IPL 2025 probable retention list of players

A mega auction is to be held before the IPL 2025 season. This auction may take place in late November or early December this year.  But before that, all the 10 franchises will have to prepare and submit the list of their retained and released players. Its last date is tomorrow (31st October). 

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has recently issued new rules regarding retention. According to this, a franchise can retain maximum of 6 players. If a team retains less than 6 players, then in that case the franchise will get a chance to use the Right to Match card during the auction. 

Speculations have started even before the official list of retained players is revealed. If reports are to be believed, Gujarat Titans (GT) may release Mohammed Shami and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain KL Rahul can join the IPL 2025 auction pool.  

Let's take a look at which players all 10 franchises can retain.

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IPL 2025 probable retention list

Gujarat Titans

• Shubman Gill
• Rashid Khan
• Sai Sudarshan
• Shahrukh Khan
• Rahul Tewatia (RTM)

Lucknow Super Giants

• Nicholas Pooran
• Mayank Yadav
• Ayush Badoni
• Ravi Bishnoi (RTM)

KL Rahul is expected to be included in the auction pool.

Mumbai Indians

• Rohit Sharma
• Hardik Pandya
• Jasprit Bumrah
• Suryakumar Yadav
• Tilak Varma

Chennai Super Kings

• MS Dhoni (Uncapped) 
• Ruturaj Gaikwad
• Ravindra Jadeja
• Rachin Ravindra (possibly)
• Matheesha Pathirana

Sunrisers Hyderabad

• Pat Cummins
• Heinrich Klaasen
• Abhishek Sharma
• Travis Head
• Abdul Samad

Royal Challengers Bangalore

• Virat Kohli
• Mohammed Siraj
• Yash Dayal (conditional)

Delhi Capitals

• Kuldeep Yadav
• Axar Patel
• Rishabh Pant (DC wants to retain him, but there is a lot of talk about his inclusion in the auction pool) 

Kolkata Knight Riders

• Sunil Narine
• Rahmanullah Gurbaz
• Rinku Singh
• Harshit Rana

There is a big question mark on Shreyas Iyer as many players are ahead of him in KKR's priority list, but talks have taken place between Iyer and the KKR management.

Punjab Kings

• Arshdeep Singh 

Instead of retaining all the players, the Right to Match (RTM) can also be used.

Rajasthan Royals

• Sanju Samson
• Yashasvi Jaiswal
• Riyan Parag

 There is a big question mark over Jos Buttar due to injuries, so it will be interesting to see what RR does.