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    IPL 2026 Mini Auction: Team-Wise Retention, Releases & Purse Analysis

    How each franchise has shaped its IPL 2026 squad with retentions, trades, releases and purse strategy.
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    IPL 2026 Mini Auction: Team-Wise Retention, Releases & Purse Analysis

    With the IPL 2026 mini-auction starting on December 16 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, excitement is building among teams and fans. After the retention deadline passed on November 15, franchises have made major trades, surprising releases, and adjusted their budgets in preparation for the auction. The mini-auction will be a one-day event focused on finalizing squads with strategic buys and bidding wars expected among top teams.

    A massive storyline involved the CSK–RR trade, which saw Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran and Sanju Samson switch franchises. Below is a complete analytical team-wise breakdown of retentions, releases and auction purse balance.

    IPL 2026 Mini Auction: Team-Wise Retention, Releases & Purse Analysis
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    Mumbai Indians (MI)

    Retained Players

    Players
    Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Will Jacks, Mitchell Santner, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Allah Ghazanfar, Raghu Sharma
    Traded In: Shardul Thakur, Sherfane Rutherford, Mayank Markande

    Released Players

    Players
    Arjun Tendulkar (to LSG), Reece Topley, S Raju, Bevon Jacobs, KL Shrijith, Vignesh Puthur, Lizaad Williams, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karn Sharma

    Remaining Purse

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    5 (1 overseas)INR 2.75 Cr

    Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

    Retained Players

    Players
    Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, MS Dhoni (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Urvil Patel (WK), Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramkrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh

    Released Players

    Released
    Ravichandran Ashwin (retired), Ravindra Jadeja (to RR), Sam Curran (to RR), Pathirana, Rahul Tripathi, Devon Conway, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda, Vansh Bedi

    Remaining Purse

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    9 (4 overseas)INR 43.4 Cr

    Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

    Retained Players

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

    Released Players

    Players
    Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Blessing Muzarabani, Lungi Ngidi, Mohit Rathee

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    Remaining Purse

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    8 (2 overseas)INR 16.4 Cr

    Rajasthan Royals (RR)

    Retained Players

    Players
    Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Pretorius, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhvir Singh, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger

    Released Players

    Players
    Kunal Rathore, Nitish Rana (to DC), Sanju Samson (to CSK), Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya

    Remaining Purse

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    9 (1 overseas)INR 16.05 Cr

    Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

    Retained Players

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

    Released Players

    Players
    Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Wiaan Mulder, Mohammed Shami (to LSG), Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa

    Remaining Purse

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    10 (2 overseas)INR 25.5 Cr

    Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

    Retained Players

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

    Released Players

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

    Remaining Purse

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    13 (6 overseas)INR 64.3 Cr

    Delhi Capitals (DC)

    Retained Players

    Players
    Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Abhishek Porel, Axar Patel, Nitish Rana (from RR), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera

    Released Players

    Players
    Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mohit Sharma, Donovan Ferreira (to RR), Manvanth Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Sediqullah Atal

    Remaining Purse

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    8 (4 overseas)INR 21.8 Cr

    Punjab Kings (PBKS)

    Retained Players

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

    Released Players

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

    Remaining Purse

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    4 (2 overseas)INR 11.50 Cr

    Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

    Retained Players

    Players
    Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mohammed Shami (from SRH), Arjun Tendulkar (from MI), Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, M Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh

    Released Players

    Players
    Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shardul Thakur (to MI), Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Shamar Joseph

    Remaining Purse

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    7 (4 overseas)INR 22.95 Cr

    Gujarat Titans (GT)

    Retained Players

    Players
    Shubman Gill (C), Sai Sudharsan, 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 Brar, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav

    Released Players

    Players
    Sherfane Rutherford (to MI), Mahipal Lomror, Karim Janat, Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, Kulwant Khejroliya

    Remaining Purse

    SlotsPurse
    6 (5 overseas)INR 12.90 Cr

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