Mumbai: And with the mega auction in IPL 2025 season set for November, it was always going to come down to this – the chased timer for all the franchises of the Indian Premier League to firm up the list of players they want to retain from the previous season. The official BCCI announced October 31 as the deadline for decisions regarding retention, and fans are waiting for each team’s retained list. While the official statements are awaiting till today end, leaks and media have given quite clear idea of where each squad is at the moment, or who might be looking at the auction list, some of which are quite surprising.
Whoever needs major names has no option of choosing the auction route – at least no working one, that’s for sure.
What a twist, Cricket fans Rishabh Pant, Kubernetes Rahul, the reigning champion of the Indian Premier League team captain Shreyas Iyer were reported to be released from their teams and all are ready to go to the mega auction. This freedom of operations or release of such premium players explains an interesting twist in team formations and has created an interesting feeling among fans and owners of the various franchises.
Team Retention Outlooks
Here’s a look at the potential retention choices across all ten IPL teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Most probably hold on talents like Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Ramandeep Singh, and Harshit Rana. However, this team is expected to release captain Shreyas Iyer, All-rounder Andre Russell and the IPL highest paid player Mitchell Starc which indicates that there will be a heavy revamping of KKR.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: The new listing reveals that Heinrich Klaasen, Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, and Nitesh rao Kumar Reddy are likely to be retained while key players such as Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Aiden Markram and Washington Sundar, are unlikely to be part of the team.
Chennai Super Kings: Apart from MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Matheesha Pathirana, and Shivam Dube are expected to stay with CSK. Of the players and teams releasing, Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra can be available for the auction, as can Deepak Chahar.
Mumbai Indians: Mumbai is ready to retain some big players for the next season, such as Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, and Naman Dhir. They are expecting Ishan Kishan, Tim David and Nehal Wadhera to be released off the team to maintain a good balance as per the financials of the players.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Traditionally popular Virat Kohli is expected to remain with RCB and will be joined by Yash Dayal and Rajat Patidar. Nevertheless, there is a change of venue and thus captain Faf du Plessis, Mohammad Siraj and Glenn Maxwell are likely to join the auction causing more surprises to the fans.
Delhi Capitals: It also mentioned keeping Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, and Abhishek Porel. Of course, Rishabh Pant, David Warner, and Khaleel Ahmed are expected to be released from the team and it will be a bold move that Delhi will decide on the future lineup.
Lucknow Super Giants: Ito Ashi nearly off-spinner Ravi Bishnoi is one of the standponsored mayank Yadav, Nicholas Pooran, Mohsin Khan and Ayush Badoni are expected to remain with Lucknow. On the other hand, K L Rahul, Marcus Stoinis and Quinnton de Kock ha v e been released from the buying pool meaning they will be available for auction they give the bidding pool high value options.
Gujarat Titans: Predicted squad to stick with captain Shubhman Gill, Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, and Shahrukh Khan. But players such as Mohammad Shami, David Miller, Umesh Yadav and indeed Kane Williamson may be shown the door because of the team’s desire to encourage youth.
Punjab Kings: That not a very aggressive retention strategy, Punjab seems to retain only Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh while they have released are Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, and Liam Livingstone. One of the most senior players, Shikhar Dhawan, has also allegedly called it quit, raising questions on India’s team prospects.
Rajasthan Royals: Expected to include captain Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, and Sandeep Sharma in the team with Dhruv Jurel in the fray. Some key players, such as Jos Buttler, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult and Ravichandran Ashwin may be released as Royals will try to compose squad with fresh riders.