The IPL 2026 auction will be held on December 16, before that all ten teams have released their respective retention lists. But the released players are more in the news than the retained players, because these released players will be auctioned on 16th December. In fact, all the teams together have released a total of 70 players, which include famous players like Glenn Maxwell, Andre Russell and Liam Livingstone. See here which team has released how many players. Chennai Super Kings have removed maximum 10 players and KKR have removed a total of 9 players, out of which Venkatesh Iyer is also one.

Chennai Super Kings (10 players)

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

Kolkata Knight Riders (9 players)

Andre Russell, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje, Lavnith Sisodia, Chetan Sakariya, Spencer Johnson

Sunrisers Hyderabad (7 players)

Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Viaan Mulder, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Tawde, Simarjeet Singh and Sachin Baby

Royal Challengers Bangalore (6 players)

Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi and Mohit Rathi

Punjab Kings (5 players)

Glenn Maxwell, Josh English, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen and Praveen Dubey

Mumbai Indians (8 players)

Satyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Srijit, Karn Sharma, Bevan Jacobs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams and Vignesh Puthur.

Gujarat Titans (5 players)

Mahipal Lomror, Karim Jannat, Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, and Kulwant Khejroliya.

Rajasthan Royals (7 players)

Wanindu Hasaranga, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Akash Madhwal, Mahesh Teekshana, Kumar Karthikeya Singh, Ashok Sharma and Kunal Rathod.

Lucknow Super Giants (7 players)

Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Choudhary, Rajvardhan Hungergekar, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi and Shamar Joseph.

Delhi Capitals (6 players)

Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sediqullah Atal, Manwant Kumar, Mohit Sharma and Darshan Nalkande.

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For IPL 2026, the teams will have to release their respective retention lists tomorrow. The news of trade from Sanju Samson to Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami has created a stir on the internet recently. Mumbai Indians have even traded Sherfan Rutherford and Shardul Thakur to Gujarat Titans and LSG respectively.

From Venkatesh Iyer, who was sold for Rs 23.75 crore in the mega auction, to the release of Liam Livingstone and Devon Conway, the speculation is at its peak. Know here which players all the teams can release for IPL 2026. Let us tell you that this time a team can retain any number of players, accordingly the number of players released can increase or decrease. However, the limit of 18-25 players in the squad is set. The money spent by the team on all the players should be Rs 120 crore or less.

Probable release list of all teams:

Chennai Super Kings- Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Devon Conway, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Gopal, Nathan Ellis, Mukesh Chaudhary, Sheikh Rashid

Gujarat Titans- Jayant Yadav, Dasun Shanaka, Kareem Jannat, Manav Suthar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kumar Kushagra, Gurnoor Brad

Kolkata Knight Riders- Quinton de Kock, Venkatesh Iyer, Anrich Nortje, Moeen Ali, Spencer Johnson, Manish Pandey, Chetan Sakaria

Mumbai Indians- Reece Topley, Karn Sharma, Lizad Williams, Raghu Sharma, Satyanarayan Raju, Lizad Williams

Delhi Capitals- T Natarajan, Jake Fraser McGurk, Harry Brook, Donovan Ferreira, Dushmantha Chameera

Royal Challengers Bangalore- Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Salaam, Tim Seifert, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathi

Sunrisers Hyderabad- Mohammed Shami, Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Rahul Chahar, Viaan Mulder

Rajasthan Royals- Shimron Hetmyer, Tushar Deshpande, Nitish Rana, Kwena Mafaka, Aakash Madhwal, Nandre Berger, Mahish Teekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Fazalhaq Farooqui.

Punjab Kings- Glenn Maxwell, Azmatullah Omarzai, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Kyle Jamieson, Praveen Dubey, Harnoor Pannu

Lucknow Super Giants- Shamar Joseph, Arshin Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Aryan Juyal, Mayank Yadav, Matthew Britzke

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Chennai Super Kings, captained by Ruturaj Gaikwad, had a bad season in the last edition, when he was out due to injury, MS Dhoni took command. But the situation did not change, in the end the team had to be out of the league stage. What was worse was that CSK was at the bottom of the points table. Now the franchise has a chance to prepare its team afresh, for this the team can release many big players before the auction.

There was a mega auction for the last edition, before that the team had retained 5 players. However, now there is a mini auction, so the team will retain more players than that. Last season, the team had included R Ashwin in its team for Rs 9.75 crore, who has now taken retirement. In such a situation, the team is also looking for his replacement.

Chennai Super Kings had won only 4 out of 14 matches played in the league stage, while lost 10 matches. CSK’s net run rate was -0.647. The team was at the bottom 10th position in the points table.

CSK is looking for replacement of Ashwin

There are reports that CSK is looking at Washington Sundar, who is part of Gujarat Titans, as a replacement for Ashwin. It will be interesting to see whether Gujarat retains Sundar or not, if not then CSK can bet on him in the auction.

CSK wants Sanju Samson in place of Ravindra Jadeja

Before IPL retention and auction, the name of Ravindra Jadeja is being discussed the most. According to the news, talks are going on between CSK and Rajasthan Royals. CSK wants Sanju Samson in its team through trade deal.

Which players can CSK release?

Chennai Super Kings can release 2 New Zealand batsmen Rachin Ravindra and Conway. Ashwin has retired, CSK can also release Deepak Hooda and Rahul Tripathi. Many franchises contacted him regarding Nathan Ellis, but the team did not want to give him a team. This means that the team will retain Ellis, he also had a great performance in the T20 series against India. He had dismissed Abhishek 3 times. MS Dhoni has also told CSK management that he will play in the next edition.

How much money is in CSK’s purse?

Chennai Super Kings currently have Rs 5 lakh in their purse. However, R Ashwin, who was priced at Rs 9.75 crore, has retired from all forms of cricket. Their value will also be added to this. How much purse CSK will have in the auction will be known on November 15. But if CSK releases big players like Conway, Rachin, then their purse can be around Rs 30 crore.

CSK players and their price

• Ruturaj Gaikwad- 18 crores
• Ravindra Jadeja- 18 crores
• Mathisha Pathirana – Rs 13 crore
• Shivam Dubey- 12 crores
• MS Dhoni- 4 crores
• Devon Conway- 6.25 crores
• Rahul Tripathi- 3.40 crores
• Shaikh Rashid- 30 lakhs
• Deepak Hooda- 1.70 crores
• Andre Siddharth – 30 lakhs
• Vansh Bedi- 55 lakhs
• Rachin Ravindra- 4 crores
• Vijay Shankar- 1.20 crores
• Sam Curran- 2.40 crores
• Anshul Kamboj – 3.40 crores
• Jamie Overton- 1.50 crores
• Ramakrishna Ghosh- 30 lakhs
• R Ashwin- 9.75 crores (retired)
• Noor Ahmed- 10 crores
• Shreyas Gopal- 30 lakhs
• Khalil Ahmed- 4.80 crores
• Mukesh Chaudhary- 30 lakhs
• Gurjapneet Singh- 2.20 crores
• Nathan Ellis- 2 crores
• Kamlesh Nagarkoti- 30 lakhs

When will IPL 2026 auction take place?

The mini auction for the 19th edition of IPL is likely to take place on December 15. This could be for a day.

The last date for submitting the retention list for IPL 2026 is approaching. Each team has to submit its retention list by 15th November. This time the rules will be different compared to last time, because any one team can retain any number of players for IPL 2026. In such a situation, everyone’s eyes will be on those players whom the team can release. So let us know which players Chennai Super Kings can release before the auction.

Ravindra Jadeja

The first name is that of Ravindra Jadeja, who can go to Rajasthan Royals as a part of the Sanju Samson trade deal. Jadeja has spent 10 seasons in Chennai Super Kings, but recently reports have come in that Jadeja may go to Rajasthan team for the next season.

Sam Curran

In the Sanju Samson trade deal in which Ravindra Jadeja can become a part, the name of all-rounder Sam Curran has also come up. It is being told that in exchange for Sanju Samson, Chennai Super Kings can trade Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran with the Rajasthan team.

Rahul Tripathi

Rahul Tripathi can also be one in the list of players to be released by CSK. Last season, Chennai Super Kings bought him for an amount of Rs 3.4 crore. Tripathi was able to score only 55 runs after playing 5 matches in the entire season.

Vijay Shankar

Vijay Shankar returned to Chennai Super Kings after 11 years in IPL 2025. CSK franchise bought him for a huge amount of Rs 1.2 crore, but he was a complete flop in terms of performance. He was able to score only 118 runs in 6 matches.

Shreyas Gopal

Another all-rounder Shreyas Gopal included in the list may also have to bear the brunt of the poor performance in IPL 2025. He did not get a chance to play even a single match in IPL 2025. Many star players are already present in the team, so Gopal may hardly get a chance in the playing eleven next season.

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The auction is to be held in December before the next edition of the Indian Premier League, for this all the franchises have to submit the list of their released and retained players to the board by 15th November. MS Dhoni, who has made Chennai Super Kings (CSK) champion 5 times under his captaincy, is almost certain to play in the next season. Know which 4 players CSK can release in the auction to increase the value of its purse.

The 19th edition of IPL is to be played next year. Before this, IPL auction may take place in mid-December (second or third week). Consideration is going on to get this done outside India in UAE. November 15 is the deadline for all franchises to submit the list of their retained and released players. Here we are only talking about Chennai Super Kings team and which 4 players this franchise can release.

Deepak Hooda

Deepak Hooda was bought by CSK in the auction for Rs 1.7 crore. Earlier he was in Lucknow Super Giants, but his performance in CSK in the last edition (2025) was not good. Played 7 matches, in which a total of 31 runs were scored at an average of 6.20 in 5 innings. CSK can release him so that they can buy an impactful batsman for the next edition, who can become a match finisher for them.

Deepak Hooda made his IPL debut in 2015, after playing the first season in Rajasthan Royals, he joined Hyderabad, then Punjab and then Lucknow. Last season, he came to CSK, he has scored 1496 runs in 125 matches played in IPL, which includes 8 half-centuries.

Rahul Tripathi

Rahul was bought by CSK for Rs 3.40 crore for the last edition, he was played at various positions in the team but he could not perform as per expectations. He scored only 55 runs in 5 innings at an average of 11. Later he was dropped from the playing 11, the franchise can also release him.

Talking about his IPL performance, Rahul Tripathi, who has been playing since 2017, has played a total of 100 matches for 5 franchises, in which he has scored 2291 runs at an average of 26.33.

devon conway

Chennai Super Kings made Devon Conway a part of their team for the last season for Rs 6.25 crore, he was a part of the same team in the previous two seasons also. Although in the last edition, CSK preferred Rachin Ravindra in his place in the opening matches, but after not living up to the expectations, Conway was played. He scored 156 runs in 6 innings at an average of 26, which included 2 half-centuries. The team can release him for the auction to get more money in the purse.

Vijay Shankar

Vijay Shankar was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 1.2 crore for the last season of IPL. Shankar scored 118 runs at an average of 39.33 in 5 innings played in 2025. However, he did not bowl for CSK. CSK may think about releasing him.

Talking about Vijay Shankar’s performance, he has played a total of 78 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 1233 runs in 65 innings. He also has 9 wickets in his name.