IPL Retention Deadline Day: MI retain senior pros Bumrah, Rohit; Hardik to lead
IPL Retention Deadline: All players retained by every franchise ft Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Dhoni
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.
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?
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?
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A team can retain five capped players while a team unable to retain the rest will be eligible for RTM for the remaining slots.
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 andTristan Stubbs
Uncapped: Abishek Porel
RTM Available: 2
Mumbai Indians
Capped: Jasprit Bumrah, Surya Kumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharmaand 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 andMatheesha Pathirana
Uncapped:MS Dhoni
RTM Available: 1
Kolkata Knight Riders
Capped: Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Varun Chakaravarthy andHarshit 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 Sudharsanand 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
