Before IPL 2026, the retention list of all the teams has been revealed. All the teams have retained 15 or more players, but in the list of players to be released, there are some names which have shocked the entire IPL world. Among these, one name is also that of Andre Russell (Andre Russell Released), who has been released by KKR after 11 years. RCB and Delhi Capitals have shown the exit door to some famous players.

5 big players to be released

Andre Russell- The biggest name among the players to be released is Andre Russell, who was playing for KKR since 2014. With the release of Russell, Rs 12 crore has been added to KKR’s purse, because last season KKR had retained Russell for Rs 12 crore. Apart from scoring 2651 runs in 140 matches for KKR, Russell also took 123 wickets.

Liam Livingstone- Liam Livingstone was bought by RCB in the auction last year with a bid of Rs 8.75 crore. Last season, he could score only 112 runs in 10 matches for RCB and took only 2 wickets in bowling. Somehow this poor performance and the amount of Rs 8.75 crores became the reason for his release.

Faf du Plessis- Faf du Plessis was bought by Delhi Capitals in the mega auction for Rs 2 crore. In the 2025 season, he could score only 202 runs in 9 matches for Delhi. Du Plessis, who is 41 years old, is finding it difficult to find a buyer for the next season due to his increasing age. Even in the mega auction, Delhi had bought him at the base price only.

Glenn Maxwell- The last 2 IPL seasons have been very bad for Glenn Maxwell. He has scored only 100 runs in 17 matches played in the last two seasons. Whereas in IPL 2025, he could score only 48 runs in 7 matches for Punjab Kings. Maxwell’s release has added Rs 4.2 crore to Punjab’s purse.

David Miller- David Miller’s IPL form has also not been very good. In the mega auction, he was bought by Lucknow Super Giants with a bid of Rs 7.5 crore. But in the 11 matches played in the entire season, only 153 runs came from his bat.

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The auction of the 19th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2026 will be held in the month of December. Before this, by November 15, all 10 teams will have to release the list of their released and retained players. This time many star players can be released. Meanwhile, news has come that Lucknow Super Giants is also in a mood to release 5 players. Considering the performance of the team, the franchise is going to release 5 star players.

It has been told in the report that Lucknow Super Giants will also release Mayank Yadav, who bowls at a speed of 156.7 kmph. Mayank has been able to play very few matches in the last two years due to injury. This is the reason why Lucknow franchise would like to bet on some other bowler in his place. Mayank Yadav was retained by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 11 crore before IPL 2025.

According to the report, apart from Mayank, Lucknow franchise is also going to release middle order stormy batsman David Miller. Apart from this, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akashdeep and Shamar Joseph will also be released. In this way, Lucknow would like to enter the mini auction of IPL 2026 with a huge amount and want to overcome the shortcomings of the team.

Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals have also prepared the list

Before this, the release list of Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals has also been revealed. According to the report, Chennai Super Kings is going to release middle order batsman Deepak Hooda, all-rounder Vijay Shankar, top order batsman Rahul Tripathi, all-rounder Sam Curran and opener Devon Conway. Whereas Delhi Capitals is going to drop Mitchell Starc, Faf du Plessis, T Natarajan and Jake Fraser McGurk. Let us tell you that till now no IPL team has officially released or retained the list.