The 2025 IPL mega auction is all set to take place in Jeddah from November 24 to 25, and IPL teams are ready to get the best possible pool of players according to their budget. IPL franchisees get a 120 crore purse for auction, but almost one-third of that purse has been spent by the teams on player retentions. The deadline to announce the list of retained players has gone almost three weeks earlier, and every team except for Punjab and RCB had spent between 40 to 60 crores on player retention.
Here is a list of Retained players with the Amount that their Team has spent to Retain them:
Chennai Super Kings
- Retained Players: Ruturaj Gaikwad (18 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (13 crore), Shivam Dube (12 crore), MS Dhoni (4 crore)
- Total Purse Spent on Retention: 65 Crore
- Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1
- Players eligible for RTM: One capped or uncapped player
- Purse Remained for Auction: 55 Crore
Delhi Capitals
- Retained Players: Axar Patel (16.50 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (10 crore), Abishek Porel (4 crore)
- Total Purse Spent on Retention: 43.75 Crore
- Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 2
- Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player and one capped player, or two capped players
- Purse Remained for Auction: 76.25 Crore
Gujarat Titans
- Retained Players: Rashid Khan (18 crore), Shubman Gill (16.50 crore), Sai Sudharsan (8.50 crore), Rahul Tewatia (4 crore), Shahrukh Khan (4 crore)
- Total Purse Spent on Retention: 51 Crore
- Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: One
- Players eligible for RTM: One capped player
- Purse Remained for Auction: 69 Crore
Kolkata Knight Riders
- Retained Players: Rinku Singh (13 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (12 crore), Sunil Narine (12 crore), Andre Russell (12 crore), Harshit Rana (4 crore), Ramandeep Singh (4 crore)
- Total Purse Spent on Retention: 57 Crore
- Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: None
- Players eligible for RTM: None
- Purse Remained for Auction: 63 Crore
Lucknow Super Giants
- Retained Players: Nicholas Pooran (21 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (11 crore), Mayank Yadav (11 crore), Mohsin Khan (4 crore), Ayush Badoni (4 crore)
- Total Purse Spent on Retention: 51 Crore
- Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1
- Players eligible for RTM: One capped player
- Purse Remained for Auction: 69 Crore
Mumbai Indians
- Retained Players: Jasprit Bumrah (18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (16.30 crore), Tilak Varma (8 crore)
- Total Purse Spent on Retention: 75 Crore
- Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1
- Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player
- Purse Remained for Auction: 45 Crore
Punjab Kings
- Retained Players: Shashank Singh (5.5 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (4 crore)
- Total Purse Spent on Retention: 9.5 Crore
- Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 4
- Players eligible for RTM: Four capped players
- Purse Remained for Auction: 110.5 Crore
Rajasthan Royals
- Retained Players: Sanju Samson (18 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (18 crore), Riyan Parag (14 crore), Dhruv Jurel (14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (11 crore), Sandeep Sharma (4 crore)
- Total Purse Spent on Retention: 79 Crore
- Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: None
- Players eligible for RTM: None
- Purse Remained for Auction: 41 Crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Retained Players: Virat Kohli (21 crore), Rajat Patidar (11 crore), Yash Dayal (5 crore)
- Total Purse Spent on Retention: 37 Crore
- Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 3
- Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player and two capped players, or three capped players
- Purse Remained for Auction: 83 Crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Retained Players: Heich Klaasen (23 crore), Pat Cummins (18 crore), Abhishek Sharma (14 crore), Travis Head (14 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (6 crore)
- Total Purse Spent on Retention: 75 Crore
- Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1
- Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player
- Purse Remained for Auction: 45 Crore
Every IPL Team’s Squad Size, Salary Cap, and Available Slots for IPL 2025 Auction
| Team | No of Players | No of Overseas Players | No of Uncapped Players | RTM | Total money spent (Rs.) | Salary cap available (Rs.) | Available Slots | Overseas Slots |
| CSK | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 55 | 20 | 7 |
| DC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 73 | 21 | 7 |
| GT | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 69 | 20 | 7 |
| KKR | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 51 | 19 | 6 |
| LSG | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 69 | 20 | 7 |
| MI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 45 | 20 | 8 |
| PBKS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9.5 | 110.5 | 23 | 8 |
| RCB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 83 | 22 | 8 |
| RR | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 41 | 19 | 7 |
| SRH | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 45 | 20 | 5 |
| Total | 46 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 558.5 | 641.5 | 204 | 70 |
