IPL 2025 Mega auction: List of players retained by 10 franchises and remaining purse amount

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Over the next two days, however, the Benchmark Arena will not only put the nation on the cricketing map, but also end up being the gateway to riches for a plethora of cricketers.</p><p>A total of 577 cricketers — legends and lesser-known names — will hope to draw the franchises’ attention during the annual bidding fiesta called the IPL Player Auction.</p><p class="referpara"><strong><b><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/ipl-auction-2025-live-updates-november-24-day-1/article68904665.ece" target="_blank" >IPL 2025 mega auction Day 1 LIVE</a></b></strong></p><p>As the franchise entourages descended on the port city, indications are that it will be the grandest auction — not just metaphorically — of the 18 auctions held in the history of the Indian Premier League.</p><h4 class="sub_head">Here we look at the retained players and the remaining purse amount with the franchises</h4><div class="inline_embed article-block-item"><div class="flourish-embed flourish-cards" data-src="visualisation/20086844"><script src="https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js"></script><noscript><img src="https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20086844/thumbnail" width="100%" alt="cards visualization" /></noscript></div></div><p><b>Mumbai Indians</b></p><p>Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma. The franchise has ₹45 crore remaining </p><p><b>Royal Challengers Bengaluru</b></p><p>Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal. The franchise has ₹83 crore in hand. </p><p><b>Delhi Capitals</b></p><p>Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel. The amount remaining for Delhi Capitals is ₹73 crore </p><p><b>Lucknow Super Giants</b></p><p>Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni. Remaining amount is 69 crore. </p><p><b>Kolkata Knight Riders</b></p><p>Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh. Kolkata Knight Riders has ₹51 crore in hand. </p><p><b>Rajasthan Royals</b></p><p>Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma. The remaining amount with Rajasthan Royals is ₹41 crore. </p><p><b>Punjab Kings</b></p><p>Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh. With retaining only two players Punjab Kings has a larger purse of ₹110.5 crore </p><p><b>Gujarat Titans</b></p><p>Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan. Gujarat Titans goes iinto the auction with a purse of ₹69 crore </p><p><b>Sunrisers Hyderabad</b></p><p>Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head. Sunrisers Hyderabad has a purse of ₹45 crore </p><p><b>Chennai Super Kings</b></p><p>Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni. 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