IPL 2026 All 10 Teams Best Predicted Retained Bowlers List

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Explore the best retained bowlers list for IPL 2026 across all 10 teams. Find out which bowler is likely to stay ahead of the mini auction, and how they shape each franchise’s bowling attack.

The 19th edition of the Indian Premier League, IPL 2026, is gearing up for the ultimate contest in a few months. But before all 10 teams prepare for the ultimate battle, they will have to face a big hurdle in the form of IPL player retentions and the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. The official date for the IPL 2026 Mini Auction hasn’t been disclosed yet, but expect the Auction to take place somewhere in December 2025.

Bowlers are the heart of any team. Not only are they one of the two sides of a coin, but without them, Cricket as a tournament is incomplete. With hardly 3-4 months left, the teams must already be brainstorming on which bowlers they are likely to retain and release. Many high-profile bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Jofra Archer, Ravindra Jadeja, etc., will be under the scanner when it comes to player retentions.

As we know, Bowlers are defined under two primary categories – Fast Bowlers and spinners, and then subcategorised under All-rounders and primary Bowlers. Since there is no restriction on the number of bowlers each team can retain, the teams are likely to retain most of their core. So, in this article, we will break down the list of all bowlers for all 10 teams based on the above category ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Mini Auction.

Indian Premier League 2026 All 10 Teams Best Predicted Retained Bowlers List

IPL 2026 Best Predicted Retained Bowlers List for Mumbai Indians (MI)

Arjun Tendulkar
Corbin Bosch (o)
Hardik Pandya (c)
Mitchell Santner (o)
Naman Dhir
Raj Bawa
Will Jacks (o)
Allah Ghazanfar (o)
Ashwani Kumar
Deepak Chahar
Jasprit Bumrah
Karn Sharma
Trent Boult (o)
Vignesh Puthur

Starting with the crowd favourite, Mumbai Indians, the team is likely to retain a solid number, 14 bowlers, ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. The MI team is likely to retain the core bowlers, including the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Hardik Pandya, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, etc. Aside from these core bowlers, the MI team is likely to retain Allah Ghazanfar, who couldn’t participate in IPL 2025 due to injury, and some young guns like Arjun Tendulkar, Vignesh Puthut, Raj Bawa, etc.

IPL 2026 Best Predicted Retained Bowlers List for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

Arshin Kulkarni
Mitchell Marsh (o)
Shahbaz Ahmed
Akash Deep
Akash Singh
Avesh Khan
Digvesh Rathi
Prince Yadav
Ravi Bishnoi
Shardul Thakur
Will O’Rourke (o)

The Lucknow Super Giants team should retain a total of 11 bowlers ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. The core of LSG bowlers that they shall retain include Avesh Khan, Digvesh Rathi, Ravi Bishnoi, and Shardul Thakur. The team should also retain their new entrant, Will O’Rourke, who was impressive in his few matches with the LSG team. Aside from these five, the team should retain Akash Singh, Prince Yadav, Akash Deep, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Arshin Kulkari.

IPL 2026 Best Predicted Retained Bowlers List for Gujarat Titans (GT)

Arshad Khan
Mahipal Lomror
Manav Suthar
Nishant Sindhu
Rahul Tewatia
Washington Sundar
Gerald Coetzee (o)
Kulwant Kejroliya
Mohammed Siraj
Prasidh Krishna
R Sai Kishore
Rashid Khan (o)

Coming to the Gujarat Titans, the team should retain a total of 12 bowlers ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. The core of GT bowling that they shall retain includes Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, R Sai Kishore, and Washington Sundar. Aside from these 5 bowlers, the team should retain the likes of Arshad Khan, Kulwant Keroliya, Gerald Coetzee, Rahul Tewatia, etc. However, GT shall release Kagiso Rabada, who looks expensive for the services he offers.

IPL 2026 Best Predicted Retained Bowlers List for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Andre Russell (o)
Anukul Roy
Moeen Ali (o)
Sunil Narine (o)
Anrich Nortje (o)
Harshit Rana
Mayank Markande
Umran Malik
Vaibhav Arora
Varun Chakravarthy

The KKR didn’t have a good IPL 2025, but the team should still retain most of their core bowling group. The quality bowlers that KKR shall retain are Harshi Rana, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, and Andre Russell. These six bowlers for the core of KKR, and aside from these 6 bowlers, the team is likely to retain the likes of Moeen Ali, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, and Anukul Roy.

IPL 2026 Best Predicted Retained Bowlers List for Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Riyan Parag
Wanindu Hasaranga (o)
Akash Madhwal
Jofra Archer (o)
Maheesh Theekshana (o)
Nandre Burger (o)
Sandeep Sharma
Tushar Deshpande
Yudhvir Charak

The Rajasthan Royals team is one of the few teams that is dependent on their foreign bowlers, and the team is likely to retain four of them – Jofra Archer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, and Nandre Burger. Aside from these four bowlers, the team should retain their Indian core of Sandeep Sharma, Akash Madhwal, Tushar Deshpande, and Yudhvir Charak. The team may target quality Indian spinners in their lineup for IPL 2026

IPL 2026 Best Predicted Retained Bowlers List for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

Jacob Bethell (o)
Krunal Pandya
Manoj Bhandage
Romario Shephard (o)
Swapnil Singh
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Josh Hazlewood (o)
Lungi Ngidi (o)
Nuwan Thushara (o)
Rasikh Dar
Suyash Sharma
Yash Dayal

The IPL 2025 Champions, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru team, should retain almost all their bowlers ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. As they say, don’t fix what is not broken, and the team is likely to retain the core of their bowling: Josh Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi, Krunal Pandya, Nuwan Thushara, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Romario Shephard. Aside from these bowlers, RCB should retain the likes of Swapnil Singh, Manoj Bhandage, Rasikh Dar, etc.

IPL 2026 Best Predicted Retained Bowlers List for Delhi Capitals (DC)

Axar Patel
Vipraj Nigam
Kuldeep Yadav
Mitchell Starc (o)
Mukesh Kumar

The Delhi Capitals is one team that is likely to retain only their core bowlers, and release almost all of their other bowlers. Their core comprises 5 bowlers, and those are Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, and Mukesh Kumar. Aside from these five bowlers, the DC team is almost contemplating releasing T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, etc.

IPL 2026 Best Predicted Retained Bowlers List for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Abhishek Sharma
Harsh Dubey
Kamindu Mendis (o)
Nitish Reddy
Ehsan Malinga (o)
Harshal Patel
Jaydev Unadkat
Pat Cummins (o&c)
Simarjeet Singh
Zeeshan Ansari

Coming to the Sunrisers Hyderabad team, they should retain a total of 10 bowlers ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. Their biggest decision will be to retain the duo of Mohammed Shami and Rahul Chahar. Since both these bowlers look beaten down in terms of skills and form, expect SRH to release them. However, the SRH bowling core is still intact, so expect them to retain the likes of Pat Cummins, Ehsan Malinga, Simarjeet Singh, Jaudev Unadkat, Harshal Patel, Harsh Dubey, etc.

IPL 2026 Best Predicted Retained Bowlers List for Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Azmatullah Omarzai (o)
Harpreet Brar
Marco Jansen (o)
Marcus Stoinis (o)
Musheer Khan
Suryansh Shedge
Arshdeep Singh
Lockie Ferguson (o)
Kuldeep Sen
Pravin Dubey
Vyshak Vijaykumar
Yash Thakur
Yuzvendra Chahal

The IPL 2025 Runner-up, Punjab Kings, should retain most of their bowlers. Their biggest headache must be to retain Yuzvendra Chahal at such a high price. However, given their performance in IPL 2025, expect Chahal to be given one more opportunity. The other quality bowlers that PBKS should retain are Arshdeep Singh, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Harpreet Brar, Vyshak Vijaykumar, and Azmatullah Omarzai. Aside from these core bowlers, expect PBKS to retain the likes of Marcus Stoinis, Kuldeep Sen, Yash Thakur, and Pravin Dubey.

IPL 2026 Best Predicted Retained Bowlers List for Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Rachin Ravindra (o)
Ravindra Jadeja
Sam Curran (o)
Shivam Dube
Anshul Kamboj
Khaleel Ahmed
Matheesha Pathirana
Nathan Ellis (o)
Noor Ahmad (o)
Ramkrishna Ghosh

Finally, talking about the Yellow Army, the team is likely to retain 10 bowlers ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. Almost the entire core of CSK is retained, and even as they finished 10th in the points table, the core of bowling for CSK is intact. The bowling didn’t disappoint for CSK in IPL 2025, and be it Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj, or Sam Curran, all were impressive. With these bowlers set to be retained, expect CSK to also continue investing in Nathan Ellis, Ramkrishna Ghosh, Shivam Dube, and Rachin Ravindra.

So, that’s about best retained bowlers list for all 10 Teams for IPL 2026. Which bowlers do you think the teams should release? Please share your thoughts on ipladdafounder@gmail.com.