The IPL 2025 was a great opportunity for the Punjab Kings as they narrowly missed out on winning their first title. The performance of the Punjab Kings in IPL 2025 surprised not only their fans but also the entire cricketing world.
Punjab Kings won nine out of 14 matches in the group stage to finish at the top of the table. Although they lost to RCB in Qualifier 1, they secured their place in the final by defeating the Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2. Thanks to Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy, Punjab Kings managed to reach the final, but lost to RCB by six runs in the title game.
Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, the Punjab Kings released most of their players and reworked their entire squad. The new squad he has formed has performed exceptionally well, so it seems likely that he will release only a few players before IPL 2026 and will want to include a few players in their squad in the upcoming mini auction. However, Punjab Kings could release a few players before the IPL 2026 mini auction as the BCCI has officially announced the deadline for submitting the retain list before or on 15 November 2025.
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Punjab Kings Retained Players List 2026
Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh, Josh Inglis, Marco Jansen, Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lockie Ferguson, Musheer Khan, Vijayakumar Vyashak, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mitch Owen, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson,
Likely Released List of Punjab Kings 2026
Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Pravin Dubey, Pyla Avinash, Harnoor Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Suryansh Shedge, Kuldeep Sen,
PBKS Retained Players List from Mega Auction 2025
Punjab Kings surprised their fans when they released all but two of their uncapped players from the squad. These two players were last year’s superstar Shashank Singh and wicketkeeper-batsman Prabhsimran, for whom the Punjab Kings spent Rs 9.5 crore to bring back. After this, the Punjab Kings had the biggest amount of Rs 110.5 crore for the mega action of IPL 2025.
| Player | Price (INR CR) |
| Prabhsimran Singh | 4 |
| Shashank Singh | 5.5 |
| Total Spent | 9.5 |
Punjab Kings (PBKS) Squad before IPL 2026
| Category | Players | Role/Notes |
| Batters | Shreyas Iyer | Captain/Batter |
| Josh Inglis | Wicketkeeper Batter | |
| Shashank Singh | Middle-order Batter | |
| Priyansh Arya | Top-order Batter | |
| Prabhsimran Singh | Wicketkeeper/Top-order Batter | |
| Nehal Wadhera | Middle-order Batter | |
| Vishnu Vinod | Wicketkeeper Batter | |
| Harnoor Singh | Batter | |
| Pyla Avinash | Batter | |
| Musheer Khan | Batter | |
| All-rounders | Azmatullah Omarzai | All-rounder |
| Marco Jansen | All-rounder | |
| Mitch Owen | All-rounder | |
| Harpreet Brar | All-rounder (Spin) | |
| Glenn Maxwell | All-rounder | |
| Marcus Stoinis | All-rounder | |
| Aaron Hardie | All-rounder | |
| Suryansh Shedge | All-rounder | |
| Bowlers | Arshdeep Singh | Fast Bowler |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | Leg Spinner | |
| Vijayakumar Vyshak | Fast Bowler | |
| Kuldeep Sen | Fast Bowler | |
| Pravin Dubey | Spinner | |
| Lockie Ferguson | Fast Bowler | |
| Xavier Bartlett | Fast Bowler | |
| Kyle Jamieson | Fast Bowler | |
| Yash Thakur | Fast Bowler |
