Former India player turned commentator Aakash Chopra has picked the Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) potential releases before the IPL 2026 auction. He added that Devon Conway will likely be released, as he wasn’t given enough opportunities in IPL 2025 as well. However, all franchises are supposed to share their retention lists before Saturday, November 15 as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “They will have a long list of retentions. The release list is slightly shorter. So let’s focus on that. One guy has already gone. He was a very expensive player, goes by the name of Ravichandran Ashwin. He releases ₹9.75 crore, and that, in my opinion, is a significant sum. Another player who is slightly expensive, and I feel the team will release him, and that’s Devon Conway.”

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“They stayed with Devon Conway for a long time. Devon Conway did well for this team as well, but he had some injury issues last year or the year before that, and the opportunities he was given weren’t enough. So I think they will release him, and it’s a lot of money – ₹6.25 crore. That makes it ₹16 crore already. You are already sitting in a good place,” he further added.

Meanwhile, Aakash Chopra also stated that CSK should also release Rahul Tripathi as well.

“They will have to release Rahul Tripathi. He comes for ₹3.40 crore. You should release him because as soon as you do that, another three-and-a-half crores, which means you have already reached nearly ₹20 crore, and you have released just three players. That just releases a lot of money for you to play around. After that, you will release Deepak Hooda. He is worth ₹1.70 crore. You will release Vijay Shankar. He is worth ₹1.20 crore. So nearly ₹3 crore will be released here as well. Now you are looking at ₹23 crore,” Aakash Chopra concluded.