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Delhi Capitals’ list of retained and released players IPL 2026: Despite winning the first four games last season, Delhi Capitals found themselves slipping out of the play-offs. Despite boasting of a well-rounded squad, DC could not solve their issues and were pushed out of the top four towards the end.
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Even before the retention deadlines, they traded in Nitish Rana from the Rajasthan Royals for Rs 4.2 crore from Rajasthan, while Donovan Ferreira went the other way for Rs 1 crore.
DC list of retained players: Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana (traded in)
Delhi Capitals player trades: Nitish Rana (Rs 4.2 crore) has been brought in from RR in exchange for Donovan Ferreira (Rs 1 crore).
Delhi Capitals released players: Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Sediqullah Atal, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Manvanth Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira (traded out)
Delhi Capitals remaining slots: 8
Delhi Capitals (DC) purse remaining for IPL 2026 auction: Rs 21.8 crore