Overview:
The Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings were involved in the most high-profile trade before the IPL 2026 mini-auction.
The 10 franchises will reveal their list of players released by them on November 15. The Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings were involved in the most high-profile trade before the IPL 2026 mini-auction. Sanju Samson, who was with RR, joined CSK while the likes of Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran were traded to RR.
Players released by Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Matheesha Pathirana, Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra
Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran to RR (traded to RR)
Players released by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Venkatesh Iyer, Anrich Nortje, Quinton de Kock, Spencer Johnson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Moeen Ali, Luvnith Sisodia, Chetan Sakariya and Mayank Markande (Traded to MI)
Players released by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Liam Livingstone, Yash Dayal.
Players to be released by the Gujarat Titans (GT)
Karim Janat, Gerald Coetzee, Mahipal Lomror and Kulwant Khejroliya
Sherfane Rutherford (Traded to MI)
Players to be released by Delhi Capitals (DC)
Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk and Donovan Ferreira (Traded to RR)
Players to be released by Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardie, Kyle Jamieson, Kuldeep Sen, Praveen Dube and Vishnu Vinod
Players to be released by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Ravi Bishnoi, David Miller, Akash Deep and Shardul Thakur (Traded to MI)
Player to be released by the Mumbai Indians (MI)
Arjun Tendulkar (Traded to LSG)
Players released by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Mohammed Shami (Traded to LSG)
Players released by Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Sanju Samson (Traded to CSK) and Nitish Rana (Traded to DC)