IPL 2025 Retention Players: Teams, Prices, and Viral News

As the excitement for the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) builds, one of the key events leading up to the tournament is the player retention process. This year, franchises have made some interesting decisions about which players to keep and which ones to let go. Let’s dive into the retained players across all franchises, their auction prices, and any buzz surrounding these decisions.

So, Here’s a list of Players that are retained by their teams:

Chennai Super Kings:

5 players are retained;

• Ruturaj Gaikwad: ₹18 crore
• Ravindra Jadeja: ₹18 crore
• Matheesha Pathirana: ₹13 crore
• Shivam Dube: ₹12 crore
• MS Dhoni: ₹4 crore

Purse remaining: INR 55 crore

RTM options at auction: One player

Full list of players not retained: Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Richard Gleeson, Avanish Rao Aravelly, Devon Conway

Royal Challengers Bangalore

3 players retained:

• Virat Kohli: ₹21 crore
• Rajat Patidar: ₹11 crore
• Yash Dayal: ₹5 crore

Purse remaining: INR 83 crore

RTM options at auction: Three players

Full list of players not retained: Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan

Mumbai Indians

5 players retained:

• Jasprit Bumrah: ₹18 crore
• Suryakumar Yadav: ₹16.35 crore
• Hardik Pandya: ₹16.35 crore
• Rohit Sharma: ₹16.30 crore
• Tilak Varma: ₹8 crore

Purse remaining: INR 55 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

RTM options at auction: 1

Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player

Full list of players not retained: Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Tim David, Harvik Desai, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Kwena Maphaka

Delhi Capitals

4 players retained:

• Axar Patel: ₹16.5 crore
• Kuldeep Yadav: ₹13.25 crore
• Tristan Stubbs: ₹10 crore
• Abhishek Porel: ₹4 crore

Purse remaining: INR 73 crore

RTM options at auction: Two players

Full list of players not retained: Rishabh Pant, Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Gulbadin Naib, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara, Lizaad Williams, Harry Brook, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

5 players retained:

• Heinrich Klaasen: ₹23 crore
• Pat Cummins: ₹18 crore
• Travis Head: ₹14 crore
• Abhishek Sharma: ₹14 crore
• Nitiesh Reddy: ₹6 crore

Purse remaining: INR 45 crore

RTM options at auction: One uncapped player

Full list of players not retained: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Wanindu Hasaranga.

Kolkata Knight Riders

6 players retained:

• Rinku Singh: ₹13 crore
• Varun Chakaravarthy: ₹12 crore
• Sunil Narine: ₹12 crore
• Andre Russell: ₹12 crore
• Harshit Rana: ₹4 crore
• Ramandeep Singh: ₹4 crore

Purse remaining: INR 51 crore

RTM options at auction: None

Full list of players not retained: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Vaibhav Arora, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, Jason Roy, Gus Atkinson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

Lucknow Super Giants

5 players retained:

• Nicholas Pooran: ₹21 crore
• Ravi Bishnoi: ₹11 crore
• Mayank Yadav: ₹11 crore
• Mohsin Khan: ₹4 crore
• Ayush Badoni: ₹4 crore

Purse remaining: INR 69 crore

RTM options at auctions: One player

Full list of players not retained: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, K. Gowtham, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Mark Wood, David Willey, Shivam Mavi.

Rajasthan Royals

6 players retained:

• Sanju Samson: ₹18 crore
• Yashasvi Jaiswal: ₹18 crore
• Riyan Parag: ₹14 crore
• Dhruv Jurel: ₹14 crore
• Shimron Hetmyer: ₹11 crore
• Sandeep Sharma: ₹4 crore

Purse remaining: INR 41 crore

RTM options at auction: None

Full list of players not retained: Jos Buttler, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Prasidh Krishna, Adam Zampa.

Gujarat Titans

5 players retained:

• Rashid Khan: ₹18 crore
• Shubman Gill: ₹16.5 crore
• Sai Sudharsan: ₹8.5 crore
• Rahul Tewatia: ₹4 crore
• Shahrukh Khan: ₹4 crore

Purse remaining: INR 69 crore

RTM options at auction: One player

Full list of players not retained: David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Sandeep Warrier, BR Sharath, Mohammed Shami, Robin Minz, Sushant Mishra.

Punjab Kings

2 players retained:

• Shashank Singh: ₹5.5 crore
• Prabhsimran Singh: ₹4 crore

Purse remaining: INR 110.5 crore

RTM options at auction: Four players

Full list of players not retained: Arshdeep Singh, Matthew Short, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.