IPL Retention 2025: Franchise-wise retained and released players, remaining auction purse and RTMs left

All ten Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises announced their list of retained players ahead of the 2025 mega auction which will be held later this year.  Heinrich Klaasen, who was retained for Rs 23 crore by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), was the most expensive retention on Thursday. Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for Rs 21 crore, with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) retaining Nicholas Pooran for the same amount.

There were several surprise omissions from the teams’ list of retained players. The likes of Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals), KL Rahul (Lucknow Super Giants) and even Shreyas Iyer, who led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to their third IPL title earlier this year, were all released by their respective franchises.

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Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals), Jonny Bairstow (Punjab Kings), Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell (both Royal Challengers Bengaluru) featured among the top overseas omissions.

This means that there will be quite a few big names at the 2025 IPL mega auction, which will reportedly be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 24 and 25 November.

Punjab Kings will head to the IPL mega auction with the biggest remaining purse. The 2014 finalists retained just two uncapped players. While Shashank Singh was retained for Rs 5.5 crore, Prabhsimran Singh was retained for Rs 4  crore.

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Let’s now take a look at the full list of retained and released players by all IPL teams, as well as the their remaining purse and RTM slots:

Full list of KKR’s retained players: Rinku Singh (Rs 13 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 12 crore), Sunil Narine (Rs 12 crore), Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore), Harshit Rana (Rs 4 crore) and Ramandeep Singh (Rs 4 crore).

Full list of KKR’s released players: Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, Jason Roy, Gus Atkinson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

Purse remaining for KKR at IPL 2025 mega auction: Rs 51 crore

RTM options left for KKR: 0

Full list of SRH’s retained players: Heinrich Klaasen (Rs 23 crore), Pat Cummins (Rs 18 crore), Abhishek Sharma (Rs 14 crore), Travis Head (Rs 14 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (Rs 6 crore)

Full list of SRH’s released players: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Washington Sundar, Aiden Markram, T Natarajan, Rahul Tripathi, Abdul Samad, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Agarwal, Marco Jansen, Sanvir Singh, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Jaydev Unadkat, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Vijaykanth Viyaskanth.

Purse remaining for SRH at IPL 2025 mega auction: Rs 45 crore

RTM options left for SRH: 1

Full list of MI’s retained players: Jasprit Bumrah (Rs 18 crore) Hardik Pandya (c) (Rs 16.35 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (Rs 16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (Rs 16.3 crore), Tilak Varma (Rs 8 crore).

Full list of MI’s released players: Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Tim David, Harvik Desai, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Kwena Maphaka.

Purse remaining for MI at IPL 2025 mega auction: Rs 45 crore

RTM options left for MI: 1

Full list of RR’s retained players: Sanju Samson (c) (Rs 18 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rs 18 crore), Riyan Parag (Rs 14 crore), Dhruv Jurel (Rs 14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (Rs 11 crore), Sandeep Sharma (Rs 4 crore).

Full list of RR’s released players: Jos Buttler, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Prasidh Krishna, Adam Zampa.

Purse remaining for RR at IPL 2025 mega auction: Rs 41 crore

RTM option left for RR: 0

Full list of RCB’s retained players: Virat Kohli (Rs 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (Rs 11 crore), Yash Dayal (Rs 5 crore).

Full list of RCB’s released players: Faf du Plessis, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik (Retired), Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Saurav Chauhan, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Cameron Green, Swapnil Singh, Mayank Dagar, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj, Tom Curran, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Rajan Kumar.

Purse remaining for RCB at IPL 2025 mega auction: Rs 83 crore

RTM options left for RCB: 3

Full list of CSK’s retained players: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Rs 18 crore, Ravindra Jadeja (Rs 18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (Rs 13 crore), Shivam Dube (Rs 12 crore) and MS Dhoni (Rs 4 crore).

Full list of CSK’s released players: Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Richard Gleeson, Avanish Rao Aravelly, Devon Conway.

Purse remaining for CSK at IPL 2025 mega auction: Rs 55 crore

RTM options left for CSK: 1

Full list of DC’s 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).

Full list of DC’s 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.

Purse remaining for DC at IPL 2025 mega auction: Rs 73 crore

RTM options left for DC: 2

Full list of LSG’s retained players: Nicholas Pooran (Rs 21 crore), Mayank Yadav (Rs 11 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 11 crore), Ayush Badoni (Rs 4 crore), Mohsin Khan (Rs 4 crore)

Full list of LSG’s released players: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Krishnappa Gowtham, Arshin Kulkarni, M Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Arshad Khan, Mark Wood, David Willey, Shivam Mavi.

Purse remaining for LSG at IPL 2025 mega auction: Rs 69 crore

RTM options left for LSG: 1

Full list of GT’s retained players: Rashid Khan (Rs 18 crore), Shubman Gill (c) (Rs 16.5 crore), B Sai Sudharsan (Rs 8.5 crore), Rahul Tewatia (Rs 4 crore) and M Shahrukh Khan (Rs 4 crore).

Full list of GT’s released players: David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Sandeep Warrier, BR Sharath, Mohammed Shami, Robin Minz, Sushant Mishra.

Purse remaining for GT at IPL 2025 mega auction: Rs 69 crore

RTM options left for GT: 1

Full list of PBKS’s retained players: Shashank Singh (Rs 5.5 crore) and Prabhsimran Singh (Rs 4 crore).

Full list of PBKS’s released players: Shikhar Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Harpreet Bhatia, Rilee Rossouw, Chris Woakes, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Tanay Thyagarajann, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harshal Patel.

Purse remaining for PBKS at IPL 2025 mega auction: Rs 110.5 crore

RTM options left for PBKS: 4