The IPL 2025 season has hit a critical juncture as player retention lists have been confirmed across all 10 teams, unveiling shifts that could define the upcoming tournament. While franchises like Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings have locked in their cornerstone players, a surprising number of big names have been released into the auction pool, setting up an electrifying bidding battle ahead.

Key figures like Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and others may find new homes as teams rebalance their squads.. With a higher salary cap and the return of the Right-to-Match card, the auction dynamics promise to be more competitive than ever, making IPL 2025 one of the most anticipated seasons yet.

Stay tuned as we break down each team’s retentions and the implications of these releases on the IPL landscape.

Complete IPL 2025 Retained Players List for All 10 Teams

**All retention Values are in INR**

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Players Retained: 5 | Amount Spent: 75 crores | Auction Purse Remaining: 45 crores | RTMs: 1

Retentions:

• Heinrich Klaasen – 23 crores
• Pat Cummins – 18 crores
• Travis Head – 14 crores
• Abhishek Sharma – 14 crores
• Nitish Kumar Reddy – 6 crores

Major Releases: Washington Sundar, Wanindu Hasaranga, Rahul Tripathi, Marco Jansen, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Glenn Phillips, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Chennai Super Kings

Players Retained: 5 | Amount Spent: 65 crores | Auction Purse Remaining: 55 crores | RTMs: 1

Retentions:

• Ravindra Jadeja – 18 crores
• Ruturaj Gaikwad – 18 crores
• Shivam Dube -12 crores
• Matheesha Pathirana – 13 crores
• MS Dhoni – 4 crores

Major Releases: Devon Conway, Rachin ravindra, Deepak Chahar

Kolkata Knight Riders

Players Retained: 6 | Amount Spent: 69 crores | Auction Purse Remaining: 51 crores | RTMs: 0

Retentions:

• Andre Russell – 12 crores
• Sunil Narine – 12 crores
• Varun Chakravarthy – 12 crores
• Rinku Singh – 13 crores
• Harshit Rana – 4 crores
• Ramandeep Singh – 4 crores

Major Releases: Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Mitchell Starc, Phil Salt, Varun Chakravarthy

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Players Retained: 3 | Amount Spent: 37 crores | Auction Purse Remaining: 83 crores | RTMs: 3

Retentions:

• Virat Kohli – 21 crores
• Rajat Patidar – 11 crores
• Yash Dayal – 5 crores

Major Releases: Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis, Will Jacks, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj

Mumbai Indians

Players Retained: 5 | Amount Spent: 75 crores | Auction Purse Remaining: 45 crores | RTMs: 1

Retentions:

• Hardik Pandya – 16.35
• Suryakumar Yadav – 16.35
• Jasprit Bumrah – 18 crores
• Rohit Sharma – 16.30
• Tilak Verma – 8 crores

Major Releases: Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Ishan Kishan, Gerald Coetzee

Delhi Capitals

Players Retained: 4 | Amount Spent: 47 crores | Auction Purse Remaining: 73 crores | RTMs: 2

Retentions:

• Axar Patel – 16.5 crores
• Kuldeep Yadav – 13.25 crores
• Tristan Stubbs – 10 crores
• Abhishek Porel – 4 crores

Major Releases: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Mukesh Kumar, Anrich Nortje

Punjab Kings

Players Retained: 2 | Amount Spent: 9.5 crores | Auction Purse Remaining: 110.5 crores | RTMs: 4

Retentions:

• Shashank Singh – 5.5 crores
• Prabhsimran Singh – 4 crores

Major Releases: Liam Livingstone, Arshdeep Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Harshal Patel

Gujarat Titans

Players Retained: 5 | Amount Spent: 51 crores | Auction Purse Remaining: 69 crores | RTMs: 1

Retentions:

• Rashid Khan – 18 crores
• Shubman Gill – 16.5 crores
• Sai Sudharsan – 8.5 crores
• Shahrukh Khan – 4 crores
• Rahul Tewatia – 4 crores

Major Releases: David Miller, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Spencer Johnson, Joshua Little, Azmatullah Omarzai, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma

Lucknow Super Giants

Players Retained: 5 | Amount Spent: 51 crores | Auction Purse Remaining: 69 crores | RTMs: 1

Retentions:

• Nicholas Pooran – 21 crores
• Ravi Bishnoi – 14 crores
• Mayank Yadav – 11 crores
• Ayush Badoni – 4 crores
• Mohsin Khan – 4 crores

Major Releases: KL Rahul, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Quinton de Kock, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Naveen-ul-Haq

Rajasthan Royals

Players Retained: 6 | Amount Spent: 79 crores | Auction Purse Remaining: 41 crores | RTMs: 0

Retentions:

• Sanju Samson – 18 crores
• Yashasvi Jaiswal – 18 crores
• Riyan Parag – 14 crores
• Dhruv Jurel – 14 crores
• Shimron Hetmyer – 11 crores
• Sandeep Sharma – 4 crores

Major Releases: Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Nandre Burger