RCB and SRH set to retain Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins ahead of IPL 2027 auction
Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad are set to retain Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins ahead of the IPL 2027 auction in Goa on December 16, 2026, according to a Code Sports report published on November 11, 2026. The retention decisions come as franchises prepare final lists before the stated deadlines this month.
Teams must submit their retention lists by November 17, and the player registration deadline is November 23, with the IPL 2027 auction scheduled to take place in Goa on December 16, 2026. The event is described as the final mini-auction of the current cycle, which means Right to Match (RTM) cards will not be available. The report notes that the last three IPL auctions were held outside India and that the 2027 auction will return to India after those three seasons.
According to the report, Pat Cummins originally joined Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2024 for INR 20.50 crore and was retained by the franchise for INR 18 crore in 2025. SRH also handed him the captaincy, and he did well so far. The Code Sports report is cited as the source for the retention discussions involving Cummins.
The report states that Royal Challengers Bengaluru purchased Josh Hazlewood for ₹12.50 crore at the IPL 2025 mega auction. Hazlewood is credited in the report with playing a key role in RCB’s consecutive IPL title wins, taking 22 wickets in 2025 and 15 wickets in 2026, and the franchise does not want to let go of their strike bowler.
The coverage adds that several franchises have already completed major trades during the current window. Most recently, Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings exchanged players with Hardik Pandya moving to Punjab Kings and Arshdeep Singh joining Mumbai Indians; other notable names involved in the trade window include Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Liam Livingstone, and T. Natarajan.
The report reiterates that the IPL 2027 auction will be held in Goa on December 16, 2026, and that this will be the final mini-auction of the cycle with no RTM option. Franchises face the immediate administrative deadlines of November 17 for retention lists and November 23 for player registration as they finalise squads for the auction.