TATA IPL 2025 Player retentions list announced
IPL MEDIA ADVISORY
November 1, 2024
TATA IPL 2025 Player retentions list announced
The player retention window for the TATA Indian Premier League 2025 season closed on October 31, 2024, as all 10 franchises finalized their core lineups. The teams have retained a total of 46 players, investing a cumulative INR 558.5 crore.
With a total salary cap of INR 120 crore available at the mega auction for each team to form a squad of 25 players, franchises were allowed to retain up to six players (Retention/Right to Match) with a with a maximum of five capped internationals and up to two uncapped Indian players.
Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and inaugural season champions Rajasthan Royals have opted for full retentions, securing six players each. Five teams—Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans, Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians, and Sunrisers Hyderabad—have retained five players. Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and Punjab Kings (PBKS) have retained four, three, and two players, respectively.
With INR 110.5 crore in hand, PBKS head into the highly anticipated action-packed mega auction with the largest purse.
A complete list of retained players is as follows:
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni
Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel
Gujarat Titans: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh
Lucknow Super Giants: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni
Mumbai Indians: Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma
Punjab Kings: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head
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IPL 2025/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots |
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Franchise |
No of Players |
No of Overseas Players |
No of Uncapped Players |
RTM |
Total money spent (Rs.) |
Salary cap available (Rs.) |
Available Slots |
Overseas Slots |
CSK |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
65 |
55 |
20 |
7 |
DC |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
47 |
73 |
21 |
7 |
GT |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
51 |
69 |
20 |
7 |
KKR |
6 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
69 |
51 |
19 |
6 |
LSG |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
51 |
69 |
20 |
7 |
MI |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
75 |
45 |
20 |
8 |
PBKS |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
9.5 |
110.5 |
23 |
8 |
RCB |
3 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
37 |
83 |
22 |
8 |
RR |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
79 |
41 |
19 |
7 |
SRH |
5 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
75 |
45 |
20 |
5 |
Total |
46 |
10 |
12 |
14 |
558.5 |
641.5 |
204 |
70 |
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JAY SHAH
Honorary Secretary
BCCI