IPL 2025 retentions: Full list of players retained by franchises with price tag in INR ahead of IPL 2025 Auction

All 10 IPL franchises confirmed their retention list for the 2025 season on Thursday, October 31. Teams can now look forward to strategizing for the IPL mega auction, which is likely to be held next month.

Taking a look at the IPL 2025 retention list, Mumbai Indians (MI) have spent ₹75 crore for five capped retentions. They have gone for Jasprit Bumrah (₹18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya (₹16.35 crore each), Rohit Sharma (₹16.30 crore) and Tilak Varma (₹8 crore).

Shifting focus to Chennai Super Kings (CSK), the five-time winners have retained opener-captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja ₹18 crore each. Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana has been retained for ₹13 crore, batting all-rounder Shivam Dube for ₹12 crore, while MS Dhoni has been retained as an uncapped player for ₹4 crore.

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have retained six players - Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh even as Shreyas Iyer has been released.

While Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have retained their star batter Virat Kohli for ₹21 crore, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Delhi Capitals (DC) have released KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant, respectively.

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Franchise-wise list of players retained ahead of IPL 2025 auction with INR prices

Below is the complete list of players retained by each of the 10 franchises (with INR prices) ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.

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Chennai Super Kings

Ruturaj Gaikwad (₹18 crore)

Ravindra Jadeja (₹18 crore)

Matheesha Pathirana (₹13 crore)

Shivam Dube (₹12 crore)

MS Dhoni (₹4 crore)

RTM: One capped or uncapped

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Mumbai Indians

Jasprit Bumrah (₹18 crore)

Suryakumar Yadav (₹16.35 crore)

Hardik Pandya (₹16.35 crore)

Rohit Sharma (₹16.30 crore)

Tilak Varma (₹8 crore)

RTM: One uncapped

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Kolkata Knight Riders

Rinku Singh (₹13 crore)

Sunil Narine (₹12 crore)

Andre Rusell (₹12 crore)

Varun Chakarvarty (₹12 crore)

Harshit Rana (₹4 crore)

Ramandeep Singh (₹4 crore)

RTM: N/A

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Sunrisers Hyderabad

Heinrich Klaasen (₹23 crore)

Pat Cummins (₹18 crore)

Travis Head (₹14 crore)

Abhishek Sharma (₹14 crore)

Nitish Kumar Reddy (₹6 crore)

RTM: One uncapped

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Delhi Capitals

Axar Patel (₹16.50 crore)

Kuldeep Yadav (₹13.25 crore)

Tristan Stubbs (₹10 crore)

Abishek Porel (₹4 crore)

RTM: One uncapped and one capped or two capped

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Virat Kohli (₹21 crore)

Rajat Patidar (₹11 crore)

Yash Dayal (₹5 crore)

RTM: One uncapped and two capped or three capped

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Lucknow Super Giants

Nicholas Pooran (₹21 crore)

Ravi Bishnoi (₹11 crore)

Mayank Yadav (₹11 crore)

Mohsin Khan (₹4 crore)

Ayush Badoni (₹4 crore)

RTM: One capped

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Gujarat Titans

Rashid Khan (₹18 crore)

Shubman Gill (₹16.5 crore)

Sai Sudharshan (₹8.5 crore)

Rahul Tewatia (₹4 crore)

Shahrukh Khan (₹ 4 crore)

RTM: One capped

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Rajasthan Royals

Sanju Samson (₹18 crore)

Yashasvi Jaiswal (₹18 crore)

Riyan Parag (₹14 crore)

Dhruv Jurel (₹14 crore)

Shimron Hetmyer (₹11 crore)

Sandeep Sharma (₹4 crore)

RTM: N/A

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Punjab Kings

Shashank Singh (₹5.5 crore)

Prabhsimran Singh (₹ 4 crore)

RTM: Four capped