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While the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had set the price for top retention at Rs 18 crore, it also gave the freedom to the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises to complete their own negotiations and set their own prices. As a result, three players have been retained for more than Rs 18 crore each, while seven players were retained for Rs 18 crore each.
The next highest slot was Rs 16.5 crore which will be paid to two Indian players.
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The deadline for IPL retentions ended on Thursday evening (31 October) with South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen emerging as the most expensive retention as Sunrisers Hyderabad dished out Rs 23 crore to hold onto the hard-hitting batter. Klaasen is the most expensive retention of all time in IPL as he broke Virat Kohli’s record, who was retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for Rs 17 crore.
IPL 2025: Most expensive retentions
Rs 23 crore: Heinrich Klaasen
Rs 21 crore: Virat Kohli, Nicholas Pooran
Rs 18 crore: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Pat Cummins, Rashid Khan
Rs 16.5 crore: Axar Patel, Shubman Gill
IPL 2025: Team-wise retentions
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) retained players: Virat Kohli (Rs 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (Rs 11 crore), Yash Dayal (Rs 5 crore).
Mumbai Indians (MI) 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).
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) 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).
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) 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)
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) 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).
Delhi Capitals (DC) 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).
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Rajasthan Royals (RR) 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).
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) 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)
Gujarat Titans (GT) 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).
Punjab Kings (PBKS) retained players: Shashank Singh (Rs 5.5 crore) and Prabhsimran Singh (Rs 4 crore).
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