IPL 2026 All 10 Teams Purse Left and Retained Players Likely Salary List

From Rishabh Pant’s ₹27 Cr deal to Shreyas Iyer and Heinrich Klaasen’s mega contracts, explore the complete salary list of IPL 2026 best retained players. See who’s earning big ahead of the Mini Auction.

Money and the Indian Premier League are two things that can never be separated. The biggest T20 league in the world is known as one of the most valuable sports leagues in the world – going neck-and-neck with the likes of the NFL, EPL, etc. While Cricketers don’t get a salary that is comparable ot the other sports personalities around the world, if you compare per-match salary, the cricketers in the IPL get a surreal salary.

The IPL is currently in its 19th edition, and the current focus for all teams shall once again be money as the IPL Auction is around the corner. Teams will look to release players who are expensive, and don’t add much value to the side. This will give teams the option to look for fresh and emerging players in the Auction. There is no dearth of talent in the cricketing world, and given a huge supply, teams usually get the quality players they look for.

The IPL 2025 Mega Auction had seen each team having a purse of INR 120 Cr. Given the history, expect the BCCI to increase the purse to INR 125 Cr, which will be a good 5 Cr addition to buy fresh players. So, as we wait for the IPL 2026 Mini Auction, let’s, in the meantime, analyse the existing squad of all 10 teams, the predicted retained players, their salary list, and the expected purse left for the Auction.    

IPL 2026 All 10 Teams Purse Left and Retained Players Likely Salary List

IPL 2026 Predicted Retained Players Salary List for Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

1. Ravindra Jadeja – 18 Cr
2. Ruturaj Gaikwad – 18 Cr 
3. Matheesha Pathirana – 13 Cr
4. Shivam Dube – 12 Cr
5. Noor Ahmad – 10 Cr
6. Khaleel Ahmed – 4.8 Cr
7. Rachin Ravindra – 4 Cr
8. MS Dhoni – 4 Cr
9. Anshul Kamboj – 3.4 Cr
10. Sam Curran – 2.4 Cr
11. Dewald Brevis – 2.2 Cr
12. Nathan Ellis – 2 Cr
13. Vansh Bedi – 0.55 Cr
14. Ramakrishna Ghosh – 0.3 Cr
15. Andre Siddharth – 0.3 Cr
16. Shaik Rasheed – 0.3 Cr
17. Urvil Patel – 0.3 Cr
18. Ayush Mhatre – 0.3 Cr

The CSK team should retain a total of 18 players for the IPL 2026. If they retain 18 players, they will have a space for 7 more players, including 2 Overseas players. The current purse utilisation with these retentions will be around 95 Cr. So, with a budget of 125 Cr, CSK will roughly have around 30 Cr to spend in the Auction. Given they already have a solid core in place, CSK might look for good finishers or All-rounders in the side for IPL 2026.

IPL 2026 Predicted Retained Players Salary List for Delhi Capitals (DC)

1. Axar Patel – 16.5 Cr
2. KL Rahul – 14 Cr
3. Kuldeep Yadav – 13.25 Cr
4. Mitchell Starc – 11.75 Cr
5. T Natarajan – 10.75 Cr
6. Tristan Stubbs – 10 Cr
7. Jake Fraser-McGurk – 9 Cr
8. Mukesh Kumar – 8 Cr
9. Abhishek Porel – 4 Cr
10. Ashutosh Sharma – 3.8 Cr
11. Sameer Rizvi – 0.95 Cr
12. Vipraj Nigam – 0.5 Cr

The Delhi Capitals team may go lean on retentions, and should retain a total of 12 players ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. Given the lean retentions, they should have around 23 Cr for the Auction with a space for 13 more players, including 5 Overseas players. That’s not an ideal budget to go in the Auction when you need around 7-8 more players. So, best would be best if DC release one of Fraser-McGurk or Natarajan to get more budget in the Auction. 

IPL 2026 Predicted Retained Players Salary List for Gujarat Titans (GT)

1. Rashid Khan – 18 Cr
2. Shubman Gill – 16.5 Cr
3. Jos Buttler – 15.75 Cr
4. Mohammed Siraj – 12.25 Cr
5. Kagiso Rabada – 10.75 Cr
6. Prasidh Krishna – 9.5 Cr
7. Sai Sudharsan – 8.5 Cr
8. Rahul Tewatia – 4 Cr
9. Shahrukh Khan – 4 Cr
10. Washington Sundar – 3.2 Cr
11. Sherfane Rutherford – 2.6 Cr
12. Gerald Coetzee – 2.4 Cr
13. R Sai Kishore – 2 Cr
14. Mahipal Lomror – 1.7 Cr
15. Arshad Khan – 1.3 Cr
16. Nishant Sindhu – 0.3 Cr
17. Manav Suthar – 0.3 Cr
18. Anuj Rawat – 0.3 Cr
19. Kulwant Kejroliya – 0.3 Cr

The GT team should retain a solid 19 players ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. The team has most of the bases covered, and will look for quality Overseas players in the Auction. With these retentions, GT would have spent around 113 Cr, and will have around 12 Cr to target 3-4 Overseas players in the Auction. Since GT already have a solid core, barring Rashid Khan, there is no other player that they can contemplate releasing to get more purse.

IPL 2026 Predicted Retained Players Salary List for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

1. Rinku Singh – 13 Cr
2. Andre Russell – 12 Cr
3. Sunil Narine – 12 Cr
4. Varun Chakravarthy – 12 Cr
5. Anrich Nortje – 6.5 Cr
6. Ramandeep Singh – 4 Cr
7. Harshit Rana – 4 Cr
8. Quinton de Kock – 3.6 Cr
9. Angkrish Raghuvanshi – 3 Cr
10. Rahmanullah Gurbaz – 2 Cr
11. Moeen Ali – 2 Cr
12. Vaibhav Arora – 1.8 Cr
13. Ajinkya Rahane – 1.5 Cr
14. Umran Malik – 0.75 Cr
15. Anukul Roy – 0.4 Cr
16. Mayank Markande – 0.3 Cr

Coming to KKR, the team should retain a total of 16 players ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. KKR shall retain 4 Overseas players, and they will look for 3-4 more backups in the Auction. The team would have spent INR 79 Cr with these retentions, and if they release Venkatesh, whom they should, they would have the maximum purse in the Auction. Given the price power, KKR can literally buy any quality player in the Auction. 

IPL 2026 Predicted Retained Players Salary List for Lucknow Super Kings (LSG)

1. Rishabh Pant – 27 Cr
2. Nicholas Pooran – 21 Cr
3. Ravi Bishnoi – 11 Cr
4. Avesh Khan – 9.75 Cr
5. Akash Deep – 8 Cr
6. David Miller – 7.5 Cr
7. Abdul Samad – 4.2 Cr
8. Ayush Badoni – 4 Cr
9. Mitchell Marsh – 3.4 Cr
10. Will O’Rourke – 3 Cr
11. Shahbaz Ahmed – 2.4 Cr
12. Aiden Markram – 2 Cr
13. Shardul Thakur – 2 Cr
14. Himmat Singh – 0.3 Cr
15. Digvesh Singh – 0.3 Cr
16. Akash Singh – 0.3 Cr
17. Prince Yadav – 0.3 Cr
18. Arshin Kulkarni – 0.3 Cr

The LSG team should retain a total of 18 players ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. LSG have a solid core in place, and should ideally release only a few injury-probe pacers in the Auction. The team should have a space for 7 more players, including 3 Overseas players. With these retentions, LSG would have spent INR 107 Cr, and they should have around 18 Cr for the Auction. This is a good enough number to buy 2-3 quality players in the Auction. 

IPL 2026 Predicted Retained Players Salary List for Mumbai Indians (MI)

1. Jasprit Bumrah – 18 Cr
2. Hardik Pandya – 16.35 Cr
3. Suryakumar Yadav – 16.35 Cr
4. Rohit Sharma – 16.3 Cr
5. Trent Boult – 12.5 Cr
6. Deepak Chahar – 9.25 Cr
7. Tilak Varma – 8 Cr
8. Naman Dhir – 5.25 Cr
9. Will Jacks – 5.25 Cr
10. Allah Ghazanfar – 4.8 Cr
11. Mitchell Santner – 2 Cr
12. Ryan Rickelton – 1 Cr
13. Corbin Bosch – 0.3 Cr
14. Robin Minz – 0.65 Cr
15. Karn Sharma – 0.5 Cr
16. Ashwani Kumar – 0.3 Cr
17. Raj Bawa – 0.3 Cr
18. Bevon Jackobs – 0.3 Cr
19. Arjun Tendulkar – 0.3 Cr
20. Vignesh Puthur – 0.3 Cr

The Mumbai Indians team should retain a solid  20 players ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. Given that the team is likely to trust their players, they should have spent 118 Cr for retaining these 18 players. With 7 Cr more expected purse, expect MI to just focus on getting quality emerging Indian talent in the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. 

IPL 2026 Predicted Retained Players Salary List for Punjab Kings (PBKS)

1. Shreyas Iyer – 26.75 Cr
2. Arshdeep Singh – 18 Cr
3. Yuzvendra Chahal – 18 Cr
4. Marcus Stoinis – 11 Cr
5. Marco Jansen – 7 Cr
6. Shashank Singh – 5.5 Cr
7. Nehal Wadhera – 4.2 Cr
8. Prabsimran Singh – 4 Cr
9. Priyansh Arya – 3.8 Cr
10. Mitchell Owen – 3 Cr
11. Josh Inglis – 2.6 Cr
12. Azmatullah Omerzai – 2.4 Cr
13. Lockie Ferguson – 2 Cr
14. Vyshak Vijakumar – 1.8 Cr
15. Yash Thakur – 1.6 Cr
16. Harpreet Brar – 1.5 Cr
17. Kuldeep Sen – 0.8 Cr
18. Musheer Khan – 0.3 Cr
19. Suryansh Shedge – 0.3 Cr
20. Pyla Avinash – 0.3 Cr
21. Pravin Dubey – 0.3 Cr

The Punjab Kings team should retain a total of 21 players ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. This is a solid number to retain, and the one that shows they back their players. With a space for just 4 more players, PBKS should have around 10 Cr. This is a good number to look for 2-3 good backups in the side. 

IPL 2026 Predicted Retained Players Salary List for Rajasthan Royals (RR)

1. Sanju Samson – 18 Cr
2. Yashasvi Jaiswal – 18 Cr
3. Riyan Parag – 14 Cr
4. Dhruv Jurel – 14 Cr
5. Jofra Archer – 12.5 Cr
6. Shimron Hetmyer – 11 Cr
7. Tushar Deshpande – 6.5 Cr
8. Wanindu Hasaranga – 5.25 Cr
9. Maheesh Theekshana – 4.4 Cr
10. Nitish Rana – 4.2 Cr
11. Sandeep Sharma – 4 Cr
12. Nandre Burger – 3.5 Cr
13. Akash Madhwal – 1.2 Cr
14. Vaibhav Suryavanshi – 1.1 Cr
15. Shubham Dubey – 0.8 Cr
16. Yudhvir Charak – 0.35 Cr

Talking about the Rajasthan Royals, the team should retain a total of 16 players ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. RR’s biggest headache right now is to win the confidence of Sanju Samson. Since Rahul Dravid has backed out of the Coaching role, expect RR to continue with Sanju Samson for the upcoming season. With a total of 16 retentions, RR would have spent around 119 Cr. This is a big number, and with just 6 Cr more left in the purse, expect RR to buy 2-3 backup players in the Auction. 

IPL 2026 Predicted Retained Players Salary List for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

1. Virat Kohli – 21 Cr
2. Josh Hazlewood – 12.5 Cr
3. Phil Salt – 11.5 Cr
4. Rajat Patidar – 11 Cr
5. Jitesh Sharma – 11 Cr
6. Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 10.75 Cr
7. Rasikh Dar – 6 Cr
8. Krunal Pandya – 5.75 Cr
9. Yash Dayal – 5 Cr
10. Tim David – 3 Cr
11. Suyash Sharma – 2.6 Cr
12. Jacob Bethell – 2.6 Cr
13. Devdutt Padikkal – 2 Cr
14. Nuwan Thushara – 1.6 Cr
15. Romario Shephard – 1.5 Cr
16. Mayank Agarwal – 1 Cr
17. Lungi Ngidi – 1 Cr
18. Swapnil Singh – 0.5 Cr
19. Manoj Bhandage – 0.3 Cr
20. Swastik Chikara – 0.3 Cr

The RCB team should retain a total of 20 players ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. The defending champions should leave no stone unturned when it comes to retaining their core. With solid 20 names among expected retentions, RCB should still have around 15 Cr if they release Liam Livingstone. Ideally, the team looks complete, but they would like to invest in young Indian talent in the Auction. 

IPL 2026 Predicted Retained Players Salary List for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

1. Heinrich Klaasen – 23 Cr
2. Pat Cummins – 18 Cr
3. Travis Head – 14 Cr
4. Abhishek Sharma – 14 Cr
5. Ishan Kishan – 11.25 Cr
6. Harshal Patel – 8 Cr
7. Nitish Reddy – 6 Cr
8. Abhinav Manohar – 3.2 Cr
9. Simarjeet Singh – 1.5 Cr
10. Ehsan Malinga – 1.2 Cr
11. Jaydev Unadkat – 1 Cr 
12. Kamindu Mendis – 0.75 Cr
13. Zeeshan Ansari – 0.4 Cr
14. Atharva Taide – 0.3 Cr
15. Aniket Verma – 0.3 Cr
16. Harsh Dubey – 0.3 Cr

Coming to the SRH team should retain a total of 16 players ahead of the IPL 2026 Mini Auction. The SRH team may surely contemplate releasing the likes of Shami, Chahar, and Zampa. With just 16 retentions, SRH should have around 22 Cr in the Auction. This is a solid number to buy 4-5 quality players in the Auction.  

So, that’s about the complete salary list of players of all 10 teams for IPL 2026. Which player will get the highest bid in the IPL 2026 Mini Auction? Please share your thoughts on ipladdafounder@gmail.com.

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