Delhi Capitals have retained 16 players, including captain Axar Patel, before the IPL 2026 mini-auction. The franchise, who finished 6th on the points table in 2025, having won seven matches and lost six have made some tough calls, including the release of Faf du Plessis and explosive Australian opener Jake Fraser-McGurk. With the team finalizing on the retention, there will be targeting to fill in the gaps in the mini-auction that will be held on December 16 in Abu Dhabi.

DC retention list for IPL 2026

Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Abhishek Porel, Axar Patel, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmanta Chameera

DC release list for IPL 2026

Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mohit Sharma, Harry Brook, Donovan Ferreria, Manvanth Kumar, Darshan Nalkande

DC squad in IPL 2025

KL Rahul, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mustafizur Rahman, Dushmantha Chameera, Sediqullah Atal, Karun Nair, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, Manvanth Kumar L