Delhi Capitals are a team that is unique. They have two sets of owners that have a 50-50 stake. These two parties have worked together very well. Delhi are a team that will look to release some big players and they would want to start fresh in the auction with funds at their disposal.
Let’s look at the Retained and Released Players by Delhi Capitals ahead of IPL 2026 mini auction
Delhi Capitals (DC) Released Players ahead of IPL 2026 Auction
Jake Fraser McGurk – 9 Cr
Faf Du Plessis – 2 Cr
Donovan Ferreira – Traded to Rajasthan Royals
Manvanth Kumar – 30 Lakh
Sediqullah Atal
Mohit Sharma
Dashan Nalkande
The long list of released Players that Delhi Capitals will most probably have had some names that people expected and a few that if they actually do release them, questions will be asked. Players like Harry Brook, Jake Fraser McGurk, Faf Du Plessis and T Natarajan are the expected releases. These players were brought in with huge money but none of them were able to perform and T Natarajan played only 1 match and Harry Brook was banned for 2 years. Mitchell Starc and Mukesh Kumar are the names that will surprise people if the team actually releases them. Both these players did well last season.
Delhi Capitals (DC) Retention List for IPL 2026
KL Rahul
Axar Patel
Kuldeep Yadav
Tristan Stubbs
Abhishek Porel
Ashutosh Sharma
Karun Nair
Sameer Rizvi
Vipraj Nigam
Triparna Vijay
Mitchell Starc
T. Natrajan
Mukesh Kumar
Dushmantha Chameera
Ajay Mandal
Madhav Tiwari
Nitish Rana - Traded in from Rajasthan Royals
The list of Retained Players are the ones that have done well for Delhi. Their Indian core is very strong with KL Rahul, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav. They get an opening batter, a wicket keeper, an all rounder captain and the best spinner. They have good finishers in Tristan Stubbs and Ashutosh Sharma. They need middle order batters. Delhi will have a lot of work to do at the auction. The Indian back-up options are not as potent. Capitals have a 21.8 Cr purse left for mini auction.
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