Delhi Capitals (DC) released seven players ahead of the upcoming IPL 2026 auction. It will be a mini-auction this time, and the event is set to be held in Abu Dhabi on December 16.
The franchise parted ways with veteran opening batter Faf du Plessis. The South African legend was the vice-captain of DC in IPL 2025. He captained the side in a few games in regular skipper Axar Patel's absence.
Australia's swashbuckling batter Jake Fraser-McGurk was another notable name released by the team. Delhi used their Right-to-Match option to sign the youngster at the IPL 2025 mega auction for ₹9 crore.
The other names released by Delhi include Donovan Ferreira (traded to Rajasthan Royals), Sediqullah Atal, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma and Darshan Nalkande.
Notably, Delhi also added a player to their lineup during the transfer window. They traded in Indian batter Nitish Rana from Rajasthan Royals (RR) at ₹4.2 crore.
Delhi will have eight slots, including five overseas, to fill at the IPL 2026 auction. Here's the DC retention list for IPL 2026:
DC retained players list with price ahead of IPL 2026 Auction
1 Axar Patel (c) - ₹16.50 crore
2. Tristan Stubbs - ₹10 crore
3. Sameer Rizvi - ₹95 lakh
4. Karun Nair - ₹50 lakh
5. KL Rahul - ₹14 crore
6. Abhishek Porel - ₹4 crore
7. Ashutosh Sharma - ₹3.8 crore
8. Vipraj Nigam - ₹50 lakh
9. Madhav Tiwari - ₹40 lakh
10. Ajay Mandal - ₹30 lakh
11. Tripurana Vijay - ₹30 lakh
12. Kuldeep Yadav - ₹13.25 crore
13. Mitchell Starc - ₹11.75 crore
14. Mukesh Kumar - ₹8 crore
15. Dushmantha Chameera - ₹8 crore
16. T Natarajan - ₹8 crore
17. Nitish Rana - 4.2 crore
Remaining purse: ₹21.8 crore
Delhi would aim to further strengthen their squad by adding some big names at the IPL 2026 auction. They narrowly missed out on a playoff spot in IPL 2025, finishing fifth in the table after the league stage.
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