The IPL 2025 auction was held on 24th and 25th November 2024 in Saudi Arabia, and now all the teams have started practicing for the upcoming season. This year, all the teams’ squads look very strong and well-balanced, which makes IPL 2025 even more exciting for cricket lovers.
The IPL 2025 season is set to begin on 22nd March with an exciting match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders.
IPL Players List 2025 Overview
| Event | IPL 2025 |
| Auction Dates | 24th-25th November 2024 |
| Total Teams | 10 |
| Start Date | 22nd March 2025 |
| IPL Final Date | 25th May 2025 |
| IPL 2024 Winner | KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) |
| Category | Latest News |
| Official Website | https://www.iplt20.com/ |
IPL Retention 2025
All ten IPL franchises have released their IPL Player List 2025, which includes the names of the players purchased in the auction. IPL teams are also sharing videos on their social media handles of players practicing for IPL 2025, further building excitement among fans for this season. Here are the list of key players retained by each team for IPL 2025:
Mumbai Indians
- 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
Chennai Super Kings
- Ruturaj Gaikwad – INR 18 crore
- Matheesha Pathirana – INR 18 crore
- Shivam Dube – INR 13 crore
- Ravindra Jadeja – INR 12 crore
- MS Dhoni – INR 4 crore
Gujarat Titans
- Shubman Gill – INR 16.50 crore
- Rashid Khan – INR 18 crore
- B Sai Sudharsan – INR 8.50 crore
- Rahul Tewatia – INR 4 crore
- Shahrukh Khan – INR 4 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders
- Sunil Narine – INR 12 crore
- Rinku Singh – INR 13 crore
- Varun Chakravarthy – INR 12 crore
- Andre Russell – INR 12 crore
- Ramandeep Singh – INR 4 crore
Lucknow Super Giants
- 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
Rajasthan Royals
- Sanju Samson – INR 4 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
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Virat Kohli – INR 21 crore
- Rajat Patidar – INR 11 crore
- Yash Dayal – INR 5 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad
- 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
Delhi Capitals
- Axar Patel – INR 16.50 crore
- Kuldeep Yadav – INR 13.25 crore
- Tristan Stubbs – INR 10 crore
- Abhishek Porel – INR 4 crore
Punjab Kings
- Shashank Singh – INR 5.5 crore
- Prabhsimran Singh – INR 4 crore
IPL Team Squads 2025
After the retention process, teams have started making their squads by acquiring new players vua strategic purchases. Here’s a look at the updated squads for the 2025 season:
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – Along with retaining key players, CSK has signed Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, and R Ashwin to improve their middle order batsman. Mitchell Santner and Deepak Chahar add depth to the bowling attack, while Rachin Ravindra brings all-round capabilities. Overall Chennai super kings look more balanced compared to other teams in IPL 2025.
Mumbai Indians (MI) – No doubt Mumbai Indians have the best squad for IPL 2025 season, because MI retained their core including Rohit Sharma, Jasprit bumrah and Hardik Pandya. They also purchase Trent Bolt, Deepak chahar, and will jacks, improving both batting and bowling strength.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) – In the IPL 2025 auction RCB released big names like Mohammad Siraj, Maxwell, and Faf Du Plessis. But after the auction RCB overall looked a more balanced team, with explosive players like Phil Salt, Liam Livingston, Romario shepherd, and experienced bowler like Josh hazelwood, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – Former champion KKR retained their power hitters Andre Russell and Rinku Singh. They also signed Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, and Anrich Nortje to improve batting and bowling options. Recently KKR announced Ajinkya Rahane as the new KKR captain.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) – RR retained their reliable youngsters Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, and Riyan parag. The team also signed Jofra Archer, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Tushar Deshpande to strengthen their bowling attack.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) – PBKS retained Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh. They also bought Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshpdeep Singh, Nihal wadhera significantly improving their batting and experience bowling options. Recently PBKS appointed Shreyas Iyer as a new captain of Punjab kings.
Delhi Capitals (DC) – DC retained Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav while signing Mitchell Starc and KL Rahul to improve both the batting and bowling departments. They also bought Jake Fraser-McGurk, which makes the best opening pair of Kl Rahul, and JFM.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – SRH retained Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen and Travis Head while acquiring Mohammed Shami and Harshal Patel to strengthen their bowling lineup. Overall SRH batting line up looks most dangerous in comparison to other teams.
Gujarat Titans (GT) – GT retained Shubman Gill and Rashid Khan while signing Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, and Mohammad Siraj to enhance their overall squad balance.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) – LSG retained Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav and their key signings include Rishabh Pant, David Miller, and Avesh Khan, which makes the overall squad balanced.
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