On Saturday, November 15, all the 10 teams confirmed their retained and released players apart from some of the trade deals ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season, which is expected to begin
in March of next year. The announcement is critical for the teams to start rebuilding their player roster for the next season and it will also serve as a precursor to the IPL 2026 auction reportedly slated to happen on December 16 in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
In a major trade deal, Mumbai Indians (MI) parted ways with their young talent Arjun Tendulkar. Additionally, MI roped in Shardul thakur from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in an all cash deal, along with Sherfane Rutherford, who comes in from Gujarat Titans (GT). Apart from that, MI released the likes of Reece Topley, Karn Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, among others.
List of retained and released players for Mumbai Indians ahead of IPL 2026 auction
Released Players: Satyanarayan Raju, Reece Topley, KL Srijith, Karn Sharma, Arjun Tendulkar, Bevon Jacobs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puther
Mumbai Indians IPL 2026 squad:
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma
Wicket-keepers: Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya (C), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa
Pacers: Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Shardul Thakur (Traded In)
Spinners: Raghu Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar, Mayank Markhande (Traded in)
