So far, teams from 16 countries have appeared for the 2026 T20 World Cup. Pakistan has also announced its World Cup squad (Pakistan Squad T20 World Cup), due to which a big name like Haris Rauf is missing. The World Cup matches will be played in India and Sri Lanka and this tournament will run from 7 February-8 March. The squads of almost all the big teams have been announced, but the names of many great players are not included in them. Here is the list of those experienced and star players, who will not be seen playing in the T20 World Cup 2026.

Pakistan expelled Haris Rauf

Babar Azam has returned to the Pakistan team for the 2026 T20 World Cup, but Haris Rauf is out. Explaining the reason for this, coach Mike Hesson said that there was a discussion on including Rauf in the squad, but Shaheen Afridi, Salman Mirza and Naseem Shah can bowl in all three phases of the match (powerplay, middle overs, death overs), hence they were given more importance.

Livingstone and Ferreira also on leave

Talking about Liam Livingstone, his recent form has been very bad. After the 2024 T20 World Cup, he has scored 275 runs in 13 T20 innings. During this period, only one half-century came from his bat. In the year 2025, he played five T20 matches, in which he could score only 74 runs. This poor form remains the root of trouble for him.

South African wicketkeeper batsman Donovan Ferreira made his international cricket debut in 2023 and within just 2 years left a mark across the world with his stormy batting. Ferreira was given a place in South Africa’s provisional squad for the World Cup, but due to not recovering from the injury, he will have to miss the World Cup.

steve smith

In BBL 2025-26, Steve Smith created a stir with his batting and scored 299 runs in 6 innings. His average was 59.80 and strike rate was around 168. Smith hoped that this strong performance would earn him a place in Australia’s World Cup squad, but unfortunately it did not happen.

Yashasvi Jaiswal

Yashasvi Jaiswal had an ideal start to his T20 career. So far, he has scored 723 runs in 23 matches at an average of 36.15. Jaiswal’s strike rate is 164.31, while he has scored one century and five half-centuries in his T20 career of only 23 matches. But the opening batting slot is not vacant in the current team. Unfortunately he will have to miss the T20 World Cup.

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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026: The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will start from February 7, 2026, hosted by India and Sri Lanka. Some other teams including India, South Africa, Australia and England have also announced their World Cup team for this tournament. Five big names are missing among the teams which have announced the names of players for the World Cup. All of them have been dropped. Here we are going to tell you about those 5 big name players, who have been dropped by their teams. He will no longer be seen playing in the T20 World Cup 2026.

These 5 big players dropped from T20 World Cup squad

1. Shubman Gill – India

Team India’s Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill has been dropped from India’s T20 World Cup squad. However, before the World Cup, Gill was not only a part of India’s T20 International team but was also the vice-captain, but due to his continuous poor performance in T20 Internationals, he has not been included in the team.

2. Mitchell Owen – Australia

Australia’s star young all-rounder Mitchell Owen has also not been included in the T20 World Cup Australian team. Owen has so far played 13 T20 International matches for Australia. Owen is a brilliant player in this format, who along with fast batting also bowls medium fast.

3. Ryan Rickelton – South Africa

South African wicketkeeper batsman Ryan Rickelton has also not got a place in the South African team for the T20 World Cup. He was a part of the team in the T20 World Cup held in the year 2024. At the same time, he also performed well on Indian pitches while playing for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025. This season Rickelton had scored a total of 388 runs in 14 matches.

4. Tristan Stubbs – South Africa

South Africa’s star middle order batsman Tristan Stubbs has also not been able to make his place in the South African team for the T20 World Cup 2026. Stubbs has performed well while playing for Delhi Capitals in the last two seasons of IPL. Stubbs was also a part of the South African team in the 2024 T20 World Cup.

5. Liam Livingstone – England

England’s experienced all-rounder Liam Livingstone has also not been included in England’s squad for the T20 World Cup 2026. Livingstone is known for his explosive batting and hitting long sixes, apart from this, he also bowls. Livingstone has good experience of Indian pitches from playing in IPL, which could perhaps have been useful to England in the World Cup.

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced its team for the 2026 T20 World Cup to be held in India. Surprisingly, England has not selected explosive players like Liam Livingstone and Jamie Smith for the T20 World Cup. Livingstone will play in IPL 2026 and he has been sold for a huge amount. Let us tell you that England has just announced the provisional squad. Provisional means that England can still make changes in its team.

According to ICC rules, every team has to announce its team 30 days before the start of the tournament. Before the end of the deadline, teams can make changes to their squad on their own. After the deadline, teams have to take permission from the ICC for changes. England has just announced the provisional squad. In such a situation, she can make changes in her team anytime.

Harry Brook captain, Josh Tong included in the team for the first time

Fast bowler Josh Tong, who bowled lethally whenever he got a chance in the Ashes series, has been selected by England for the 2026 T20 World Cup. Harry Brook will be the captain of the England team in this ICC tournament. There is a mix of young and senior players in the team. However, the surprising thing is that England has not included an experienced all-rounder like Liam Livingstone in the World Cup squad. Livingstone will be seen playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026.

England has selected six fast bowlers in the form of Brayden Carse, Josh Tongue, Jamie Overton, Joffra Archer, Sam Curran and Luke Wood. There are three spinners in the form of Rehan Ahmed, Liam Dawson and Adil Rashid. Apart from this, power packed batsmen have been selected in the form of Harry Brook, Phil Salt, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethel, Ben Duckett, Will Jacques and Jos Buttler.

England team for the 2026 T20 World Cup – Harry Brook (captain), Joffra Archer, Will Jacques, Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Tom Banton, Jacob Bithell, Jos Buttler, Braydon Carse, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue and Luke Wood.

The IPL 2026 auction has proved to be unpredictable, with Cameron Green becoming the most expensive foreign player in auction history, while on the other hand, many big-name stars have remained unsold. Apart from Indian batsman Prithvi Shaw, many international stars have also gone unsold in the auction. Australia’s legendary player Steve Smith has also not found any buyer, while no one has bought Jonny Bairstow either.

Many famous Indian players were also included in the list of players who remained unsold. No one bought all-rounder Vijay Shankar, while no one bought spin bowler Karn Sharma, who was a part of the four-time IPL winning team.

Unsold list so far in IPL 2026:

• jake fraser mcgurk
• devon conway
• Gus Atkinson
• vian mulder
• Srikar Bharat
• jonny bairstow
• Rahmanullah Gurbaz
• jamie smith
• Deepak Hooda
• Gerald Coetzee
• spencer johnson
• Fazal Haq Farooqui
• Mahish Teekshana
• mujeeb ur rehman
• Atharva Tawde
• Anmolpreet Singh
• Abhinav Tejrana
• Abhinav Manohar
• Yash Dhul
• Arya Desai
• Vijay Shankar
• RS Hungergekar
• Mahipal Lomror
• eden apple tom
• Tanush Kotian
• Kamlesh Nagarkoti
• Sanveer Singh
• Ruchit Ahir
• Vansh Bedi
• Tushar Raheja
• Raj Limbani
• Simarjeet Singh
• Akash Madhwal
• Wahidullah Zadran
• Shivam Shukla
• Karan Sharma
• Kumar Karthikeya
• Sediqullah Atal
• sean abbott
• Michael Bracewell
• darryl mitchell
• Dasun Shanaka
• Manan Vohra
• Chetan Sakariya
• Waqar Salamkhail
• salman nizar
• KM Asif
• Murugan Ashwin
• Tejas Baroka
• KC Cariappa
• Mohit Rathi
• dan lawrence
• Taskin Ahmed
• Richard Gleason
• Alzarri Joseph
• Riley Meredith
• jhay richardson
• Dheeraj Kumar
• Mani Shankar Murasingh
• Ijaz Sawaria
• Jikku Bright
• Ayush Vartak
• Utkarsh Singh
• Karan Lal
• Daniel Lategan
• nathan smith
• Chintal Gandhi
• Irfan Umair
• Connor Esterhuizen
• Tanay Thiagarajan
• swastika gazelle
• chama v milind
• Hrithik Tada
• Siddharth Yadav
• McNeil Noronha
• Mayank Dagar
• Mani Grewal
• Sanveer Singh
• Will Sutherland
• RS Ambris

The most surprising name in the list of unsold players is that of Liam Livingstone of England, because he is a big international star and many teams needed an all-rounder. Despite this, no team has bid on him. Livingstone had set his base price at Rs 2 crore.

On the other hand, the names of Sarfaraz Khan and Prithvi Shaw were present in the set first, yet they could not find any buyer. The base price of both the Indian batsmen was Rs 75 lakh. Devon Conway and England’s legendary batsman Jonny Bairstow also did not find any buyer.

After going unsold in the first round of IPL 2026 auction, Liam Livingstone has been bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second round. SRH bought him with a bid of Rs 13 crore. Lucknow Super Giants also wanted to buy Livingstone, but they ran out of money in their purse. There was a race between KKR, SRH and Lucknow Super Giants to buy Livingstone, but in the end the Hyderabad franchise won.

The base price of Livingstone was Rs 2 crore, which remained unsold in the first round. When his name was called in the second round, the first bid was made by KKR, which was out of the race after Rs 2.80 crores. After that, Gujarat Titans also tried their hand up to Rs 4 crore, but did not have much money left in their purse.

After that, a fierce competition started between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants to buy Livingstone. Lucknow went up to Rs 12.80 crore, but due to not having much money left in the purse, it also dropped out of the race to buy Livingstone. Finally, Kavya Maran’s Sunrisers Hyderabad included Livingstone in their squad by bidding Rs 13 crores.

The IPL 2025 season was not very good for Livingstone, in which he scored only 112 runs in 8 innings while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He was able to take 2 wickets in the entire season.

In his 49-match IPL career, Livingstone has scored 1051 runs and also taken 13 wickets. Let us tell you that after the conclusion of IPL 2025 season, Livingstone’s T20 form has gained momentum. While captaining Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred League, he scored 241 runs. During this period his strike rate was 155.48. In the last season of The Hundred League, he was also successful in taking 7 wickets. In the T20 Blast tournament, he scored 260 runs and also took 6 wickets.

The IPL 2026 auction has proved to be unpredictable, with Cameron Green becoming the most expensive foreign player in auction history, while on the other hand, many big-name stars have remained unsold. In-form Indian batsman Sarfaraz Khan has also gone unsold, while speculations were being made about Liam Livingstone in the auction, which have been proved wrong. Livingstone also did not find any buyer in the first round of the auction.

Unsold list so far in IPL 2026:

• jake fraser mcgurk
• Prithvi Shaw
• devon conway
• Sarfaraz Khan
• Gus Atkinson
• Rachin Ravindra
• liam livingstone
• vian mulder
• Srikar Bharat
• jonny bairstow
• Rahmanullah Gurbaz
• jamie smith
• Deepak Hooda
• matt henry
• Akashdeep
• Shivam Mavi
• Gerald Coetzee

The most surprising name in the list of unsold players is that of Liam Livingstone of England, because he is a big international star and many teams needed an all-rounder. Despite this, no team has bid on him. Livingstone had set his base price at Rs 2 crore.

On the other hand, the names of Sarfaraz Khan and Prithvi Shaw were present in the set first, yet they could not find any buyer. The base price of both the Indian batsmen was Rs 75 lakh. Devon Conway and England’s legendary batsman Jonny Bairstow also did not find any buyer.

The auction for IPL 2026 will take place on December 16, in which shortlisted players will be bid for 77 vacant slots. There are 110 foreign players in the shortlist. Of these, 96 are capped and 14 are uncapped. Let us tell you that 31 slots for foreign players are vacant for all 10 teams together. Know which 10 foreign players everyone will keep an eye on, out of these, there are 3 who can get Rs 10 crore or more.

Cameron Green (Australia)

Cameron Green’s name is being discussed the most in the IPL 2026 auction. The base price of Green is Rs 2 crore. Green is a batting all-rounder, who has played for Mumbai in 2023 and Bengaluru in 2024. In 29 matches played in IPL, he has scored 707 runs and taken 16 wickets. His IPL price can also go up to Rs 10 crore.

David Miller (South Africa)

South Africa’s explosive batsman David Miller is called a player of big matches. The base price of Miller is Rs 2 crore, for which many teams can go to the big bid to buy him. The middle order batsman has played 141 matches for 4 teams in IPL, in which he has 3077 runs in his name. Miller’s strike rate is 138.60. His bid can also go up to Rs 10 crore.

Liam Livingstone (England)

England’s explosive batsman Liam Livingston was a part of the champion team (RCB) in the last edition, although RCB did not retain him. 32-year-old Livingston can play an important role in bowling along with batting. He has played a total of 49 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 1051 runs. His strike rate is 158.76. He also has 13 wickets to his name in IPL, it will be interesting to see which team buys him.

Jamie Smith (England)

Everyone’s eyes will also be on 25-year-old wicket-keeper batsman Jamie Smith, he has not played in IPL before. His base price is Rs 2 crore. If we look at the records of T20 International, Smith has scored 130 runs in 5 matches. In T20 he scored 1687 runs in 97 matches, KKR is looking for a wicket keeper.

Steve Smith (Australia)

Steve Smith played his last IPL match in 2021, this time he is in the auction again. Smith’s base price is Rs 2 crore, although Smith will not be anyone’s first choice for this format. Smith is a big name in the cricket world, but teams may hesitate in buying him. Therefore, it will be interesting to see the bids on him, or he may remain unsold. Smith has scored 2485 runs in 103 matches in IPL.

Jason Holder (West Indies)

There was a bid of more than Rs 5 crore for Jason Holder in 2023. Holder will be in the auction again this time, his base price is Rs 2 crore. However, this time the difficulty for him is that he has not played IPL for the last 2 years, so it will be interesting to see whether any team would like to bet on him this time. The positive thing about Holder is that he can bat well in the lower order. If we look at Holder’s IPL record, he has taken 53 wickets in 46 matches played for 5 teams and scored 259 runs in 27 innings.

Lungi Ngidi (South Africa)

After Green and Miller, Lungi Ngidi is such a player, it would not be surprising if the bid on him goes beyond Rs 10 crore or more. His performance in the T20 series against India has been good, he dismissed Shubman Gill in the first over of both the opening T20 matches. Ngidi also tricks the batsmen with his speed. Ngidi has taken 29 wickets in 16 matches for 2 teams in IPL. He was a part of the RCB team last year but could play only 2 matches.

Tim Seifert (New Zealand)

The base price of New Zealand wicketkeeper batsman Tim Seifert is Rs 1.5 crore. 30-year-old Seifert played the last IPL season in 2022, he played only 2 matches for Delhi that season. Seifert scored only 26 runs in total 3 matches played in IPL. It remains to be seen whether Seifert is able to become a part of any IPL team this time.

Jonny Bairstow (England)

The base price of England wicketkeeper batsman Jonny Bairstow is Rs 1 crore. He came as a replacement for Mumbai Indians last year to play the knockout matches, in which he performed effectively. Because of this, he can get a good amount in the auction to be held this time. 36-year-old Bairstow had scored 85 runs in 2 matches last year, and did good wicket-keeping. He has played a total of 52 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 1674 runs. Kolkata can make a big bid to buy him.

Quinton de Kock (South Africa)

Quinton de Kock played an explosive inning of 90 runs in the second T20 against India, he also scored a century in the ODI. However, there is a lack of consistency in his performance, which can come in the way of him fetching big money in the auction. De Kock was in Kolkata Knight Riders last year, but the team released him. It will be interesting to see which team buys him.

32-year-old De Kock has played a total of 115 matches for 6 teams in IPL, in which he has scored 3309 runs. He has scored 2 centuries and 24 half-centuries in IPL. De Kock’s base price in the IPL 2026 auction is Rs 1 crore.

The mini auction for IPL 2026 will be held in Abu Dhabi on 16th December. Chennai Super Kings has a purse of Rs 43.4 crore available in the auction, in which it can buy a maximum of 9 players. CSK currently has 4 foreign players in its squad, it can buy maximum 4 foreign players in the auction. Know which 3 players can be the target of CSK.

liam livingston

The base price of England all-rounder Liam Livingston is Rs 2 crore. Last year he was a part of the champion team RCB, but RCB released him. Chennai Super Kings will have their eyes on him, because the team is looking for a better finisher. Although MS Dhoni will play in the upcoming edition, the team can also think about the future.

32-year-old Liam Livingston has played a total of 112 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 1051 runs. His strike rate is 158.76. Livingston also has 13 wickets in his name in IPL. So he can also give a spin bowling option to CSK.

Ravi Bishnoi

Ravi Bishnoi, who was a part of Lucknow Super Giants last year, can also be the target of Chennai Super Kings. CSK is looking for a leg spinner. Ravi’s base price is Rs 2 crore.

Ravi Bishnoi, who has been playing IPL since 2020, has played a total of 77 matches for 2 teams (PBKS and LSG), in which he has taken 72 wickets. He is successful in stopping the batsmen even in the death overs, in such a situation CSK would like to buy him.

mate henry

Chennai Super Kings can also bet on New Zealand bowler Matt Henry. The base price of Henry is also Rs 2 crore. 33-year-old Henry has played for Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants, although his IPL career has not been very good but he has been bowling well for some time now.

CSK spent Rs 81.6 crore on 16 players

Chennai Super Kings have retained a total of 16 players before the IPL 2026 auction, which also includes Sanju Samson, who came through trade. He has spent Rs 81.6 crore from his purse on all the players together. Now CSK has a purse balance of Rs 43.4 crore.

chennai super kings retention list

Indian: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), MS Dhoni, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapaneet Singh, Mukesh Chaudhary, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shivam Dubey, Shreyas Gopal, Syed Khalil Ahmed, Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Sanju Samson (trade).

Foreigner: Jamie Overton, Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmed, Dewald Brewis.

At the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Liam Livingstone did something which even the spectators were stunned to see. England’s explosive batsman set the tone for the World ILT20 League in his very first match. Playing for Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, Livingstone played a stormy innings of 82 runs in just 38 balls, which included 8 sixes and 2 fours. Thanks to his brilliant performance, the team scored a huge score of 233/4, which is the second highest score in the history of this league.

havoc in the last over

The most exciting part of Livingstone’s innings was the last over. Dwayne Pretorius came to bowl and was breathing a sigh of relief after bowling the first ball, but in the next moments his patience broke. Livingstone scored 33 runs in the over by hitting 5 consecutive sixes from the second to the sixth ball. This over not only gave new heights to his innings, but also changed the entire momentum of the match in favor of Knight Riders.

Great batting from beginning to end

Before Livingstone arrived, Alex Hales (32) and Alishan Sharafu (34) gave the team a fast start. Livingstone, who came at number 4, started playing big shots from the very beginning. Sherfane Rutherford also gave good support in the middle overs by scoring 45 runs in 27 balls and together they gave quadruple speed to the scoreboard.

Warriors team could not survive

Sharjah Warriors, who set a huge target of 234 runs, had a bad start. The team lost three key wickets in the powerplay itself, Johnson Charles (10), Tom Abel (6) and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (14). However, Tim David made the match a little exciting by playing a explosive inning of 60 runs in 24 balls. He also hit three sixes in one over of Piyush Chawla, but the run chase became difficult due to continuous fall of wickets.

In the end, Pretorius (39) and Adil Rashid (25) scored quickly, but the team could only reach 194/9. As a result, Knight Riders won the match by 39 runs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore has released its retention list for IPL 2026. RCB has released 8 players including international stars like Liam Livingstone and Lungi Ngidi. 17 players including Virat Kohli, Phil Salt and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been retained.

RCB won the IPL 2025 title under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar. Patidar can be seen captaining this matter also. Bengaluru has retained 11 Indian players, while 6 foreign players have been dismissed.

Liam Livingstone released

England all-rounder Liam Livingstone has been released by Bengaluru. Apart from him, RCB has shown the way out to two other senior players in the form of Mayank Agarwal and Lungi Ngidi. Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and other experienced players including Jitesh Sharma and Krunal Pandya will try to take Bengaluru to another title.

RCB’s retention list: Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethel, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salaam, Abhinandan Singh and Suyyash Sharma.

RCB released these players: Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, Mohit Rathi

16.4 crores left with Bengaluru

After retaining 17 players, Royal Challengers Bangalore are left with Rs 16.4 crore in their purse. In the auction, Bengaluru team can buy maximum 8 more players, out of which it is mandatory to have 2 foreign players.

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