The bugle of IPL 2026 has been sounded. The auction of the 19th season of IPL will be held in December. This time the auction can be held on 15th December. This will be a mini auction. Before this, by November 15, all 10 teams will have to release the list of their released and retained players. Meanwhile, a big news has come out from the camp of Chennai Super Kings. According to the report of Cricbuzz, Chennai Super Kings will release 5 star players before the IPL 2026 auction.

It has been reported in the report that MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings is going to release three Indian players and two foreign players. The surprising thing is that currently the dreaded T20 all-rounder Sam Curran is also included in this list. The list of released players from Chennai includes Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tripathi, Sam Curran and Devon Conway.

No decision yet on MS Dhoni

Let us tell you that no decision has been taken yet on whether MS Dhoni will play in IPL 2026 or not. However, Chennai Super Kings franchise has made it clear many times that Dhoni himself will decide when to retire from IPL. If reports are to be believed then Dhoni can be seen playing this season also.

Chennai’s performance was very poor in IPL 2025

Chennai Super Kings was at the lowest position in IPL 2025. The team could win only four out of 14 matches. Chennai had to face defeat in 10 matches. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad got injured in the opening matches of IPL 2025. After this, MS Dhoni took command of the team. Now it remains to be seen whether Gaikwad becomes the captain of Chennai in the upcoming season or the franchise will give the command of the team to some other player.