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. So, Delhi released a total of 8 players before the IPL 2026 mini-auction. BCCI has officially asked all the franchises to release the retained player list by 15th November; hence, Delhi Capitals has released the retained player list. Today, in this article, we are here to inform you of the DC retained player list for IPL 2026.
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Delhi Capitals (DC) Retained Players List 2026
Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Tristan Stubbs, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mukesh Kumar, Abhishek Porel, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ajay Mandal, Dushmantha Chameera, Madhav Tiwari, Nitish Rana (Trade), T Natarajan, Tripurana Vijay,
Likely Released List of Delhi Capitals 2026
Faf du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira (Trade), Sediqullah Atal, Darshan Nalkande, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Mustafizur Rahman, Jack Fraser-McGurk,
DC Retained Players List for IPL 2026
Ahead of the IPL 2026 mini auction, Delhi Capitals made some smart decisions and released 8 players, including Faf du Plessis and retained 18 players. They also include Nitish Rana in their squad via Trade Deal. Now, have 21.8 crore remaining in the purse to spend in the mini auction before the IPL 2026.
| Players | Role | Price |
| Karun Nair | Batter | 50.0 L |
| Nitish Rana | Batter | 4.20 Cr (Trade In) |
| Tristan Stubbs | WK-Batter | 10.00 Cr |
| Abishek Porel | WK-Batter | 4.00 Cr |
| KL Rahul | WK-Batter | 14.00 Cr |
| Axar Patel | Allrounder | 16.50 Cr |
| Sameer Rizvi | Allrounder | 95.0 L |
| Ashutosh Sharma | Allrounder | 3.80 Cr |
| Ajay Jadav Mandal | Allrounder | 30.0 L |
| Vipraj Nigam | Allrounder | 50.0 L |
| Tripurana Vijay | Allrounder | 30.0 L |
| Madhav Tiwari | Allrounder | 40.0 L |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Bowler | 13.25 Cr |
| Dushmantha Chameera | Bowler | 75.0 L |
| Mitchell Starc | Bowler | 11.75 Cr |
| T Natarajan | Bowler | 10.75 Cr |
| Mukesh Kumar | Bowler | 8.00 Cr |
Delhi Capitals (DC) Squad before IPL 2026
| Category | Player | Role/Notes |
| Batters | KL Rahul | Top-order Batter |
| Karun Nair | Batter | |
| Abhishek Porel | Batter | |
| Tristan Stubbs | Middle-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 | |
| Nitish Rana | All-rounder | |
| Tripurana Vijay | All-rounder | |
| Madhav Tiwari | All-rounder | |
| Bowlers | Mitchell Starc | Fast Bowler |
| T Natarajan | Fast Bowler | |
| Mukesh Kumar | Fast Bowler | |
| Dushmantha Chameera | Fast Bowler | |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Spinner |