The SRH team were the team that changed the way IPL cricket was played in 2024. They were the team that were scoring 250 plus scores for fun in 20 overs. They have had a formula of all out attack and in 2025, they did not have a great season. They will look to release players who had a high valuation and who did not perform to the best.
Let’s look at the Retained and Released Players by Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of IPL 2026 mini auction
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Released Players ahead of IPL 2026 Auction
Mohammad Shami – Traded to Lucknow Super Kings
Adam Zampa – 2.40 Cr
Rahul Chahar – 3.20 Cr
Abhinav Manohar
Atharva Taide
Sachin Baby
Wiaan Mulder
Simarjeet Singh
The list of released Players has some expected players such as Mohammad Shami who did not perform at the level that he usually does. Adam Zampa and Rahul Chahar were not effective as leg spinners and gave the most runs. Releasing Abhinav Manohar is surprising as he showed some potential down the order in the last season.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Retention List for IPL 2026
Pat Cummins
Travis Head
Abhishek Sharma
Aniket Verma
Kamindu Mendis
Harsh Dubey
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Zeeshan Ansari
Jaydev Unadkat
Eshan Malinga
R Smaran
Heinrich Klassen
Harshal Patel
Brydon Carse
Ishan Kishan
This list of Retained Players has a very strong core in place for the team. The captain Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma will be the main players in the team. Nitish Kumar Reddy will be the all Rounder. They will need a lot of big players in the auction with the big purse. They will need overseas and Indian fast bowlers like Mohammad Shami. They will look for good spinners in the mini auction. They have 25.5 Cr salary purse available for mini auction.
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