According to several media reports, all 10 IPL franchises have finalized their list of retained players for IPL 2025. The deadline to submit the names is October 31, and fans have several surprises in store.
Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, the five-time champions, have taken important calls. Kolkata Knight Riders, the third most successful franchise, have decided to release Shreyas Iyer. The remaining teams have also completed the task. Here is the likely list of players retained by the teams in the Indian Premier League.
1. Kolkata Knight Riders retained players
1. Sunil Narine
2. Rinku Singh
3. Varun Chakravarthy
4. Harshit Rana (Uncapped)
5. Ramandeep Singh (Uncapped)
2. Mumbai Indians retained players
1. Hardik Pandya
2. Jasprit Bumrah
3. Rohit Sharma
4. Suryakumar Yadav
5. Tilak Varma
6. Naman Dhir (Uncapped)
3. Chennai Super Kings retained players
1. MS Dhoni (Uncapped)
2. Ruturaj Gaikwad
3. Ravindra Jadeja
4. Matheesha Pathirana
5. Rachin Ravindra or Shivam Dube
4. Sunrisers Hyderabad retained players
1. Heinrich Klassen
2. Pat Cummins
3. Abhishek Sharma
4. Travis Head
5. Nitish Kumar Reddy
5. Gujarat Titans retained players
1. Shubman Gill
2. Rashid Khan
3. Sai Sudharsan
4. Shahrukh Khan
5. Rahul Tewatia (RTM)
6. Royal Challengers Bengaluru retained players
1. Virat Kohli
2. Rajat Patidar
3. Yash Dayal (Uncapped)
7. Punjab Kings retained players
1. Prabhsimran Singh (Uncapped)
2. Shashank Singh (Uncapped)
8. Delhi Capitals retained players
1. Axar Patel
2. Kuldeep Yadav
3. Tristan Stubbs
4. Jake Fraser McGurk
5. Abhishek Porel (Uncapped)
9. Rajasthan Royals retained players
1. Sanju Samson
2. Yashasvi Jaiswal
3. Riyan Parag
4. Shimron Hetmeyer
5. Dhruv Jurel
6. Sandeep Sharma (Uncapped)
10. Lucknow Super Giants retained players
1. Nicholas Pooran
2. Mayank Yadav
3. Ayush Badoni
4. Mohsin Khan
5. Ravi Bishnoi (RTM)