BCCI confirms Mega Auction Date, Timings, and Venue


The highly-awaited IPL Auction 2025 is just a handful of days away. While the BCCI is yet to announce the date of the auction, recent reports state that the much-awaited event is likely to be held in the final week of November. Reports also claimed that the IPL auction 2025 venue is set to Riyadh.

The cricketing fraternity is eagerly waiting for the auction to take place after all the 10 IPL franchises – Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals (DC), Gujarat Titans (GT), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Lucknow Supergiants (LSG), Mumbai Indians (MI), Punjab Kings (PBKS), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – released the list of their retained players on Thursday (October 31).

Visit our blog IPL Retention 2025 Live Updates for all the IPL auction 2025 retention updates including the CSK retention list, DC retention list, GT retention list, KKR retention list, LSG retention list, MI retention list, PBKS retention list, RR retention list, RCB retention list and SRH retention list.

As expected, all the IPL teams sprung several big surprises. One of the big surprises was the Kolkata Knight Riders deciding against retaining their IPL-winning captain Shreyas Iyer. The reigning champions retained six players. However, they did not retain Iyer.

Shreyas Iyer to leave KKR ahead of IPL 2025 Mega Auction
Shreyas Iyer to leave KKR ahead of IPL 2025 Mega Auction. Image Credit: X

Just like KKR, Delhi Capitals also released their captain Rishabh Pant. The wicketkeeper-batsman was with the franchise for nine years before deciding to part ways. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians managed to retain the big Indian names in their squad.

While speculations were rife that Rohit Sharma might leave the franchise after his unceremonious sacking as the captain, the five-time IPL champions managed to retain him. Besides Rohit, Mumbai Indians have also retained the likes of Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, and Tilak Varma.

Chennai Super Kings have also managed to retain their former captain MS Dhoni although as an uncapped player. In addition to Dhoni, CSK have also retained captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Ravindra Jadeja, and Shivam Dube.

Overall, the 10 franchises have retained a total of 46 players. Of the 10 teams, only two teams – KKR and Rajasthan Royals – have retained their full quota of six players. Punjab Kings have retained the least number of players – 2.

Meanwhile, South Africa superstar Heinrich Klaasen emerged as the highest-paid retention. Sunrisers Hyderabad secured his services for INR 23 crores ahead of the IPL auction 2025.

Punjab Kings will enter the auction with the biggest purse. After spending INR 9.5 crores to retain two uncapped players, Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh, the Punjab-based outfit has a remaining purse of INR 110.5 crores. They are the only team to have a purse of 100 or more crores.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have the second biggest purse remaining – INR 83 crores. The Bengaluru-based outfit has retained three players – Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal. With only INR 41 crores remaining, Rajasthan Royals will go into the IPL auction 2025 with the smallest purse.

IPL Auction 2025: Indian Premier League teams get the biggest Purse Value

For the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, all the Indian Premier League teams received a purse value of INR 120 Crores each. Before the IPL auction 2025, the BCCI had instructed all the franchises to submit their IPL Retention 2025 list by 31/10/2024 at 5:00 pm IST.

IPL 2025 Auction: Rules for Retention

Here we are taking a look at the IPL auction 2025 retention rules. If a franchise opts for all 5 retentions, they will have to shell out INR 75 Crores out of the INR 120 Crores Purse Value on the 5 players they decide to retain.

IPL Auction 2025: Team-Wise Final Updated Purse Values

Team Name Total Purse Value Purse Spent Purse Remaining
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) 120 Crore 65 Crore 55 Crore
Delhi Capitals (DC) 120 Crore 47 Crore 73 Crore
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) 120 Crore 69 Crore 51 Crore
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) 120 Crore 37 Crore 83 Crore
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) 120 Crore 51 Crore 69 Crore
Punjab Kings (Kings XI) 120 Crore 9.5 Crore 110.5 Crore
Mumbai Indians (MI) 120 Crore 75 Crore 45 Crore
SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) 120 Crore 75 Crore 45 Crore
Rajasthan Royals (RR) 120 Crore 79 Crore 41 Crores
Gujarat Titans (GT) 120 Crore 51 Crore 69 Crore

IPL Auction 2025: Team-Wise Final Player Retention List

Team Player Name Category Retention Price (in Crore)
Chennai Super Kings Ruturaj Gaikwad Capped 18
Ravindra Jadeja Capped 18
Matheesha Pathirana Capped 13
Shivam Dube Capped 12
MS Dhoni Uncapped 4
Delhi Capitals Axar Patel Capped 16.5
Kuldeep Yadav Capped 13.25
Tristan Stubbs Capped 10
Abishek Porel Uncapped 4
Mumbai Indians Jasprit Bumrah Capped 18
Suryakumar Yadav Capped 16.35
Hardik Pandya Capped 16.35
Rohit Sharma Capped 16.3
Tilak Varma Capped 8
Royal Challengers Bangalore Virat Kohli Capped 21
Rajat Patidar Capped 11
Yash Dayal Capped 5
Kolkata Knight Riders Rinku Singh Capped 13
Varun Chakravarthy Capped 12
Sunil Narine Capped 12
Andre Russell Capped 12
Harshit Rana Uncapped 4
Ramandeep Singh Uncapped 4
Sunrisers Hyderabad Heinrich Klaasen Capped 23
Pat Cummins Capped 18
Travis Head Capped 14
Abhishek Sharma Capped 14
Nitish Kumar Reddy Capped 6
Punjab Kings Shashank Singh Uncapped 5.5
Prabhsimran Singh Uncapped 4
Rajasthan Royals Sanju Samson Capped 18
Yashasvi Jaiswal Capped 18
Riyan Prag Capped 14
Shimron Hetmyer Capped 11
Dhruv Jurel Capped 14
Sandeep Sharma Uncapped 4
Gujarat Titans Shubman Gill Capped 16.5
Rashid Khan Capped 18
Sai Sudharsan Capped 8.5
Rahul Tewatia Uncapped 4
Shahrukh Khan Uncapped 4
Lucknow Super Giants Nicholas Pooran Capped 21
Ravi Bishnoi Capped 11
Mayank Yadav Capped 11
Ayush Badoni Uncapped 4
Mohsin Khan Uncapped 4



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