Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) are set to release England allrounder Liam Livingstone ahead of the auction for IPL 2026 .

Livingstone, who was picked for INR 8.75 crore at the auction before IPL 2025, made 112 runs in eight innings at a strike rate of 133.33 with just one half-century. He also picked up two wickets in the nine overs he bowled at an economy of 8.44. Since then, Livingstone captained Birmingham Phoenix in the men's Hundred, and was their leading run-scorer (241 at a strike rate of 155.48) and took the second-most wickets for them (seven at an economy of 7.36). He also made 260 runs at a strike rate of 176.87 and returned six wickets in Lancashire's run to the semi-finals of the T20 Blast.

The presence of Australian power-hitter Tim David along

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