IPL 2025 Retentions: Rajasthan Royals To Retain 31-Year-Old Pacer As 'Uncapped Player'? Report Claims...

Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag and Sandeep Sharma are the four players who will likely be retained by the Rajasthan Royals (RR) franchise ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction, as reported by ESPNcricinfo. These retentions will leave the 2008 champions with two right-to-match (RTM) card options at the upcoming mega auction. All four players mentioned above (Samson, Jaiswal, Parag and Sandeep) had an exceptional season this year as they delivered fine contributions for their side. The Rajasthan skipper, Samson scored 531 runs in 16 matches at an average of 48.27 and at a strike rate of 153.47, with three half-centuries. His best score in the league was 82*.
In 16 matches in the 2024 season for RR, Jaiswal has scored 225 runs at an average of 32.14 and a strike rate of 157.34, with a fifty and a century each.

In the 17th edition of the cash-rich league, Parag scored 573 runs at an average of 52.09 and a strike rate of 149.22. He has hit four half-centuries this season, with the best score of 84*. He is the third-highest run-scorer in the season.

Sandeep ended the IPL 2024 season with 13 wickets under his belt in 11 matches at an economy of 8.18 and a strike rate of 17.54. He qualifies as an uncapped player under the new rule because the fast bowler has not played for India in the last five years.

Thursday, October 31 is the deadline by which all the franchises are supposed to submit the list of their retained players ahead of the mega auction. Each team can retain six players, out of which a 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