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IPL 2026 Auction, Full Squads After Retention Announcement: All 10 franchises officially announced their retentions and releases on Saturday ahead of the IPL 2026 auction. Several high-profile names have been released and will now go under the hammer as teams gear up to bolster their respective squads for the 19th edition of the cash-rich league.

In an interesting turn of events, the Kolkata Knight Riders decided to release their all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, raising a few eyebrows ahead of the new season. Iyer was bought by KKR for a massive price of RS 23.75 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction. However, the biggest exit is that of Andre Russell, marking the end of his 12-year stint with KKR as he heads to the auction pool.

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Punjab Kings decided against extending the stays of Australian players Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis and Aaron Hardie. While Maxwell had a disappointing campaign last season, head coach Ricky Ponting confirmed that Inglis won't be available for the full next season. Chennai Super Kings have strengthened their lineup by acquiring Sanju Samson via a trade deal, but have released Sri Lankan speedster Matheesha Pathirana.

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In a major trade move, the Rajasthan Royals lost skipper Sanju Samson to the Chennai Super Kings, but brought in Ravindra Jadeja as part of the exchange. On the other hand, Lucknow Super Giants have decided to release Akash Deep and Ravi Bishnoi, while Gujarat Titans have parted ways with South African pacer Gerald Coetzee.


Here’s a look at how the squads shape up ahead of the IPL 2026 auction:

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, M.S. Dhoni, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis. Traded in: Sanju Samson (from RR).

Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera. Traded in: Nitish Rana.

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Varun Chakravarthy, Luvnith Sisodia, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh, Ankul Roy, Rovman Powell, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Spencer Johnson.

Lucknow Super Giants: Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (c), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh. Traded in: Mohammed Shami (from SRH).

Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickleton, Robin Minz, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghafanzar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks. Traded in: Sherfane Rutherford (from GT), Mayank Markande (from KKR), Shardul Thakur (from LSG).

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod.

Rajasthan Royals: Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal Rathore, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma, Nandre Burger. Traded in: Ravindra Jadeja (from CSK), Sam Curran (from CSK).

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, and Suyash Sharma.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari.


IPL 2026: All Teams Remaining Purse Ahead Of Mini Auction

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs 64.3 crore

Mumbai Indians: Rs 2.75 crore

Lucknow Super Giants: Rs 22.95 crore

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rs 16.4 crore

Rajasthan Royals: Rs 16.05 crore

Chennai Super Kings: Rs 43.4 crore

Delhi Capitals: Rs 21.8 crore

Punjab Kings: Rs 11.5 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs 25.5 crore

Gujarat Titans: Rs 12.9 crore


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