IPL 2025 – Mumbai Indians Retain Four Key Players; Klassen Retained by Sunrisers for ₹23 Crore

New Delhi :  Ahead of the upcoming mega auction for the IPL 2025 season, Mumbai Indians have retained their top four players. Additionally, Sunrisers Hyderabad retained Heinrich Klassen for ₹23 crore.

Here’s the final list of retained players by each of the ten IPL franchises:

Mumbai Indians:

5 Players Retained: Jasprit Bumrah (₹18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (₹16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (₹16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (₹16.30 crore), Tilak Varma (₹8 crore).
Remaining Purse for Auction: ₹45 crore (out of ₹120 crore).
Right-to-Match (RTM) Option: 1
Eligible for RTM: One uncapped player.
Key Players Not Retained: Ishan Kishan, Tim David.

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

5 Players Retained: Heinrich Klassen (₹23 crore), Pat Cummins (₹18 crore), Abhishek Sharma (₹14 crore), Travis Head (₹14 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (₹6 crore).
Remaining Purse for Auction: ₹45 crore.
RTM Option: 1
Eligible for RTM: One uncapped player.
Key Players Not Retained: Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Chennai Super Kings:

5 Players Retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad (₹18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (₹13 crore), Shivam Dube (₹12 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (₹18 crore), MS Dhoni (₹4 crore).
Remaining Purse for Auction: ₹55 crore.
RTM Option: 1
Eligible for RTM: One capped or uncapped player.
Key Players Not Retained: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande.

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

3 Players Retained: Virat Kohli (₹21 crore), Rajat Patidar (₹11 crore), Yash Dayal (₹5 crore).
Remaining Purse for Auction: ₹83 crore.
RTM Option: 3
Eligible for RTM: One uncapped player and two capped players, or three capped players.
Key Players Not Retained: Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green.

Delhi Capitals:

4 Players Retained: Axar Patel (₹16.50 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (₹13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (₹10 crore), Abhishek Porel (₹4 crore).
Remaining Purse for Auction: ₹73 crore.
RTM Option: 2
Eligible for RTM: One uncapped and one capped player, or two capped players.
Key Players Not Retained: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Anrich Nortje.

Kolkata Knight Riders:

6 Players Retained: Rinku Singh (₹13 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (₹12 crore), Sunil Narine (₹12 crore), Andre Russell (₹12 crore), Harshit Rana (₹4 crore), Ramandeep Singh (₹4 crore).
Remaining Purse for Auction: ₹51 crore.
RTM Option: None.
Eligible for RTM: None.
Key Players Not Retained: Shreyas Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana.

Rajasthan Royals:

6 Players Retained: Sanju Samson (₹18 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (₹18 crore), Riyan Parag (₹14 crore), Dhruv Jurel (₹14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (₹11 crore), Sandeep Sharma (₹4 crore).
Remaining Purse for Auction: ₹41 crore.
RTM Option: None.
Eligible for RTM: None.
Key Players Not Retained: Yuzvendra Chahal, Jos Buttler.

Gujarat Titans:

5 Players Retained: Rashid Khan (₹18 crore), Shubman Gill (₹16.50 crore), Sai Sudharsan (₹8.50 crore), Rahul Tewatia (₹4 crore), Shahrukh Khan (₹4 crore).
Remaining Purse for Auction: ₹69 crore.
RTM Option: 1
Eligible for RTM: One capped player.
Key Players Not Retained: Mohammed Shami, David Miller.

Lucknow Super Giants:

5 Players Retained: Nicholas Pooran (₹21 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (₹11 crore), Mayank Yadav (₹11 crore), Mohsin Khan (₹4 crore), Ayush Badoni (₹4 crore).
Remaining Purse for Auction: ₹69 crore.
RTM Option: 1
Eligible for RTM: One capped player.
Key Players Not Retained: KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, Quinton de Kock, Krunal Pandya.

Punjab Kings:

2 Players Retained: Shashank Singh (₹5.5 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (₹4 crore).
Remaining Purse for Auction: ₹110.5 crore.
RTM Option: 4
Eligible for RTM: Four capped players.
Key Players Not Retained: Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone.