IPL 2025- Retention List Of All Teams

The Indian Premier League (IPL) runs in a two-month window from March to May, but the tournament is a hotly debated topic among Cricket Fans for the entire year. Things become more spicy when mega auctions are around the corner. This year, too, there'll be a mega auction coming up in November for next year's IPL, where many big names will go under the hammer and will be seen wearing some new jerseys next year.

But before that, there is another big job that the owners have to do, probably the most difficult job: 'The Retentions'. Deciding the core group of a team is always a tough task, especially when there is plenty of Cricket being played around in the backdrop of the auctions. The retentions will be announced on the auspicious day of Diwali, so, what crackers do the franchises have in store for the fans? Let's find out the retention list of each IPL team.

Retention List Of All Teams

1. Chennai Super Kings

The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led Chennai Super Kings had an average IPL season finishing just outside the top 4 after the yellow army agonizingly went down to the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their final round-robin game. Since then, there have been plenty of changes made for this year's retentions including an uncapped category coming into play. With Mahendra Singh Dhoni announcing his decision to play next year let's have a look at the retentions for Chennai Super Kings

CSK's Retentions Purse Available for Auction: 55 Crores

1. Ruturaj Gaikwad (18 Crore)
2. Matheesha Pathirana (13 Crore)
3. Shivam Dube (12 Crore)
4. Matheesha Pathirana (13 Crore)

Uncapped Player

MS Dhoni (4 Crore)

2. Delhi Capitals

The Capitals from Delhi had a mixed bag in IPL 2024 finishing 6th on the points table after being at the bottom of the table for the first few weeks of the tournament. Delhi's season was share of inconsistency and some forced injuries at the start of the tournament that hampered their chances and forced them to alter their playing 11 in almost every game they played. Delhi Capitals have stunned their fans by not retaining their captain and keeper batter Rishabh Pant in their retentions. Let's have a look at the retention list of Delhi Capitals.

DC's Retentions Purse Available for Auction: 73 Crores

1. Axar Patel (16.5 Crore)
2. Kuldeep Yadav (13.25 Crore)
3. Tristan Stubbs (10 Crore)

Uncapped Player

Abhishek Porel (4 Crore)

3. Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings again had a poor outing in the IPL finishing at the 8th spot. PBKS were always struggling for form and consistency throughout the season. Things went worse for them when their regular captain Shikhar Dhawan got injured in the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Mullanpur & eventually got ruled out of the tournament.

The foreign contingent of the Kings too lacked the power and bite this season with performance from them coming in bits and pieces. This retention process and the auctions will be a bit difficult for Priety Zinta & Co. as they'll also be searching for a new skipper for this season after Shikhar Dhawan announced his retirement earlier this year. Let's have a look at the retentions for Punjab Kings.

PBKS Retentions Purse Available for Auction: 110.5 Crores

1. Shashank Singh (UC 5.5 Crore)
2. Prabhsimran Singh (UC 4 Crore)

4. Mumbai Indians

Probably one of the toughest retentions list to predict is of the 5-time champions Mumbai Indians. The 'One Family' has been through some rough waters in recent times both on and off the field. The Captaincy switch, the anger of the fans coupled with MI's dismal performance in IPL 2024 which saw them taking the wooden spoon under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya.

With IPL 2025 not too far away the repair work in the MI camp is already underway with Mahela Jayawardene returning back as the head coach of the side. The Mumbai Indians have retained most of the core team members. Let's have a look at the retention list of the Mumbai Indians.

MI's Retentions Purse Available for Auction: 45 Crores

1. Jasprit Bumrah (18 Crore)
2. Suryakumar Yadav (16.35 Crore)
3. Hardik Pandya (16.35 Crore)
4. Rohit Sharma (16.3 Crore)
5. Tilak Varma ( 8 Crore)

5. Kolkata Knight Riders

The Knights from Kolkata are again in the spotlight just months after being crowned as the champions on 26th May. Ahead of the retentions, there are a few big updates from the knight's camp that Shreyas Iyer will not be retained. According to reports Iyer emerged as a tough nut to crack for the owners regarding negotiations. Let's have a look at the retention list of KKR.

KKR Retentions Purse Available for Auction: 51 Crores

1. Rinku Singh (13 Crore)
2. Varun Chakrawarthy (12 Crore)
3. Sunil Narine (12 Crore)
4. Andre Russell (12 Crore)

Uncapped

1. Ramandeep Singh (4 Crore)
2. Harshit Rana (4 Crore)

6. Rajasthan Royals

The Rajasthan Royals started their 2024 campaign well with 6 wins in the first 8 games. However, they struggled in the second half of the tournament and in the end could reach the second qualifier. The Royals for this season have revamped their squad for IPL 2025. Along with this, there is the shocking news that Jos Buttler doesn't feature in the retention list of the Rajasthan Royals. On that note, let's have a look at the retentions of the Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals Retentions Purse Available for Auction: 41 Crores

1. Sanju Samson (18 Crore)
2. Yashashvi Jaiswal (18 Crore)
3. Riyan Parag (14 Crore)
4. Dhruv Jurel (14 Crore)
5. Shimron Hetmyer (11 Crore)

Uncapped Player

Sandeep Sharma (4 Crore)

7. Royal Challengers Bengaluru

One Royal follows the other, it's now time to look at the retention list of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). RCB, too has made a surprising call by retaining just three players, they have also released their skipper Faf Du Plessis who is in his 40s and is not expected to be around the playing arena for long. Let's have a look at the retained players list of RCB

RCB's Retentions Purse Available for Auction: 83 Crores

1. Virat Kohli (21 Crore)
2. Rajat Patidar (11 Crore)

Uncapped Player

Yash Dayal (5 Crore)

8. Lucknow Supergiants

The Lucknow Supergiants had a poor IPL 2024 campaign both on and off the field after the cricketing world saw something unusual unfold at Hyderabad after LSG's 10-wicket loss to SRH. LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka's outburst on captain KL Rahul gave a hint that Rahul might have played his last for the Lucknow franchise. Come to the retentions, both parties confirmed that Rahul will be going into the auctions ahead of IPL 2025. On that note, let's have a look at the retentions made by the Lucknow Supergiants

LSG's Retentions Purse Available for Auction: 69 Crores

1. Nicholas Pooran (21 Crore)
2. Ravi Bishnoi (11 Crore)
3. Mayank Yadav (11 Crore)

Uncapped Players

1. Mohsin Khan ( 4 Crore)
2. Ayush Badoni (4 Crore)

9. Gujarat Titans

The Shubman Gill-led Gujarat Titans retained most of their core team members ahead of the mega auctions. However, there are a few big players that have been released from the squad including Mohammad Shami & David Miller. Let's have a look at the players retained for the Gujarat Titans.

GT's Retentions Purse Available for Auction: 69 Crores

1. Rashid Khan (18 Crore)
2. Shubman Gill (16.5 Crore)
3. Sai Sudharshan (8.5 Crore)

Uncapped Players

1. Rahul Tewatia (4 Crore)
2. Shahrukh Khan (4 Crore)

10. Sunrisers Hyderabad

The finalists of this year's edition were having a tough time picking their retentions before the new retention rules were announced that eventually helped the Sunrisers to retain their overseas core who were the backbone of the side this year. Let's have a look at the retained players of SRH.

SRH Retentions Purse Available for Auction: 45 Crores

1. Heinrich Klaasen (23 Crore)
2. Pat Cummins (18 Crore)
3. Abhishek Sharma (14 Crore)
4. Travis Head (14 Crore)
5. Nitish Reddy (6 Crore)

These IPL retentions were the most popular in the history of the tournament ever with new rules coming in, veterans like MS Dhoni coming in the uncapped category, and teams able to retain more foreign contingent in their squads. Big ticket players like Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammad Shami & Arshdeep Singh will be going under the hammer in the auction.