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With the countdown for the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) season already begun, all ten franchises are ready to splash the cash on big names with the auctions set to take place in the upcoming weeks. While all eyes remain on the IPL 2025 auctions, it is the player retention deadline day that has taken the spotlight as all ten franchises are set to announce their retentions before the Thursday (Oct 31) deadline. Here is all you need to know about the IPL 2025 retention deadline day including players, squads, etc.

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What time will the IPL 2025 retention window close?

The IPL 2025 retention window will close at 5:00 PM IST on October 31. 

How many players can be retained by each franchise for IPL 2025?

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A franchise can retain up to five capped and one uncapped player on retention values set by the BCCI.

How many Right to Match (RTM) cards be used by a franchise?

A team can retain five capped players while a team unable to retain the rest will be eligible for RTM for the remaining slots. 

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When are the IPL 2025 mega auctions?

The dates for IPL 2025 are yet to be fixed with probable dates set for November last week or December first week.

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Retained players so far

Delhi Capitals:

Capped: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Tristan Stubbs

Uncapped: Abishek Porel

RTM Available: 2

Mumbai Indians

Capped: Jasprit Bumrah, Surya Kumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma and Tilak Varma 

Uncapped: None

RTM Available: 1

Punjab Kings

Capped: Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh

Uncapped: None

RTM Available: 4

Chennai Super Kings

Capped: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube and Matheesha Pathirana

Uncapped: MS Dhoni

RTM Available: 1

Kolkata Knight Riders

Capped: Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Varun Chakaravarthy and Harshit Rana

Uncapped: Ramandeep Singh.

RTM Available: 0

Rajasthan Royals

Capped: Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel and Shimron Hetmyer.

Uncapped: Sandeep Sharma

RTM Available: 0

SunRisers Hyderabad

Capped: Heinrich Klaasen, Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Kumar Reddy

Uncapped: None

RTM Available: 1

Gujarat Titans

Capped: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan and Rahul Tewatia

Uncapped: Shahrukh Khan

RTM Available: 1

Lucknow Super Giants

Capped: Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi and Ayush Badoni.

Uncapped: Mohsin Khan

RTM Available: 1

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Capped: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar.

Uncapped: Yash Dayal

RTM Available: 3