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IPL 2025 Retentions: Pant, Shreyas, Rahul released!

Thu, 31 October 2024

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18:17

Delhi Capitals release Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant

A major surprise as Delhi Capitals are unable to retain star player and captain Rishabh Pant.

Spin all-rounder Axar Patel is their top retention at Rs 16.50 crore, while Kuldeep Yadav got Rs 13.25 crore and Tristan Stubbs got Rs 10 crore.

Abishek Porel is their uncapped retention at Rs 4 crore.

They will have Rs 73 crore purse at the auction majority of which could be spent on buying a high profile player to take over the captaincy.

18:13

Punjab Kings retain 2 players

Gujarat Titans have gone in for five retentions.

Spin wizard Rashid Khan is their top retention at Rs 18 crore ahead of captain Shubman Gill, who stayed back for Rs 16.50 crore.

Young batter Sai Sudharsan was retained for Rs 8.5 crore, while uncapped duo of Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan got Rs 4 crore each.

Punjab Kings have retained two uncapped players as they aim to rebuild their team at the auction under new head coach Ricky Ponting.

Shashank Singh is their top retention at Rs 5.5 crore, while Prabhsimran Singh got Rs 4 crore.

They have the largest purse at the auction at Rs 110.5 crore.

Some of their top players who were released include Arshdeep Singh, Liam Livingstone and Sam Curran.

18:09

Royals retain Sanju, Jaiswal, Parag

Rajasthan Royals have retained a maximum of six players, including five capped players and one uncapped player.

Captain Sanju Samson and India's star batter Yashasvi Jaiswal were retained for Rs 18 crore each, while Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel got Rs 14 crore each.

West Indian Shimron Hetmyer was retained for Rs 11 crore, while Sandeep Sharma was retained as the uncapped player for Rs 4 crore.

Interestingly, they released two of their long-serving players Jos Buttler and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Having spent a maximum of Rs 79 crore, they have just Rs 45 crore to spend at the auction.

18:05

CSK retain Dhoni for Rs 4 crore

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni becomes the oldest uncapped player to be retained in the IPL.

Dhoni was retained by CSK for Rs 4 crore as an uncapped player after the rules were changed earlier this year, according to which if a player has retired from international cricket for five years then he can be retained as an uncapped player.

Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad is the top retention for CSK at Rs 18 crore the same as all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, while SL pacer Matheesha Pathirana was retained for Rs 13 crore.

All-rounder Shivam Dube stayed back for Rs 12 crore as CSK retained as many as five players.

18:01

Klaasen retained by SRH for Rs 23 crore

Heinrich Klaasen

As expected, Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained their five star players.

South African big-hitter Heinrich Klaasen is the most expensive retention for IPL 2025 at Rs 23 crore, while captain Pat Cummins stays back for Rs 18 crore. Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head were retained for Rs 14 crore each, while all-rounder Nitish Reddy stays back for Rs 6 crore.

17:48

MI retain Rohit, Bumrah, SKY, Hardik, Varma

Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma.

Mumbai Indians have retained Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma.

Bumrah is the top retention for MI at Rs 18 crore followed by SKY and captain Hardik at Rs 16.35 crore each.

Rohit is retained at Rs 16.30 crore, while Tilak Varma gets Rs 8 crore.

They have released one of their star batters Ishan Kishan as Varma got the nod.

However, MI could try and get back Kishan using the RTM option at the auction.

MI have announced that Hardik Pandya will continue as the captain in IPL 2025.

17:47

LSG release captain K L Rahul

Lucknow Super Giants have made a big decision to release captain K L Rahul after a below-par showing last season in IPL 2024.

West Indian Nicholas Pooran is their top retention at Rs 21 crore, while Ravi Bishnoi and Mayank Yadav are their two capped retentions at Rs 11 crore each.

They have also retained two uncapped players in Mohsin Khan and Ayush Badoni for Rs 4 crore each.

17:42

Kohli retained by RCB for Rs 21 crore

Virat Kohli

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have made just three retentions.

No surprise that Virat Kohli is their top retention at Rs 21 crore, while Rajat Patidar stays back for Rs 11 crore, while Yash Dayal got Rs 5 crore deal.

Interestingly, they have not retained any overseas player, while also letting go of Mohammed Siraj, whom they could try getting back through RTM at the auction.

17:37

KKR release captain Shreyas Iyer

Kolkata Knight Riders have released captain Shreyas Iyer, who led them to the IPL 2024 title earlier this year.

They have gone in for maximum six retentions including Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh

16:57

Rishabh Pant to CSK?

Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant is all set to leave Delhi Capitals after failing to agree terms with the team owners.

Chennai Super Kings could be seriously thinking of going all out to bag Pant at the IPL auction next month, said a report in The Indian Express.

Five-time champions CSK are likely to release Jadeja which allow them fund the purchase of Pant at the auction, as his bid is likely to touch Rs 20 crore.

They might also not want to lose out on Jadeja and could use the RTM option to get back the all-rounder in the auction.

16:33

IPL RTM ruling modified

The Right to Match (RTM) ruling carries a rider at this year's IPL mega auction.

At the past auction, when the original team of a player played the RTM it was at the end of the bidding process and the team could just retain their player at that bidding price.

Now, the bidding team is allowed one more bid and that bid could go higher and higher.

For example, if the bidding closes at Rs 6 crore (Rs 60 million) for Rohit Sharma, and the home team (in this case Mumbai Indians) plays the RTM for him, the bidding team could put a final bid of even Rs say 10 crore (Rs 100 million), if they thought the player was worth it and MI would have to match that closing bid to retain Rohit's services.

This could practically nullify the advantage of holding an RTM card. And, while it will change the dynamics of the auctions, it can also put a spoke in the wheels for the franchise that wish to retain their player.

All about the rule changes for IPL 2025 auction

16:30

Teams can retain up to six players

The 10 IPL franchises will be allowed to retain a maximum of six players from their previous squads, including one Right To Match (RTM) card.

Teams were allowed up to four retentions in the last mega auction held in 2022.

'The six retentions/RTMs can have a maximum of five capped players (Indian and overseas) and a maximum of two uncapped [Indians] players,' the IPL stated.

In case a franchise wants to retain five capped players, the following amounts will be deducted from the purse:

For the first three retentions: Rs 18 crore (Rs 180 million), Rs 14 crore (Rs 140 million) and Rs 11 crore (Rs 110 million). For the next two: Rs 18 crore (Rs 180 million) and Rs 14 crore (Rs 140 million).

Each uncapped player retained will be valued at Rs 4 crores (Rs 40 million) and this amount will be subtracted from the Rs 120 crore (Rs 1.2 billion).

The teams that retain five capped players and one uncapped player will have their purse size cut down by Rs 79 crore (Rs 790 million) and will go into the auction with just Rs 41 crore (Rs 410 million).

If a franchise retains four capped and two uncapped players, it will lose Rs 65 crore (Rs 650 million) from its purse.

However, a franchise will not be able to use the RTM card at the mega auction if they retain 6 players.

16:28

Rahul, Pant, Iyer set to be released

Rishabh Pant

The IPL 2025 retention list will be released on Thursday and will be the starting point of the hype, spice and buzz that the cash-rich T20 league brings every year.

With a lot of big names set to be retained and several youngsters to backed, there could be some names that could bid adieu to their respective franchises.

Rishabh Pant, K L Rahul and Shreyas Iyer -- the three young stars of Indian cricket and captains of their IPL teams -- could be headed to the auction after failing to agree deals with their franchises.

Shreyas Iyer, who led Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL 2024 title, could be the biggest name to be released after he failed to agree on a new deal with his team. KKR could also let go of star all-rounder Andre Russell and Mitchell Starc -- the highest paid player in the history of IPL.

Rishabh Pant could also be headed to the auction after disagreements with the team owners, while Rahul is unlikely to continue at Lucknow Super Giants after the team's below-par showing last season.

These three players could attract strong bidding wars if they do make it to the auction.

The 10 IPL franchises have to submit their retention to the BCCI by the deadline of 5pm IST on Thursday, October 31, 2024.

IPL 2025 Retentions: Pant, Shreyas, Rahul released!

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