On Thursday, October 31, the Indian Premier League (IPL) officially announced the list of players retained by the 10 franchises ahead of the mega auction.
As per the rules, franchises were allowed to retain six players from their IPL 2024 squad. Out of six players, a maximum of five were allowed to be international internationals and a maximum of two players were allowed to be non-cricketers. limited.
All teams received Right to Match options for the mega auction. If a team retained three of six players, it would enter the auction with three RTMs. Additionally, each team got a 20% increase in their purse to form a team, leading to the franchises having INR 120 crore to invest.
Complete list of players retained by all IPL teams
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are the most successful team in the history of the Indian Premier League, having won five titles. They are characterized by having top-level management and are very clear with their auction strategies.
Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, they have retained Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana and Shivam Dube. Also, in the uncapped category, CSK has retained MS Dhoni, who will make a legendary appearance in IPL 2025.
CSK Retentions – Ravindra Jadeja [INR 18 cr]Ruturaj Gaikwad [INR 18 cr]Matheesha Pathirana [INR 13 cr]Shivam Dubey [INR 12 cr]MS Dhoni [INR 4 cr]
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Mumbai Indians (MI) have also won five championships, but have struggled in recent seasons. The IPL 2024 season turned out to be horrible for the franchise. After a lot of controversy surrounding Hardik Pandya and Rohit Sharma, they finished in 10th place.
MI would look to improve things from next season and to achieve this, they have retained Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma.
MI Retentions – Rohit Sharma [ INR 16.30 cr]Hardik Pandya [ INR16.35 cr]Jasprit Bumrah [ INR 18 cr]Suryakumar Yadav [ INR 16.35 cr]Tilak Varma [INR 8 cr]
Calcutta Knights Riders (KKR)
The defending champions of the Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), have won three titles and after a sensational run in the previous edition, they will hope to continue shining in the league.
Surprisingly, they have let go of their captain, Shreyas Iyer, with Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy and Ramandeep Singh being the six retainers.
KKR Retentions – Andre Russell [INR 12 cr]Sunil Narine [INR 12 cr]Rinku Singh [INR 13 cr]Varun Chakraborty [INR 12 cr] Harshit Rana [INR 4 cr]Ramandeep Singh [INR 4 cr]
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Rajasthan Royals (RR) are the inaugural champions of the Indian Premier League (IPL). In recent years, their performance has improved significantly and under head coach Rahul Dravid, that trend is expected to continue.
Rajasthan Royals have made things easier for them by retaining captain Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer and Sandeep Sharma.
RR Withholdings – Sanju Samson [INR 18 cr]Yashasvi Jaiswal [INR 18 cr]Riyan Parag [INR 14 cr]Dhruv Trevally [INR 14 cr]Shimron Hetmyer [INR 11 cr]Sandeep Sharma [INR 4 cr].
Sunrise Hyderabad (SRH)
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 finalists emerged as the most exciting team in the previous edition of the competition with the addition of Australian stars, and decided to retain their core group ahead of the auction.
SRH have retained their captain Pat Cummins, but not as the main retention, with Heinrich Klaasen occupying that spot. The other three franchise retainers are Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head and Nitish Reddy.
SRH Withholdings – Heinrich Klaasen [INR 23 cr]Pat Cummins [INR 18 cr]Abhishek Sharma [INR 14 cr]travis head [INR 14 cr]Nitish Reddy [INR 6 cr].
Gujarat Titans (GT)
The Gujarat Titans (GT) won the Indian Premier League trophy in their debut season and then qualified for the final of IPL 2023. However, in IPL 2024 they had a poor campaign and finished in 8th place.
They have decided to retain their skipper Shubman Gill along with star all-rounder Rashid Khan as well as Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan.
GT Withholdings – Rashid Khan [INR 18 cr]Shubman Gill [INR 16.5 cr],Sai Sudharsan [INR 8.5 cr]Rahul Tewatia [INR 4 cr] and Shahrukh Khan [INR 4 cr].
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) enjoys a huge fan base but is yet to lift a cup in the Indian Premier League. In IPL 2024, they qualified for the playoffs after making a surprising turnaround but lost the Playoff.
Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru franchise has decided to retain superstar batsman Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal.
RCB Retentions – Virat Kohli [INR 21 cr],Rajat Patidar [INR 11 cr]Yash Dayal [INR 5 cr].
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Delhi Capitals (DC) are one of the three original Indian Premier League (IPL) teams that are still active and have not won the championship.
The management led by GMR and skipper Rishabh Pant have surprisingly decided to part ways and Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abishek Porel have been finalized as retainers.
DC had their best season in 2020 when they qualified for the finals under Shreyas Iyer, and DC will look to emulate that, as Iyer is reportedly their new captaincy pick.
DC Withholdings – Axar Patel [INR 16.5 cr]Kuldeep Yadav [INR 13.25 cr]Tristan Stubbs [INR 10 cr]Abhishek Porel [INR 4 cr].
Kings of Punjab (PBKS)
The Punjab Kings management is known for making a lot of changes every time they participate in an auction and once again they have undergone a major overhaul.
They have released all the international players in the team and have just retained Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh in the non-international category. With Ricky Ponting at the helm, they would aim to put together a great team at the auction.
PBKS Withholdings – Shashank Singh [INR 5.5 cr]Prabhsimran Singh [INR 4 cr]
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have undergone a major change ahead of the auction by parting ways with their captain KL Rahul.
With Rahul’s exit, Nicholas Pooran remained in the team as the main retainer, followed by Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan and Ayush Badoni.
LSG Withholdings – Nicholas Pooran [INR 21 cr]Mayank Yadav INR 11 cr], Ravi Bishnoi [INR 11 cr]Mohsin Khan [INR 4 cr]Ayush Badoni [INR 4 cr].