Defending champion KKR is set to retain Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarthy. The chances of them retaining 2024 title-winning captain Shreyas Iyer and star all-rounder Andre Russell are quite slim.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
LSG is likely to retain Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi as well as the uncapped pair of Mohsin Khan and Ayush Badoni for IPL 2025. According to reports, Lucknow team has released KL Rahul.
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag and Sandeep Sharma are the four players who can be retained by Rajasthan Royals. According to media reports, England’s limited overs captain Jos Buttler and India’s leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal will not be part of the retention list.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Runners-up SRH are set to retain South African power-hitter Heinrich Klaasen along with Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head and Nitish Reddy. In this case, the team will have 1 RTM in the auction.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Mumbai Indians can retain captain Hardik Pandya along with Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma and Tilak Verma, but it remains to be seen which players MI is successful in retaining.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
RCB can retain Virat Kohli along with Mohammad Siraj and uncapped Yash Dayal before the mega auction. If reports are to be believed, Virat Kohli can also be seen leading the team in the upcoming season. The team can also release Faf Du Plessis.
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Delhi would like to retain three players including captain Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel, but now it remains to be seen whether Pant wants to stay with the team or not. Recently, Pant’s social media post had made a lot of headlines in which he had written that if he comes in the auction, will he be sold or not and if he is sold, how much will be the bid.
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
The only player Punjab Kings has to retain is Arshdeep Singh, apart from this the team will use 5 RTMs in the auction. Or it may also happen that PBKS does not retain any player.