IPL 2025 Retention List: The excitement of fans for IPL 2025 is at its peak as all the 10 franchises have announced the retention and release of players today i.e. on Thursday. The IPL Governing Council has set October 31 as the deadline for franchises to submit their list of retained players.
Here we are giving you complete information about the retained players…
Five-time IPL winners Mumbai Indians have retained their core group. The franchise has retained Jasprit Bumrah for Rs 18 crore. Apart from this, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma have been retained. These are all capped players. Now only one RTM card is left in Mumbai.
| player | Salary |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 18 crores |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 16.35 crores |
| hardik pandya | 16.35 crores |
| Rohit Sharma | 16.30 crores |
| Tilak Verma | 8 crores |
Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained captain Pat Cummins, explosive batsman Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Reddy and Abhishek Sharma. Like Mumbai, they will get a chance to add an uncapped player with a right-to-match card in the auction.
| player | Salary |
| heinrich classen | 23 crores |
| pat cummins | 18 crores |
| travis head | 14 crores |
| Abhishek Sharma | 14 crores |
| Nitish Reddy | 6 crores |
Chennai Super Kings has retained five players. Which includes Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matisha Pathirana, Shivam Dubey and Ravindra Jadeja. Now CSK will also have a chance to retain the player through Right to Match card.
| player | Salary |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | 18 crores |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 18 crores |
| Mathisha Pathirana | 13 crores |
| Shivam Dubey | 12 crores |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 4 crores |
Taking a shocking decision, the Delhi Capitals team has dropped Rishabh Pant. It is not maintained. The franchise includes Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abhishek Porel.
| player | Salary |
| Akshar Patel | 16.5 crores |
| -Kuldeep Yadav | 13.25 crores |
| Tristan Stubbs | 100 million |
| Abhishek Porel | 4 crores |
Rajasthan Royals have taken a shocking decision and released Jos Buttler. The franchise has retained Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer and Sandeep Sharma.
| player | Salary |
| sanju samson | 18 crores |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 18 crores |
| Ryan Pollen | 14 crores |
| pol jurel | 14 crores |
| Shimron Hetmyer | 11 crores |
| Sandeep Sharma | 4 crores |
Punjab Kings have retained only two players. Which includes Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh. Now the franchise has taken a shocking decision and released Arshdeep Singh.
| player | Salary |
| Shashank Singh | 5.5 crores |
| Prabhsimran Singh | 4 crores |
Captain Shreyas Iyer, who led Kolkata Knight Riders to the title in IPL 2024, has been released. The franchise has retained Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh.
| player | Salary |
| Rinku Singh | 13 crores |
| Varun Chakraborty | 12 crores |
| Sunil Narayan | 12 crores |
| andre russell | 12 crores |
| Harshit Rana | 4 crores |
| Ramandeep Singh | 4 crores |
Gujarat Titans have retained their core group. Which includes Shubman Gill, Rashid Khan, Sai Sudarshan, Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan.
| player | Salary |
| Rashid Khan | 18 crores |
| Shubman Gill | 16.5 crores |
| Sai Sudarshan | 8.5 crores |
| Rahul Tewatia | 4 crores |
| Shahrukh Khan | 4 crores |
Lucknow has retained five players. It includes Nicholas Puran, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni, Mohsin Khan and Ravi Bishnoi. The franchise has released KL Rahul.
| player | Salary |
| nicholas puran | 21 crores |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 11 crores |
| Mayank Yadav | 11 crores |
| mohsin khan | 4 crores |
| Ayush Badoni | 4 crores |
Royal Challengers Bangalore have retained Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal. Rajat and Virat are capped players and Yash is an uncapped player.
| player | Salary |
| Virat Kohli | 21 crores |
| Rajat Patidar | 11 crores |
| Yash Dayal | 50 million |
