IPL 2025 Player retentions list

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TATA IPL 2025 Player retentions list is announced and IPL 2025 mega auction dates are about to be announced soon. All the teams have announced the IPL 2025 retained players list for their respective teams.

After all ten teams finalized their basic lines, the player retention deadline for the TATA Indian Premier League 2025 season ended on October 31, 2024. With a combined investment of INR 558.5 crore, the teams have kept 46 players.

Franchises were permitted to keep up to six players (Retention/Right to Match), with a maximum of five capped internationals and up to two uncapped Indian players, with a total salary ceiling of INR 120 crore available at the mega auction for each side to assemble a squad of 25 players.

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The Rajasthan Royals, the first-season winners, and the Kolkata Knight Riders, the defending champions, have chosen to retain all six players. The Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans, Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians, and Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained five players. In the meantime, four players have been retained by the Delhi Capitals, three by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and two by the Punjab Kings (PBKS).

PBKS enters the much-awaited, action-packed mega auction with the biggest purse, having amassed INR 110.5 crore.

Let’s look at the list of players retained for the IPL 2025 for all the teams.

IPL 2025 Player Retentions List

IPL 2025 Player retentions list

Chennai Super Kings Retained Players List

CategoryPlayer NameSalary (INR)
Retention 1Ruturaj Gaikwad18 Crore
Retention 2Ravindra Jadeja18 Crore
Retention 3Matheesha Pathirana13 Crore
Retention 4Shivam Dube12 Crore
Retention 5MS Dhoni4 Crore

Delhi Capitals Retained Players List

CategoryPlayer NameSalary (INR)
Retention 1Axar Patel16.50 Crore
Retention 2Kuldeep Yadav13.25 Crore
Retention 3Tristan Stubbs10 Crore
Retention 4Abishek Porel4 Crore

Kolkata Knight Riders Retained Players List

CategoryPlayer NameSalary (INR)
Retention 1Rinku Singh13 Crore
Retention 2Varun Chakravarthy12 Crore
Retention 3Sunil Narine12 Crore
Retention 4Andre Russell12 Crore
Retention 5Harshit Rana4 Crore
Retention 6Ramandeep Singh4 Crore

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Retained Players List

CategoryPlayer NameSalary (INR)
Retention 1Virat Kohli21 Crore
Retention 2Rajat Patidar11 Crore
Retention 3Yash Dayal5 Crore

Lucknow Super Giants Retained Players List

CategoryPlayer NameSalary (INR)
Retention 1Nicholas Pooran21 Crore
Retention 2Ravi Bishnoi11 Crore
Retention 3Mayank Yadav11 Crore
Retention 4Mohsin Khan4 Crore
Retention 5Ayush Badoni4 Crore

Punjab Kings Retained Players List

CategoryPlayer NameSalary (INR)
Retention 1Shashank Singh5.5 Crore
Retention 2Prabhsimran Singh4 Crore

Mumbai Indians Retained Players List

CategoryPlayer NameSalary (INR)
Retention 1Jasprit Bumrah18 Crore
Retention 2Suryakumar Yadav16.35 Crore
Retention 3Hardik Pandya16.35 Crore
Retention 4Rohit Sharma16.30 Crore
Retention 5Tilak Varma8 Crore

SunRisers Hyderabad Retained Players List

CategoryPlayer NameSalary (INR)
Retention 1Heinrich Klaasen23 Crore
Retention 2Pat Cummins18 Crore
Retention 3Abhishek Sharma14 Crore
Retention 4Travis Head14 Crore
Retention 5Nitish Kumar Reddy6 Crore

Rajasthan Royals Retained Players List

CategoryPlayer NameSalary (INR)
Retention 1Sanju Samson18 Crore
Retention 2Yashasvi Jaiswal18 Crore
Retention 3Riyan Parag14 Crore
Retention 4Dhruv Jurel14 Crore
Retention 5Shimron Hetmyer11 Crore
Retention 6Sandeep Sharma4 Crore

Gujarat Titans Retained Players List

CategoryPlayer NameSalary (INR)
Retention 1Rashid Khan18 Crore
Retention 2Shubman Gill16.50 Crore
Retention 3Sai Sudharsan8.5 Crore
Retention 4Rahul Tewatia4 Crore
Retention 5Shahrukh Khan4 Crore

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