TATA IPL 2025 Player retentions list announced
The player retention phase for the 2025 TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) season concluded on October 31, 2024. All ten teams finalized their core squads, retaining a total of 46 players with a combined expenditure of INR 558.5 crore. Each franchise has a salary cap of INR 120 crore for the mega auction, allowing them to assemble a squad of 25 players. Teams could retain up to six players, including a maximum of five capped international players and two uncapped Indian players.
Kolkata Knight Riders, the defending champions, and Rajasthan Royals, the champions of the inaugural season, have opted to retain six players each. Five other teams—Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans, Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians, and Sunrisers Hyderabad—have chosen to retain five players. Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Punjab Kings retained four, three, and two players, respectively.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) enter the upcoming mega auction with the largest remaining budget of INR 110.5 crore, setting the stage for an exciting auction event.
Here is the full list of players retained:
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
IPL 2025/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots | ||||||||
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 |