IPL 2025 Retentions Live: MS Dhoni & Virat Kohli Retained By CSK & RCB; No Rishabh Pant For Delhi Capitals, KKR Let Go Of Shreyas Iyer

Live updates:

5:52 pm: Rajasthan Royals have surprisingly let go of Jos Buttler and have kept Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Dhruv Jurel, and Shimron Hetmyer. Punjab Kings are likely to enter with the highest purse amount as they have retained only Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh.

5:49 PM: The star-studded franchise of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru have retained Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, and Yash Dayal.

5:44 pm: After an underwhelming season, Gujarat Titans have retained only one overseas player in Rashid Khan. The remaining four retentions are Shubman Gill, B Sai Sudharshan, Shahrukh Khan, and Rahul Tewatia. Lucknow Super Giants, who also debuted in IPL alongside the Titans, have retained five players. excluding KL Rahul. They include Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Mayank Yadav, and Nicholas Pooran.

5:43 pm: Five-time champions Mumbai Indians have retained the big four of Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, and Jasprit Bumrah alongside Tilak Varma. SunRisers Hyderabad, meanwhile, have retained their overseas core of Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen along with the Indian duo of Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Kumar Reddy.

5:38 pm: As indicated by the reports earlier, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant have been released by DC and KKR, respectively. DC have retained Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, and Abhishek Porel. KKR, the defending champions, have kept Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, and Ramandeep Singh.

5:37 pm: MS Dhoni retained by the Chennai Super Kings for 4 crore as an uncapped player. The other retentions by the Super Kings are Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, and Matheesha Pathirana.

5:20 pm: Teams to unveil their retention list at 5:30 pm as per latest update.

4:54 PM: Big questions for the franchises as the retentions' deadline near. MS Dhoni, meanwhile, has strongly hinted at wanting to continue playing in the IPL. It remains to be seen if CSK will retain him as an uncapped player.

With yet another IPL season on the horizon, the retentions' list ahead of the mega auction is set to be unveiled on October 31, Thursday. Delhi Capitals' keeper-batter Rishabh Pant is expected to be one of the biggest non-retentions ahead of the auction as the franchise expects to have Shreyas Iyer back as the captain. Despite the latter becoming the trophy-winning captain last year, the Kolkata Knight Riders are unlikely to stick with him.

KL Rahul is expected to be yet another player unlikely to be retained by the Lucknow Super Giants after a fallout with the owner following the match against the SunRisers Hyderabad. The likes of MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings), Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians) and Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) are likely to be retained by their respective franchises.

Published on: Thursday, October 31, 2024, 03:47 PM IST