IPL 2026: Preparations for IPL 2026 (IPL 2026) have gained momentum and franchises have released the list of players retained for their respective teams. The special thing is that 10 teams have once again expressed confidence in spin bowlers and do not let their spinners go out of the team, whether they are experienced or young spinners, now the full list of those best spinners has come out…
Middle overs, Spinners become gamechanger
Bolling in the middle overs of IPL is an art, and spin bowlers are at the forefront. Stopping runs is the primary responsibility of this phase, but even if a spinner takes wickets, it becomes a big plus for the team.
In IPL 2025 (IPL 2026), some great spinners such as Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav and Digvesh Rathi made a big hit in the middle overs and took crucial wickets for their teams.
In the preparation of IPL 2026 (IPL 2026), all 10 teams are engaged in retaining their best spinners. In the list of spinners retained by ten teams, there is a mixture of both youth and experience players, let’s see the complete list, which is as follows-
Noor Ahmed, Ravindra Jadeja and Rachin Ravindra are the most important names for CSK.
Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel and Vipraj Nigam will be in the spin trio of DC.
GT will retain the highest 7 spinners, including Mahipal Lomorur, Manav Suthar, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Tewatia, Washington Sundar, R Sai Kishore and Rashid Khan.
In KKR, legends like Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Naren and Mayank Markande will remain intact.
Digvesh Rathi and Ravi Bishnoi are special for LSG.
The Mi stars Michelle Santner, Naman Dhir, Will Jacks, Allah Ghaznafar, Karn Sharma, Vignesh Puthur.
PBKS is included in Harpreet Brar, Mushir Khan, Praveen Dubey, Yuzvendra Chahal.
The RR consists of Ryan Parag, Vanindu Hasranga, Mahesh Thikshana.
The RCB stars Jacob Bathal, Krunal Pandya, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh and Manoj Bhandage.
SRH consists of Abhishek Sharma, Harsh Dubey, Zeeshan Ansari and Kamindu Mendis.
Uncaphed and new faces dominate
In IPL 2025, many unkapped and young spinners surprised everyone with their performance. Names like Digvesh Rathi (LSG), Vipraj Nigam (DC), and Weignesh Puthur (Mi) emerged as the first choice. Apart from these, teams like Gujarat and RCB are seen giving new talent a chance.
All teams want to keep more spin options with them this time. The role of spinners has increased further to control the batsmen’s fast strike rate. This is the reason why teams are now retaining 3-5 spinners. Especially teams like GT, RCB and MI.
