IPL 2025 Auction is soon coming up and the franchises are already in motion to find the best combination of players to be retained. BCCI is yet to declare the permitted number of retained players ahead of the auction. However, we expect at least 3 players to be retained and at least 1 player to be retained by franchises by using RTM in the auction. Therefore, we have analysed the IPL squads of all 10 teams to come up with a list of 4 players expected to be retained by each franchise.
IPL 2025 Auction: List of Players Who Could be Retained by Each Franchise
Likely Retentions of Chennai Super Kings– MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Matheesha Pathirana
Likely Retentions of Mumbai Indians– Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya
Likely Retentions of Royal Challengers Bengaluru– Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Siraj
Likely Retentions of Kolkata Knight Riders– Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh
Likely Retentions of Sunrisers Hyderabad– Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen
Likely Retentions of Punjab Kings– Kagiso Rabada, Ashutosh Sharma, Shashank Singh, Sam Curran
Likely Retentions of Rajasthan Royals– Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel
Likely Retentions of Delhi Capitals– Rishabh Pant, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs
Likely Retentions of Gujarat Titans– Shubman Gill, Mohammed Shami, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia
Likely Retentions of Lucknow Super Giants– Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Arshad Khan, Ayush Badoni
Ravindra Jadeja, Faf du Plessis, KL Rahul and Mitchell Starc are some of the high-profile players who are not expected to be retained by the franchises. Franchises like Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians want a mini-auction. They want to do away with the mega auction. On the other hand, franchises like Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings are in favour of only 1-2 retentions per team.