New Delhi: The IPL retention deadline day is finally here. Amidst the celebratory atmosphere of Diwali, cricket fans are creating a buzz by busy surfing social media and sports websites to keep a close track of the retention updates and monitor the latest on their favourite superstars.
Who will be released and who will be retained? These two questions will be on every cricket fan’s mind ahead of the big announcement on October 31 (today). All eyes will be on the 10 franchises who are likely to make some big calls ahead of the IPL mega auction.
The teams can retain up to six players, via retention or Right to Match (RTM), from the existing squad, which is the highest number of players that can be retained in the history of the cash-rich tournament.
The auction purse for the franchises will be an eye-watering 120 crore for IPL 2025 – a rise of Rs 20 crore from the previous edition. Meanwhile, the total salary cap consists of the auction purse, incremental performance pay and match fees. Set at 7.5 Lakh per fixture, the match fee will be given to the players for the first time in IPL history with BCCI setting 7.5
As the teams get ready to make the big announcement, let’s take a look at likely retention lists of all the 10 franchises.
Gujarat Titans
Shubman Gill
Rashid Khan
Sai Sudarshan
Shahrukh khan
Rahul Tewatia (RTM)
Lucknow Super Giants
Nicholas Pooran
Mayank Yadav
Ayush Badoni
Ravi Bishnoi (RTM)
– Skipper KL Rahul likely to be released
Mumbai Indians
Hardik Pandya
Jasprit Bumrah
Rohit Sharma
Suryakumar Yadav
Tilak Verma
Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni (uncapped)
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ravindra Jadeja
Rachin Ravindra
Matheesha Parthirana
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Pat Cummins
Henrich Klassen
Abhishek Sharma
Travis Head
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli
Mohammed Siraj
Delhi Capitals
Kuldeep Yadav
Axar Pat
Tristan Stubbs
– Rishabh Pant likely to go into the auction pool
Kolkata Knight Riders
Sunil Narine
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Rinku Singh
Harshit Rana
– Shreyas Iyer likely to be released to the auction pool
Punjab Kings
Arshdeep Singh
Rajasthan Royals
Sanju Samson
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Riyan Parag
– Jos Buttler and Yuzvendra Chahal likely to be released
