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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Royal Challengers Bangalore will play as the defending champion in the next edition of IPL (IPL 2026), before that the team is looking to make some changes in its squad. IPL mini auction is likely to take place on December 15. Before this, the deadline for all the 10 franchises to submit the list of retained and released players to the board is 15th November. Here we are telling you about those 5 players whom RCB can release.

liam livingstone

The name of England all-rounder Liam Livingstone is included in the list of players whom RCB can release before the IPL 2026 auction. For the last edition, RCB had bought Livingstone for Rs 8.75 crore in the mega auction. Livingstone played 10 matches under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, in whose 8 innings he scored only 112 runs at a strike rate of 133.33. He was able to score only one half-century, but he was not able to do anything special in bowling also.

Mayank Agarwal

After the injury of Devdutt Padikkal, RCB included Mayank Agarwal in the team in his place. Padikkal was looking in good form before his exit, scoring 247 runs in 10 innings at a strike rate of 150.60. Experienced batsman Mayank Agarwal played only 4 matches for RCB, in which he scored 94 runs at a strike rate of 148.43. But with the expectation of Padikkal’s arrival, RCB may release Mayank, so that they have more money in their purse.

Swapnil Singh

34-year-old Swapnil Singh was included in their team by RCB in the last auction for Rs 50 lakh through RTM card, but he did not get a chance to play even a single match. RCB may consider releasing him before the auction.

lungi ngidi

RCB can also release South African fast bowler Lungi Ngidi. Ngidi was made a part of their team by RCB for Rs 1 crore. He played 2 matches in the last edition (2025) and took 4 wickets. However, the big problem is that RCB was not able to fit Ngidi in their playing 11, considering this, RCB can consider releasing him.

Rasik Salaam Dar

Fast bowler Rasik Salam Dar, who comes from Jammu and Kashmir, was bought by RCB in the last auction for Rs 6 crore, he made his debut for RCB in the first match of the last edition. In this match, Rasik took 1 wicket for 35 runs in 3 overs, after which he played one more match but then he could not find a place in the playing 11. RCB may consider releasing these 5 players.