TATA IPL 2025 Player retentions list announced
The Player Retention window for the IPL 2025 season was officially closed on October 31, 2024, with all the 10 franchisees completing their most important troops before the highly expected Mega auction. A total of 46 players have been retained in the teams, the franchise has invested a joint INR 558.5 crore to secure their leading players.
With a wage cover of INR 120 crore, each is allowed to create a 25-player squad, which maintains up to six players through retention or right-to-match (RTM). retention rules allow a maximum of five capped international players and two uncapped Indian players per team.
The defending masters Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and the first season winner Rajasthan Royals (RR) have used their full retention quota, with six players to be placed each. Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Gujarat Titans (GT), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Mumbai Indians (MI) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) maintained each. The remaining teams –Delhi Couts (DC), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), and Punjab Kings (PBK) retained four, three and two players respectively.
With an INR 110.5 crore budget, Punjab Kings enter the mega auction with the largest remaining purse, giving them a strong position to make major signings.
Full List of Retained Players for IPL 2025
Here we have mentioned the list of Retained IPL 2025 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
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Riyan Parag
- Dhruv Jurel
- Shimron Hetmyer
- Sandeep Sharma
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
- Virat Kohli
- Rajat Patidar
- Yash Dayal
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
- Pat Cummins
- Abhishek Sharma
- Nitish Kumar Reddy
- Heinrich Klaasen
- Travis Head
Now, with the retentions, the franchise will focus on building their squads in the Mega auction, which will happen soon. Fans can expect intensive messenger wars when teams are looking at holes and strengthening the IPL 2025.
