IPL 2025 Retention LIVE Updates | Klassen, Kohli and Pooran most expensive; Pant, Rahul, Chahal released

Hello! Welcome to the live blog of Sportz Point. Today the day has come when the list of players will be released for the mega auction to be held before IPL 2025.

All 10 franchises on Thursday will announce the names they want to retain for IPL 2025. At the same time, the journey of many big players will end with their previous franchises and they will have to enter the mega auction to be held next month. These may also include some big names like KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer. It will be interesting to see whether his team retains an explosive batsman like Pant or not.

This is Payal Debnath along with Koushik Biswas will bring you all the updates of IPL 2025 Retention from the web desk. 

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Oct 31, 2024 18:56 IST
LIVE Updates



Oct 31, 2024 18:48 IST
Most expensive players in retentions
1. 1. Heinrich Klassen 23 Cr.
   2. Virat Kohli 21 Cr.
   3. Nicholas Pooran 21 Cr.



Oct 31, 2024 18:48 IST
SRH retentions
Heinrich Klassen, Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Travis Head



Oct 31, 2024 18:44 IST
Gujarat Titans retentions
Shubman Gill, Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan.



Oct 31, 2024 18:42 IST
Delhi Capitals Retentions
Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristian Sutbss and Abishek Porel (UC)



Oct 31, 2024 18:40 IST
Rajasthan Royals retention
Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma



Oct 31, 2024 18:38 IST
KKR retentions
KKR Retentions: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana (uc), Ramandeep Singh (uc)



Oct 31, 2024 18:06 IST
LSG released KL Rahul
Lucknow Super Giants has released KL Rahul. 
Nicholas Pooran has been retained at ₹21 crore, Ravi Bishnoi at ₹11 crore, Mayank Yadav at ₹11 crore after which come two uncapped players in Mohsin Khan and Ayush Badoni at ₹4 crore each.



Oct 31, 2024 18:02 IST
Delhi Capitals released Rishabh Pant
Delhi Capitals has released Rishabh Pant. They have retained only four players. 
Delhi has retained Abhishek Porel, Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs and Kuldeep Yadav for the upcoming season. 
Axar Patel is the highest retention for them at ₹16.5 crore, Kuldeep Yadav is next at ₹14.25 crore, Tristan Stubbs at ₹10 crore and Abhishek Porel is the uncapped retention at ₹4 crore.



Oct 31, 2024 17:54 IST
CSK retained MS Dhoni as an uncapped player
Chennai Super Kings has retained five players for IPL 2025. 
Chennai has retained Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dubey, MS Dhoni and Matheesha Pathirana.
Ruturaj Gaikwad is their highest retention at ₹18 crore, after which comes Sri Lankan pace sensation Matheesha Pathirana at ₹13 crore. Shivam Dube is next at ₹12 crore, Ravindra Jadeja after that at ₹18 crore and Dhoni at ₹4 crore.



Oct 31, 2024 17:50 IST
RCB retained three players
Royal Challengers Bangalore has retained only three players. RCB has retained Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, and Yash Dayal. Virat Kohli (INR 21 crore) is their first-choice pick while Rajat Patidar (INR 11 crore) and Yash Dayal (INR 5 crore) follow him.
Star players like Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis, and Mohammad Siraj have also been released.



Oct 31, 2024 17:48 IST
Punjab Kings retained only two players
Punjab Kings have taken a very surprising decision as they retained only two players.
Punjab has retained Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh. Both these players are uncapped.



Oct 31, 2024 17:26 IST
IPL 2025 retention rules
• A team can retain maximum of 6 players. 
• No team can retain more than five capped players. 
• No team can retain more than two uncapped players.



Oct 31, 2024 16:41 IST
Retention will start shortly
The wait of the fans is about to end. Very soon the franchises will release the retention list and the fate of the players will be decided.



Oct 31, 2024 16:33 IST
When is IPL 2025 retention?
IPL 2025 retention will take place at 4:30 pm Indian time.



Oct 31, 2024 16:31 IST
Where will you be able to watch live streaming of IPL 2025 Retention?
Live streaming of IPL 2025 retention will be on Jio Cinema.
Apart from this, you can also get moment to moment updates of retention on Sportz Point.



Oct 31, 2024 16:30 IST
Where will the live telecast of IPL 2025 retention take place?
You can watch the live telecast of IPL 2025 retention on Star Sports Network.



Oct 31, 2024 16:27 IST
Match fee came for the first time in IPL
Match fee has been introduced for the first time in the history of IPL. Now every player playing (each match), even if he is an impact player, will get a match fee of Rs 7.5 lakh per match. This will be different from the money received in the auction.



Oct 31, 2024 16:23 IST
IPL 2025 probable retention list of players
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.