Along with West Indies' Russell, KKR has also released Venkatesh Iyer (\u20b923.75 crore), Quinton de Kock (\u20b93.60 crore), Moeen Ali (\u20b92 crore), Anrich Nortje (\u20b96.50 crore), Spencer Johnson (\u20b92.80 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (\u20b92 crore), Chetan Sakariya (\u20b975 lakh), and Luvnith Sisodia (\u20b930 lakh).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The franchise, a three-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champion, has further completed a trade, sending Mayank Markande (\u20b930 lakh) to the Mumbai Indians in exchange for left-arm pacer Arjun Tendulkar, who now joins the retained group at \u20b930 lakh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
KKR\u2019s retained core for the 2026 season remains strong, anchored by Rinku Singh (\u20b913 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (\u20b912 crore), and veteran all-rounder Sunil Narine (\u20b912 crore). The side has also held on to all-rounder Harshit Rana (\u20b94 crore), Ramandeep Singh (\u20b94 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (\u20b93 crore), Vaibhav Arora (\u20b91.80 crore), Rovman Powell (\u20b91.50 crore), Ajinkya Rahane (\u20b91.50 crore), Umran Malik (\u20b975 lakh), Manish Pandey (\u20b975 lakh), Anukul Roy (\u20b940 lakh) and Arjun Tendulkar (\u20b930 lakh).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) adding an additional \u20b95 crore to each franchise\u2019s purse, KKR will enter the IPL 2026 auction with a sizeable \u20b964.30 crore, giving them one of the strongest budgets to rebuild their squad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) players retained and released list ahead of IPL 2026 auction:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) adding an additional \u20b95 crore to each franchise\u2019s purse, KKR will enter the IPL 2026 auction with a sizeable \u20b964.30 crore, giving them one of the strongest budgets to rebuild their squad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Released: Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya, Luvnith Sisodia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n