IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates

With the much-awaited IPL 2026 auction just around the corner, the 10 franchises will be announcing the names of the players that they will retain and release. Even before the official announcement, the cricket fraternity is already buzzing with several big rumours.

One of those big rumours is related to India star Sanju Samson, who is currently the captain of the Rajasthan Royals. Reports state that the wicketkeeper-batsman would be joining five-time IPL winners Chennai Super Kings, while veteran allrounder Ravindra Jadeja would go the other way.

The deals were officially confirmed by both franchises on Saturday morning. Along with Jadeja, Sam Curran has also moved to the Rajasthan Royals from Chennai. Ahead of the auction, all the teams are set to release and retain several players as they look to bolster their squad ahead of the next season.

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Here are all the major updates for IPL 2026 retentions:

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates - Retained players and full squads:

Lucknow Super Giants: Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Prince Yadav, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke

Traded in: Mohammed Shami, Arjun Tendulkar

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

Delhi Capitals: Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, T. Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmantha Chameera, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel

Traded in: Nitish Rana

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Carse, Kamindu Mendis, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Tim David, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Jacob Bethell, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Abhinandan Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Nuwan Thushara, Yash Dayal

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-dre Pretorious, Nandre Burger

Traded in: Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira

Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Shashank Singh, Pyla Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Musheer Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Amatullah Omarzai, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Arshdeep Singh, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Barlett, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar

Mumbai Indians: Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Allah Ghazanfar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Raj Angad Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Raghu Sharma

Traded in: Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Umran Malik, Anukul Roy

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleed Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary

Traded in: Sanju Samson

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates - Budget remaining with each team

With Rs 64.3 crores, KKR have the biggest budget for the upcoming auction. No other team has even managed to reach the 45 crore-mark. Mumbai Indians have the smallest budget at Rs 2.75 crore.

• Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs 25.5 crore
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rs 16.4 crore
• Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs 64.3 crore
• Mumbai Indians: Rs 2.75 crore
• Chennai Super Kings: Rs 43.4 crore
• Gujarat Titans: Rs 12.9 crore
• Lucknow Super Giants: Rs 22.95 crore
• Punjab Kings: Rs 11.5 crore
• Delhi Capitals: Rs 21.8 crore
• Rajasthan Royals: Rs 16.05 crore

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates - Players released by each franchise:

Chennai Super Kings: Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, C Andre Siddarth, Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Sam Curran (trade), Ravindra Jadeja (trade), Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Matheesha Pathirana

Delhi Capitals: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Donovan Ferreira (Trade), Sediqullah Atal, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande

Gujarat Titans: Sherfane Rutherford (trade), Mahipal Lomror, Karim Janat, Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, Kulwant Khejroliya

Kolkata Knight Riders: Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje, Mayank Markande (trade)

Lucknow Super Giants: Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shardul Thakur (trade), Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Shamar Joseph

Mumbai Indians: Satyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Arjun Tendulkar, Bevon Jacobs, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur

Punjab Kings: Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, Mohit Rathee

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mohammed Shami (trade), Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates - Andre Russell released:

Veteran allrounder Andre Russell has been released by Kolkata Knight Riders. It is one of the most high-profile releases in the history of IPL. Russell was with the Kolkata-based outfit since 2014. He was one of the five players retained by KKR before the 2025 mega auction.

IPL 2026 Retention Live Updates - Trades so far:

• Ravindra Jadeja - Chennai Super Kings to Rajasthan Royals
• Sanju Samson - Rajasthan Royals to Chennai Super Kings
• Sam Curran - Chennai Super Kings to Rajasthan Royals
• Mohammed Shami - Sunrisers Hyderabad to Lucknow Super Giants
• Mayank Markande - Kolkata Knight Riders to Mumbai Indians
• Arjun Tendulkar - Mumbai Indians to Lucknow Super Giants
• Nitish Rana - Rajasthan Royals to Delhi Capitals
• Donovan Ferreira - Delhi Capitals to Rajasthan Royals