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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