IPL 2026 Sunrisers Hyderabad: Check complete list of players retained and released ahead of the auctions

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had given a deadline of November 15 to all the franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL), to which Sunrisers Hyderabad have also given their submission of the players they have retained and released.

Sunrisers Hyderabad had a decent outing in the last year’s IPL, where they won six of their 14 matches and finished at sixth position in the points table. It is worth noting that they were three points short of reaching the playoffs. Now, as the team sets their goal to the new season, let’s have a look at all the players retained and released by SRH for the IPL 2026:

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Retained players: Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari.

Released players: Mohammed Shami, Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby.

Purse remaining: Rs. 25.30 crore