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IPL 2025 Retention: Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul Enter Auction; Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni Retained For...

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All the 10 Indian Premier League franchises have announced their list of retained players ahead of the 2025 auction. Virat Kohli has been retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for Rs 21 crore but his record of fetching highest retention amount in IPL history has been broken by Heinrich Klaasen.

The wicketkeeper-batter has been retained by SunRisers Hyderabad for a massive sum of Rs 23 crore, making him the costiest player ever retained in the tournament.

Before this, the record was held by Kohli with a retention amount of Rs 17 crore. Notably, three major captains Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer will be entering the IPL auction.

Among the other highlights was Mumbai Indians releasing Ishan Kishan and Chennai Super Kings retaining MS Dhoni as an uncapped player for Rs 4 crore. .

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Rishabh Pant's 9-year connection with Delhi Capitals (DC) came to an end, as the 2020 IPL finalists instead decide to make Axar Patel their most expensive retention. Kuldeep Yadav will also stay at DC for IPL 2025. DC had yet another mediocre outing in the previous edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Playing under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant, DC finished at sixth place with seven wins out of 14 matches. For the upcoming mega auctions, DC have parted ways with their skipper and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant. Pant will now be going under the hammer in the upcoming auctions, which will take place in November. 
IPL 2025 Retention Highlights: All the 10 Indian Premier League franchises have announced their list of retained players ahead of the 2025 auction. Virat Kohli has been retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for Rs 21 crore but his record of fetching highest retention amount in IPL history has been broken by Heinrich Klaasen. The wicketkeeper-batter has been retained by SunRisers Hyderabad for a massive sum of Rs 23 crore, making him the costiest player ever retained in the tournament. Before this, the record was held by Kohli with a retention amount of Rs 17 crore. Notably, three major captains Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer will be entering the IPL auction. Among the other highlights was Mumbai Indians releasing Ishan Kishan and Chennai Super Kings retaining MS Dhoni as an uncapped player for Rs 4 crore. (Full List Of Retained Players)
The IPL 2025 retentions are here and there were quite a few surprises in store for the fans. Three major captains - Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer - will all enter the IPL auction pool after they were not retained by Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants and defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders respectively. Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, kept their core intact by keeping all four of their superstars - Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya. Punjab Kings retained just 2 players while KKR and Sunrisers Hyderabad retained six cricketers. (IPL 2025 Retention Highlights)
Heinrich Klaasen became the highest-ever retention in Indian Premier League (IPL) history as IPL 2024 runners-up Sunrisers Hyderabad announced their list of the retained players ahead of the upcoming IPL 2025 mega auction. Captain Pat Cummins was also retained, alongside Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy and Travis Head. The auctions are reportedly to be held at the end of November in Saudi Arabia. As per BCCI's rule, all the ten franchises were asked to submit the final list of their retained players by Thursday, October 31. Playing under the captaincy of Australia pacer Pat Cummins, SRH finished as the first runners-up after losing to Kolkata Knight Riders in the final. 
Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction. Alongside him, RCB retained only two more players: middle order batter Rajat Patidar and uncapped Indian fast bowler Yash Dayal. This meant that Mohammad Siraj, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell are among the big names let go by RCB. All the ten franchises were asked to submit the names of their retained players by Thursday, October 31. RCB, who played under the captaincy of batter Faf du Plessis, entered the Playoffs but lost in the Eliminator match against Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2024. However, their turn-around in the season became one of the major highlights as they won six matches on the trot, to enter the Playoffs. 
IPL 2025 Retentions Announcement, Live Streaming: The announcement for the retained players by the franchises will be disclosed on Thursday. With a lot of big names set to be retained and several youngsters to backed, there could be some names that could bid goodbyes to their respective franchises. Each team can retain six players, out of which maximum of five can be capped and two uncapped. This can be either via retention or by using the Right to Match (RTM) option. The auction purse for the franchises has been set at Rs 120 Crore for IPL 2025. The total salary cap will now consist of auction purse, incremental performance pay and match fees.

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