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IPL 2026 Punjab Kings Retained, Released, Sold and Unsold Players List, Full Squad

IPL 2026 Punjab Kings Retained, Released, Sold and Unsold Players List, Full Squad

IPL PBKS Team 2026 Players List: Punjab Kings, the team that broke the bank not too many auctions ago for Shreyas Iyer, are likely to have an quiet auction. That’s because they have retained the core of the side that reached the IPL final last season and come into the auction with just over Rs 11 crore in their kitty. With Josh Inglis released by Punjab, they will need a similar player who can provide a jumpstart to the team at the top. Similarly, sicne the team does not have the services of Glenn Maxwell anymore, Punjab will be amongst the teams that pursue Michael Bracewell with interest. An overseas pacer, likely Spencer Johnson or Matt Henry would be in their wishlist. Punjab Kings purse remaining heading into IPL 2026 auction: Rs 11.50 crore. Slots left: 4 (2 overseas) Punjab Kings Players retained: Arshdeep Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Singh Pannu, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen, Musheer Khan, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Suryansh …

IPL 2026 Chennai Super Kings Retained, Released, Sold and Unsold Players List, Full Squad

IPL 2026 Chennai Super Kings Retained, Released, Sold and Unsold Players List, Full Squad

CSK Team 2026 Players List:  Chennai Super Kings snapped up in-form Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan at base price of Rs 75 lakkh in the accelerated auction after he went unsold earlier in the day. CSK also went big for two uncapped players at the IPL mini auction in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Uttar Pradesh’s left-arm spin-bowling allrounder Prashant Veer was first brought on board for a whopping sum of Rs 14.2 crore from his base price of Rs 30 lakh. Veer, and his Uttar Pradesh teammate Sameer Rizvi, had recently clocked more than 5000 air miles, shuttling between Mumbai and Kolkata, playing in the U-23 State A Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. CSK then followed that up with another massive bid, pipping SRH and KKR to sign up promising 19-year-old Kartik Sharma, whose power-hitting for Rajasthan in domestic cricket caught attention recently. After strangely not adding any marquee names available early on in the auction, Chennai Super Kings’ first signing at the mini auction in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday was West Indies spinner Akeal …