Delhi: After some big trades on Saturday, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) surprised everyone by releasing two of their veteran players Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer. At the same time, last season’s runner-up team Punjab Kings (PBKS) has released Australian trio Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardy and Josh Inglis.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 auction is likely to take place around December 16 and before that all 10 franchises have revealed their retention lists and remaining purses.

KKR has the biggest purse of Rs 64.30 crore, while Mumbai Indians is left with only Rs 2.75 crore. Chennai Super Kings will enter the auction with a purse of Rs 43.40 crore.

Full list of retained players

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane, Ankrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manoj Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty.

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

Mumbai Indians: AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dheer, Raghu Sharma, Raj Angad Bavla, Robin Minns, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Will Jacques

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

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Ayush Mhatre, MS Dhoni, Dewald Brewis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dubey, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapaneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Chaudhary, Nathan Ellis.

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

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Nihal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Yanson, 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

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (captain), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Braydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari

Rajasthan Royals: Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal Rathore, Luan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charan, Jofra Archer, Aakash Madhwal, Kumar Karthikeya, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Quain Mafaqa, Ashok Sharma, Nandre Berger.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 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, Suyyash Sharma.

Full list of released players

Kolkata Knight Riders: Anrich Norkhia, Andre Russell, Quinton de Kock, Moeen Ali, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Spencer Johnson, Venkatesh Iyer, Luvneeth Sisodia, Chetan Sakariya

Gujarat Titans: Karim Janat, Kulwant Khedoliya, Gerald Coetzee, Dasun Shanaka, Mahipal Lomror

Mumbai Indians: Bevan Jacobs, Karn Sharma, KL Sreejith, Lizard Williams, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, PSN Raju, Reece Topley, Vignesh Puthur

Delhi Capitals: Mohit Sharma, Faf Du Plessis, Sediqullah Atal, Jake Fraser-Magerk, Manwant Kumar, Darhan Nalkande

Chennai Super Kings: Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, C. Andre Siddharth, Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Sheikh Rashid, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mathisha Pathirana

Lucknow Super Giants: Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Shamar Joseph

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

Rajasthan Royals: Wanindu Hasaranga, Mahesh Theekshana

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Swastik Chikar, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bandege, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, Mohit Rathi

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Viaan Mulder, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Tayde, Sachin Baby

The remaining purse of all the teams before the auction

Chennai Super Kings: ₹43.40 crore
Mumbai Indians: ₹2.75 crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore: ₹16.40 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders: ₹64.30 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad: ₹25.50 crore
Gujarat Titans: ₹12.90 crore
Rajasthan Royals: ₹16.05 crore
Delhi Capitals: ₹21.80 crore
Lucknow Super Giants: ₹22.95 crore
Punjab Kings: ₹11.50 crore

Major trades made before IPL 2026 auction

Ravindra Jadeja – from CSK to RR (₹14 crore)
Sam Curran – from CSK to RR (₹2.4 crore)
Sanju Samson – RR to CSK (₹18 crore)
Mohammed Shami – from SRH to LSG (₹10 crore)
Mayank Markande – from KKR to MI (₹30 lakh)
Arjun Tendulkar – from MI to LSG (₹30 lakh)
Nitish Rana – RR to DC (₹4.2 crore)
Donovan Ferreira – from DC to RR (₹1 crore)
Shardul Thakur – from LSG to MI (₹2 crore)
Sherfane Rutherford – from GT to MI (₹2.6 crore)