CSK has retained Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, and MS Dhoni.
IPL Retention 2025: All 10 teams have finalized their player retentions for the upcoming IPL 2025 season. Notably, Virat Kohli has been retained by RCB for Rs 21 crore, while the highly anticipated MS Dhoni is retained as an uncapped player for CSK at Rs 4 crore. Check out the full list of retained players.
SRH has retained Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Reddy, and Travis Reddy.
KKR has retained Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, and Ramandeep Singh.
RCB has retained Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, and Yash Dayal.
GT has decided to retain five players, including captain Shubman Gill. The retained players are Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, and Shahrukh Khan.
LSG has retained Nicolas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni, and Mohsin Khan.
Your Retained Royals. Ready to #hallabol! 🔥💗 pic.twitter.com/ae4yo0DMRa— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) October 31, 2024
This Diwali, we’re doubling the fireworks! 🎆Prabhsimran and Shashank are back to light up the next season with their explosive talent! 🔥#shashanksingh #prabhsimransingh #punjabkings #iplretentions #ipl2025 pic.twitter.com/uGL3kTVJsK— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) October 31, 2024
Superfans, here's your Diwali Parisu! 🎁💥An @anirudhofficial Musical ft. IPL Retentions 2025 🥳🎶 #ungalanbuden #whistlepodu 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/FGTXm52v74— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) October 31, 2024
Delhi Capitals have retained Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhishek Porel, and Tristan Stubbs, while Rishabh Pant has been released.
Mumbai Indians have officially retained Jasprit Bumrah for Rs 18 crore, Suryakumar Yadav for Rs 16.35 crore, Rohit Sharma for Rs 16.30 crore, and Tilak Varma for Rs 8 crore.
Sunrisers Hyderabad will retain Heinrich Klaasen (Rs 23 crore), Pat Cummins (Rs 18 crore), Abhishek Sharma (Rs 14 crore), Travis Head (Rs 14 crore), and Nitish Kumar Reddy (Rs 6 crore). This lineup includes two openers, a wicketkeeper, a finisher, a seam-bowling allrounder who can bat at No. 4, and their overseas fast-bowling captain. Consequently, they will have only Rs 45 crore available for the auction.
Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, and Sandeep Sharma will be retained by Rajasthan Royals, meaning Jos Buttler, Yuzvendra Chahal, and R Ashwin will enter the auction.
Andre Russell is set to be retained by KKR, contrary to speculation about his potential RTM test.
Shubman Gill is expected to earn Rs 14 crore and will be the second retention for Gujarat Titans.
CSK will retain five players, including MS Dhoni, leaving limited funds, making it unlikely to sign Rishabh Pant.
A quick guide on how IPL teams will allocate their auction budgets for retaining capped players.
Player 1: Rs 18 crore
Player 2: Rs 14 crore
Player 3: Rs 11 crore
Player 4: Rs 18 crore
Player 5: Rs 14 crore
Each uncapped player: Rs 4 crore
Few Hours To Go ⏰Prediction Game Begins 💭Which players will be retained by their #tataipl teams? ✍️👇— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 31, 2024
Each team will have a salary purse of ₹120 crore for this season, reflecting a 20 percent increase from last year's auction. In the previous mega auction for the 2022 edition, the salary cap was set at ₹90 crore.
JioCinema and Star Sports will air live shows on IPL retentions starting at 4:30 PM IST today, with the BCCI's deadline set for 5 PM IST.
KKR may also retain 'finisher' Rinku Singh, promising uncapped pace bowling allrounder Harshit Rana, who has been selected for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy and dynamic English opener Phil Salt.
Kolkata Knight Riders are poised to retain mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who has consistently taken numerous wickets for the team in recent seasons.
Kolkata Knight Riders might part ways not only with Shreyas Iyer, who captained them to the IPL title in 2024 but also with Sunil Narine and Andre Russell.
Punjab Kings are determined to retain India's left-arm pacer, Arshdeep Singh, even if it requires utilizing the RTM card during the auction.
⚠️ Face them at your own risk! 🔥#saddapunjab #punjabkings pic.twitter.com/NwpWRvpSzW— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) October 30, 2024
While fans were anticipating their favorite franchises to unveil the retention lists before the 5 PM IST deadline, that may not occur. Reports indicate that the BCCI instructed the 10 IPL teams on Wednesday evening to keep their retention lists confidential. The BCCI is expected to announce the retention lists at 5 PM IST.