The deadline for announcing the player retentions ahead of the IPL 2025 is approaching fast. With that, the excitement is building up between IPL fans.
Everyone is eager to find out which players will stay back and which will go into the auction. The franchises must be busy figuring out the deals, but they need to finalise them before the deadline set by the IPL Governing Council (IPL GC).
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So what’s the IPL 2025 retention deadline?
The IPL Governing Council has set a deadline in front of all ten franchises to submit the list of retained and released players ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. Teams will have to make the final submissions before 5 PM on October 31.
What are the IPL 2025 retention rules?
The IPL GC has come up with new retention rules ahead of the upcoming player auction. According to the new guidelines, all teams are allowed to retain a maximum of six players.
The franchises have a choice of using the combination of retentions or right-to-match cards to keep a player in the squad. Among the retentions, a maximum of five players can be capped, while two can be uncapped players.
The IPL GC has also reintroduced an old rule, allowing the Indian players with no BCCI contract or no international match in the last five years to be considered uncapped.
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Retention List For IPL 2025
With the deadline nearing quickly, speculations have been doing rounds about which players will be retained by the IPL franchises.
Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad
MS Dhoni (UC)
Ravindra Jadeja
Matheesha Pathirana
Shivam Dube
Delhi Capitals
Axar Patel
Kuldeep Yadav
Tristan Stubbs
Abhishek Porel (UC)
Gujarat Titans
Shubman Gill
Rashid Khan
Sai Sudharsan
Rahul Tewatia (UC)
Shahrukh Khan (UC)
Kolkata Knight Riders
Varun Chakarvarthy
Sunil Narine
Andre Russell
Rinku Singh
Harshit Rana (UC)
Ramandeep Singh (UC)
Lucknow Super Giants
Nicholas Pooran
Ravi Bishnoi
Mayank Yadav
Mohsin Khan (UC)
Ayush Badoni (UC)
Mumbai Indians
Hardik Pandya
Suryakumar Yadav
Rohit Sharma
Jasprit Bumrah
Tilak Verma
Punjab Kings
Prabhsimran Singh
Shashank Singh
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Rajasthan Royals
Sanju Samson
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Shimron Hetmyer
Dhruv Jurel
Riyan Parag
Sandeep Sharma (UC)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Virat Kohli
Yash Dayal (UC)
Rajat Patidar
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Pat Cummins
Heinrich Klaasen
Abhishek Sharma
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Travis Head
IPL 2025 Retention: Broadcasting & Live Streaming Details
You can watch the IPL Retention Players 2025 special show on Star Sports Network’s TV channels. JioCinema will also run a retention show on their app and website starting at 4:30 PM on October 31.
