November 1,024
TATA IPL 2025 Player retentions list announced
The 19th season of the Indian Cricket Tournament will commence in March 2025. However, before the full schedule is announced, one should consider the IPL Auction 2025, which will take place in December 2024. The IPL Players List 2025 will be released shortly following the auction. The IPL 2025 Released Players List and IPL 2025 Retained Players List will be announced shortly. Still in this post, we’ve covered the involved details of the player list and the auction rules in this article.
Retention Window Closure: The player retention window closed on October 31, 2024.
Total Players Retained: 46 players were retained across all franchises.
Total Investment: INR 558.5 crore spent on retentions.
Salary Cap and Retention Limits:
Each team has a salary cap of INR 120 crore for the mega auction.
Teams could retain up to six players, with a maximum of five capped internationals and up to two uncapped Indian players.
Team Retentions
Full Retentions (6 players): Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR).
Five Retentions: Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Gujarat Titans (GT), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Mumbai Indians (MI), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
Fewer Retentions:
Delhi Capitals (DC): 4 players
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): 3 players
Punjab Kings (PBKS): 2 players
Largest Auction Purse: Punjab Kings enter the auction with INR 110.5 crore, the largest among all teams.
Team-wise Retained Players:
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni
Delhi Capitals (DC): Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel
Gujarat Titans (GT): Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni
Mumbai Indians (MI): Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma
Punjab Kings (PBKS): Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Sanju Samson, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head
