Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni retained as IPL teams announce players' retention and release lists ahead of 2025 auction

Royal Challengers Bengaluru has retained Virat Kohli for Rs. 21 crore.

However, South African cricketer Heinrich Klaasen has broken the record of getting the highest retention amount in IPL history.

Klaasen is retained by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for a massive amount of Rs. 23 crore, making him the costliest player ever retained in the tournament.

Three major captains Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer will be up for the IPL auction.

Among the other highlights this year, Mumbai Indians have released Ishan Kishan while Chennai Super Kings retained MS Dhoni for Rs 4 crore.

Following is the IPL 2025 players' retention list:

Chennai Super Kings 

MS Dhoni
Matheesha Pathirana
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ravindra Jadeja
Shivam Dube

Delhi Capitals retention

Axar Patel
Kuldeep Yadav
Tristan Stubbs
Abishek Porel

Lucknow Super Giants

Nicholas Pooran
Mayank Yadav
Ravi Bishnoi
Mohsin Khan
Ayush Badoni

Mumbai Indians 

Rohit Sharma
Suryakumar Yadav
Tilak Varma
Hardik Pandya
Jasprit Bumrah

Punjab Kings 

Prabhsimran Singh
Shashank Singh

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Virat Kohli
Rajat Patidar
Yash Dayal

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Heinrich Klaasen
Pat Cummins
Abhishek Sharma
Travis Head
Nitish Kumar Reddy

Gujarat Titans 

Rashid Khan
Shubman Gill
Sai Sudharsan
Rahul Tewatia
Shahrukh Khan 

Kolkata Knight Riders retention list:

Rinku Singh
Varun Chakravarthy
Sunil Narine
Andre Russell
Harshit Rana
Ramandeep Singh