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.

Also read:

When and where will the IPL 2026 auction take place? Know A to Z details of mini auction including date and venue

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

Also read:

Asia Cup: Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s century in 32 balls, then captain Jitesh Sharma’s storm comes; India won by 148 runs

The auction process for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) is likely to take place in mid-December. The deadline for franchises to submit the list of their retained and released players is November 15, meanwhile there is news that Sunrisers Hyderabad can release Heinrich Klaasen. This will also be shocking because the team had retained him for Rs 23 crore in the last edition. However, the former Indian cricketer does not think that Hyderabad will release Klaasen.

Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra believes that the chances of Sunrisers Hyderabad releasing Heinrich Klaasen are very slim. However, the former player also said that in the last few years we have seen strange things in IPL.

The last date for all 10 teams to declare their retention players before the auction is likely to be November 15. The auction may take place in the second week of next month (December). According to a report in Times of India, Sunrisers Hyderabad management is considering releasing Klaasen before the auction. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra shared his views on this report and said that perhaps Hyderabad is not keen on releasing Klaasen Ko.

Aakash Chopra said, “There is a lot of talk about Heinrich Klaasen. There are reports that Sunrisers Hyderabad may consider releasing him as it will save Rs 23 crore. I am thinking, you don’t buy a player for Rs 23 crore just to keep him for a year. Then, you release him and buy him back. I don’t think that will happen. As far as I know, there will be no RTM (Right To Match) also because it is a mini There will be an auction.”

Aakash Chopra further said, “Why would they release him? I think it’s just a rumour. I don’t think Heinrich Klaasen will be released so easily and sent to the auction. But, strange things have happened in the past too, so let’s see. We’ll wait and see.”