 "Tristan Stubbs and Axar Patel are among Delhi Capitals' player retentions ahead of IPL 2025 mega auction. AP")
Delhi Capitals’ list of retained and released players: Delhi Capitals have retained Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhishek Porel and Tristan Stubbs ahead of the Indian Premier League (2025) mega auction. Captain Rishabh Pant was a surprise omission from DC’s list of player retentions. Pant will now head to the IPL auction pool after having spent eight seasons with DC. Pant had played 111 IPL matches so far, all for DC, and scored 3284 runs, hitting 18 fifties and a century.
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Axar Patel has been retained as the top choice player by DC, earning Rs 16.5 crore and it is interesting to note that none of the players have been paid the highest retention rate of Rs 18 crore. Abhishek Porel the only uncapped player in the list has been retained for Rs 4 crore.
The IPL 2025 mega auction is reportedly scheduled to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia towards the end of November.
DC’s list of retained players: Axar Patel (Rs 16.5 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 13.25 crore), Abhishek Porel (Rs 4 crore) and Tristan Stubbs (Rs 10 crore).
IPL 2025 mega auction purse remaining for DC: Rs 73 crore.
RTM options left for mega auction: 2
Surprise omissions for DC: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, and Anrich Nortje.
DC’s list of released players: Rishabh Pant, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Lungi Ngidi, Harry Brook, Lizaad Williams, Gulbadin Naib, Mitchell Marsh, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Salam, Sumit Kumar, Swastik Chhikara, Anrich Nortje, David Warner, Jhye Richardson, Shai Hope.
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Rishabh Pant (Rs 16 crore), Axar Patel (Rs 9 crore), Prithvi Shaw (Rs 7.5 crore) and Anrich Nortje (Rs 6.5 crore) were the players Delhi Capitals had retained before the IPL 2022 mega auction. Besides Axar Patel, none of the others have been retained as DC look to build a new team under the guidance of new head coach Hemang Badani.