The window for IPL 2026 auction has been fixed from 13 to 15 December. According to the report, a mini auction will be organized for the 19th season on December 15. However, the venue of the auction has not been announced yet. All 10 IPL teams will have to release the list of their retained and released players before November 15. Meanwhile, news has come that Delhi Capitals is preparing to release four big players including Mitchell Starc.

It has been reported in the report that Delhi Capitals is going to release star fast bowler Mitchell Starc. Delhi had bought this Australian bowler for Rs 11.75 crore. Starc could not perform as expected for Delhi in IPL 2025. He could take only 14 wickets in 11 matches

Apart from Mitchell Starc, Delhi Capitals can also release Faf du Plessis, Jack Fraser McGurk and T Natarajan. Faf du Plessis was bought by Delhi Capitals for just Rs 2 crores. Whereas T Natarajan was bought for Rs 10.75 crore. Australia’s explosive opener Jake Fraser McGurk was retained by Delhi Capitals for Rs 9 crore. Now the report says that Delhi is going to release these four big players.

Will Chennai Super Kings release these 5 players?

According to the report, 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 middle order batsman Deepak Hooda, all-rounder Vijay Shankar, top order batsman Rahul Tripathi, all-rounder Sam Curran and opener Devon Conway.