These 2 franchisees will release their captain only, the responsibility of the team entrusted to the new player in IPL 2026

IPL 2026: Preparations for IPL 2026 (IPL 2026) have started and many franchises can take big decisions before the mega auction. According to the reports coming out, this time two teams are going to release their current captain. It is believed that both franchises are now looking for a new leadership and the team’s reins can hand over to a young or experienced new player. So let’s know who are these two franchisees ……

1. Kolkata Knight Riders

Shah Rukh Khan’s team won the title under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer in IPL 2024, but in IPL 2025, the team released Iyer and handed over the command of the team to Ajinkya Rahane. Let me tell you, Rahane was given this responsibility this year after a great performance in domestic cricket, but under his captaincy, KKR could not do anything special this year, as a result, the team was out before reaching the playoffs.

The performance of this entire season team was very weak, so it is believed that KKR could release them before IPL 2026 (IPL 2026) and will search for new options in mega auction.

2. Lucknow Super Giants

Rishabh Pant, who became the most expensive player in IPL history, was included in his team for IPL 2025 for Rs 27 crore and entrusted the responsibility of captaincy. But this season Pant did not live up to expectations. In IPL 2025, he scored just 100 runs in 13 matches, as well as the team’s performance was very disappointing.

Due to lack of consistency in both captaincy and batting, the franchise is now churning serious on their future and it is believed that LSG can release them. The team wants to start a new start by handing over the captaincy to a new player in 2026 (IPL 2026).

The mega auction of IPL 2026 is going to bring new opportunities for many players and it will be interesting for the fans to see which player the two franchisees assign the responsibility of captaincy.