IPL 2026 All 10 Teams Exclusive Full Retained Indian Players List
From MS Dhoni to Vaibhav Suryavanshi, discover the complete final IPL 2026 retained Indian players list by all 10 teams ahead of the Auction.
When we talk about a particular category of players, especially the Indian players, they form an integral part of any team. A team’s core of players is usually defined by the quality of Indian names they have in the side. So, be it MS Dhoni and Ruturaj Gaikwad for CSK, Virat Kohli for RCB, Rohit Sharma for MI, Yashasvi Jaiswal for RR, and so on. Indian players define the quality of any IPL side, and this is exactly what we saw as all 10 teams officially announced their retentions for IPL 2026.
A total of 124 Indian players have been retained by all 10 franchises, and this includes some of the biggest Indian players like Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, etc. While the Gujarat Titans have retained the maximum number of Indian players at 16, the Rajasthan Royals and the Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained the fewest at 9. Meanwhile, the Mumbai Indians have retained 13 Indian players.
While the retentions seem to be on point, in terms of the IPL 2026 Released Players list, teams also released a few big Indian names like Venkatesh Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Akash Deep, Akash Madhwal, etc. So, with the official names in front of us, let’s quickly analyse the existing squad of all 10 teams, and look at the complete final IPL 2026 Retained Indian Players list for each team ahead of the Mini Auction.
IPL 2026 All 10 Teams Exclusive Full Retained Indian Players List
IPL 2026 Complete Retained Indian Players List for Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
- Ayush Mhatre
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- MS Dhoni
- Sanju Samson
- Urvil Patel
- Shivam Dube
- Anshul Kamboj
- Gurjapneet Singh
- Khaleel Ahmed
- Mukesh Choudhary
- Ramkrishna Ghosh
- Shreyas Gopal
Chennai Super Kings is one team that has always emphasised the importance of an Indian core. So, in lieu of this, they have retained 12 players as a part of their Indian core. This includes some of the biggest names like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Khaleel Ahmed, and the oldest player in the IPL, MS Dhoni. Alongside this solid experienced core, CSK also have retained young and dynamic Indian players like Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Ramkrishna Ghosh, etc.
IPL 2026 Final Retained Indian Players List for Delhi Capitals (DC)
- Ashutosh Sharma
- Karun Nair
- Nitish Rana
- Sameer Rizvi
- Abhishek Porel
- KL Rahul
- Ajay Mandal
- Axar Patel (c)
- Madhav Tiwari
- Vipraj Nigam
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Mukesh Kumar
- Tripurana Vijay
- T Natarajan
The Delhi Capitals team sprung a surprise with their retentions, and focused more on the Indian core than the Overseas core. While retaining just 3 Overseas players, Delhi Capitals retained 14 Indian players – more than CSK. While there is definitely quantity among Indian players, in terms of quality, they have decent T20 specialists like KL Rahul, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, Ashutosh Sharma, and T Natarajan.
IPL 2026 Full Retained Indian Players List for Gujarat Titans (GT)
- Sai Sudharsan
- Shahrukh Khan
- Shubman Gill (c)
- Anuj Rawat
- Kumar Khushagra
- Arshad Khan
- Jayant Yadav
- Nishant Sindhu
- Rahul Tewatia
- Washington Sundar
- Gurnoor Brar
- Ishant Sharma
- Manav Suthar
- Mohammed Siraj
- Prasidh Krishna
- R Sai Kishore
One of the newest two franchises, the Gujarat Titans, have once again emphasised the importance of having an Indian core, and for that, they have retained 16 names. This is a great number, and the most any franchise has retained so far for IPL 2026. Among the quality first-choice options, the Gujarat Titans have Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, and R Sai Kishore.
IPL 2026 Final Retained Indian Players List for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Manish Pandey
- Ramandeep Singh
- Rinku Singh
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi
- Anukul Roy
- Harshit Rana
- Umran Malik
- Vaibhav Arora
- Varun Chakravarthy
The Kolkata Knight Riders are undergoing a major shift in their IPL 2026 startegy, and for that, they have retained just 10 Indian players, and they have invariably released their most expensive player, Venkatesh Iyer. Among the Indian core that they retained, they have Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, and Varun Chakravarthy as specialist first-choice options.
IPL 2026 Final Retained Indian Players List for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
- Abdul Samad
- Ayush Badoni
- Himmat Singh
- Rishabh Pant (c)
- Arshin Kulkarni
- Shahbaz Ahmed
- Akash Singh
- Arjun Tendulkar
- Avesh Khan
- Digvesh Rathi
- Mayank Yadav
- M Siddharth
- Mohammed Shami
- Mohsin Khan
- Prince Yadav
The Lucknow Super Giants did a surprise with Indian retentions, with a good 15 names retained ahead of the IPL 2206 Mini Auction. This is a good number for a team that has relied more on their Overseas players. Among the star Indian players that LSG have retained, we have LSG Captain Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami, who has been traded from SRH, Avesh Khan, young Ayush Badoni and Abdul Samad, Mayank Yadav, and the latest joinee, junior Tendulkar, Arjun.
IPL 2026 Full Retained Indian Players List for Mumbai Indians (MI)
- Rohit Sharma
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Tilak Varma
- Robin Minz
- Hardik Pandya (c)
- Naman Dhir
- Raj Bawa
- Ashwani Kumar
- Deepak Chahar
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Mayank Markande
- Raghu Sharma
- Shardul Thakur
One of the best Indian-players centric teams in the IPL, the Mumbai Indians continued their template of investing in Indian players, and thus have retained 13 solid Indian players for IPL 2026. It is a team filled with star-studded Indian players. Right from Rohit, Rilak, Surya among batters to Hardik and Naman among All-rounders, to Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, and Shardul Thakur among bowlers. Such is the strength of this squad that even without Overseas players, they will be tough to beat.
IPL 2026 Complete Retained Indian Players List for Punjab Kings (PBKS)
- Harnoor Pannu
- Musheer Khan
- Nehal Wadhera
- Priyansh Arya
- Pyla Avinash
- Shashank Singh
- Shreyas Iyer (c)
- Prabsimran Singh
- Vishnu Vinod
- Harpreet Brar
- Suryansh Shedge
- Arshdeep Singh
- Vyshak Vijaykumar
- Yash Thakur
- Yuzvendra Chahal
Punjab Kings, which built their team majorly around uncapped players, have retained a total of 15 Indian players for IPL 2026, and this includes 12 uncapped players – the most by any team. From capped players, PBKS have Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Arshdeep Singh. Whereas among potential uncapped players, PBKS have retained Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Prabsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, etc.
IPL 2026 Official Retained Indian Players List for Rajasthan Royals (RR)
- Shubham Dubey
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Dhruv Jurel
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Riyan Parag
- Sandeep Sharma
- Tushar Deshpande
- Yudhvir Charak
The Rajasthan Royals team retained the joint-fewest Indian players among all teams at 9. While trading in Ravindra Jadeja from CSK, RR have a really talented bunch of Indian players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Sandeep Sharma, etc. With 8 overseas players adding to this, RR will mostly look to add only backup Indian players to the team in the Auction.
IPL 2026 Full Retained Indian Players List for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
- Devdutt Padikkal
- Rajat Patidar (c)
- Virat Kohli
- Jitesh Sharma
- Krunal Pandya
- Swapnil Singh
- Abhinandan Singh
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Rasikh Dar
- Suyash Sharma
- Yash Dayal
The importance of an Indian core is paramount, and RCB, by retaining a solid group of 11 Indian players, have shown exactly that. Even if we don’t add any Overseas players to this group of 11 players, they will make up for a decent playing 11. But with Virat Kohli being the showstopper among Indian players, the team also has the likes of Rajat Patidar, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Devdutt Padikkal, etc, as quality Indian players in the side.
IPL 2026 Best Retained Indian Players List for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
- Aniket Verma
- Smaran Ravichandran
- Ishan Kishan
- Abhishek Sharma
- Harsh Dubey
- Nitish Reddy
- Harshal Patel
- Jaydev Unadkat
- Zeeshan Ansari
Finally, talking about Sunrisers Hyderabad, they are the joint-least among retaining Indian players, with just 9 names in the side. SRH have a few quality bunch of Indian players that are or have already been a part of the Indian team, like Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Ishan Kishan, Harshal Patel, and Jaydev Unadkat. etc. Aside from these, there’s potential in the form of Aniket Verma, Smaran Ravichandran Ashwin, Harsh Dubey, and Zeeshan Ansari.
So, that’s about the final retained Indian players list for IPL 2026. Which Indian players should each team target in the Indian Premier League 2026 Auction? Please email your thoughts to ipladdafounder@gmail.com.
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