayal for Rs 5 crore.

Two separate cases are registered against Yash Dayal in Ghaziabad and Jaipur and both are related to sexual exploitation. Due to his retention by RCB, questions are being raised on the stance of the franchise. People on social media are divided into two groups regarding this retention. Some people even said that by retaining Yash despite serious cases being registered, the RCB franchise is giving a wrong message to the society.

RCB franchise has not issued any separate statement on retaining Yash Dayal. It has also not been clarified by the team whether it has contacted BCCI regarding the allegations against Yash Dayal or not. Let us tell you that Yash Dayal has not played any competitive cricket after the final of IPL 2025.

have faced suspension

In view of the seriousness of the cases registered in August this year, the organizers of the UP T20 League had barred Yash Dayal from participating in the league. He was going to play for Gorakhpur Lions. In the domestic season, he has not been seen playing even a single match for Uttar Pradesh yet. All these news are putting his future in cricket in doubt.

Coz Yash Dayal has two allegations in two different states, one of them under POCSO..

— Noah (@PantasticNoah) November 15, 2025

I am beyond shocked as to how Yash Dayal was retained by RCB. He has some serious allegations against him and generally a franchise should distance themselves from such a massive controversy. Maybe RCB know something we don’t know. Only time will tell.

— Anuj Nitin Prabhu (@APTalksCricket) November 15, 2025

What a shame
Kohli and Yash Dayal in the same poster… https://t.co/JJIT8Dr5av

— Cric Nerd (@CheeYaarr) November 15, 2025

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All ten teams have released their retention list for IPL 2026. Chennai Super Kings have shown the exit door to 9 players and Rajasthan Royals to a total of 8 players. Mathisha Pathirana, Liam Livingstone, Andre Russell and Glenn Maxwell are some of the big names who have been released before the auction. Here you can see the retention list of all the teams at a glance.

Retention list of all teams for IPL 2026:

RCB’s retention list: Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethel, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salaam, Abhinandan Singh and Suyyash Sharma.

Retention list of MI: Hardik Pandya (captain), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Naman Dheer, Raj Angad Bawa, Ashwini Kumar, Robin Minz, Raghu Sharma, Ryan Rickleton, Corbin Bosch, Will Jacques, Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, Allah Ghazanfar.

Retention List of LSG: Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Bretzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (captain), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh Do

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

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

Retention List of Gujarat: Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, 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 and Jayant Yadav.

Retention List of Punjab: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Janssen, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vishak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod

Retention List of Delhi: Axar Patel (captain), KL Rahul, Abhishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripura Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera.

KKR retention list: Ajinkya Rahane, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Varun Chakraborty, Lavnith Sisodia, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh, Ankul Roy, Rovman Powell, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Spencer Johnson

Retention List of Rajasthan: Ajinkya Rahane, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Varun Chakraborty, Lavnith Sisodia, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh, Ankul Roy, Rovman Powell, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Spencer Johnson