The way to 2025 IPL season is well on its way, as the ten franchisees announced their retention lists ahead of the big ones auction expected to take place before the end of the year. In an IPL Retention Special on JioCinema, the teams announced which players will continue to represent their jerseys in the tournament next year — but also some big names who will go under the hammer in the auction, which teams will be keeping an eye on.

Heinrich Klaasen was the highest earner on the retention lists, with Sunrisers Hyderabad paying him 23 crore to retain his services. Virat Kohli and Nicholas Pooran was right behind as RCB and LSG give them ₹21 each.

On the other hand, some big name players will be looking for new homes in the auction. Among these are Delhi franchise hero Rishabh Pant who was confirmed to be released in a shock move, as well as KL Rahul, KKR title-winning captain Shreyas Iyer and a top-class Indian fast bowler in the form of Arshdeep Singh as well. They are joined by some big overseas players as well, led by Jos Buttler and Glenn Maxwell.

Punjab Kings retained the most players, and Ricky Ponting will have a warchest of 110.5 cr in the auction, by far the most in this year’s auction. RCB will also have 83 crore on hand with only three retentions, while DC will have 73 cr under their new management as well. KKR and RR will both go into the auction with a maximum of six players already in their squads, but the Jaipur team will have just Rs 41 cr to work with in the auction, with no RTM options either.

Tons of talent, domestic and international, will take part in the auction when it happens later this year, and with teams at different levels of preparedness in terms of their retentions, it promises to be full of fireworks.

Here is the complete list of retained and released players of all 10 IPL franchises ahead of mega auction

Mumbai Indians

5 players left:

Jasprit Bumrah: ₹SEK 18 million

Suryakumar Yadav: ₹SEK 16.35 million

Hardik Pandya: ₹16:35 million

Rohit Sharma: ₹4:30 p.m.crore

Tilak Varma: ₹8 million

Remaining wallet: INR 55 crore (out of INR 120 crore)

RTM options on auction: 1

Players eligible for RTM: An uncapped player

Full list of players not retained: Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Tim David, Harvik Desai, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal , Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Kwena Maphaka

Chennai Super Kings

5 players left:

Ruturaj Gaikwad: ₹SEK 18 million

Matheesha Pathirana: ₹SEK 13 million

Shivam Dube: ₹SEK 12 million

Ravindra Jadeja: ₹SEK 18 million

MS Dhoni: ₹4 million

Remaining wallet: INR 55 million

RTM options on auction: One player

Full list of players not retained: Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Rachinula, Mahvinda, The Rachinul, Mahvind. Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Richard Gleeson, Avanish Rao Aravelly, Devon Conway

Royal Challengers Bangalore

3 players left:

Virat Kohli: ₹SEK 21 million

Rajat Patidars: ₹SEK 11 million

Yash Dayal: ₹5 million

Remaining wallet: INR 83 million

RTM options on auction: Three players

Full list of players not retained: Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Sharma, Himans Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan

Delhi Capitals

4 players left:

Axar Patel: ₹SEK 16.5 million

Kuldeep Yadav: ₹SEK 13.25 million

Tristan Stubbs: ₹SEK 10 million

Abhishek Porel: ₹4 million

Wallet Remaining: INR 73 crore

RTM options on auction: Two players

Full list of players not retained: Rishabh Pant, Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Ricky Bhui , Kumar Kushagra, Gulbadin Naib, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara, Lizaad Williams, Harry Brook, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh.

Kolkata Knight Riders

6 players left:

Rinku Singh: ₹SEK 13 million

Varun Chakravarthy: ₹SEK 12 million

Sunil Narine: ₹SEK 12 million

Andre Russell: ₹SEK 12 million

Harshit Rana: ₹4 million

Ramandeep Singh: ₹4 million

Remaining wallet: INR 51 million

RTM options at auction: None

Full list of players not retained: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Vaibhav Arora, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manhish Pandey, Manhish Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, Jason Roy, Gus Atkinson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

Lucknow Super Giants

5 players left:

Nicholas Pooran: ₹SEK 21 million

Ravi Bishnoi: ₹SEK 11 million

Mayank Yadav: ₹SEK 11 million

Mohsin Khan: ₹4 million

Ayush Badoni: ₹4 million

Wallet left: INR 69 crore

RTM Options on Auctions: Single Player

Full list of players not retained: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph , K. Gowtham, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Mark Wood, David Willey, Shivam Mavi.

Sunrises Hyderabad

5 players left:

Pat Cummins: ₹SEK 18 million

Abhishek Sharma: ₹SEK 14 million

Nitiesh Reddy: ₹6 million

Heinrich Klaasen: ₹SEK 23 million

Travis Head: ₹SEK 14 million

Remaining wallet: INR 45 million

RTM options at auction: One player with no cap

Full list of players not retained: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik , Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Wanindu Hasaranga.

Gujarat Titans

5 players left:

Rashid Khan: ₹SEK 18 million

Shubman Gill: ₹SEK 16.5 million

Sai Sudharsan: ₹SEK 8.5 million

Rahul Tewatia: ₹4 million

Shah Rukh Khan: ₹4 million

Wallet left: INR 69 crore

RTM options on auction: One player

Full list of players not retained: David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav , Gurnoor Brar, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Sandeep Warrier, BR Sharath, Mohammed Shami, Robin Minz, Sushant Mishra.

Punjab Kings

2 players left:

Shashank Singh: ₹SEK 5.5 million

Prabhsimran Singh: ₹4 million

Remaining wallet: INR 110.5 crore

RTM options on auction: Four players

Full list of players not retained: Arshdeep Singh, Matthew Short, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.

Rajasthan Royals

6 players left:

Sanju Samson: ₹SEK 18 million

Yashasvi Jaiswal: ₹SEK 18 million

Riyan Parag: ₹SEK 14 million

Dhruv Jurel: ₹SEK 14 million

Shimron Hetmyer: ₹SEK 11 million

Sandeep Sharma: ₹4 million

Remaining wallet: INR 41 million

RTM options at auction: None

Full list of players not retained: Jos Buttler, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Prasidh Krishna, Adam Zampa.