IPL 2025 all teams squad retained and released players list, remaining purse and RTM cards after retention and mega auction date

IPL 2025 all teams squad retained and released players list, remaining purse and RTM cards after retention and mega auction date

As preparations for the 2025 IPL season get underway, all the ten franchises have finally announced the full lists of players that they have retained and released from their squad

Although the final dates have not been confirmed, the official auction is set to take place later this year.

IPL 2025 teams squad retained and released players list, remaining purse and RTM cards after retention and mega auction date

Notably, South African batsman Heinrich Klaasen was the highest earner in the retention lists, earning 23 crores with Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Behind him are Virat Kohli and Nicholas Pooran, with RCB and LSG giving them INR 21 crores each.

Meanwhile, several big-name players are set to feature in the auction, including Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh, Jos Buttler, and Glenn Maxwell.

The next IPL Mega Auction will be a two-day process like in 2022 and the IPL 2025 Auction date will be in November 2024 but the date and venue haven’t been revealed yet.

However, recent reports suggest that Riyadh in Saudi Arabia is likely to be the venue for the IPL Auction 2025 which could take place on 24 and 25 November.

IPL 2025 full list of retained and released players for all 10 IPL franchises

Given below is the full list of all the retained and released players that all 10 IPL franchises have announced:

Mumbai Indians

Retained players:

  • Jasprit Bumrah (₹18 crore)
  • Suryakumar Yadav (₹16.35 crore)
  • Hardik Pandya (₹16:35 crore)
  • Rohit Sharma (₹16:30 crore)
  • Tilak Varma (₹8 crore)

Purse remaining: INR 55 crore

RTM options at auction: 1

Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player

Released players:

Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Anshul Kamboj, Dewald Brevis, Gerald Coetzee, Harvik Desai, Ishan Kishan, Tim David, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, and Kwena Maphaka

Chennai Super Kings

Retained players:

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

Purse remaining: INR 55 crore

RTM options at auction: One player

Released players:

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Avanish Rao Aravelly, Ajay Mandal, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mukesh Choudhary, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Richard Gleeson, and Tushar Deshpande

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Retained players:

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

Purse remaining: INR 83 crore

RTM options at auction: Three players

Released players

Anuj Rawat, Alzarri Joseph, Cameron Green, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan, Suyash Prabhudessai, and Will Jacks,

Delhi Capitals

Retained players

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

Purse remaining: INR 73 crore

RTM options at auction: Two players

Released players

Anrich Nortje, David Warner, Gulbadin Naib, Rishabh Pant, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Lalit Yadav, Kumar Kushagra, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Ricky Bhui, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara, Lizaad Williams, Harry Brook, Lungi Ngidi, and Mitchell Marsh.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Retained players:

  • Rinku Singh (₹13 crore)
  • Varun Chakaravarthy (₹12 crore)
  • Sunil Narine (₹12 crore)
  • Andre Russell (₹12 crore)
  • Harshit Rana (₹4 crore)
  • Ramandeep Singh (₹4 crore)

Purse remaining: INR 51 crore

RTM options at auction: None

Released players

Shreyas Iyer, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Allah Ghazanfar, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Vaibhav Arora, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, Jason Roy, Gus Atkinson, Phil Salt, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

Lucknow Super Giants

Retained players:

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

Purse remaining: INR 69 crore

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RTM options at auctions: One player

Released players:

Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Yash Thakur, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Mark Wood, David Willey, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, K. Gowtham, and Shivam Mavi.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Retained players

  • Pat Cummins (₹18 crore)
  • Abhishek Sharma (₹14 crore)
  • Nitiesh Reddy (₹6 crore)
  • Heinrich Klaasen (₹23 crore)
  • Travis Head (₹14 crore)

Purse remaining: INR 45 crore

RTM options at auction: One uncapped player

Released players:

Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Umran Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Wanindu Hasaranga.

Gujarat Titans

Retained players:

  • Rashid Khan (₹18 crore)
  • Shubman Gill (₹16.5 crore)
  • Sai Sudharsan (₹8.5 crore)
  • Rahul Tewatia (₹4 crore)
  • Shahrukh Khan (₹4 crore)

Purse remaining: INR 69 crore

RTM options at auction: One player

Released players:

Abhinav Manohar, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Kartik Tyagi, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Sandeep Warrier, BR Sharath, Mohammed Shami, Robin Minz, and Sushant Mishra.

Punjab Kings

Retained players:

  • Shashank Singh (₹5.5 crore)
  • Prabhsimran Singh (₹4 crore)

Purse remaining: INR 110.5 crore

RTM options at auction: Four players

Released players:

Arshdeep Singh, Matthew Short, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, and Rilee Rossouw.

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Rajasthan Royals

Retained players:

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

Purse remaining: INR 41 crore

RTM options at auction: None

Released players:

Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Jos Buttler, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Nandre Burger, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Prasidh Krishna, and Adam Zampa.

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