Delhi Capitals have announced the list of their retained and released players ahead of the IPL 2026 mini auction. DC are heading to the new season with renewed energy after a mediocre season in 2025. Delhi have kept their main players, with captain Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, and Mitchell Starc getting another chance to win the maiden trophy for the franchise. The decision-makers will add depth around these players to fill the gaps. The management believes that this team can go all the way. Here is the new squad of DC for IPL 2026.
Players Retained: Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Karun Nair, Abishek Porel, Ashutosh Sharma
Players Released: Faf du Plessis, Sediqullah Atal, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Donovan Ferreira (traded to RR)
Purse Remaining: INR 21.80 crore