RR 2026 Retentions: Released, Retained & Trade Players List Ahead of IPL 2026 Auction

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Rajasthan Royals endured a ninth-placed finish in IPL 2025 after winning only four of their 14 round-robin matches. Although there were glimpses of positives from the likes of the young Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag, it was an overall disappointing performance from the Rajasthan-based franchise.

Five back-to-back defeats during their tournament halfway through meant their race to the playoffs had long evaporated. RR finished level on points with Chennai Super Kings. However, their slightly less negative net run rate (-0.549) ensured they did not finish rock bottom.

Two massive names of the likes of Sanju Samson and Nitish Rana won't be a part of RR from now on. While Samson was traded to CSK as a part of a Player Swap in place of Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran, Nitish was traded to DC in exchange of South Africa's Donovan Ferreira.

Rajasthan Royals (RR) IPL 2026 Retained Player List

Player	Role	Price (INR)
Yashasvi Jaiswal	Batter	18 crore
Dhruv Jurel	Batter	14 crore
Riyan Parag	Batter	14 crore
Jofra Archer	Bowler	12.5 crore
Shimron Hetmyer	Batter	11 crore
Tushar Deshpande	Bowler	6.5 crore
Sandeep Sharma	Bowler	4 crore
Kwena Maphaka	Bowler	1.5 crore
Vaibhav Suryavanshi	Batter	1.1 crore
Shubham Dubey	Batter	0.8 crore
Yudhvir Singh	All-rounder	0.35 crore

Rajasthan Royals (RR) IPL 2026 Released Player List

Player	Role
Sanju Samson	Wicketkeeper-batter
Nitish Rana	Batter
Wanindu Hasaranga	All-rounder
Maheesh Theekshana	Bowler
Fazalhaq Farooqi	Bowler
Akash Madhwal	Bowler
Kumar Kartikeya	Bowler
Kunal Singh Rathore	Batter
Ashok Sharma	Bowler

Rajasthan Royals (RR) IPL 2026 Traded Player List

Player	Role	Traded To	Trade Type	Amount (INR)
Sanju Samson	Wicketkeeper-batter	Chennai Super Kings	Player Swap	18 crore
Nitish Rana	Batter	Delhi Capitals	Cash Deal	4.2 crore