The Gujarat Titans stunned everyone by winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) Trophy in their debut season in 2022 and made it to the final in 2023. However, after a bad 2024 campaign, they once again qualified for the playoffs in 2025, only to lose to Mumbai Indians in the eliminator. In this article, we take a look at the GT Retention List IPL 2026 auction.
The Shubman Gill-led Gujarat Titans was one of the best teams in the IPL 2025 season. They were in the fight for a top of the table finish until the very last end of the league phase.
They eventually had to settle for a 3rd place finish 18 points from 9 wins and 5 losses in the 2025 season.
The Titans had a stunning top three of captain Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan and Jos Buttler who won more than half of GT’s games in 2025 themselves. There are question marks over Rashid Khan GT Retention List 2026.
The Afghanistan spinner didn’t have a great IPL 2025 season according to his standards. Meanwhile, during the ongoing IPL trade window 2026, rumours have linked Rashid to make a move to Mumbai Indians. The Afghanistan star spin bowler is part of Mumbai Indians’ global franchises. However, it is unlikely that GT will quit on him so soon.
The Titans are hopeful of adding another IPL trophy to their cabinet under the leadership of Shubman Gill, who is now an all-format captain of Team India.
There are some changes to be made as the team was mostly reliant on the brilliance of the likes of Gill, Sudarshan , Buttler, Prasidh Krishna, Sai Kishore etc. Below is our predicted GT Retention List IPL 2026 auction.
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Gujarat Titans (GT) Retained Players List
Shubman Gill (C), Sai Sudarshan, Jos Buttler (wk), Anuj Rawat (wk), Kumar Kushagra (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Nishant Sindhu.
Likely Released List of Gujarat Titans IPL 2026
Shahrukh Khan, Kusal Mendis, Mahipal Lomror, Karim Janat, Rahul Tewatia, Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, Ishant Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya, Gurnoor Brar.
GT Retained Players List from Mega Auction 2025
Ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, Gujarat Titans retained Rashid Khan as the number one retention for 18 crore price. Meanwhile, captain Shubman Gill was retained for a 16.50 crore salary while Sai Sudarshan was paid 8.50 crore. They also retained Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan as uncapped players but both players had a disappointing campaign.
| Player | Price (INR Crore) |
| Rashid Khan | 18.00 |
| Shubman Gill | 16.50 |
| Sai Sudharsan | 8.50 |
| Rahul Tewatia | 4.00 |
| Shahrukh Khan | 4.00 |
| Total Spent | 51.00 |
Gujarat Titans (GT) Squad before IPL 2026
| Category | Player | Role / Notes |
| Batters | Sai Sudharsan | Top-order Batter (Retained) |
| Shubman Gill (c) | Top-order Batter (Captain, Retained) | |
| Jos Buttler | Top-order Batter | |
| Sherfane Rutherford | Middle-order Batter | |
| Anuj Rawat | Batter | |
| Shahrukh Khan | Hard-hitting Finisher | |
| Wicketkeepers | Jos Buttler | Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Kusal Mendis | Wicketkeeper Batter/ Jos Buttler Replacement | |
| Kumar Kushagra | Wicketkeeper Batter | |
| Glenn Phillips | High-flying Wicketkeeper Batter | |
| All-rounders | Rashid Khan | All-rounder (Spin, Retained) |
| Washington Sundar | All-rounder (Spin) | |
| Nishant Sindhu | All-rounder (Spin) | |
| Karim Janat | All-rounder (Pace) | |
| Manav Suthar | All-rounder (Spin) | |
| Mahipal Lomror | All-rounder (Spin) | |
| Rahul Tewatia | All-rounder (Spin) | |
| Dasun Shanaka | All-rounder (Pace)/ Glenn Phillips Replacement | |
| Bowlers | Mohammed Siraj | Fast Bowler |
| Kagiso Rabada | Fast Bowler | |
| Prasidh Krishna | Fast Bowler | |
| Sai Kishore | Spinner (Retained) | |
| Gerald Coetzee | Spinner | |
| Ishant Sharma | Experienced Pacer | |
| Arshad Khan | Left-arm Pacer | |
| Jayant Yadav | Off-spin Bowler | |
| Kulwant Khejroliya | Experienced Left-arm Pacer | |
| Gurnoor Singh | Left-arm Orthodox Spinner |
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