IPL 2025 Auction: All 10 franchises retentions, team purse and RTMs ahead of mega event

All 10 franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL) are ready to head into the two-day mega auction at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on November 24 and 25 ready spend over Rs 641.5 crore to fill 204 remaining slots in their sides – which includes 70 overseas players. The teams have already spent nearly Rs 550 crore out of a total of Rs 1200 crore in retaining players for their side.

Of the 574 players, 366 are Indian, while 208 are overseas, including three from associate nations. The auction will see 318 Indian uncapped players and 12 uncapped overseas players in contention. There are 204 slots available, with 70 reserved for overseas players.

The highest reserve price is set at Rs 2 crore, with 81 players opting for this bracket. The largest segment comprises players with a base price of Rs 30 lakh, totalling 320. Among the standout names are Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, and KL Rahul, part of the 12 marquee players. These three captains were released by their respective franchises ahead of the retention deadline. For the first time since 2018, the marquee players are divided into two sets, comprising seven Indian players and five overseas stars.

The first set includes Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, and Arshdeep Singh, while the second features KL Rahul, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, and Mohammed Siraj. The overseas marquee players are Mitchell Starc, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, David Miller, and Kagiso Rabada.

Several teams will deploy Right-to-Match (RTM) cards during the auction. The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR), having retained six players each – the  maximum allowed – will not have any RTM cards. Punjab Kings (PBKS) hold four RTMs, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) three, and Delhi Capitals (DC) two. Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Gujarat Titans (GT), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), and Mumbai Indians (MI) each have one RTM.

 

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Here’s the full detail of retained players of all 10 teams, remaining purse and RTMs ahead of IPL 2025 Mega Auction…

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

1. Ruturaj Gaikwad – Rs 18 crore
2. Matheesha Pathirana – Rs 13 crore
3. Shivam Dube – Rs 12 crore
4. Ravindra Jadeja – Rs 18 crore
5. MS Dhoni – Rs 4 crore (Uncapped)

Auction Purse: Rs 55 crore

RTMs available: 1 (capped/uncapped)

Delhi Capitals (DC)

1. Axar Patel – Rs 16.5 crore
2. Kuldeep Yadav – Rs 13.25 crore
3. Tristan Stubbs – Rs 10 crore
4. Abishek Porel – Rs 4 crore

Auction Purse: Rs 73 crore

RTMs available: 2 (Both capped, or 1 capped & 1 uncapped)

Gujarat Titans (GT)

1. Rashid Khan – Rs 18 crore
2. Shubman Gill – Rs 16.5 crore
3. B Sai Sudharshan – Rs 8.5 crore
4. Rahul Tewatia – Rs 4 crore
5. Shahrukh Khan – Rs 4 crore

Auction Purse: Rs 69 crore

RTMs available: 1 (capped)

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

1. Nicholas Pooran – Rs 21 crore
2. Ravi Bishnoi – Rs 11 crore
3. Mayank Yadav – Rs 11 crore
4. Mohsin Khan – Rs 4 crore
5. Ayush Badoni – Rs 4 crore

Auction Purse: Rs 69 crore

RTMs available: 1 (capped)

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

1. Rinku Singh – Rs 13 crore
2. Varun Chakravarthy – Rs 12 crore
3. Sunil Narine – Rs 12 crore
4. Andre Russell – Rs 12 crore
5. Harshit Rana – Rs 4 crore
6. Ramandeep Singh – Rs 4 crore

Auction Purse: Rs 51 crore

RTMs available: 0

Mumbai Indians (MI)

1. Jasprit Bumrah – Rs 18 crore
2. Suryakumar Yadav – Rs 16.35 crore
3. Hardik Pandya – Rs 16.35 crore
4. Rohit Sharma – Rs 16.30 crore
5. Tilak Varma – Rs 8 crore

Auction Purse: Rs 45 crore

RTMs available: 1 (uncapped)

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

1. Shashank Singh – Rs 5.5 crore
2. Prabhsimran Singh – Rs 4 crore

Auction Purse: Rs 110.5 crore

RTMs available: 4 (All capped)

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

1. Sanju Samson – Rs 18 crore
2. Yashasvi Jaiswal – Rs 18 crore
3. Riyan Parag – Rs 14 crore
4. Dhruv Jurel – Rs 14 crore
5. Shimron Hetmyer – Rs 11 crore
6. Sandeep Sharma – Rs 4 crore

Auction Purse: Rs 41 crore

RTMs available: 0

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

1. Virat Kohli – Rs 21 crore
2. Rajat Patidar – Rs 11 crore
3. Yash Dayal – Rs 5 crore

Auction Purse: Rs 83 crore

RTMs available: 3 (All capped, or 2 capped, 1 uncapped)

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

1. Pat Cummins – Rs 18 crore
2. Abhishek Sharma – Rs 14 crore
3. Nitish Kumar Reddy – Rs 6 crore
4. Heinrich Klaasen – Rs 23 crore
5. Travis Head – Rs 14 crore

Auction Purse: Rs 45 crore

RTMs available: 1 (uncapped)