The auction for the Indian Premier League 2026 will take place on 16 December. Andre Russell’s name will also be among the players on whom bidding will be done on this day. Russell, who has been the poster boy of Kolkata Knight Riders for many years, has been released by KKR. This was the most surprising thing in the retention of all the teams. Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif believes that the reason behind this is the head coach of KKR, who wants to form his new team.

While talking about retention on YouTube channel, Mohammad Kaif alleged that Abhishek Nair was the direct reason for KKR releasing Andre Russell. Let us tell you that the Kolkata team has also made many changes in its coaching department before IPL 2026. Abhishek was elected head coach and Shane Watson was made assistant coach. Tim Saudi has been appointed bowling coach.

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Kaif said, “It is not right to release Russell. You bought him for Rs 12 crore and it was not a big amount for a player like him. Only one player like him comes in this era. Yes, he was not in form, but later he also scored runs. But as coaches change, they bring some changes. I think it was a big decision.”

Kaif further said, “You can say that Russell was not at his peak yet, but I think this is a format, especially in IPL, where experienced players perform well and there are many examples of this. I think the direct answer to his release is Abhishek Nair. He wants to build his own team now. But it was a surprising decision.”

Andre Russell’s IPL career

Many people may think that Andre Russell has been playing for KKR since the beginning in IPL. Actually he had become a poster boy of the KKR team, although it was not so. He started his IPL career by playing in Delhi Capitals. He was a part of Delhi in 2012 and 2013, in 2014 KKR included him in their team and then he played for the same team till 2025.

Andre Russell has played a total of 140 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 2651 runs. Russell has scored 12 half-centuries in IPL. Russell has taken a total of 123 wickets in IPL. It will be interesting to see which team Andre Russell joins in the upcoming IPL season, or whether he will return to KKR. Let us tell you that KKR has the biggest purse in the IPL auction.

Big foreign players like Andre Russell, Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, David Miller, Josh English, Glenn Maxwell, Liam Livingstone, Wanindo Hasaranga will be in the IPL auction this time, whose teams have released them. But only 27 slots for foreign players are vacant in the auction, while the total number of slots is 78. Know the complete information related to the auction.

Let us tell you that this time the IPL auction can be of one day, because it will be a mini auction. A total of 10 teams play in IPL, each team can include a maximum of 25 players in its squad. Know the rules and information related to IPL auction and teams.

How many players can there be in an IPL team?

A maximum of 25 players can be included in a team.

IPL: How many maximum foreign players can there be in an IPL team?

An IPL team can include only a maximum of 8 foreign players in its squad.

How many total slots will be bid for in the IPL 2026 auction?

The players participating in the IPL auction will be shortlisted after a few days. A maximum of 77 players can be purchased, as there are only so many vacant slots for all 10 teams combined. KKR has the maximum number of slots vacant, it can buy 13 players. The least number of slots are in Punjab Kings, who have retained 21 players.

How many slots for foreign players are vacant in the IPL 2026 auction?

A total of 27 slots for foreign players from all the teams together are vacant in the IPL 2026 auction. See the list below to see the total slots of each team and the vacant slots of foreign players.

Total of all teams and number of overseas vacant slots

• Chennai Super Kings: 9 (4 overseas)
• Mumbai Indians: 5 (1 overseas)
• Kolkata Knight Riders: 13 (6 overseas)
• Royal Challengers Bangalore: 8 (2 overseas)
• Sunrisers Hyderabad: 10 (2 overseas)
• Gujarat Titans: 5 (overseas)
• Rajasthan Royals: 9 (1 overseas)
• Lucknow Super Giants: 6 (4 overseas)
• Delhi Capitals: 8 (5 overseas)
• Punjab Kings: 4 (2 overseas)

Purse balance of all teams

• KKR- Rs 64.3 crore
• CSK- Rs 43.4 crore
• SRH- Rs 25.5 crore
• LSG- Rs 22.95 crore
• DC- Rs 21.8 crore
• RCB- Rs 16.4 crore
• RR- Rs 16.05 crore
• GT- Rs 12.9 crore
• PBKS- Rs 11.5 crore
• MI- Rs 2.75 crore

If we add up the purse balance of all the teams, it is Rs 237 crore, which the teams will spend to buy players in the auction. KKR has the highest purse and Mumbai Indians has the least.

When will IPL 2026 auction take place?

The date of IPL 2026 auction has not been officially announced yet, but according to the news, it may happen on December 15.

Where will IPL 2026 auction take place?

The priority for the venue of IPL 2026 auction is India, but the idea of ​​holding it abroad is also underway. If this happens outside India, it can happen in UAE.

The auction for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League will be held in December, before that the retention list has been officially released today. Now it is clear which team has released which players and which has been retained. Know which team will have a purse of how much rupees in the auction for IPL 2026.

Kolkata Knight Riders have the most money left after IPL retention. KKR has Rs 64.3 crore left in their purse, they have released expensive players like Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer before the auction. The lowest purse is with Mumbai Indians, who have retained a total of 17 players and bought 3 through trade. See here the purse balance of all 10 teams and which team can buy maximum number of players in the auction? His information.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR Purse Balance 2026)

• Remaining slots- 13
• Purse balance- Rs 64.3 crore

Chennai Super Kings (CSK Purse Balance 2026)

• Remaining slots- 9
• Purse balance- Rs 43.4 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH Purse Balance 2026)

• Remaining slots- 10
• Purse balance- Rs 25.5 crore

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG Purse Balance 2026)

• Remaining slots- 6
• Purse balance- Rs 22.95 crore

Delhi Capitals (DC Purse Balance 2026)

• Remaining slots- 8
• Purse balance- Rs 21.8 crore

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB Purse Balance 2026)

• Remaining slots- 8
• Purse balance- Rs 16.4 crore

Rajasthan Royals (RR Purse Balance 2026)

• Remaining slots- 9
• Purse balance- Rs 16.05 crore

Gujarat Titans (GT Purse Balance 2026)

• Remaining slots- 6
• Purse balance- Rs 12.9 crore

Punjab Kings (PBKS Purse Balance 2026)

• Remaining slots- 4
• Purse balance- Rs 11.5 crore

Mumbai Indians (MI Purse Balance 2026)

• Remaining slots- 5
• Purse balance- Rs 2.75 crore

On which date will IPL 2026 auction take place?

IPL auction can be held on 15th December. Although the venue has not been finalized yet, according to the news, the idea of ​​organizing the auction outside India is also being considered. Let us tell you that this time there will be a mini auction, which can last for one day.

When the retention list of Punjab Kings came, everyone was surprised, the team has also released Josh English. There was already news about Glenn Maxwell that the team could remove him, but the fans were surprised when English was not retained. Punjab has retained 21 players including Shreyas Iyer. The team can now buy maximum 4 players in the auction.

You might be wondering that if Punjab Kings retained 21 players then how did they release 5 players? Because there can be only a maximum of 25 players in a team. So let us tell you that Mitchell Owen had joined the team last year as a replacement for Glenn Maxwell, who is included in the 21 retained players.

Players retained by PBKS

• Shreyas Iyer
• Nehal Vadhera
• Priyansh Arya
• Shashank Singh
• Payla Avinash
• Harnoor Pannu
• Musheer Khan
• Prabhsimran Singh
• Vishnu Vinod
• marcus stoinis
• marco yanson
• Azmatullah Omarzai
• Suryansh Shedge
• Mitchell Owen
• Arshdeep Singh
• Vaishakh Vijay Kumar
• Yash Thakur
• Xavier Bartlett
• lockie ferguson
• Yuzvendra Chahal
• Harpreet Brar

PBKS released these players

• josh inglis
• aaron hardy
• glen maxwell
• Kuldeep Sen
• Praveen Dubey

Among the players to be released, Glenn Maxwell’s performance last year was very disappointing, he played 7 matches before getting injured. He scored only 48 runs in 6 innings, out of which 30 runs came in a single innings. Josh Inglis made his IPL debut in the last edition itself, in which he scored 278 runs in 11 matches at a strike rate of 162.57.

PBKS HAS RELEASED JOSH INGLIS pic.twitter.com/U3uwZb7YmY

—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 15, 2025

How much money is left in the purse of Punjab Kings

A team can have a maximum of 25 players, Punjab has retained 21 players and can now buy a maximum of 4 players in the auction, out of which there are 2 slots for foreign players. Punjab currently has Rs 11 crore 50 lakh in its purse.

Mumbai Indians have retained 17 players, while they included 3 players in their squad through trade deals. Although Mumbai Indians’ purse is almost exhausted, now the franchise can buy maximum 5 players in the IPL auction but the team does not even have a total of Rs 3 crore in its purse.

Mumbai Indians have kept their ‘core’ team intact, they have retained 17 players including Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Tilak Verma, while through trade the franchise has included Shardul Thakur, Sharfan Rutherford and Mayank Markande in the team. But MI is going to face great difficulty in the auction. It will not be easy for them to buy the players of their choice, because the purse is very less.

MI retained these 17 players

• Suryakumar Yadav
• Rohit Sharma
• Tilak Verma
• Ryan Rickelton
• robin minz
• hardik pandya
• Naman Dheer
• will jacks
• Mitchell Santner
• Corbin Bosch
• Raj Angad Bawa
• Deepak Chahar
• Jasprit Bumrah
• trent bolt
• Allah Ghazanfar
• Ashwani Kumar
• Raghu Sharma

MI released these 8 players

• bevan jacobs
• KL Srijit
• Vignesh Puthur
• Karan Sharma
• lijad williams
• Satyanarayana Raju
• mujeeb ur rehman
• Reece Topley

MI’s remaining purse for IPL 2026 auction

Mumbai Indians can now buy maximum 5 players in the IPL 2026 auction. The team retained 17 players and kept 3 in the team through trade, which means a total of 20 players are already in the team. Let us tell you that an IPL team can have a maximum of 25 players.

Mumbai Indians will have a purse of only Rs 2 crore 75 lakh in the IPL 2026 auction. MI can buy 1 out of 5 foreign players.

Said that our – are here to stay and have made full efforts! pic.twitter.com/dTkbgw63uA

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) November 15, 2025

On which date will IPL take place? 2026

There will be a mini auction for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League, which is next month. The auction may take place on December 15, but its venue has not been decided yet. There is news that the auction is also being considered to be held outside India in UAE.

Before the auction for IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders have retained 12 players including Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane. The most surprising thing in KKR’s retention list is that they have also released their poster boy Andre Russell. Russell has been playing for this team since 2014. KKR has released a total of 9 players.

List of retained players of KKR

• Rinku Singh
• Angrish Raghuvanshi
• Ajinkya Rahane
• Manish Pandey
• rovman powell
• Sunil Narine
• Ramandeep Singh
• Anukul Roy
• Varun Chakraborty
• Harshit Rana
• Vaibhav Arora
• Umran Malik

KKR released these players

• Lavneeth Sisodia
• quinton dekock
• Rehmanullah Gurbaz
• Venkatesh Iyer
• andre russell
• Moeen Ali
• spencer johnson
• Enrique Norkhia
• Chetan Sakariya

UNPRECEDENTED!!! pic.twitter.com/QXGY3qXUqz

— KnightRidersXtra (@KKR_Xtra) November 15, 2025

How much purse does KKR have in IPL 2026 auction?

Kolkata Knight Riders has released many of its expensive players, the name of Venkatesh Iyer is also included in it. Venkatesh was bought by KKR in the last auction for Rs 23.75 crore. The other expensive player to be released is Russell, who was retained by KKR for Rs 12 crore before the last edition.

KKR has also released Quinton de Kock, who was priced at Rs 3.6 crore. This is also a surprising decision, because the team has also released the second wicket keeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz along with him. Now KKR will be looking for a good wicket keeper in the auction.

Kolkata Knight Riders are left with a purse of Rs 64.3 crore in the IPL 2026 auction. There are slots left for 13 players, which means KKR can buy a maximum of 13 players in the auction. The team can buy maximum 6 foreign players.

When will IPL 2026 auction take place?

The auction for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League will be held in December, it will be a mini auction which is likely to last for 1 day. IPL auction is likely to take place on December 15. Its venue is under consideration, it can also happen outside India in UAE. However, the venue has not been decided yet.

The five-year long journey between Mumbai Indians and Arjun Tendulkar has come to an end. Mumbai Indians have traded Arjun to Lucknow Super Giants. Arjun will be a part of the squad of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2026. Let us remind you that Arjun was included by the MI franchise in its squad in the year 2021, but his debut took place after two years i.e. in 2023.

Lucknow Super Giants have traded Arjun Tendulkar for Rs 30 lakh. He was getting the same salary from MI also. So far, in his short IPL career of five matches, Arjun Tendulkar has taken 3 wickets and his economy rate has been 9.37.

MI thanked Arjun

Mumbai Indians thanked Arjun Tendulkar through a social media post, writing, “Arjun Tendulkar, thank you for being a part of the Mumbai Indians family. The MI team hopes that the new chapter of your career in the Lucknow Super Giants team will write a new story of success. It has been a matter of pride for us to contribute to your betterment and hope that you will do better in the future and create a new identity.”

Let us tell you that Arjun Tendulkar no longer plays for Mumbai team even in domestic cricket. He left the Mumbai cricket team in August 2022. He played for Goa in the 2022-23 domestic season. Now even in IPL his connection with Mumbai team has been broken.

Let us tell you that Mumbai Indians have traded Mayank Markande to Kolkata Knight Riders. Markande will also get a salary of Rs 30 lakh, he was getting the same salary in KKR. In his IPL career, Markande has played 37 matches and taken 37 wickets.

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Mumbai Indians have included Shardul Thakur in their team for IPL 2026 through trade. The franchise has made this deal with Lucknow Super Giants in exchange for Arjun Tendulkar. Many more big changes are possible in this team captained by Hardik Pandya, because the performance of the 5-time champion in the last edition was not very good. Let us know which players can be released and which can be retained from this team adorned with stars like Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav.

Let us tell you that the auction for IPL 2026 is to be held in mid-December, it is likely to be held on 15th December. Before this, November 15 is the deadline for all the franchises to submit the list of their retained players. The retention list of all 10 teams will be broadcast live, fans will be able to watch it from 5 pm on Saturday.

How many players will Mumbai Indians retain?

Mumbai Indians can retain a total of 15 players including captain Hardik Pandya, former captain Rohit Sharma, national T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav. These may include 5 foreign and 10 Indian players. Mumbai will not want to change its main players, the team can release 7 players including Reece Topley, Satyanarayan Rau, Bevon Jacobs.

Mumbai Indians Retention List (Expected)

• Hardik Pandya (16.35 crores)
• Jasprit Bumrah (18 crores)
• Suryakumar Yadav (16.35 crores)
• Rohit Sharma (16.30 crores)
• Tilak Verma (8 crores)
• Trent Boult (12.50 crores)
• Vignesh Puthur (30 lakhs)
• Karan Sharma (50 lakhs)
• Mitchell Santner (2 crores)
• Will Jacques (5.25 crores)
• Robin Minz (65 lakhs)
• Naman Dheer (5.25 crores)
• Allah Ghazanfar (4.80 crores)
• Ashwini Kumar (30 lakh)
• Ryan Rickleton (1 crore)

List of released players of Mumbai Indians (probable)

• Bevon Jacobs(30 lakhs)
• Srijit Krishnan (30 lakhs)
• Raj Angad Bawa (30 lakhs)
• Deepak Chahar (9.25 crores)
• Reece Topley (75 lakhs)
• Satyanarayana Raju (30 lakhs)
• Lizaad Williams(75 lakhs)

How much purse will MI have in the auction?

The total price of the above mentioned 7 players is Rs 11 crore 95 lakh, upon their release the team’s purse will increase by this much amount. Currently there are Rs 10 lakh in Mumbai’s purse.

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 mini auction for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) will be held in December, before that all the teams will release the list of their retained players. The retention list will be live on November 15, which means everyone will know who the team has released and whom it has decided to retain. Here we are telling you about those 5 players who were never released by their team.

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar, known as the God of Cricket, played for Mumbai Indians from 2008 to 2013. MI never released Sachin. Later Sachin also became the mentor of this team. His son Arjun Tendulkar is also involved in Mumbai Indians, however, before the upcoming season, there is news that the franchise may give him to Lucknow Super Giants through a trade deal.

Virat Kohli

At number two is Virat Kohli, who has been playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore since the first edition (2008). He played under the captaincy of many legends, then also commanded this team for many years. However, he and RCB won their first IPL title after 18 years in the last edition (2025). RCB never released Virat.

ms dhoni

Chennai Super Kings never released MS Dhoni. Dhoni has been a part of this team since 2008 and has made the team champion 5 times under his captaincy. Dhoni played for Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016 and 2017, although Dhoni was not released but CSK was banned in these 2 years. Dhoni is also certain to play in IPL 2026.

Sunil Narine

West Indies spinner Sunil Narine made his IPL debut in 2012, he was associated with Kolkata Knight Riders and is still a part of this team. Narine bowled many match-winning spells for KKR, while he was also promoted in batting. He started coming to the opening. He gives a fast start to KKR.

shane warne

Shane Warne, who won the first IPL title, is no longer with us, he died in March 2022. Shane Warne led Rajasthan Royals to their first IPL title as captain. He played for Rajasthan from 2008 to 2011, but the franchise never released him.