The Delhi Capitals surprised everyone by appointing Axar Patel as captain for IPL 2025. However, the team made a strong start to the tournament under Axar’s captaincy, winning five of the first six matches. But after that, the team lost its winning streak and could win only two out of the last eight matches. After which, the team had to settle for fifth place in the group stage after winning 7 out of 14 matches.
Delhi Capitals will definitely want to make some changes in their squad before the mini auction of IPL 2026. It is expected that the DC retained players list will be released soon. However, Delhi will definitely want to release players who didn’t perform well in IPL 2025. BCCI has officially asked all the franchises to release the retained player list by mid-November; hence, Delhi Capitals will also release the retained player list. Today, in this article, we will discuss those players who are likely to be in the DC retained player list.
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Delhi Capitals (DC) Retained Players List 2026
Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Tristan Stubbs, Kuldeep Yadav, Jack Fraser-McGurk, Mitchell Starc, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mukesh Kumar, Abhishek Porel, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi
Likely Released List of Delhi Capitals 2026
Faf du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira, Sediqullah Atal, Darshan Nalkande, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, Mustafizur Rahman
DC Retained Players List from Mega Auction 2025
Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, Delhi Capitals made some tough decisions and retained only four players. Stubbs was the only overseas player among these four, while uncapped Abhishek Porel, along with Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel, were the retained players. Delhi Capitals spent a total of ₹43.75 crore to retain these players.
| Player | Price (INR CR) |
| Axar Patel | 16.50 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 13.25 |
| Tristan Stubbs | 10 |
| Abhishek Porel | 4 |
| Total Spent | 43.75 |
Delhi Capitals (DC) Squad before IPL 2026
| Category | Player | Role/Notes |
| Batters | KL Rahul | Top-order Batter |
| Karun Nair | Batter | |
| Faf du Plessis | Top-order Batter | |
| Donovan Ferreira | Wicketkeeper/Middle-order Batter | |
| Sediqullah Atal | Top-order Batter | |
| Abhishek Porel | Batter | |
| Tristan Stubbs | Middle-order Batter | |
| Jake Fraser-McGurk | Top-order Batter | |
| Sameer Rizvi | Batter | |
| Ashutosh Sharma | Middle-order Batter | |
| All-rounders | Axar Patel | Captain/All-rounder |
| Vipraj Nigam | All-rounder | |
| Ajay Mandal | All-rounder | |
| Manvanth Kumar | All-rounder | |
| Tripurana Vijay | All-rounder | |
| Darshan Nalkande | All-rounder | |
| Madhav Tiwari | All-rounder | |
| Bowlers | Mitchell Starc | Fast Bowler |
| T Natarajan | Fast Bowler | |
| Mohit Sharma | Medium-Fast Bowler | |
| Mukesh Kumar | Fast Bowler | |
| Dushmantha Chameera | Fast Bowler | |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Spinner | |
| Mustafizur Rahman | Fast Bowler |
