IPL 2025 Retentions: The buzz around the next season of IPL continues to grow as teams are all set to reveal their retention list, which includes young and senior players. The IPL Governing Council has declared October 31 as the deadline for the teams as to when they would reveal their retained players list. As the teams decide their strategies, players like MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma would most likely continue playing for CSK and MI.
Just after a month where the IPL Governing Council revealed player retention rules for the next cycle, the board gave each franchise a chance to retain six players, with the help of direct retention or the RTM. All the franchises can retain five capped players, which includes both Indian and foreign and that also includes two uncapped players. This provision lets the team build a strong, balanced side while ensuring competitiveness in the next edition.
Let's take a look at each team's probable retention list before the mega-auction:
Gujarat Titans:
The former champions will try to retain a squad which consists of youngsters:
Shubman Gill
Rashid Khan
Sai Sudarshan
Shahrukh Khan
Rahul Tewatia
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Lucknow Super Giants:
In a surprising turn of events, LSG might let go of their skipper KL Rahul, as there are high chances that he would enter the auctions. The players that would be retained are:
Nicholas Pooran
Mayank Yadav
Ayush Badoni
Ravi Bishnoi (RTM)
Mumbai Indians:
The five-time IPL champions will try to retain the following players:
Rohit Sharma
Hardik Pandya
Jasprit Bumrah
Suryakumar Yadav
Tilak Varma
Chennai Super Kings:
This franchise would be retaining MS Dhoni as an uncapped player and the other players who would most likely be retained are:
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ravindra Jadeja
Rachin Ravindra (possibly)
Matheesha Pathirana
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
This franchise will aim to include international players in their squad like:
Pat Cummins
Heinrich Klaasen
Abhishek Sharma
Travis Head
Abdul Samad
Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
This franchise will most likely retain its star player like Virat Kohli. The other players who are most likely to be retained are:
Mohammed Siraj
Yash Dayal (conditional)
Delhi Capitals:
The franchises are facing a headache over Rishabh Pant, who is planning to enter the auction. But the other players who would be most likely retained are:
Kuldeep Yadav
Axar Patel
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The priority list of the defending champions is as follows:
Sunil Narine
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Rinku Singh
Harshit Rana
There are speculations that the franchise is trying to negotiate with Shreyas Iyer as the management is pondering over his position in the lineup.
Punjab Kings:
This franchise may use the RTM instead of direct retention, with Arshdeep Singh being the only retention.
Rajasthan Royals:
This franchise is fretting over injury concerns around Jos Buttler and thus he won't be retained by them. The other players who are most likely to be retained are:
Sanju Samson
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Riyan Parag