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 up for the IPL auction.
Among the other highlights this year, Mumbai Indians have released Ishan Kishan while Chennai Super Kings retained MS Dhoni for Rs 4 crore.
Following is the IPL 2025 players' retention list:
Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni
Matheesha Pathirana
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ravindra Jadeja
Shivam Dube
Delhi Capitals retention
Axar Patel
Kuldeep Yadav
Tristan Stubbs
Abishek Porel
Lucknow Super Giants
Nicholas Pooran
Mayank Yadav
Ravi Bishnoi
Mohsin Khan
Ayush Badoni
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma
Suryakumar Yadav
Tilak Varma
Hardik Pandya
Jasprit Bumrah
Punjab Kings
Prabhsimran Singh
Shashank Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli
Rajat Patidar
Yash Dayal
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Heinrich Klaasen
Pat Cummins
Abhishek Sharma
Travis Head
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Gujarat Titans
Rashid Khan
Shubman Gill
Sai Sudharsan
Rahul Tewatia
Shahrukh Khan
Kolkata Knight Riders retention list:
Rinku Singh
Varun Chakravarthy
Sunil Narine
Andre Russell
Harshit Rana
Ramandeep Singh