A mega auction is set to take place before the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). This auction may be held in late November or early December of this year. However, all 10 franchises have already released their list of retained players.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently introduced new retention rules. According to these rules, a franchise can retain up to 6 players. If a team retains fewer than 6 players, the franchise will be granted the opportunity to use a Right to Match (RTM) card during the auction. Let’s take a look at which players each of the 10 franchises has retained.
IPL 2025 Retention List of Players
Gujarat Titans (GT)
- Shubman Gill (INR 16.5 crore)
- Rashid Khan (INR 18 crore)
- Sai Sudharsan (INR 8.5 crore)
- Shahrukh Khan (INR 4 crore)
- Rahul Tewatia (INR 4 crore)
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
- Nicholas Pooran (INR 21 crore)
- Mayank Yadav (INR 11 crore)
- Ravi Bishnoi (INR 11 crore)
- Ayush Badoni (INR 4 crore)
- Mohsin Khan (INR 4 crore)
Mumbai Indians (MI)
- Hardik Pandya (INR 16.35 crore)
- Suryakumar Yadav (INR 16.35 crore)
- Rohit Sharma (INR 16.30 crore)
- Jasprit Bumrah (INR 18 crore)
- Tilak Varma (INR 8 crore)
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
- Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 18 crore)
- Matheesha Pathirana (INR 13 crore)
- Shivam Dube (INR 12 crore)
- Ravindra Jadeja (INR 18 crore)
- MS Dhoni (INR 4 crore)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
- Pat Cummins (INR 18 crore)
- Heinrich Klaasen (INR 23 crore)
- Abhishek Sharma (INR 14 crore)
- Travis Head (INR 14 crore)
- Nitish Kumar Reddy (INR 6 crore)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
- Virat Kohli (INR 21 crore)
- Rajat Patidar (INR 11 crore)
- Yash Dayal (INR 5 crore)
Delhi Capitals (DC)
- Axar Patel (INR 16.50 crore)
- Kuldeep Yadav (INR 13.25 crore)
- Tristan Stubbs (INR 10 crore)
- Abhishek Porel (INR 4 crore)
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
- Sunil Narine (INR 12 crore)
- Rinku Singh (INR 13 crore)
- Andre Russell (INR 12 crore)
- Varun Chakravarthy (INR 12 crore)
- Harshit Rana (INR 4 crore)
- Ramandeep Singh (INR 4 crore)
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
- Shashank Singh (INR 5.5 crore)
- Prabhsimran Singh (INR 4 crore)
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
- Sanju Samson (INR 18 crore)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (INR 18 crore)
- Riyan Parag (INR 14 crore)
- Dhruv Jurel (INR 14 crore)
- Shimron Hetmyer (INR 11 crore)
- Sandeep Sharma (INR 4 crore)
Notably, key players like Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, and Faf du Plessis were not retained by their teams, despite captaining their respective teams in the previous IPL season. Meanwhile, MS Dhoni will be seen playing again next season, retained as an uncapped player.
Remaining Purse for All Teams Post Retention
- Punjab Kings: INR 110.5 crore
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: INR 83 crore
- Delhi Capitals: INR 73 crore
- Lucknow Super Giants: INR 69 crore
- Gujarat Titans: INR 69 crore
- Chennai Super Kings: INR 55 crore
- Kolkata Knight Riders: INR 51 crore
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: INR 45 crore
- Mumbai Indians: INR 45 crore
- Rajasthan Royals: INR 41 crore