New Delhi: Just a few more hours left before all 10 IPL franchises reveal their final list of retained players on October 31, Thursday. Each team is allowed to retain six players with a maximum limit of five capped players and two uncapped players.
As per the reports, The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is likely to retain MS Dhoni as an uncapped player after the BCCI brought back the ‘uncapped player rule’. According to the rule, any Indian cricketer who hasn’t played an international match in the last five years and is also not contracted with BCCI can be termed as an uncapped player.
Each franchise has a purse of INR 120 crore which is a 20% increase from last year. A team will lose INR 18 crore from their purse for the first retained player, INR 14 crore for the second retained player, INR 11 crore for the third retained player, INR 18 crore again for the fourth player, and INR 14 crore again for the fifth retained player.
A team will lose INR 4 crore from the purse for each uncapped Indian player retained. So if a team decides to retain five capped players, they will lose at least INR 75 crore from their purse of INR 120 crore. IPL franchises can decide the INR 75-crore retention pot as they want if they are retaining five capped players.
Players who can bag highest pay package in IPL 2025 retention
1) Heinrich Klaasen
South African batter Heinrich Klaasen has been in sensational form for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) over the last couple of seasons. He scored 479 runs at an explosive strike rate of 171.07 for the franchise last season. Klaasen’s brilliant batting has helped SRH to break many batting record and the franchise finished the tournament as runners-up. As per the reports, SRH is set to retain the South African batter for a whopping INR 23 crore.
2) Virat Kohli
The former India captain Virat Kohli has played for Royal Challengers Bengaluru since the inaugural season of the IPL in 2008. The star batter has played 252 matches for the franchise and scored more than 8000 runs at a strike rate of 131.97. Kohli was retained by the franchise for INR 18 crore in 2018. As per the reports, RCB is set to retain their star player for INR 20 crore.
3) Rashid Khan
The Afghanistan spinner has done exceptionally well in the IPL. Rashid helped the Gujarat Titans (GT) to win their maiden title in 2022 and finish runners-up in the next season. He picked up 19 wickets in 2022 and 27 wickets in 2023 season. Rashid returned from injury to play in the IPL 2024 and didn’t look in his best form last season. However, as per the reports, GT is set to retain Rashid Khan for more than INR 18 crore.
