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KKR release list for IPL 2026 ft. Andre Russell

by · Inside Sport India

Going to the IPL 2026 auction, KKR have decided to release 9 players, including 6 overseas players.

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have decided to release 9 players before the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 auction. The 2-time champions also traded spinner Mayank Markande to the Mumbai Indians (MI) and got left-arm pacer Arjun Tendulkar in return.

KKR release list for IPL 2026

PlayerIPL 2025 Price (INR)
Venkatesh Iyer23.75 crore
Andre Russell✈️12.00 crore
Quinton de Kock (wk)✈️3.60 crore
Spencer Johnson✈️2.80 crore
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk)✈️2.00 crore
Anrich Nortje✈️6.50 crore
Moeen Ali✈️2.00 crore
Chetan Sakariya75.00 lakh
Luvnith Sisodia (wk)30.00 lakh
Mayank Markande (trade)30.00 lakh

KKR retention list for IPL 2026

PlayerIPL 2026 Retained Price (INR)
Rinku Singh13 crore
Varun Chakaravarthy12 crore
Sunil Narine✈️12 crore
Ajinkya Rahane1.50 crore
Harshit Rana4 crore
Ramandeep Singh4 crore
Angkrish Raghuvanshi3.00 crore
Vaibhav Arora1.80 crore
Rovman Powel✈️1.50 crore
Manish Pandey75.00 lakh
Umran Malik75.00 lakh
Anukul Roy40.00 lakh
Arjun Tendulkar30.00 lakh

KKR purse left for IPL 2026 auction

Since the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had announced earlier that an additional INR 5 crore will be added to the auction purse for all franchises, KKR will enter the IPL 2026 auction with an INR 64.30 crore purse.