The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season will enter a new era as teams have finalized their player retention and releases. The mega auction is expected to be a blockbuster event.

Big names like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, and Rohit Sharma were retained by their respective franchises. High-profile players - Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, and KL Rahul were surprisingly released by their teams, making them hot picks for the auction.

Here is the final list of players retained by each of the ten IPL franchises ahead of the upcoming mega auction for the 2025 season.

Mumbai Indians Retention List IPL 2025

MI have retained the core of the team with 5 players. Pandya is the captain, while Bumrah, Suryakumar and Bumrah are all part of the squad.

• Jasprit Bumrah (18 Cr)
• Suryakumar Yadav (16.35 Cr)
• Hardik Pandya (16.35 Cr)
• Rohit Sharma (16.3 Cr)
• Tilak Varma (8 Cr)

Purse remaining: 45 crore (out of 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options left: 1

Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player

Big players not retained: Ishan Kishan, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee

CSK Retention List IPL 2025

Chennai Super Kings will have MS Dhoni for one more season. The Yellow Army has retained 5 players before the auction.

• Ruturaj Gaikwad (18 Cr)
• Ravindra Jadeja (18 Cr)
• Matheesha Pathirana (13 Cr)
• Shivam Dube (12 Cr)
• MS Dhoni (4 Cr)

Purse remaining: 55 crore (out of 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options left: 1

Players eligible for RTM: One capped or uncapped player

Big players not retained: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Mahesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande

RCB Retention List IPL 2025

RCB has retained just 3 players, the second-lowest out of the 10 teams. Virat Kohli continues to be in RCB, but the big overseas players have all been let go. 

• Virat Kohli (21 Cr)
• Rajat Patidar (11 Cr)
• Yash Dayal (5 Cr)

Purse remaining: 83 crore (out of 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options left: 3

Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped and two uncapped player, or three capped players

Big players not retained: Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green

KKR Retention List IPL 2025

One of the two teams to retain the maximum quota of 6 players. The team has let go of winning skipper Shreyas Iyer and Player of the 2024 Final Mitchell Starc. 

• Rinku Singh (13 Cr)
• Varun Chakravarthy (12 Cr)
• Sunil Narine (12 Cr)
• Andre Russell (12 Cr)
• Harshit Rana (4 Cr)
• Ramandeep Singh (4 Cr)

Purse remaining: 51 crore (out of 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options left: 0

Players eligible for RTM: None

Big players not retained: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Anrich Nortje

Delhi Capitals Retention List IPL 2025

The big headline is Delhi Capitals not retaining their captain Rishabh Pant. Indian trio of Axar, Kuldeep and Porel and South Africa’s Tristan Stubbs are retained.

• Axar Patel (16.5 Cr)
• Kuldeep Yadav (13.25 Cr)
• Tristan Stubbs (10 Cr)
• Abhishek Porel (4 Cr)

Purse remaining: 73 crore (out of 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options left: 2

Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped and one uncapped player, or two capped players

Big players not retained: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Anrich Nortje

Sunrisers Hyderabad Retention List IPL 2025

Heinrich Klaasen, Pat Cummins and Travis Head will all return to play for the SRH. Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Reddy are the other two retained.
 

• Heinrich Klaasen (23 Cr)
• Pat Cummins (18 Cr)
• Abhishek Sharma (14 Cr)
• Travis Head (14 Cr)
• Nitish Kumar Reddy (6 Cr)

Purse remaining: 45 crore (out of 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options left: 1

Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player

Big players not retained: Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

LSG Retention List IPL 2025

The dynamic West Indian wicketkeeper was retained by LSG among the five. Speedster Mayank Yadav and leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi are part of the retention list.

• Nicholas Pooran (21 Cr)
• Ravi Bishnoi (11 Cr)
• Mayank Yadav (11 Cr)
• Mohsin Khan (4 Cr)
• Ayush Badoni (4 Cr)

Purse remaining: 69 crore (out of 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options left: 1

Players eligible for RTM: One capped player

Big players not retained: KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, Quinton de Kock, Krunal Pandya

Gujarat Titans Retention List IPL 2025

GT has retained skipper Shubhman Gill and star leg-spinner Rashid Khan among a total of five. Sudharsan and uncapped Tewatia and Shahrukh. Injured Mohammad Shami is not retained.   

• Rashid Khan (18 Cr)
• Shubhman Gill (16.5 Cr)
• Sai Sudharsan (8.5 Cr)
• Rahul Tewatia (4 Cr)
• Shahrukh Khan (4 Cr)

Purse remaining: 69 crore (out of 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options left: 1

Players eligible for RTM: One capped player

Big players not retained: Mohammed Shami, David Miller

Rajasthan Royals Retention List IPL 2025

RR have used the maximum quota of 6 players. The team has let go of star wicketkeeper Jos Buttler and the spin duo of Chahal and Ashwin. 

• Sanju Samson (18 Cr)
• Yashasvi Jaiswal (18 Cr)
• Riyan Parag (14 Cr)
• Dhruv Jurel (14 Cr)
• Shimron Hetmyer (11 Cr)
• Sandeep Sharma (4 Cr)

Purse remaining: 41 crore (out of 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options left: 0

Players eligible for RTM: None

Big players not retained: Yuzvendra Chahal, Jos Buttler, Ravichandran Ashwin

Punjab Kings Retention List IPL 2025

PBKS has retained just 2 players, the lowest out of the 10 teams. Arshdeep, Rabada and Livingstone are not retained. Punjab has the biggest purse remaining. 

• Shashank Singh (5.5 Cr)
• Prabhsimran Singh (4 Cr)

Purse remaining: 110.5 crore (out of 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options left: 4

Players eligible for RTM: Four capped player

Big players not retained: Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada

The 2025 IPL season promises to be an exciting one. The mega auction will further shape the teams, adding new dimensions to the competition. With the retention process now complete, fans will eagerly anticipate the next chapter in the IPL. Till now, make your fantasy cricket teams on Howzat and win exciting rewards daily.