IPL 2025 Mega Auction Players: Full Retention and Release List for All Teams

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IPL 2025 Mega Auction Players: The eighteenth edition of the Indian Premier League tournament is about to begin. BCCI has prepared to organize a mega action for the IPL 2025 tournament, and for this, some rules have also been changed. This allowed teams to retain 6 players instead of the usual 4. All 10 IPL franchises released their retention list on October 31 ahead of the 2025 IPL Mega Auction. But some franchises keep few players in the squad and release the rest.

Now there is a big update about the IPL Mega Auction and it is reported that BCCI has selected the venue for this time’s IPL auction. According to reports, the IPL 2025 auction will be held on November 24 and 25. But BCCI has not confirmed this yet. By the way, it will be held in Jeddah, the capital of Saudi Arabia.

IPL 2025 Mega Auction Players

Ahead of IPL 2025, BCCI has increased the purse size of all franchises. According to the new rules, now the franchisees will get Rs 125 crore. The auction amount will be received. Punjab Kings retained only two uncapped players and released all the remaining players, keeping a purse of Rs 110.5 crore. Rajasthan Royals have kept Rs 79 crore for the mega auction, RCB Rs 83 crore, SRH Rs 45 crore, LSG Rs 69 crore, CSK Rs 55 crore, and Delhi Capitals Rs 73 crore and will come to the auction.

List of IPL 2025 Mega Auction Players by all teams

We are going to see the player released and retentions in IPL 2025 in this list.

Chennai Super Kings Released and Retained Players

CSK Released Players

Daryl Mitchell, Ajinkya Rahane, Shardul Thakur, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Chahar, Moeen Ali, Mitchell Santner, Mahesh Theekshana, Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Choudhary, Tushar Deshpande, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Mustafizur Rahman, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Avanish Rao Aravelly.

CSK Retentions Players  
  • Ruturaj Gaikwad (₹18 crore) 
  • Ravindra Jadeja (₹18 crore) 
  • Mathish Pathirana (₹13 crore) 
  • Shivam Dubey (₹12 crore) 
  • MS Dhoni (Uncapped. ₹4 crore)

Now CSK has RTM 1 player and ₹55 crore purse left.

Mumbai Indians Released and Retained Players

MI Released Players

Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Tim David, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir.

MI Retentions Players  
  • Jasprit Bumrah (₹18 crore)
  • Hardik Pandya (₹16.35 crore) 
  • Suryakumar Yadav (₹16.35 crore) 
  • Rohit Sharma (₹16.30 crore)
  • Tilak Verma (₹8 crore)

Now Mumbai Indians has RTM 1 uncapped player and ₹55 crore purse left.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Released and Retained Players

RCB Released Players

Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak.

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

Now Royal Challengers Bangalore has RTM 3 players and ₹83 crore purse left.

Kolkata Knight Riders Released and Retained Players

KKR Released Players

Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Dushmantha Chameera.

KKR Retentions Players  
  • Rinku Singh (₹13 crore) 
  • Varun Chakraborty (₹12 crore) 
  • Sunil Narine (₹12 crore) 
  • Andre Russell (₹12 crore) 
  • Harshit Rana (Uncapped, ₹4 crore) 
  • Ramandeep Singh (Uncapped, ₹4 crore)

Now Kolkata Knight Riders has ₹51 crore purse left.

Lucknow Super Giants Released and Retained Players

LSG Released Players

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

LSG Retentions Players
  • Nicholas Pooran (₹21 crore) 
  • Mayank Yadav (₹11 crore) 
  • Ravi Bishnoi (₹11 crore) 
  • Mohsin Khan (Uncapped, ₹4 crore) 
  • Ayush Badoni (Uncapped, ₹4 crore)

Now Lucknow Super Giants Has RTM 3 players and ₹69 crore purse left.

Punjab Kings Released and Retained Players

Punjab Kings Released Players

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

Punjab Kings Retentions Players
  • Shashank Singh (₹5.5 crore) 
  • Prabhasimran Singh (₹4 crore)

Now Punjab Kings has RTM 4 players and ₹110.5 crore purse left.

Gujarat Titans Released and Retained Players

GT Released Players

David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Umesh Yadav, Sushant Mishra, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson. 

GT Retained Players
  • Rashid Khan (₹18 crore) 
  • Shubman Gill (₹16.5 crore) 
  • Sai Sudarshan (₹8.5 crore) 
  • Rahul Tewatia (₹4 crore) 
  • Shah Rukh Khan (₹4 crore)

Now Gujarat Titans have RTM 1 player and ₹69 crore purse left.

Delhi Capitals Released and Retained Players

DC Released Players

Rishabh Pant (c), Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Sumit Kumar, Swastik Chhikara, Shai Hope.

DC Released Players
  • Axar Patel (₹16.5 crore) 
  • Kuldeep Yadav (₹13.25 crore) 
  • Tristan Stubbs (₹10 crore) 
  • Abhishek Porel (₹4 crore) – Uncapped

Now Delhi Capitals have RTM 3 players and ₹73 crore purse left.

Rajasthan Royals Released and Retained Players

RR Released Players

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

RR Retained Players
  • Sanju Samson (₹18 crore) 
  • Yassavi Jaiswal (₹18 crore) 
  • Ryan Parag (₹14 crore) 
  • Dhruv Jurel (₹14 crore) 
  • Shimron Hetmyer (₹11 crore) 
  • Sandeep Sharma (Uncapped, ₹4 crore)

Now Rajasthan Royals have ₹41 crore purse left.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Released and Retained Players

SRH Released Players

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

SRH Retained Players
  • Pat Cummins (₹18 crore) 
  • Abhishek Sharma (₹14 crore) 
  • Nitish Kumar Reddy (₹6 crore) 
  • Heinrich Klaasen (₹23 crore) 
  • Travis Head (₹14 crore)

Now Sunrisers Hyderabad have RTM 1 uncapped player and ₹45 crore purse left.

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