The 10 franchises of the T-20 cricket Indian Premier League have presented their  list of retained players, thereby declaring the players who can be released for purchase bids by other franchises of the IPL. The Mega Auction is scheduled to be held in the  last week of November or early December.

Notable cricketers who have been retained by their respective teams include MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Surya Kumar Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, Shubhman Gill, Rituraj Gaekwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Nicholas Pooran, Klassen, Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Andre Russel, Sunil Narain, Akshar Patel, among others. The players have been retained on revised terms.

Retained Players List Team Wise:

• Rajasthan Royals

1. Sanju Samson
2. Yashasvi Jaiswal
3. Riyan Parag
4. Shimron Hetmeyer
5. Dhruv Jurel

• Gujarat  Titans

1. Rashid Khan
2. Shubhman Gill
3. B Sai Sudarshan
4. Rahul Tevatiya
5. Shahrukh Khan

• Lucknow Super Giants

1. Nicholas Pooran
2. Ravi Bishnoi
3. Mayank Yadav
4. Mohsin Khan
5. Ayush Badauni

• Sunrisers Hyderabad

1. Henrick Klassen
2. Pat Cummins
3. Travis Head
4. Abhishek Sharma
5. Nitesh Reddy

• Royal Challengers Bangalore

1. Virat Kohli
2. Rajat Patidar
3. Yash Dayal

• Chennai Super Kings

1. MS Dhoni
2. Rituraj Gaekwad
3. Ravindra Jadeja
4. Pathirana
5. Shivam Dubey

• Mumbai Indians

1. ​​​​​​​Rohit Sharma
2. Hardik Pandya
3. Surya Kumar Yadav
4. Jasprit Bumrah
5. Tilak Verma

• Kolkatta Knight Riders

1. ​​​​​​​Andra Russel
2. Sunil Narain
3. Varun Chakravarti
4. Ramandeep Singh
5. Harshit Rana

• Delhi Capitals

1. ​​​​​​​Axar Patel
2. Kuldeep Yadav
3. Triston Stubbs
4. Abhishek Poral

• Punjab Kings

1. ​​​​​​​Prabhsimran Singh
2. Shashank Singh

The players who have been released for auction by their current IPL teams, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammad Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rinku Singh, Bhuwneshwar Kumar, Jose Butler, Mitchell Starc, among others.