Buttler, Archer & Salt Retained But Livingstone Released In Ipl

England's Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer and Phil Salt person been retained by their Indian Premier League franchises for nan 2026 season, but all-rounder Liam Livingstone has been released.

Buttler, who averaged 59.77 past year, has been retained by Gujarat Titans, while Salt stays astatine Royal Challengers Bengaluru aft impressing pinch a strike-rate of 175.98 astatine nan apical of nan bid arsenic they won nan title for nan first time.

Archer only took 11 wickets astatine 39.18 past twelvemonth but his prolonged tally of fittingness since is capable for Rajasthan Royals to instrumentality pinch him.

However, Livingstone has been fto spell by Bengaluru aft a disappointing campaign. He only scored 112 successful 10 innings and claimed 2 wickets astatine 38, pinch an system complaint of 8.44.

Jamie Overton (Chennai), Will Jacks (Mumbai), Jacob Bethell (Bengaluru) and Brydon Carse (Hyderabad) person each been retained.

Reece Topley and Moeen Ali person been released by Mumbai and Kolkata respectively.

All-rounder Sam Curran has moved from Chennai Super Kings to Rajasthan Royals arsenic portion of a blockbuster waste and acquisition - pinch India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja besides making nan move - successful speech for India batter Sanju Samson.

One England sanction not connected nan database is batter Harry Brook, who pulled retired of nan tournament for nan 2nd twelvemonth successful a statement successful 2025, leaving him astatine consequence of a two-year suspension.

West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell has been released by Kolkata aft 11 seasons while Australia's Glenn Maxwell has been fto spell by Punjab, alongside compatriot Josh Inglis.

Adam Zampa (Hyderabad) and Jake Fraser-McGurk (Delhi) person besides been released, arsenic person New Zealand duo Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra astatine Chennai.

David Miller (Lucknow), Anrich Nortje (Kolkata) and Lungi Ngidi (Bengaluru) are among 8 South Africans released.

The dates for nan auction to complete squads - and nan 2026 tourney - are yet to beryllium announced.

Chennai Super Kings: Jamie Overton

Gujarat Titans: Jos Buttler

Mumbai Indians: Will Jacks

Rajasthan Royals: Jofra Archer and Sam Curran (traded)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Phil Salt and Jacob Bethell

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Brydon Carse

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson (traded), Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmad, Dewald Brevis

Delhi Capitals: Kuldeep Yadav, KL Rahul, Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs, Mitchell Starc

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Glenn Phillips

Kolkata Knight Riders: Varun Chakaravarthy, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine

Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami (traded), Aiden Markram, Nicolas Pooran, Matthew Breetzke, Mitchell Marsh

Mumbai Indians: Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Shardul Thakur (traded), Mitchell Santner, Sherfane Rutherford (traded), Corbin Bosch, Trent Boult, Ryan Rickelton

Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Mitch Owen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Lockie Ferguson, Xavier Bartlett, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja (traded), Dhruv Jurel, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kwena Maphaka, Shimron Hetmyer, Lhuan-dre Pretorious, Nandre Burger

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Tim David, Nuwan Thushara, Josh Hazlewood, Romario Shepherd

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Harshal Patel, Travis Head, Kamindu Mendis, Eshan Malinga, Pat Cummins, Henrich Klaasen

Chennai Super Kings: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda

Delhi Capitals: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk

Gujarat Titans: Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, Karim Janat

Kolkata Knight Riders: Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Moeen Ali, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Spencer Johnson, Venkatesh Iyer

Lucknow Super Giants: David Miller, Ravi Bishnoi, Akash Deep, Shamar Joseph

Mumbai Indians: Bevon Jacobs, Karn Sharma, Lizaad Williams, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Reece Topley

Punjab Kings: Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Kyle Jamieson

Rajasthan Royals: Fazalhaq Farooqi, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Liam Livingstone, Lungi Ngidi, Mayank Agarwal

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Wiaan Mulder, Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar