IPL 2025 Retentions: Full list of players retained and released by all 10 franchises ahead of mega auction

IPL 2025 Retentions: Full list of retained and released players by all 10 franchises ahead of mega auction

The road to the 2025 IPL season is well underway, as the ten franchises announced their retention lists ahead of the big auction set to occur before the close of the year. In an IPL Retention Special on JioCinema, the teams announced which players will continue to represent their jerseys in the tournament next year — but also some big names who will be going under the hammer in the auction, who teams will keep an eye on.

The 10 franchises will be competing to lift the IPL trophy. (IPL)

Heinrich Klaasen was the highest earner in the retention lists, with Sunrisers Hyderabad giving him 23 crore to keep his services. Virat Kohli and Nicholas Pooran were right behind, as RCB and LSG give them INR 21 cr each.

On the other hands, some big-name players will be seeking new homes in the auction. Amongst these are Delhi franchise hero Rishabh Pant who was confirmed as released in a shock move, as well as KL Rahul, KKR title-winning captain Shreyas Iyer, and a premium Indian fast bowler in the form of Arshdeep Singh as well. They are joined by some big-name overseas players as well, headed by Jos Buttler and Glenn Maxwell.

Punjab Kings retained the fewest players, and Ricky Ponting will have a warchest of 110.5 cr in the auction, by far the most in this year’s auction. RCB will also have 83 crore on hand with only three retentions, while DC will have 73 cr under their new leadership as well. KKR and RR will both head into the auction with the maximum of six players already in their squads, but the Jaipur team will have only 41 cr to work with at the auction, with no RTM possibilities either.

Plenty of talent, domestic and international, will enter the auction when it happens later this year, and with teams at different levels of readiness in terms of their retentions, it promises to be full of fireworks.

Here's the full list of retained and released players by all 10 IPL franchises ahead of mega auction

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

Chennai Super Kings

5 players retained:

Ruturaj Gaikwad: ₹18 crore

Matheesha Pathirana: ₹13 crore

Shivam Dube: ₹12 crore

Ravindra Jadeja: ₹18 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

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.

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.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

5 players retained:

Pat Cummins: ₹18 crore

Abhishek Sharma: ₹14 crore

Nitiesh Reddy: ₹6 crore

Heinrich Klaasen: ₹23 crore

Travis Head: ₹14 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.

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.

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.