The 10 IPL franchises have announced their final list of retained and released players ahead of the mini auction next month. A total of 73 players have been released across the board while 10 have been traded including the likes of Sanju Samson, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami. Kolkata Knight Riders have pulled off a couple of massive shockers in releasing Venkatesh Iyer and Andre Russell. The three-time IPL winners will have biggest purse at the auction among the 10 teams while Mumbai Indians have the smallest.
Here’s a look at the purse of each IPL franchise ahead of the IPL 2026 Auction
- Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs 64.3 crore
- Chennai Super Kings: Rs 43.4 crore
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs 25.5 crore
- Lucknow Super Giants: Rs 22.95 crore
- Delhi Capitals: Rs 21.8 crore
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rs 16.4 crore
- Rajasthan Royals: Rs 16.05 crore
- Gujarat Titans: Rs 12.9 crore
- Punjab Kings: Rs 11.5 crore
- Mumbai Indians: Rs 2.75 crore
Here’s a full list of players released by each team
DC: Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Sediqullah Atal, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Manvanth Kumar, Darshan Nalkande,
Mustafizur Rahman
GT: Gerald Coetzee, Karim Janat, Mahipal Lomror, Dasun Shanaka, Kulwant Khejroliya, Sherfane Rutherford (Traded to MI)
MI: Karn Sharma, Bevon Jacobs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Vignesh Puthur, KL Shrijith, PSN Raju, Reece Topley and Lizaad Williams; Arjun Tendulkar (Traded to LSG)
CSK: Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Andre Siddarth, Shaik Rasheed, Vansh Bedi, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Matheesha Pathirana; Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran (Both Traded to RR)
SRH: Rahul Chahar, Simarjeet Singh, Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Atharva Taide, Adam Zampa, Wiaan Mulder; Mohammed Shami (Traded to LSG)
KKR: Venkatesh Iyer, Luvnith Sisodia, Chetan Sakariya, Andre Russell, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Moeen Ali, Spencer Johnson, Anrich Nortje, Shivam Shukla; Mayank Markande (Traded to MI)
LSG: Ravi Bishnoi, Akash Deep, Aryan Juyal, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, David Miller, Shamar Joseph, Shardul Thakur (Traded to MI)
PBKS: Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardie, Kyle Jamieson, Kuldeep Sen, Praveen Dubey, Mitchell Owen
RR: Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ashok Sharma, Wanindu Hasaranga, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Maheesh Theekshana; Sanju Samson (Traded to CSK), Nitish Rana (Traded to DC)
RCB: Liam Livingstone, Lungi Ngidi, Mayank Agarwal, Swastik Chikara, Manoj Bhandage, Mohit Rathee
