diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py
index 4e769e153fd..f9869b165ed 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/team_endpoints.py
@@ -4548,10 +4548,12 @@ async def delete_team(
     )
     await _invalidate_deleted_team_member_cache(
         teams=team_rows,
+        prisma_client=prisma_client,
         user_api_key_cache=user_api_key_cache,
     )
 
     for deleted_team in team_rows:
+        _emit_team_members_metric(deleted_team.model_copy(update={"members_with_roles": []}))
         await sync_team_access_group_membership(prisma_client=prisma_client, team_id=deleted_team.team_id)
 
     return deleted_teams
@@ -4628,16 +4630,23 @@ async def _invalidate_deleted_team_cache(
 
 async def _invalidate_deleted_team_member_cache(
     teams: Sequence[LiteLLM_TeamTable],
+    prisma_client: PrismaClient,
     user_api_key_cache: UserApiKeyCache,
 ) -> None:
     for team in teams:
-        await _evict_deleted_team_member_cache(team=team, user_api_key_cache=user_api_key_cache)
+        await _evict_deleted_team_member_cache(
+            team=team,
+            prisma_client=prisma_client,
+            user_api_key_cache=user_api_key_cache,
+        )
 
 
-async def _evict_deleted_team_member_cache(team: LiteLLM_TeamTable, user_api_key_cache: UserApiKeyCache) -> None:
-    member_user_ids: Final = tuple(
-        sorted({member.user_id for member in team.members_with_roles if member.user_id is not None})
-    )
+async def _evict_deleted_team_member_cache(
+    team: LiteLLM_TeamTable,
+    prisma_client: PrismaClient,
+    user_api_key_cache: UserApiKeyCache,
+) -> None:
+    member_user_ids: Final = await _deleted_team_member_user_ids(team=team, prisma_client=prisma_client)
     await evict_and_broadcast(cache_keys=member_user_ids, user_api_key_cache=user_api_key_cache)
     await asyncio.gather(
         *(
@@ -4651,6 +4660,25 @@ async def _evict_deleted_team_member_cache(team: LiteLLM_TeamTable, user_api_key
     )
 
 
+async def _deleted_team_member_user_ids(team: LiteLLM_TeamTable, prisma_client: PrismaClient) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    roster_user_ids: Final = frozenset(
+        member.user_id for member in team.members_with_roles if member.user_id is not None
+    )
+    email_only_member_emails: Final = sorted(
+        {
+            member.user_email
+            for member in team.members_with_roles
+            if member.user_id is None and member.user_email is not None
+        }
+    )
+    if not email_only_member_emails:
+        return tuple(sorted(roster_user_ids))
+    email_only_users: Final = await _user_db(prisma_client).find_many(
+        where={"user_email": {"in": email_only_member_emails, "mode": "insensitive"}}
+    )
+    return tuple(sorted(roster_user_ids.union(user.user_id for user in email_only_users)))
+
+
 def _transform_teams_to_deleted_records(
     teams: list[LiteLLM_TeamTable],
     user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_endpoints.py
index f8027557f61..3ec06ab5b52 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/test_team_endpoints.py
@@ -9032,7 +9032,8 @@ async def test_delete_team_evicts_member_caches_with_one_transaction(
     team = LiteLLM_TeamTable(
         team_id="team-doomed",
         team_alias="doomed-team",
-        members_with_roles=[Member(user_id=user_id, role="user") for user_id in member_user_ids],
+        members_with_roles=[Member(user_id=user_id, role="user") for user_id in member_user_ids]
+        + [Member(user_id=None, user_email="invitee@example.com", role="user")],
         metadata={},
         model_max_budget={},
         model_spend={},
@@ -9046,6 +9047,9 @@ async def test_delete_team_evicts_member_caches_with_one_transaction(
     mock_prisma_client.db.litellm_verificationtoken.find_many = AsyncMock(return_value=[])
     mock_prisma_client.db.execute_raw = AsyncMock()
     mock_prisma_client.db.litellm_teammembership.delete_many = AsyncMock()
+    mock_prisma_client.db.litellm_usertable.find_many = AsyncMock(
+        return_value=[SimpleNamespace(user_id="invited-user", user_email="invitee@example.com")]
+    )
 
     mock_tx = AsyncMock()
     mock_tx.litellm_proxymodeltable.find_many = AsyncMock(return_value=[])
@@ -9058,6 +9062,7 @@ async def test_delete_team_evicts_member_caches_with_one_transaction(
     fresh_cache = UserApiKeyCache()
     for user_id in member_user_ids:
         fresh_cache.set_cache(key=user_id, value=UserAPIKeyAuth(user_id=user_id))
+    fresh_cache.set_cache(key="invited-user", value=UserAPIKeyAuth(user_id="invited-user"))
     fresh_cache.set_cache(key="bystander-user", value=UserAPIKeyAuth(user_id="bystander-user"))
 
     monkeypatch.setattr("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client", mock_prisma_client)
@@ -9085,6 +9090,12 @@ async def test_delete_team_evicts_member_caches_with_one_transaction(
         assert fresh_cache.get_cache(key=user_id) is None, (
             f"member {user_id}'s cached user object survived the team delete"
         )
+    assert fresh_cache.get_cache(key="invited-user") is None, (
+        "the email-only roster entry resolves to invited-user, whose cached user object must be evicted too"
+    )
+    mock_prisma_client.db.litellm_usertable.find_many.assert_awaited_once_with(
+        where={"user_email": {"in": ["invitee@example.com"], "mode": "insensitive"}}
+    )
     assert fresh_cache.get_cache(key="bystander-user") is not None