This year IPL council allowed to retain a maximum of 6 players for every team. If a team Ipl Retention 2025 Live and retains less than 6 players then they get to use an RTM card in the auction.
Let’s look at the retained players list
1:- Chennai Super Kings
CSK retained 5 players, 4 Indians and one overseas. CSK is known for maintaining their team’s core and retaining their trusted and experienced players and they did the same this time also.
CSK’s retained players
Ruturaj Gaikwad
CSK retained their captain and opening batter at the price of 18cr. Ruturaj has been the leading run-scorer of CSK for the last few seasons.
Ravindra Jadeja
The start all-rounder is retained at the price of 18cr. He has been with CSK for a very long time and always played a crucial role in making CSK the most successful team in IPL.
Shivam Dubey
Indian batting all-rounder is retained by CSK at the price of 12cr. This middle-order batsman impressed everyone with his power-hitting, bagged the whooping price of 12cr, and stayed with CSK.
Matheesa Pathirana
CSK’s only overseas player retained is Matheesa Pathirana for 13cr. Shri Lankan fast bowler impressed the team with his speed and toe-crushing yorkers.
MS Dhoni
Last but not least, CSK retained their Thala for 4cr as an uncapped player.
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians retained their core players, they retained all Indian players including
Rohit Sharma 16.30 CR
Hardik Pandya 16.35 CR
Surya Kumar Yadav 16.35 CR
Jaspreet Bumrah 18 CR
Tilak Verma 8 CR
3:- Royal Challengers Bangalore
RCB only retained 3 players:-
Virat Kohli 21 CR
Rajat Patidar 11 CR
Yash Dayal 5 CR
RCB released big names like Mohd. Siraj, Glen Maxwell, Faf Du Plessis.
4:- Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR retained 6 players including
Sunil Narine 12 CR
Andre Russel 12 CR
Varun Chakravarthy 12 CR
Rinku Singh13 CR
Harshit Rana 4 CR
Ramandeep Singh 4 CR
5:- Sunrisers Hyderabad
SRH retained 5 players
Travis Head 14 CR
Pat Cummins 18 CR
Abhishek Sharma 14 CR
Henrich Klassen 23 CR
Nitish Kumar Reddy 6 CR
6:- Rajasthan Royals
RR retained 6 players:-
Sanju Samson 18 CR
Yashasvi Jaiswal 18 CR
Sandeep Sharma 4 CR
Shimron Hetmyer 11 CR
Dhruv Jurel 14 CR
Riyan Parag 14 CR
7:- Delhi Capitals
DC retained 4 players:-
Axar Patel 16.50 CR
Kuldeep Yadav 13.25 CR
Abhishek Porel 4 CR
Tristan Stubs 10 CR
8 Punjab Kings
PBKS only retained 2 players and they both are uncapped.
Shashank Singh 5.5 CR
Prabhsimran Singh 4 CR
9:- Gujrat Titans
GT retained 5 players:-
Shubhman Gill 16.50 CR
Rashid Khan 18 CR
Rahul Tewatia 4 CR
Sai Sudarshan 5.50 CR
Shahrukh Khan 4 CR
10:- Lucknow Super Giants
LSG retained 5 players
Mayank Yadav 11 CR
Ayush Badoni 4 CR
Ravi Bishnoi 11 CR
Mohsin Khan 4 CR
Nicholas Pooran 21 CR
Highlights Of The Retentions
The main talk of the town was many big players were released by their teams. Defending champions KKR released their Captains Shreyash Iyer and Rishab Pant and KL Rahul also released by their teams.
Other big names like Mohd. Siraj, Joss Butler, David Miller, Glen Maxwell, Faf Du Plessis, David Warner, Marcus Stoinis, and others were released by their teams.
Some overpaid players we spotted in the retention list are Dhriv Jurel, Riyan Parag, and Mayank Yadav. For more visit: https://sportsbyte.net/
