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.