Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians have unveiled their list of player retentions ahead of the IPL 2026 auction. The BCCI set the deadline of November 15, 2025, for all ten teams to submit their lists of retained players for the IPL Auction 2026.

Under Hardik Pandya’s captaincy, the MI did well to qualify for the playoffs of IPL 2025, but their drought of IPL title wins since 2020 continues. MI made some surprising decisions ahead of the IPL 2026 auction, as they traded Arjun Tendulkar to Lucknow Super Giants in an all-cash deal.

They also brought in Shardul Thakur from LSG and Mayank Markande from Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in all-cash deals. MI also recruited Sherfane Rutherford from the Gujarat Titans.

MI has retained its core of captain Hardik Pandya, pacer Jasprit Bumrah, Tilak Varma, and Rohit Sharma, to name a few. MI have released Reece Topley, Karn Sharma, Vignesh Puthur, Bevon Jacob, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, amongst others.

List of retained players by Mumbai Indians (MI):

Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Hardik Pandya (C), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, AM Ghazanfar,

List of released players by Mumbai Indians (MI):

Krishnan Shrijith, Satyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Bevon Jacob, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur

Trades: Arjun Tendulkar (traded out), Sherfane Rutherford, Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur (Traded in)

Punjab Kings had a dream run in IPL 2025 under Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy and coach Ricky Ponting’s guidelines. PBKS have kept it simple and retained the majority of the squad before the IPL 2026 auction

Ahead of the IPL 2026 auction, Punjab have decided to part ways with Glenn Maxwell, who was bought for INR 4.2 cr. He could only make 48 runs, as his tournament ended early due to a finger injury. Also released by PBKS were Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Kuldeep Sen, and Praveen Dubey.

List of retained players by Punjab Kings (PBKS):

Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Shashank Singh, Pyla Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Musheer Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Arshdeep Singh, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar

List of released players by Punjab Kings (PBKS):

Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell, Kuldeep Sen, Praveen Dubey