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The retained players list from all ten franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been released, marking a crucial step in the lead-up to the IPL 2025 mega auction scheduled for the last week of November.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

5 players retained: Heinrich Klaasen (INR 23 crore), Pat Cummins (INR 18 crore), Abhishek Sharma (INR 14 crore), Travis Head (INR 14 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (INR 6 crore)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 45 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1

Players eligible for RTM: Only one uncapped player

Big players not retained: Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Chennai Super Kings

5 players retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (INR 13 crore), Shivam Dube (INR 12 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (INR 18 crore), MS Dhoni (INR 4 crore)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 65 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1

Players eligible for RTM: One capped or uncapped player

Big players not retained: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

3 players retained: Virat Kohli (INR 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (INR 11 crore), Yash Dayal (INR 5 crore)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 83 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 3

Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player and two capped players, or three capped players

Big players not retained: Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green

Delhi Capitals

4 players retained: Axar Patel (INR 16.50 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (INR 13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (INR 10 crore), Abishek Porel (INR 4 crore)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 73 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 2

Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player and one capped player, or two capped players

Big players not retained: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Anrich Nortje

Rajasthan Royals

5 players retained: Sanju Samson (INR 18 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (INR 18 crore), Riyan Parag (INR 14 crore), Dhruv Jurel (INR 14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (INR 11 crore), Sandeep Sharma (INR 4 crore)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 41 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: None

Players eligible for RTM: NA

Big players not retained: Yuzvendra Chahal, Jos Buttler

Kolkata Knight Riders

6 players retained: Rinku Singh (INR 13 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (INR 12 crore), Sunil Narine (INR 12 crore), Andre Russell (INR 12 crore), Harshit Rana (INR 4 crore), Ramandeep Singh (INR 4 crore)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 51 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: None

Players eligible for RTM: None

Big players not retained: Shreyas Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana

Lucknow Super Giants

5 players retained: Nicholas Pooran (INR 21 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (INR 11 crore) Mayank Yadav (INR 11 crore), Mohsin Khan (INR 4 crore), Ayush Badoni (INR 4 crore)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 69 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1

Players eligible for RTM: One capped player

Big players not retained: KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, Quinton de Kock, Krunal Pandya

Punjab Kings

2 players retained: Shashank Singh (INR 5.5 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (INR 4 crore)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 110.5 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 4

Players eligible for RTM: Four capped players

Big players not retained: Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone

Mumbai Indians

5 players retained: Jasprit Bumrah (INR 18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (INR 16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (INR 16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (INR 16.30 crore), Tilak Varma (INR 8 crore)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 45 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: 1

Players eligible for RTM: One uncapped player

Big players not retained: Ishan Kishan, Tim David

Gujarat Titans

5 players retained: Rashid Khan (INR 18 crore), Shubman Gill (INR 16.50 crore), Sai Sudharsan (INR 8.50 crore), Rahul Tewatia (INR 4 crore), Shahrukh Khan (INR 4 crore)

Purse remaining for auction: INR 69 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

Right-to-match (RTM) options at auction: One

Players eligible for RTM: One capped player

Big players not retained: Mohammed Shami, David Miller