IPL 2025 Retained Players List: From Rohit Sharma to MS Dhoni, Who Made the Cut Ahead of Mega Auction

IPL 2025 Retained Players List: The IPL retentions are out and the 10 franchises have released the players they will be keeping in their side for the 2025 auctions. There were quite a few surprises when it came to the players released as Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul were let go by their former sides. But when it comes to MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, both men will be continuing their love affairs with Chennai and Mumbai respectively.

CSK decided to use the infamous 'uncapped player' rule to retain Dhoni as they also retained captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ravindra Jadeja for 18 crores, Matheesha Pathirana for 13 and Shivam Dube for 12. MI, on the other hand, made Jasprit Bumrah their No.1 pick for 18 crores, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav for 16.35 crores. Rohit Sharma has been retained for 16.30 crores and Tilak Varma was retained by the 5-time champions for 8.

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2024 champions KKR decided to retain Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh ahead of the auctions. Rinku has been their top pick for 13 crores, Russell, Narine and Chakaravarthy for 12. Uncapped players Harshit and Ramnadeep have been retained for 4 crores each.

SRH decided to retain their star-studded core of Heinrich Klaasen, Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Kumar Reddy. Klaasen has been retained for 23 crores, Cummins for 18 and Head and Abhishek for 14 each. Nitish Kumar Reddy has been retained for 6 crores.

RCB decided to retain Virat Kohli for 21 crores and brought back Rajat Patidar for 11 crores and Yash Dayal for 5. LSG decided to release KL Rahul and retained Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan and Ayush Badoni. Lucknow retained Pooran for 21 crores, Bishnoi and Mayank for 11 crores each and Mohsin and Badoni for the standard 4 crores for uncapped players.

PBKS decided to retain 2 uncapped players in the form of Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh. The former has been retained for 5.5 crores while the latter has been bagged for 4.

Rajasthan Royals went out completely on retaining the Indian core of Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel and Sandeep Sharma and also added Shimron Hetmyer to the mix. Rajasthan retained Samson as their No.1 pick for 18 crores and gave the same amount to Jaiswal as well. Jurel and Parag bagged 14 crores each while Hetmyer got 11 and Sandeep took home 4.

GT retained Rashid Khan for 18 crores and Shubman Gill for 16.5 crores. Sai Sudharsan was brought back for 8.5 crores and Shahrukh Khan and Rahul Tewatia for 4 crores each.

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Finally DC decided to release Pant and kept Axar Patel as their main pick for 16.5 crores. Kuldeep Yadav was their No.2 pick for 13.25 crores. Tristan Stubbs was retained for 10 crores and Abhishek Porel was brought back as an uncapped player for 4 crores.

IPL 2025: Full retention list

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Heinrich Klaasen, Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Kumar Reddy.

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sandeep Sharma, Dhruv Jurel and Shimron Hetmyer.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana.

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni.

Gujarat Titans (GT)

Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan.

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Axar Patel, Abhishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Kuldeep Yadav

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh.

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya.

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