The bugle for the 19th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2026 has been sounded. The auction for the upcoming season of IPL will take place next month. However, this time a mini auction will be organized. This time too many superstar players are included in the auction. In such a situation, the biggest question is who will be sold the most expensive in the auction?

Let us tell you that the mini auction for IPL 2026 will be organized on December 16 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. BCCI has said in the press release that all the 10 teams have retained a total of 173 players, which includes 49 foreign players and some traded players. 10 teams have 77 slots left for the IPL 2026 mini auction. The total purse of all the franchises is Rs 237.55 crore.

This time many superstar players included in the auction

For your information, let us tell you that many superstar players are included in the IPL 2026 auction. It includes names like Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Mathisha Pathirana, Faf du Plessis and Liam Livingstone. Let us tell you that this time all the 10 teams together have released a total of 70 players. Whereas only a maximum of 77 players can be sold in the mini auction.

Who will sell the most expensive? Will Rishabh Pant’s record be broken?

Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant is the most expensive player in the history of IPL. Lucknow bought him last year for Rs 27 crore. Venkatesh Iyer, who was sold for around Rs 24 crore, is also a part of the auction this year. Star all-rounder Andre Russell has also gone to the auction.

Let us tell you that this time a mini auction is to be organized. In such a situation, it is difficult to break Rishabh Pant’s record of being sold for Rs 27 crores. There are three players involved in the race to be the most expensive seller. This includes Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer and Cameron Green. Teams can pay any amount to buy these players.

All 10 teams released these 70 players

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

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

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

Royal Challengers Bangalore- Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi and Mohit Rathi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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.

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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The IPL 2026 auction will be very important, especially for Kolkata Knight Riders. There was a lot of discussion about the captaincy of KKR last season, ultimately the burden of captaincy was placed on the shoulders of Ajinkya Rahane. KKR stood eighth in the table. Now the speculation about releasing Venkatesh Iyer before the auction has also gained momentum, because with his departure the Kolkata team’s purse will be emptied by Rs 23.75 crore. Here let us know about those 5 players whom KKR can release before the IPL 2026 mini auction.

KKR can release 5 players

Venkatesh Iyer

The first name can be that of Venkatesh Iyer, because emptying the purse of Rs 23.75 crore in the mini auction will help KKR a lot in making a strong team. Last year, after receiving such a huge amount, Iyer was able to score only 142 runs in 11 matches.

Moeen Ali

Moeen Ali was bought by KKR for Rs 2 crore in the mega auction last year. Ali could score only 6 runs in 5 matches and could take only 6 wickets in bowling. Due to this poor performance, Kolkata Knight Riders can release him and choose another all-rounder.

spencer johnson

Spencer Johnson, who wreaked havoc across the world with his lethal bowling speed, proved to be a complete failure in the IPL. KKR bought him for Rs 2.8 crore, but after playing 4 matches in the entire season, he was able to take only one wicket.

Enrique Nortje

Enrique Nortje has failed to perform consistently in the last 2-3 seasons. In the last 2 seasons, he has taken only 8 wickets in 8 matches. Whereas in 2025, he took only one wicket in 2 matches for KKR. His economy rate was 11.86.

Manish Pandey

Manish Pandey is one of the few players who has been an integral part of the Indian Premier League since 2008. KKR had signed him in the mega auction for Rs 75 lakh. He got three matches in the entire season, in which only 92 runs were scored from his bat.

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