Punjab Kings have decided to retain only two players and yet again, their fans will see a completely different team taking the field in IPL 2025. They will enter the mega auction with a massive purse of more than Rs 100 crore.

IPL 2025 Retention Full list of retained players by all 10 franchises: Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Rohit Sharma among others are the top retentions this year ahead of the upcoming mega auction.

Sunrisers Hyderabad had a problem of plenty after the season they had in IPL 2024, finishing runners-up. The Sunrisers may have been able to retain all five capped players, however, that has meant a straight deduction of INR 75 crore from their purse.

IPL 2025 Retention KKR full list of retained and released players: Sunil Narine has been retained by the three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders on the back of an impressive all-round performance in the previous season.

Lucknow Super Giants had a tricky decision to make ahead of the retentions announcement regarding KL Rahul. The public outrage after how the owner Sanjiv Goenka had reacted while talking to Rahul last season might have some role to play as the former captain hasn't been retained.

Delhi Capitals have a new coach and a new director of cricket in place in Hemang Badani and Venugopal Rao, respectively with GMR set to control the operations as part of the co-ownership deal with JSW taking the back seat for a couple of years and that had a lot to do with their retention choices.

IPL 2025 Retention RCB full list of retained and released players: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) played some impressive cricket to qualify for the playoffs last season. However, their dream run ended with a four-wicket loss to Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator.

Five-time champions, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have announced their list of retained players ahead of the mega auction for IPL 2025. MS Dhoni has been retained as an uncapped player as he last played for India in 2019. Here's the list of retained and released players by CSK...

IPL 2025 Retention GT's full list of retained and released players: Gujarat Titans have retained their star captain Shubman Gill ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction.