The road to the 2025 IPL season is heating up as all ten franchises have unveiled their player retention lists ahead of the highly anticipated auction scheduled for later this year. In an IPL Retention Special aired on JioCinema, teams confirmed the players who will continue representing their franchises next season, as well as some big names who will enter the auction, drawing interest from several teams. Notably, Heinrich Klaasen emerged as the highest earner among the retained players, with Sunrisers Hyderabad offering him a substantial INR 23 crore. Close behind him were Virat Kohli and Nicholas Pooran, with RCB and LSG retaining them at INR 21 crore each.
Mumbai Indians
| Retained Players | Price |
|---|---|
| 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 (One uncapped player)
| Not Retained Players |
|---|
| 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
| Retained Players | Price |
|---|---|
| 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: 1 player
| Not Retained Players |
|---|
| 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
| Retained Players | Price |
|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | ₹21 crore |
| Rajat Patidar | ₹11 crore |
| Yash Dayal | ₹5 crore |
- Purse Remaining: INR 83 crore
- RTM Options at Auction: 3 players
| Not Retained Players |
|---|
| 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
| Retained Players | Price |
|---|---|
| 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: 2 players
| Not Retained Players |
|---|
| 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
| Retained Players | Price |
|---|---|
| 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
| Not Retained Players |
|---|
| 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
| Retained Players | Price |
|---|---|
| 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 Auction: 1 player
| Not Retained Players |
|---|
| 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
| Retained Players | Price |
|---|---|
| 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: 1 uncapped player
| Not Retained Players |
|---|
| 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
| Retained Players | Price |
|---|---|
| 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: 1 player
| Not Retained Players |
|---|
| David Miller |
| Matthew Wade |
| Wriddhiman Saha |
| Kane Williamson |
| Abhinav Manohar |
| Darshan Nalkande |
| Vijay Shankar |
| Jayant Yadav |
| Noor Ahmad |
| Joshua Little |
| Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore |
| Hardik Pandya |
| Mohammed Shami |
| Shivam Dubey |
| Pradeep Sangwan |
| Yash Dayal |
| Jitesh Sharma |
| Mukesh Choudhary |
| Mukesh Kumar |
| Matthew Short |
| Kuldeep Sen |
Rajasthan Royals
| Retained Players | Price |
| 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 45 crore
- RTM Options at Auction: 0 Player
| Not Retained Players |
| Jos Buttler |
| Trent Boult |
| Devdutt Paddikal |
| Joe Root |
| Kunal Singh Rathore |
| Abdul Basith |
| Ravichandran Ashwin |
| Yuzvendra Chahal |
| Donovan Ferreira |
| Akash Vashisth |
| Jason Holder |
| KM Asif |
| KC Cariappa |
| Kuldeep Sen |
| Kuldip Yadav |
Punjab Kings
| Retained Players | Price |
| Shashank Singh | ₹5.5 crore |
| Prabhsimran Singh | ₹4 crore |
- Purse Remaining: INR 111.5 crore
- RTM Options at Auction: 4 players
| Not Retained Players |
| Liam Livingstone |
| Shikhar Dhawan |
| Harpreet Brar |
| Ashutosh Sharma |
| Arshdeep Singh |
| Rahul Chahar |
| Sam Curran |
| Vaibhav Arora |
| Rishi Dhawan |
| Atharva Taide |
| Nathan Ellis |
| Sikandar Raza |
| Chris Woakes |
| Jonny Bairstow |
| Harshal Patel |
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