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
