3 PBKS players who could be released after Hardik Pandya's arrival

2. Mitchell Owen

Mitchell Owen is another overseas player whose place at PBKS could come under scrutiny following the trade. PBKS carried eight overseas players in their IPL 2026 squad of 25, and Hardik Pandya's inclusion as a traded overseas-equivalent asset adds further pressure on that overseas quota.

The franchise's likely retentions already include Marco Jansen, the South African international, as a key overseas seam-bowling all-rounder, which narrows the available overseas berths. Owen's position in the pecking order becomes harder to justify when the squad already features multiple all-round options across both Indian and overseas categories.