Before the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025), each franchise has announced a list of its retained players. Following this, there has been a significant development on the IPL 2025. The date and location of the massive auction before the 18th season have finally been revealed.
According to ANI, the major auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 would be conducted in Riyadh at the end of this month. According to the source, the IPL auction would be conducted in Riyadh on November 24 and 25. The blockbuster auction will bring a lot of money to several famous athletes. These include Jos Buttler, Aiden Markram, Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer.
Prior to the auction, all ten teams had retained 46 players by investing Rs 558.5 crore. There are 36 Indians and 10 foreign players. There are ten uncapped players among the 36 Indians. The Kolkata Knight Riders released Shreyas Iyer, the Delhi Capitals released Rishabh Pant, while the Lucknow Super Giants released KL Rahul. In such a scenario, numerous franchises can place a large wager on these captains at the auction.
Mumbai kept the core.
The Mumbai Indians, a five-time winner, are confident in captain Hardik Pandya, former captain Rohit Sharma, fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, and Tilak Verma. On the other side, Royal Challengers Bangalore kept only three players. These include Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal, and Virat Kohli.
Punjab retained two players.
Punjab Kings stunned everyone by electing not to keep any capped players. Kings retained Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh. In such a case, the franchise would join the auction with the highest bid (Rs 110.5 crore). The Rajasthan Royals have retained all six players. The Chennai Super Kings handed supporters excellent news when they retained MS Dhoni.
List of Retained Players
- Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, and Sandeep Sharma.
- Kolkata Knight Riders: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, and Ramandeep Singh.
- Mumbai Indians: Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, and Tilak Verma.
- Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Mathisha Pathirana, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, and MS Dhoni.
- Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, and Abhishek Porel.
- Gujarat Titans include Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Rahul Tewatia, and Shahrukh Khan.
- Lucknow Super Giants: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, and Ayush Badoni.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, and Travis Head.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, and Yash Dayal.
- Punjab Kings: Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh.
