TATA IPL 2025 Player retentions list announced

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The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as the TATA IPL, is an annual men's Twenty20 cricket league in India, founded by the BCCI in 2007. Featuring ten state or city-based franchises, it is the most popular cricket league globally. The tournament runs for two months, from March to May, with an exclusive window in the ICC Future Tours Programme.

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The player retention window for the TATA Indian Premier League 2025 season closed on October 31, 2024, as all 10 franchises finalized their core lineups. The teams have retained a total of 46 players, investing a cumulative INR 558.5 crore.

With a total salary cap of INR 120 crore available at the mega auction for each team to form a squad of 25 players, franchises were allowed to retain up to six players (Retention/Right to Match) with a with a maximum of five capped internationals and up to two uncapped Indian players.

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and inaugural season champions Rajasthan Royals have opted for full retentions, securing six players each. Five teams—Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans, Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad—have retained five players. Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings (PBKS) have retained four, three, and two players, respectively.

With INR 110.5 crore in hand, PBKS head into the highly anticipated action-packed mega auction with the largest purse.

A complete list of retained players is as follows:

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

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JAY SHAH

Honorary Secretary

BCCI

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