IPL 2025 auction: Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni retained as teams announce players' retention and release list
Mumbai/IBNS: Ahead of the 2025 auction, all 10 Indian Premier League franchises have announced their list of players they retained as well as the ones released..
Royal Challengers Bengaluru has retained Virat Kohli for Rs. 21 crore.
However, South African cricketer Heinrich Klaasen has broken the record of getting the highest retention amount in IPL history.
Klaasen is retained by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for a massive amount of Rs. 23 crore, making him the costliest player ever retained in the tournament.
Three major captains Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer will be entering the IPL auction.
Among the other highlights this year, Mumbai Indians have released Ishan Kishan while Chennai Super Kings retained MS Dhoni as an uncapped player for Rs 4 crore.
Following is the IPL 2025 players' retention list:
Chennai Super Kings IPL 2025 retention
MS Dhoni
Matheesha Pathirana
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ravindra Jadeja
Shivam Dube
Delhi Capitals retention
Axar Patel
Kuldeep Yadav
Tristan Stubbs
Abishek Porel
Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2025 retention
Nicholas Pooran
Mayank Yadav
Ravi Bishnoi
Mohsin Khan
Ayush Badoni
Mumbai Indians IPL 2025 retention
Rohit Sharma
Suryakumar Yadav
Tilak Varma
Hardik Pandya
Jasprit Bumrah
Punjab Kings retention
Prabhsimran Singh
Shashank Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2025 retentions
Virat Kohli
Rajat Patidar
Yash Dayal
Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2025 retention
Heinrich Klaasen
Pat Cummins
Abhishek Sharma
Travis Head
Nitish Kumar Reddy
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