All the 10 IPL franchises have announced the list of their retained players ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. Some big players have been released by the different franchises and it has created a kind of buzz among the cricket fans.
Here is the list of retained players by every team ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction:
Chennai Super Kings – Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Matheesha Pathirana, and MS Dhoni.
Mumbai Indians – Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Jasprit Bumrah
Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal
Kolkata Knight Riders – Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakarvarthy
Rajasthan Royals – Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Dhurv Jurel, Sandeep Sharma
Punjab Kings – Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh
Gujarat Titans- Shubman Gill, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Shah Rukh Khan, Rahul Tewtia
Lucknow Super Giants – Ayush Badoni, Ravi Bishnoi, Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav, Mohshin Khan
Delhi Capitals – Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav
Sunrisers Hyderabad – Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen
Some highlighted players who will look for buyers in the upcoming mega auction happening at the end of November are:
Chennai Super Kings – Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar
Kolkata Knight Riders – Shreyas Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Nitish Rana
Mumbai Indians – Ishan Kishan, Tim David
Delhi Capitals – David Warner, Rishabh Pant
Sunrisers Hyderabad – Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad
Lucknow Super Giants – KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis
Gujarat Titans- Mohammed Shami, David Miller
Rajasthan Royals – Jos Buttler, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal
Royal Challengers Bangalore – Faf du Plessis, Mohammed Siraj
Punjab Kings – Arshdeep Singh, Shikhar Dhawan