While some teams have secured their skippers for the season, experienced captains will be in high demand at the auction, with some prominent names available in the market.
The likes of Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, among others, are ready to take the mega auction by storm this year. IPl 2025 mega auction is likely to take place in the last week of November
Mumbai Indians chose to retain five Indian players as the IPL franchises submitted their list of retentions to end weeks of speculations around who were going to stay with their teams.
The stage is set for a high-profile mega auction in the end of November after all the 10 IPL franchisees released the list of their retained players on Thursday (October 31).
IPL 2025 Retention: Skipper Shreyas Iyer has been released by KKR along with their most expensive buy Mitchell Starc ahead of the mega auction.
Both dynamic leaders are now set to be among the hottest names in the bidding war, after Delhi Capitals released Pant and Kolkata Knight Riders' skipper Shreyas Iyer became available for the auction.
Punjab will be entering the IPL 2025 auction with a big purse of Rs 110.5 Crore which could be a big factor considering the quality of players at hand in the auction.
IPL 2025 Retention: Punjab will be entering the auction with a big purse as they have only spent Rs 9.5 Cr on 2 retentions with majority of the squad released ahead of the new season.
IPL 2025 Retention: Indian pacer Tushar Deshpande and Kiwi batters Rachin Ravindra and Daryll Mitchell are among the players that have been released by CSK.
IPL 2025 Retention: SRH go with their big-hitting duo of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma ahead of the new season with Heinrich Klaasen fetching the big bucks on the day.
IPL 2025 Retention: The likes of R Ashwin, Chahal and Trent Boult have been released by the Royals ahead of the new IPl season.
IPL 2025 Retention: Indian pacer Mohd Shami and overseas batters like Kane Williamson and David Miller have been released by Gujarat Titans.
IPL 2025 Retention: Rishabh Pant has been released by Delhi Capitals which means he will be a part of the IPL 2025 mega auction
Dewald Bravis, Ishan Kishan among others have been released by Mumbai Indians ahead of IPL 2025 auction in November end. Check full list of players released and retained, along with salary, by MI here
Faf du Plessis and Alzzari Joseph among others have been released by RCB ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction in November end. Check RCB's full list of retained and released players here
LSG are likely to retain Pooran as their top pick, alongside fast-bowling talent Mayank Yadav, leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi, and uncapped player Ayush Badoni for the upcoming IPL auction.
With the deadline to submit the list of retained players on October 31, reports suggest that Shreyas Iyer is most likely to be retained by Kolkata.
Delhi Capitals reached their first-ever final in 2020, but in the last season, they missed the playoffs by net run rate, finishing with seven wins, seven losses, and 14 points.
KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock among others have been released by Lucknow Super Giants ahead of IPL 2025 Auction in November end. Check LSG's full list of retained and released players here
Chennai Super Kings have retained Ruturaj Gaikwad, Pathirana, Dhoni, Jadeja, Gaikwad. Rishabh Pant not retained by Delhi Capitals