RR IPL 2026 retention: Know Rajasthan Royals full list of retained and released players ahead of mini auction

The inagural Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Rajasthan Royals (RR) have traded their skipper Sanju Samson with Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) veteran Ravindra Jadeja ahead of the mini auction before the cash-rich league. Now there will be a problem of plenty in terms of captaincy for the Royals. Wonder who among Jadeja, Jurel, Jaiswal or Parag will be appointed as captain.
 

Released Players: Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana

Rajasthan Royals Retained Players: Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal Rathore, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma, Nandre Burger. 

Rajasthan Royals player trades

Traded In
Ravindra Jadeja (from Chennai Super Kings), Sam Curran (from Chennai Super Kings), and Donovan Ferreira (from Delhi Capitals).

Traded Out
Sanju Samson (to Chennai Super Kings), Nitish Rana (to Delhi Capitals).

Rajasthan Royals (RR) purse remaining for IPL 2026 auction: Rajasthan Royals will enter the mini auction with an INR 16.05 crores purse amount.