IPL 2025 Retention List: The retention list for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 has been released, in which all 10 teams have announced the names of their retained players. The most surprising thing in this is that 4 out of 10 franchises have not retained their captains, which include Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Faf Duplessis. Apart from this, there are many other such stalwarts who have not been retained by their team. Who are those players? Let us know in detail.
Royal Challengers Bangalore released captain Faf
RCB, one of the most famous cricket teams in the world, has retained only 3 players for the mega auction of IPL 2025. The big news is that RCB did not retain its captain Faf du Plessis. Besides, experienced bowler Mohammad Siraj has also been out of the team. Bengaluru has also shown the way to players like Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green from the retention list. However, Royal Challengers Bangalore team will have 3 right to match cards. In such a situation, they can buy 3 players in the mega auction. Among these players, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammad Siraj can return to the team.
RCB retained these players
Virat Kohli – Rs 21 croreRajat Patidar – Rs 11 croreYash Dayal – Rs 5 crore
RCB released these players
Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Cameron Green, Reece Topley, Anuj Rawat (wk), Suyyash Prabhudesai, Will Jacques, Vijaykumar Vaishakh, Manoj Bhandge, Mahipal Lomrod, Mayank Dagar, Rajan Kumar, Akash Deep, Himanshu Sharma, Karn Sharma. , Lockie Ferguson, Saurav Chauhan, Alzarri Joseph, Tom Curran.
Lucknow released captain Rahul
Before the mega auction of IPL 2025, Lucknow Supergiants (LSG) have retained 5 players, while taking a big decision, they have released their captain KL Rahul. Rahul’s slow batting in T20 and rift with franchise owner Sanjiv Goenka are believed to be the reasons behind this decision. The team has retained finisher Nicholas Pooran on the preference of head coach Justin Langer and mentor Zaheer Khan.
LSG retained these players
Nicholas Pooran – Rs 21 croreRavi Bishnoi – Rs 11 croreMayank Yadav – Rs 11 croreAyush Badoni – Rs 4 croreMahosin Khan – Rs 4 crore
LSG released these players
KL Rahul (captain), Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Devdutt Padikkal, Amit Mishra, Yudhveer Charak, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M Siddharth, Arshad Khan, Marcus Stoinis, Quinton de Kock, Kyle Meyers, Shamar Joseph, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry.
Delhi did not retain captain Pant
Delhi Capitals (DC) has retained 4 players for the next season. Surprisingly, the name of captain Rishabh Pant is not included in these. The reason for this is said to be disagreement between Pant and co-owner GMR-JSW management over decisions on players. Pant wanted him to have more freedom in team decisions, but the franchise did not agree. Whereas Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly, who were part of the former coaching staff, are no longer in the team, hence Pant has not been able to keep pace with the new staff. However, according to sources, Pant is likely to attract big bids in the auction and his price could reach Rs 25 crore.
DC retained these players
Tristan Stubbs – Rs 10 crore Akshar Patel – Rs 16.5 crore Kuldeep Yadav – Rs 13.25 crore Abhishek Porel – Rs 4 crore
DC showed these players the way out
Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper/captain), Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Lalit Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Khalil Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Salaam, Sumit Kumar, Swastik Chhikara, Enrique Norkhia, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Jhye Richardson, Shay Hope, Jake Fraser-McGurk.
Defending champion Kolkata released the captain
Ahead of the IPL 2025 auction, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have kept a total of 6 players in their retention. At the same time, its former captain Shreyas Iyer, who captained the team last season, has been released. According to media reports, an agreement could not be reached between Shreyas Iyer and the franchise. This is the reason why he has been released. Apart from this, the team’s most expensive player in IPL 2024, Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore) has also been released. Last season, except in the playoff matches, Starc’s performance was nothing special. Therefore the franchise has not decided to spend a huge amount on him.
KKR retained these players
Sunil Narine – Rs 12 croreRinku Singh – Rs 13 croreVarun Chakraborty – Rs 12 croreHarshit Rana – Rs 4 croreAndre Russell – Rs 12 croreRamandeep Singh – Rs 4 crore
KKR showed these players the way out
Philip Salt (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Suyyash Sharma, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Dushmantha Chameera, Srikar Bharat, Chetan Sakariya. , Sharfan Rutherford, Saqib Hussain, Allah Ghazanfar.
Punjab released almost its entire team
Punjab Kings has announced the names of the players to be retained before the mega auction of IPL 2025. Punjab Kings have decided to retain only 2 players Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh. In such a situation, it can be said that Punjab has released almost its entire team. The most surprising name among these is that of the Indian team’s star bowler Arshdeep Singh, who performed very well in the last season. Apart from this, last season Punjab captain Shikhar Dhawan had announced retirement. In such a situation, now the team will have to search for its captain along with the players in the mega auction of IPL 2025.
PBKS released these players
Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Arshdeep Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Harshal Patel, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Jitesh Sharma, Atharva Tayde, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwat Kaverappa, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Prince Chaudhary, Tanay Thiagarajan, Ashutosh Sharma, Johnny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Chris Woakes, Riley Rousseau.
Mumbai Indians showed the way out to Team David
After a disappointing performance in IPL 2024, five-time champions Mumbai Indians have taken the first steps to make a strong comeback. Mumbai Indians have retained a total of 5 players ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. This also includes the name of Team David, who scored a lot of runs with the bat last season.
MI retained these players
Rohit Sharma – Rs 16.30 crore Jasprit Bumrah – Rs 18 crore Suryakumar Yadav – Rs 16.35 crore Hardik Pandya – Rs 16.35 crore Tilak Verma – Rs 8 crore
MI released these players
Dewald Brewis, Ishan Kishan, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Karthikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir , Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma.
Gujarat released Shami
The Gujarat Titans (GT) team, playing under the captaincy of Shubhman Gill, has also revealed the names of its retained players before the auction, in which along with retaining Shubhman Gill, they have also decided to retain three more players. Have decided. The most surprising decision in this also includes the name of the team’s main fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who could not play last season due to injury during the World Cup in late 2023. After this, he was not a part of the Indian team even in the T20 World Cup, and due to his poor fitness, he has not been included in the team for the upcoming Australia tour.
GT retained these players
Shubman Gill – Rs 16.5 croreRashid Khan – Rs 18 croreSai Sudarshan – Rs 8.5 croreShahrukh Khan – Rs 4 croreRahul Tewatia – Rs 4 crore
GT released these players
Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, Matthew Wade (wk), Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson, Noor Ahmed, Mohit Sharma, Sharath BR, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Srinivasan Sai Kishore, Manav Suthar, Kane Williamson, Jayant Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, David Miller, Sandeep Warrier, Joshua Little, Kartik Tyagi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Sushant Mishra.
Jos Buttler and Ashwin released in Rajasthan
Rajasthan Royals (RR) have retained a total of 6 players for the next season, but they did not retain players like Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal and R Ashwin who have been performing well for the team for the last few years. Also, they have not retained Jos Buttler either.
RR retained these players
Sanju Samson – Rs 18 crore Yashasvi Jaiswal – Rs 18 crore Riyan Parag – Rs 14 crore Sandeep Sharma – Rs 14 crore Shimron Hetmyer – Rs 11 crore Dhruv Jurel – Rs 4 crore
RR released these players
Jos Buttler, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Shubham Dubey, Keshav Maharaj, Navdeep Saini, Nandre Berger, Abid Mushtaq, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Donovan Ferreira, Krunal Singh Rathore. .
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