IPL 2025: Before IPL 2025, the franchises have retained their players. Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders have retained 6 players each. Many players like Dhruv Jurel, Rinku Singh, Mayank Yadav have become crorepatis after being sold cheaply. Foreign player Tristan Stubbs has also become a crorepati.

Highlights

• Players retained by franchises ahead of IPL 2025
• Wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel's salary increased from 20 lakhs to 14 crores
• Rinku Singh's salary was increased by more than 2250 percent

New Delhi: Before IPL 2025, all the franchises have retained their players. This time there is going to be a mega auction and due to this a franchise could retain a maximum of 6 players. 10 teams have retained a total of 46 players. Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders have retained the maximum number of 6 players each. At the same time, Punjab Kings have retained only two players.

Many players sold cheaply became millionaires.

Among the players retained in IPL, there are many names who were sold cheaply in the previous auction. Dhruv Jurel has benefited the most. In the 2022 auction, UP wicketkeeper-batsman Jurel was bought by Rajasthan Royals at a base price of 20 lakhs. Now Jurel has been retained for 14 crores. That is, his salary has increased 70 times. This year Jurel made his Test debut for India. He has also played T20 International and is a part of Team India in the Border Gavaskar Trophy.

These 5 uncapped players got lucky this Diwali with IPL retention, their luck shone

• Ayush Badoni, who played for Lucknow Supergiants last season, got only Rs 20 lakh last season, but the team has retained him in IPL 2025. Badoni has been retained as an uncapped player and has received Rs 4 crore.
• Abhishek Porel has also made a fortune playing for Delhi Capitals. Abhishek Porel has been retained by the Delhi Capitals team as an uncapped player. Abhishek's salary in IPL 2024 was only Rs 20 lakh, but he has received four crores in retention.
• Mohsin Khan, who will play for Lucknow Supergiants in IPL 2024, has also become a hit. Mohsin Khan was bought by the Lucknow Supergiants team for their team for 20 lakhs last season, but now Mohsin will get 4 crores as an uncapped player in retention.
• Harshit Rana, who made a splash with his bowling last season, has also been retained by the franchise. KKR team has given Harshit Rana Rs 4 crore for IPL 2025. In IPL 2024, Harshit Rana got only Rs 20 lakh from KKR. In this way, Harshit Rana also became rich on the occasion of Diwali.
• Punjab Kings have retained only two players for IPL 2025. One of them is Shashank Singh. Shashank Singh has been retained in the uncapped category. Shashank got only Rs 20 lakh in IPL 2024, but now the Punjab team has given him Rs 5.4 crore in retention.

Jurel is not alone on this list.

Dhruv Jurel is not alone in the list of lakhpati to crorepati. Mayank Yadav and Rajat Patidar played the last season for Rs 20 lakh each. Now the franchise will pay Rs 11 crore each to both of them to play in IPL 2024. Mayank surprised everyone with his speed in IPL. Patidar is a great middle-order batsman. Rinku Singh's salary has also increased from 55 lakh to 13 crore. His increment has been more than 2200 percent.

Lakhpati who has now become a crorepati

The luck of foreign players also opened

It is not only the Indian players who are lucky. South Africa's Tristan Stubbs was bought by Delhi Capitals for 50 lakhs in last year's auction. Now he has been retained for 10 crores. Stubbs, who flopped for Mumbai Indians, scored 378 runs for Delhi last season at an average of 54 and a strike rate of 192. He has the ability to play shots in every corner of the field.

PC:IndiaTV