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IPL 2026 Auction: Russell, Pathirana, Venkatesh, Inglis Released As KKR, CSK, RR, PBKS, LSG Finalise Retentions
Follow UsRavindra Jadeja, Andre Russell, Sanju Samson, Josh Inglis and Shardul Thakur are some of the big names released by teams ahead of the auction
After much turbulence in the pre-auction trading market, the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams have finally finalised their retentions and releases ahead of the mini auction that is set to be held in Abu Dhabi on December 16 later this year.
With big names like Ravindra Jadeja, Andre Russell, Sanju Samson, Josh Inglis and Shardul Thakur moving from their teams, it has been quite an interesting retention list. Let's look at how CSK, KKR, LSG, RR and PBKS are shaping up ahead of the auction.
Chennai Super Kings
Released Players: Matheesha Pathirana, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddarth, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti
Retained Players: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, MS Dhoni, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary
Traded out: Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran (to RR)
Traded in: Sanju Samson (from RR)
CSK purse remaining: Rs 43.4 crore
Punjab Kings
Released Players: Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell, Kuldeep Sen, Praveen Dubey
Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Priyansh Arya, Shashank Singh, Pyla Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Musheer Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Arshdeep Singh, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar
PBKS Purse Remaining: Rs 11.5 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders
Released Players: Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Moeen Ali, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Luvnith Sisodia, Chetan Sakariya, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson
Retained Players: Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Manish Pandey, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik
Traded out: Mayank Markande (to MI)
KKR Purse Remaining: Rs 64.3 crore
Lucknow Super Giants
Released Players: Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi
Retained Players: Rishabh Pant (C), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, M Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh
Traded in: Arjun Tendulkar (from MI), Mohammed Shami (from SRH)
Traded out: Shardul Thakur (to MI)
LSG Purse Remaining: Rs 22.95 crore
Rajasthan Royals
Released Players: Kunal Singh Rathore, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya
Retained Players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan Dre-Pretorius, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhvir Singh, Kwen Maphaka, Nandre Burger
Traded in: Ravindra Jadeja (from CSK), Donovan Ferreira (from DC), Sam Curran (from CSK)
Traded out: Nitish Rana (to RR), Sanju Samson (to CSK)
RR Purse Remaining: 16.05 crore