IPL Retention 2025: Retaining IPL 2025 has proven to be a disaster. Big players like Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan are no longer with the teams they played for in IPL 2024. These four were not retained by their franchise. A player like MS Dhoni has suffered a loss of up to Rs 8 crore in the retained list. If anyone has an advantage in this list, it is Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli and Heinrich Klaasen.

All franchises released their retained lists for IPL 2025 on Thursday, October 31. Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals have maintained the maximum number of 6-6 players. The Punjab Kings have retained only two players in their team. But the deductible question is not just about who was retained, it also makes it clear who was retained and for what amount. From this you can also estimate your position in the team.

1. Virat Kohli gets Rs 21 Crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore retained three players. These three players are Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal. Virat Kohli was retained for 21 crores. Last year he got Rs 15 crore. In this way he made a profit of 6 million rupees. There is news that Kohli can also hand over the captaincy.

2. Bumrah is the most expensive star in Mumbai.
Similarly, Mumbai Indians have reduced Jasprit Bumrah’s contract from Rs 12 crore to Rs 18 crore. Now Bumrah is the most expensive player in his team. Mumbai Indians have retained Rohit Sharma’s contract. His contract was increased from Rs 16 crore to Rs 16.30 crore. Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav were acquired for Rs 16.35 crore.

3. Klaasen gets 23 Crores
If there’s one player who benefits the most from this, it’s Heinrich Klaasen. Sunrisers Hyderabad have given Heinrich Klaasen a contract worth Rs 23 crore. This is the largest contract a player has received from a team on the current recruiting list. Mitchell Starc (24.75 crores) got the biggest contract in 2024 but was not picked up this time.

4. Dhoni gets only 4 Crore Rupees
MS Dhoni was acquired by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 12 crore last season. This season he was retained as an uncapped player. In this way, he got a contract for just 4 Crore Rupees. He has directly suffered a loss of Rs 8 Crore. Last season, he received Rs 12 crore from Chennai Super Kings. As per the new IPL rules, an uncapped player can be paid a maximum of Rs 4 crore. There are two types of these uncapped players. Some are those who have not played a single international match and the others are those who retired from international cricket five years ago.

5. The winner and runner-up are both eliminated
The most interesting thing about this IPL retention is that the captains of both teams that won the 2024 final have been released. Despite making Kolkata Knight Riders champions, Shreyas Iyer could not make it to the team’s remaining players list. The other finalist team Sunrisers Hyderabad also did not retain their captain Pat Cummins. Apart from this, Delhi Capitals have not included their captain Rishabh Pant, Lucknow Super Giants have not included KL Rahul and Royal Challengers Bangalore have not included their captain Faf du Plessis in their list.

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