Delhi Capitals (DC) had a decent campaign during the IPL 2025 season as they were the last team to be knocked out of the IPL 2025 playoffs race.

Delhi Capitals have started the season on a high, by winning four back-to-back games. However, they lost momentum in the mid-way stage of the tournament.

Despite not making it to the playoffs, Axar Patel and his side have proven themselves to be a formidable side. However, they can afford to make some changes, and by releasing some players, they will be aiming to sign some young talents during the IPL 2026 auction.

The event is likely to be held in the January-February window ahead of the IPL 2026 tournament, which usually follows the March-May window.

According to IPL 2026 auction rules, there are no restrictions on the number of players who can be released or retained.

In addition to the purse remaining from the previous auction and the value of the players they release, teams will likely to have a total purse value of INR 151 crore for the upcoming season.

Listed below are players likely to be released by Delhi Capitals (DC).

• Mohit Sharma
• Jake Fraser-McGurk
• Dushmantha chameera
• Faf du Plessis
• Mukesh Kumar

Mohit Sharma

Mohit Sharma who joined the Delhi Capitals for 2.2 crore in the IPL 2025 auction, had an disappointing campaign in the previous season, taking only two wickets with an economy rates of 10.28.

Given with his underpar performance and age, Delhi Capitals might consider releasing Mohit Sharma before the auction to buy a younger or more consistent pacer. Mohit has played for many franchises in the IPL, has picked 134 wickets in 120 games.

Jake Fraser-McGurk

Having played 15 IPL games, Jake Fraser-McGurk has scored 385 runs with an average of 25.67 and a strike rate of 199.48.

In the previous season, he scored only 55 runs in six games at a strike rate of 10577 before eventually getting dropped from the playing 11.

Jake Fraser-McGurk who has been roped in for a massive price of INR 9 crores, struggled to impress in the IPL 2025 and could be likely to be considered for released ahead of the auction.

Faf du Plessis

Faf du Plessis who joined the franchise for INR 2 crore during the IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah, du Plessis didn’t produced impactful performance in the previous edition, struggled with his fitness and played only 9 games scoring 202 runs with an average of 22.44 and strike rate of 123.92 in IPL 2025 season.

The franchise might consider releasing Du Plessis and free up overseas slot before the IPL 2026 auction.

Dushmantha chameera

Dushmantha Chameer joined Delhi Capitals (DC) for INR 75 lakhs but couldn’t perform according to expectations in limited chances.

He picked only four wickets at an average of 42.75 runs and conceded 11.40 runs apiece in five innings. Along with injury issues and may not be worth enough to secure an overseas slot.

Mukesh Kumar

India pacer Mukesh Kumar who was retained by Delhi Capitals for INR 8 crore ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. However, he couldn’t live upto the standards of the franchise during the last IPL season.

He was one of the most expensive bowlers in IPL 2025 season as he took 12 wickets in 12 games and conceded runs at an economy of 10.32. His consistency is underpar in death overs. Delhi Capitals might consider releasing him ahead of the auction.

Apart from the released players list, we have also listed the probable retained players list of Delhi Capitals (DC).

Listed below are the best possible retained players for DC.

• Axar Patel
• Kl satisfied
• Abhishek porel
• Mitchell Starc
• Kuldeep Yadav
• Sameer Rizvi
• Ashutosh Sharma
• Vipraj Nigam
• Owner Ferreira
• Mukesh Kumar
• Tristan Stubbs
• Mustafizur Rahman
• SEDIQULLAH Atal

According to BCCI guidelines, the mini auction will take place in the January-February Window following the player trade window in December-January.

Although the exact date of the auction is yet to be disclosed, several sources have hinted that the IPL 2026 auction dates will be announced very soon.

This mini auction for IPL 2026 will allow franchises to target their required players for completing their squad after the pre-auction trade window.