IPL 2026 Punjab Kings (PBKS): Full Squad

After a great IPL 2025 where Punjab Kings reached the final after 10 years, the team is entering IPL 2026 with a fresh and strong plan. Under Shreyas Iyer Captaincy and coach Ricky Ponting, PBKS are keeping a balanced group of young Indian players and consistent performers. They’ve also made bold choices by releasing expensive and inconsistent players so they can be more stable and stronger squad for IPL 2026. Now take a look at the full list of their retained and released players.

Retained players –

Batmen’s – Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Pyla Avinash, Harnoor Singh, Shashank Singh

All-Rounder –  Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Owen, Harpreet Brar, Priyansh Arya, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge

Wicket keeper – Batter – Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod

Bowler’s – Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lockie Ferguson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur

Released players –

All-Rounder’s – Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell

Wicket keeper – Batter – Josh Inglis

Bowler’s – Kuldeep Sen, Praveen Dubey

Remaining purse: 11.5 crore

Remaining slots: 4 slots (including 2 overseas players)