IPL 2026 Retention List: The retention and release deadline for IPL 2026 is November 15. By this evening, 10 IPL franchises will release the list of retained and released players of their team.
IPL 2026 Retained Players: Preparations for IPL 2026 have started, there has been a lot of activity regarding the trade window for some time now. Out of which some trades have also been approved. At the same time, the trade of Sanju Samson and Ravindra Jadeja has not been completed yet. Meanwhile, on November 15, all the franchises will announce the names of their retained and released players for IPL 2026. Teams will tell the names of the players they want to keep in their team and will also tell the names of the players they are going to release from the team. In such a situation, today is going to be a very special day for IPL 2026.
When will IPL 2026 be retained?
According to reports, on Saturday 15 November ipl 2026 The deadline for player retention is 5:00 pm. In this, all the 10 franchises from Royal Challengers Bangalore to Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians will retain and release their players. A big event will also be telecast on Star Sports Network on Saturday evening to retain and release players.
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What is retention process?
In the Indian Premier League, there is a mega auction every 3 years and after that there is a mini auction for 2 years. Every team can retain 5 or 6 players before the mega auction. But this time there will be no restriction, because the mega auction of IPL took place only in 2025, hence there will be a mini auction for IPL 2026. In the mini auction, the franchise can release less players as per its wish. The money of the released players is added to the franchise’s auction purse, with the help of which it can include another player in its team.
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Teams can release these players
There is news of release of many players before the IPL 2026 mini auction. According to reports, Kolkata Knight Riders may release their team’s most expensive player Venkatesh Iyer, who was included in the team for Rs 23.75 crore. At the same time, defending champion Royal Challengers Bangalore can also release Liam Livingstone. At the same time, CSK can release big players like Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway. At the same time, Punjab Kings can release Glenn Maxwell. Whereas Rajasthan Royals can release Mahish Teekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga, Delhi Capitals team can release T Natarajan and Jake Fraser McGurk.