IPL 2025: Who will the teams retain after the new rules? View possible list

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced new retention rules ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. Under this new rule, each franchise can retain a maximum of six players, including retention and Right to Match (RTM) options. Each team can retain a maximum of five capped and two uncapped players, while there is no limit on the number of foreign players.

Who will be considered uncapped players?

According to this new rule, any Indian cricketer who has not played international cricket in the last five years will be considered an uncapped player. Apart from this, even if the player does not have a BCCI central contract, he will be considered an uncapped player. This change can be seen as a new opportunity for the players.

How much will teams' auction purses be reduced to retain players?

According to the new rule, a huge amount will be deducted from the purse of the teams on every retention. On first three retentions Rs. Rs 18 crores. 14 crores and Rs. There will be a cut of Rs 11 crore. On fourth and fifth retention Rs. 18 crores and Rs. There will be a cut of Rs 14 crore. That means if five players are retained then a total of Rs 75 crore will be reduced from the teams' purse.

potential retention list

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana*

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, T. Natarajan, Nitish Kumar Reddy*

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj, Will Jacques, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Yash Dayal*

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey, Rachin Ravindra, Matisha Pathirana, MS Dhoni

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashvi Jaiswal, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma

Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Anshul Kamboj*

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Marcus Stoinis, Mayank Yadav*

Punjab Kings: Matthew Short, Sam Curran, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Ashutosh Sharma*

Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant, Mitchell Marsh, Harry Brook, Jack Fraser-McGurk, Axar Patel, Abhishek Porel*

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Rashid Khan, David Miller, Sai Sudarshan, Mohammed Shami, Rahul Tewatia*