IPL 2025: List of all players retained by franchises ahead of mega auction

Bombay Indians

5 players retained: Jasprit Bumrah (INR 18 million), Suryakumar Yadav (INR 16.35 million), Hardik Pandya (INR 16.35 million), Rohit Sharma (INR 16.30 million), Tilak Varma (INR 8 million )
Remaining wallet for auction: INR 45 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right to Match (RTM) Options at Auction: 1
RTM Eligible Players: A player without limits
Great players not retained: Ishan Kishan, Tim David

Top takeaway: Hardik has been named MI captain for IPL 2025, while Jasprit Bumrah has become MI’s highest-paid retainer for the first time. The big challenge for MI was to retain their core Indian players within 75 crores and they achieved it and kept their core intact ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.

Sunrise Hyderabad

5 players retained: Heinrich Klaasen (INR 23 million), Pat Cummins (INR 18 million), Abhishek Sharma (INR 14 million), Travis Head (INR 14 million), Nitish Kumar Reddy (INR 6 million)
Remaining wallet for auction: INR 45 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right to Match (RTM) Options at Auction: 1
RTM Eligible Players: Just a player without limits
Great players not retained: Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Top takeaway: Heinrich Klaasen is the most expensive player retained at INR 23 crore, ahead of Virat Kohli and Nicholas Pooran at INR 21 crore each. SRH has retained three foreign players, the most among the ten teams.

Chennai Super Kings

5 players retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 18 million), Matheesha Pathirana (INR 13 million), Shivam Dube (INR 12 million), Ravindra Jadeja (INR 18 million), MS Dhoni (INR 4 million)
Remaining wallet for auction: INR 55 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right to Match (RTM) Options at Auction: 1
RTM Eligible Players: An international or non-international player
Great players not retained: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande

Royal Challengers Bangalore

3 players retained: Virat Kohli (INR 21 million), Rajat Patidar (INR 11 million), Yash Dayal (INR 5 million)
Remaining wallet for auction: INR 83 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right to Match (RTM) Options at Auction:3
RTM Eligible Players: One non-limited player and two limited players, or three limited players
Great players not retained: Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green

Capitals of Delhi

4 players retained: Axar Patel (INR 16.50 million), Kuldeep Yadav (INR 13.25 million), Tristan Stubbs (INR 10 million), Abishek Porel (INR 4 million)
Remaining wallet for auction: INR 73 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right to Match (RTM) Options at Auction: 2
RTM Eligible Players: One non-limited player and one limited player, or two limited players
Great players not retained: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Anrich Nortje

Riders of the Knights of Calcutta

6 players retained: Rinku Singh (INR 13 million), Varun Chakravarthy (INR 12 million), Sunil Narine (INR 12 million), Andre Russell (INR 12 million), Harshit Rana (INR 4 million), Ramandeep Singh (INR 4 million) million INR)
Remaining wallet for auction: INR 51 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right to Match (RTM) Options at Auction: None
RTM Eligible Players: None
Great players not retained: Shreyas Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana

Rajasthan Royals

6 players retained: Sanju Samson (INR 18 million), Yashasvi Jaiswal (INR 18 million), Riyan Parag (INR 14 million), Dhruv Jurel (INR 14 million), Shimron Hetmyer (INR 11 million), Sandeep Sharma (INR 4 million) million INR)
Remaining wallet for auction: INR 41 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right to Match (RTM) Options at Auction: None
RTM Eligible Players: N/A
Great players not retained: Yuzvendra Chahal, Jos Buttler

Gujarat Titans

5 players retained: Rashid Khan (INR 18 million), Shubman Gill (INR 16.50 million), Sai Sudharsan (INR 8.50 million), Rahul Tewatia (INR 4 million), Shahrukh Khan (INR 4 million)
Remaining wallet for auction: INR 69 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right to Match (RTM) Options at Auction: One
RTM Eligible Players: An international player
Great players not retained: Mohammed Shami, David Miller

Lucknow Supergiants

5 players retained: Nicholas Pooran (INR 21 million), Ravi Bishnoi (INR 11 million) Mayank Yadav (INR 11 million), Mohsin Khan (INR 4 million), Ayush Badoni (INR 4 million)
Remaining wallet for auction: INR 69 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right to Match (RTM) Options at Auction: 1
RTM Eligible Players: An international player
Great players not retained: KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, Quinton de Kock, Krunal Pandya

Kings of Punjab

2 players retained: Shashank Singh (INR 5.5 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (INR 4 crore)
Remaining wallet for auction: INR 110.5 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right to Match (RTM) Options at Auction: 4
RTM Eligible Players: Four international players
Great players not retained: Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone