By Admin 
The IPL 2026 season did not go as expected for Chennai Super Kings. This year, the Chennai team scored a hat-trick of not reaching the playoffs and remained eighth in the points table. Injuries to many main players and inability to form a good playing-11 combination continued to create problems for CSK.
After the end of the season, the Chennai team must have assessed its performance and some players must have emerged who perhaps do not fit into the combination of the Chennai team. So here take a look at 5 such players, whom Chennai Super Kings can release before IPL 2027.
Prashant Veer
CSK had bought left-arm bowling all-rounder Prashant Veer with a bid of Rs 14.2 crore. Prashant did not get many opportunities to bowl, but whenever he bowled, he was beaten badly. He scored 90 runs in batting.
Khalil Ahmed
After playing a few matches in IPL 2026, Khalil Ahmed was out of the tournament due to injury. He could take only two wickets in 5 matches. There is speculation that this time Chennai may give a completely new look to its pace attack, in which Khalil Ahmed’s name may not be there.
matthew short
Australian all-rounder Matthew Short was bought by CSK in the 2026 mini auction by bidding Rs 1.50 crore. He could not do anything amazing in either bowling or batting in IPL 2026.
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Rahul Chahar
Rahul Chahar was expected to strengthen the spin bowling department of CSK. Chennai had also spent Rs 5.2 crore on him in the auction, but when the time came to play, he got a chance to play only one match in the entire season. It is possible that this time Rahul may be dropped from the team, because Noor Ahmed and Akeel Hosein were given more importance in the playing eleven.
Shreyas Gopal
Shreyas Gopal bowls leg spin and the Chennai franchise bought him for Rs 30 lakh. He did not get a chance in even a single match in IPL 2026.
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