IPL 2026 Auction 8 Days To Go: Check CSK, DC, RCB, SRH, RR, MI, KKR, PBKS, LSG, GT Full Retained Players List & Purse Remaining

IPL 2026 Auction, All Teams Purse Remaining: The IPL 2026 auction is all set to be in the major focus in the coming few days, and it is scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi on December 16, with all 10 franchises aiming to bolster their respective squads for the new season.

This will be the third successive year that the IPL auction will be conducted away from India. The date and venue for the upcoming auction were revealed after the IPL 2026 player retention window closed a few days ago. A total of 1355 cricket players - including 1,062 Indians and 293 overseas players - have already registered for the upcoming mini auction.

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With the teams retaining 173 players collectively, there will be a total of 77 slots, including 31 overseas ones. Some big names will be missing from the upcoming IPL auction as they opted not to register after getting released from their respective franchises. Teams will be allowed to build a squad of up to 25 players as they have a combined purse of Rs 237.55 crore to spend in the auction.

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Heading into the auction, the three-time IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders boast the largest remaining purse at Rs 64.3 crore, with room for 13 new additions, including six overseas players.

IPL 2026 Auction: All Teams Retained Players List

Chennai Super Kings: Ravichandran Ashwin (retired), Ravindra Jadeja (traded to RR), Sam Curran (traded to RR), Matheesha Pathirana, Rahul Tripathi, Devon Conway, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti

Mumbai Indians: 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 players: Shardul Thakur, Sherfane Rutherford and Mayank Markande

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 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

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Ravindra Jadeja (traded from CSK), Sam Curran (traded from CSK), Donovan Ferreira (traded from DC), Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhvir Singh, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 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

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

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

Punjab Kings: 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

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

Gujarat Giants: 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

IPL 2026 Auction: All Teams Remaining Purse

Chennai Super Kings: Rs. 43.40 crore

Mumbai Indians: Rs. 2.75 crore

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rs. 16.40 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs. 64.30 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs. 25.50 crore

Gujarat Titans: Rs. 12.90 crore

Rajasthan Royals: Rs. 16.05 crore

Delhi Capitals: Rs. 21.80 crore

Lucknow Super Giants: Rs. 22.95 crore

Punjab Kings: Rs. 11.50 crore