List of retained players from IPL 2025: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction could take place in late November or early December. Ahead of the IPL 2025 auction, all 10 teams released their retention lists. A total of 46 players were retained ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. Let us tell you that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had kept the deadline for player retention till October 31.
Some players were disappointed with the retention list for IPL 2025. At the same time, money has rained on some players. Franchises like Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders have retained their core groups. While Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings will now enter the auction with a new strategy. RCB has retained three players and Punjab has retained two players. Let us know 5 important things about IPL retention…
The wait is over and the retentions are 𝙀𝙍𝙀!
Here are all the players retained by the 🔟 teams ahead of the #TATAIPL Auction
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— Indian Premier League (@IPL) October 31, 2024
♦ South African cricketer Heinrich Klaasen has been signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad for the highest amount of Rs 23 million. Star batsman Virat Kohli and former West Indies captain Nicholson Pooran came second in this matter. Kohli was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 21 crore. Nicholas Pooran also remains at Lucknow Super Giants for the same price.
♦ A major problem with retention was that Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Faf du Plessis were not retained by their teams. All of them had captained their respective teams in the last IPL season. Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Kolkata Knight Riders also won the IPL 2024 title. Now these four big guns will enter the auction. Ishan Kishan, Marcus Stoinis and Jos Buttler will also enter the auction.
♦ On the other hand, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will play again next season. Dhoni, 43, has been retained as a non-international player. Let us tell you that according to the new IPL rules, if any Indian player has not played international cricket for more than 5 years. So he will be considered a player without limits. In such a situation, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has retained Dhoni in the team as an uncapped player. Fast bowler Sandeep Sharma, who has played for India, has also been signed by Rajasthan Royals as an uncapped player.
♦ Rinku Singh has been signed by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 13 crore. Rinku Singh’s salary in IPL 2024 was Rs 55 lakh, but now his salary has increased manifold. Fast bowlers Mayank Yadav and Mathisha Pathirana also made big gains. Mayank has been signed by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 11 crore, while Pathirana has been signed by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 13 crore. Mayank and Pathirana’s previous IPL salary was Rs 20 lakh each.
♦ Punjab Kings will have the highest amount of Rs 110.5 million in the IPL auction. Punjab had retained only two players (Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh) before the auction. On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore has Rs 83 crore left in its purse, which is the second highest. Rajasthan Royals will have the lowest purse (Rs 41 crore) in the auction.
IPL Player Retention List
Gujarat Titans (GT)
– Shubman Gill (16.5 crores)
– Rashid Khan (18 crores)
– Sai Sudarshan (8.5 crores)
– Shahrukh Khan (4 crores)
– Rahul Tewatia (4 crores)
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
– Nicholas Pooran (21 crores)
– Mayank Yadav (11 crores)
– Ravi Bishnoi (11 crores)
– Ayush Badoni (4 crores)
– Mohsin Khan (4 crores)
Mumbai Indians (MI)
– Hardik Pandya (Rs 16.35 crore)
– Suryakumar Yadav (16.35 crores)
– Rohit Sharma (Rs 16.30 crore)
– Jasprit Bumrah (18 crores)
– Tilak Verma (8 crores)
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
– Rituraj Gaikwad (18 crores)
– Mathisha Pathirana (13 crores)
– Shivam Dubey (12 crores)
– Ravindra Jadeja (18 crores)
– Mahendra Singh Dhoni (4 crores)
Sunrise Hyderabad (SRH)
– Pat Cummins (18 million rupees)
– Heinrich Klaasen (23 million rupees)
– Abhishek Sharma (14 crores)
– Travis Head (14 Crores)
– Nitish Kumar Reddy (6 crores)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
– Virat Kohli (21 crores)
– Rajat Patidar (11 crores)
– Yash Dayal (5 crores)
Delhi Capitals (DC)
– Akshar Patel (Rs 16.50 crore)
– Kuldeep Yadav (13.25 crores)
– Tristan Stubbs (10 million rupees)
– Abhishek Porel (4 crores)
Calcutta Knights Riders (KKR)
– Sunil Narine (12 crores)
– Rinku Singh (13 crores)
– Andre Russell (12 crores)
– Varun Chakraborty (12 crores)
– Harshit Rana (4 Crores)
– Ramandeep Singh (4 crores)
Kings of Punjab (PBKS)
– Shashank Singh (5.5 crores)
– Prabhsimran Singh (4 crores)
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
– Sanju Samson (18 crores)
– Yashasvi Jaiswal (18 crores)
– Riyan Parag (14 crores)
– Dhruv Trevally (14 Crore)
– Shimron Hetmyer (11 million rupees)
– Sandeep Sharma (4 Crore)
Backlogs of all teams after retention
Kings of Punjab: 110.5 million rupees
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 83 crores
Delhi Capitals: 73 Crores
Lucknow Supergiants: 69 Crores
Gujarat Titans: 69 Crores
Chennai Super Kings: Rs 55 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders: 51 Crores
Sunrisers Hyderabad – 45 crores
Mumbai Indians: 45 crores
Rajasthan Royals: 41 crores
The BCCI recently issued new rules on retention. According to this, a franchise can only retain a maximum of 6 players. If a team retains less than 6 players, then in that case the franchise will have the opportunity to use the Right to Match card during the auction.
