IPL 2026 ALL 10 TEAMS RELEASED PLAYERS LIST: You will see big changes in IPL 2026, because before the auction to be held on December 16 in Abu Dhabi, 10 out of 10 teams have released many big players from their fleet. In such a situation, this mini auction of IPL is going to be explosive, spectacular and tremendous. Before the IPL mini auction, where 10 teams have retained 173 players, many players like Andre Russell, Glenn Maxwell are going to be a part of this auction. In such a situation, everyone’s eyes are now fixed on this auction. A total of 77 slots are left in all 10 teams for this auction to be held in Abu Dhabi. All the franchises have a total purse of Rs 237.55 crore left. In such a situation, many teams have big money in their purse. Let us tell you which players have been retained by all the 10 IPL teams and which players have been released?

KKR- Kolkata Knight Riders- KKR Squad For IPL 2026

3-time champion Kolkata Knight Riders surprised everyone before the IPL mini auction when they released Andre Russell. Andre Russell was associated with this team for the last 12 years. Apart from this, KKR team also released its most expensive player Venkatesh Iyer. Iyer was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for a huge price of Rs 23.75 crore, but his performance in the last season was not as per expectations, so now he has been released.

List of released players of KKR

Venkatesh Iyer, Enrique Norkia, Quinton de Kock, Spencer Johnson, Moeen Ali, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Andre Russell, Lavneeth Sisodia, Chetan Sakariya.

List of retained players of KKR

Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakraborty, Harshit Rana, Umran Malik.

CSK- Chennai Super Kings- CSK Squad For IPL 2026

This yellow jersey team has made major changes in its camp before the mini auction of IPL 2026, because the Chennai team was at the last position in the last season. This was the first time in the history of IPL when Chennai team remained at number 10 in the points table. In such a situation, possibilities of major changes were already visible in this team. In such a situation, now CSK has added Sanju Samson to its team through trade, while players like Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran have been traded to Rajasthan Royals. Rachin Ravindra and Mathisha Pathirana have also been released.

List of released players of CSK

Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddharth, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Sheikh Rashid, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mathisha Pathirana

List of retained players of CSK

Rituraj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Dewald Brewis, Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shivam Dubey, Khalil Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Mukesh Chaudhary, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Gurjapaneet Singh, Sanju Samson.

MI- Mumbai Indians – MI Squad For IPL 2026

The 5-time champion Mumbai Indians team has released many of its young players before the IPL auction. These include the name of Vignesh Puthur, who took 3-3 wickets in the debut match of IPL.

MI released players list

Karn Sharma, Satyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Lizard Williams, Vignesh Puthur, KL Sreejith, Bevon Jacobs.

List of retained players of MI

Rohit Sharma, Surya Kumar Yadav, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dheer, Mitchell Santner, Will Jack, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar, Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur, Sherfane Rutherford.

PBKS- Punjab Kings – PBKS Squad For IPL 2026

Punjab team had traveled till the finals in the last season. Despite reaching the finals, this team missed out on winning the title. In such a situation, less changes were expected from this team, but Punjab also released Josh Inglis, who performed strongly in the last season. Apart from this, Punjab has also dropped Glenn Maxwell, who has been performing poorly from the team.

PBKS RELEASED PLAYER LIST

Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Sen, Aaron Hardy.

PBKS RETAINED PLAYER LIST

Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harnoor Pannu, Paila Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Marco Johnson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Mushir Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Mitch Owen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Visak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson.

DC- Delhi Capitals- Delhi Capitals Squad For IPL 2026

The Delhi Capitals team started the last season in a very spectacular and powerful manner. But as the tournament progressed, the Delhi team started derailing. In such a situation, now the Delhi team has also released many big players from its fleet.

List of released players of DC- Delhi Capitals RELEASED PLAYER LIST

Faf du Plessis, Jack Fraser-McGurk, Mohit Sharma, Saidiqullah Atal, Darshan Nalkande, Manvanth Kumar.

DC’s retained players list – Delhi Capitals RETAINED PLAYER LIST

KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripuran Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana.

GT- Gujarat Titans- Gujarat Titans Squad For IPL 2026

Gujarat Titans team captained by Shubman Gill has released two of its important foreign players. Gujarat Titans have released Sri Lankan all-rounder and former captain Dasun Shanaka. Along with this, Gujarat has also dropped Gerald Coetzee from the team.

Gujarat Titans RELEASED PLAYER LIST

Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, Mahipal Lomror, Karim Jannat, Kulwant Khajroliya.

Gujarat Titans RETAINED PLAYER LIST

Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav.

RR- Rajasthan Royals – Rajasthan Royals Squad For IPL 2026

Rajasthan Royals team has also taken some important decisions before the mini auction of IPL 2026. Rajasthan has traded its captain Sanju Samson with CSK. On the other hand, Rajasthan has also decided to release its Sri Lankan spin pair Wanindu Hasaranga and Mahish Teekshana.

List of released players of RR- Rajasthan Royals RELEASED PLAYER LIST

Wanindu Hasaranga, Mahish Teekshana, Kunal Singh Rathore, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Karthikeya

List of released players of RR- Rajasthan Royals RETAINED PLAYER LIST

Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Luan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Ryan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Joffra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Quena Mafaka, Nandre Berger, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira.

SRH- Sunrisers Hyderabad- Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad For IPL 2026

SRH team has retained its most expensive player Heinrich Klaasen. Apart from this, Hyderabad team has made many important changes in its team by trading fast bowler Mohammed Shami.

SRH released players list- Sunrisers Hyderabad RELEASED PLAYER LIST

Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Tayde, Sachin Baby, Viaan Mulder, Simarjeet Singh.

List of retained players of SRH- Sunrisers Hyderabad RETAINED PLAYER LIST

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

RCB- Royal Challengers Bengaluru- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad For IPL 2026

Defending champion RCB captured the IPL trophy after 17 years. After this, from the IPL 2026 auction, this champion team has decided to release its players whose performance was not good in the last season.

List of released players of RCB- Royal Challengers Bengaluru RELEASED PLAYER LIST

Liam Livingstone, Lungi Nagidi, Tim Seifert, Blessing Muzarabani, Mohit Rathi, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Agarwal, Swastik Chhikara

List of retained players of RCB- Royal Challengers Bengaluru RETAINED PLAYER LIST

Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Tim David, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Jacob Bethel, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Yash Dayal, Suyyash Sharma, Nuwan Thushara, Abhinandan Singh.

LSG- Lucknow Super Giants- Lucknow Super Giants Squad For IPL 2026

Lucknow Super Giants team has retained its captain Rishabh Pant worth Rs 27 crore. It was believed that the Lucknow team could release Pant, the most expensive player in IPL history. But Lucknow has decided to retain him. The Lucknow team has released players like Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, David Miller, Rajvardhan Hungergekar and Shamar Joseph.

LSG released players list – Lucknow Super Giants RELEASED PLAYER LIST

Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shamar Joseph.

LSG’s retained players list – Lucknow Super Giants RETAINED PLAYER LIST

Rishabh Pant, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Himmat Singh, Matthew Bretzke, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami.

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