IPL 2025 – List of all the players retained by the franchises before the big auction

Mumbai Indians

5 players saved: Jasprit Bumrah (INR 18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (INR 16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (INR 16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (INR 16.30 crore), Tilak Varma (INR 8 crore)
Leftover bag for saleINR 45 crore (out of INR 120 crore)
Right-to-match (RTM) auction options: 1
Players eligible for RTM: One unplayed player
The main players are kept: Ishan Kishan, Tim David

Sunriers Hyderabad

5 players saved: Heinrich Klaasen (INR 23 crore), Pat Cummins (INR 18 crore), Abhishek Sharma (INR 14 crore), Travis Head (INR 14 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (INR 6 crore)
Leftover bag for saleINR 45 crore (out of INR 120 crore)
Right-to-match (RTM) auction options: 1
Players eligible for RTM: Only one player is not played
The main players are kept: Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Chennai Super Kings

5 players saved: Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (INR 13 crore), Shivam Dube (INR 12 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (INR 18 crore), MS Dhoni (INR 4 crore)
Leftover bag for saleINR 55 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right-to-match (RTM) auction options: 1
Players eligible for RTM: One player with or without a cap
The main players are kept: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

3 players saved: Virat Kohli (INR 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (INR 11 crore), Yash Dayal (INR 5 crore)
Leftover bag for saleINR 83 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right-to-match (RTM) auction options: 3
Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player and two cap players, or three cap players
The main players are kept: Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green

Delhi Capitals

4 players saved: Axar Patel (INR 16.50 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (INR 13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (INR 10 crore), Abishek Porel (INR 4 crore)
Leftover bag for saleINR 73 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right-to-match (RTM) auction options: 2
Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player and one capped player, or two capped players
The main players are kept: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Anrich Nortje

Kolkata Knight Riders

6 players saved: Rinku Singh (INR 13 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (INR 12 crore), Sunil Narine (INR 12 crore), Andre Russell (INR 12 crore), Harshit Rana (INR 4 crore), Ramandeep Singh (INR 4 crore)
Leftover bag for saleINR 51 crore (out of INR 120 crore)
Right-to-match (RTM) auction options: Nothing
Players eligible for RTM: Nothing
The main players are kept: Shreyas Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana

Rajasthan Royals

6 players saved: Sanju Samson (INR 18 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (INR 18 crore), Riyan Parag (INR 14 crore), Dhruv Jurel (INR 14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (INR 11 crore), Sandeep Sharma (INR 4 crore)
Leftover bag for saleINR 41 crore (out of INR 120 crore)
Right-to-match (RTM) auction options: Nothing
Players eligible for RTM: NA
The main players are kept: Yuzvendra Chahal, Jos Buttler

Gujarat Titans

5 players saved: Rashid Khan (INR 18 crore), Shubman Gill (INR 16.50 crore), Sai Sudharsan (INR 8.50 crore), Rahul Tewatia (INR 4 crore), Shahrukh Khan (INR 4 crore)
Leftover bag for sale: INR 69 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right-to-match (RTM) auction options: One
Players eligible for RTM: A player with one cap
The main players are kept: Mohammed Shami, David Miller

Lucknow Super Giants

5 players saved: Nicholas Pooran (INR 21 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (INR 11 crore) Mayank Yadav (INR 11 crore), Mohsin Khan (INR 4 crore), Ayush Badoni (INR 4 crore)
Leftover bag for sale: INR 69 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right-to-match (RTM) auction options: 1
Players eligible for RTM: A player with one cap
The main players are kept: KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, Quinton de Kock, Krunal Pandya

Punjab Kings

2 players saved: Shashank Singh (INR 5.5 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (INR 4 crore)
Leftover bag for saleINR 110.5 crore (from INR 120 crore)
Right-to-match (RTM) auction options: 4
Players eligible for RTM: Four cap players
The main players are kept: Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone