IPL 2025 Retention Day HIGHLIGHTS: KKR Release Andre Russell, Rachin Ravindra And Devon Conway Leave CSK

Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari.

Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, and Suyash Sharma.

Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal Rathore, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma, Nandre Burger, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran.

Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod.

Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickleton, Robin Minz, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghafanzar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Sherfane Rutherford, Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur.

Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (c), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Mohammed Shami.

 
Axar Patel
KL Rahul
Karun Nair
Abishek Porel
Tristan Stubbs
Sameer Rizvi
Ashutosh Sharma
Vipraj Nigam
Ajay Mandal
Tripurana Vijay
Madhav Tiwari
Mitchell Starc
T Natarajan
Mukesh Kumar
Dushmantha Chameera
Kuldeep Yadav
Nitish Rana (traded in)

Shubman Gill (captain), Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sindhu, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips.

Ajinkya Rahane, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Varun Chakravarthy, Luvnith Sisodia, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh, Ankul Roy, Rovman Powell, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora.

Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera.

Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, M.S. Dhoni, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis.

KKR will have the highest purse in the auction, while the Mumbai Indians will have the least amount.

RCB - 16.4 crore.
DC - 21.8 crore.
KKR 64.3 crore.
CSK 43.4 crore.
SRH 35.5 crore.
LSG 22.9 crore.
RR - 16.05 crore.
GT 12.9 crore.
PBKS 11.5 crore.
MI 2.75 crore.

Heinrich Klaasen will play for SRH in IPL 2026.

LSG have released David Miller, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Shamar Joseph among others.

RCB have released Liam Livingstone, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani and Mayank Agarwal  among others.

Punjab Kings have released Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Kuldeep Sen, and Kyle Jamieson, among others.

Mumbai Indians have released Lizaad Williams, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Bevon Jacobs and Reece Topley.

Rajasthan Royals have released Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana, alongside Fazalhaq Farooqi.

KKR have released Andre Russell, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and Moeen Ali alongside Quinton de Kock and Spencer Johnson.

Chennai Super Kings have released both Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway. Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Shaikh Rasheed and Vijay Shankar also leave CSK.

Andre Russell could be released by KKR.

Sunrisers Hyderabad are reportedly set to part ways with Adam Zampa and Deepak Chahar.

Karim Janat, Gerald Coetzee, Mahipal Lomror and Kulwant Khejroliya are likely to be released by Gujarat Titans.

As per ESPN Cricinfo, Delhi Capitals will retain T Natarajan for IPL 2026.

Venkatesh Iyer is all set to be released by KKR ahead of the IPL 2026 mini auction, as per reports. The IPL 2024 champions will also likely release Anrich Nortje, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Moeen Ali.

As of now, Ajinkya Rahane is likely to stay with KKR despite several reports of him being linked with an exit.

RCB are likely to part ways with Liam Livingstone, Mayank Agarwal and Rasikh Dar.

Kolkata Knight Riders are expected to release Venkatesh Iyer, who endured a poor IPL 2025.

New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson will reportedly be retained by the IPL 2025 runner-up.

The IPL retention rule this year is quite different this year as compared to the mega auctions that were held last year. This time around, there is no cap on retaining Indian players, overseas players, or uncapped players

Rajasthan Royals are expected to retain Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi.

As per reports, CSK are all set to part ways with Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra. They are also expected to release Mathessha Pathirana.

As per Cricbuzz, the Delhi Capitals are set to release Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mohit Sharma and Harry Brook.

The IPL 2025 Retention will have a live telecast on Star Sports Network, while the live streaming will be available on the JioStar app and website. The broadcast will start as soon as the 2nd of the IND vs SA Test finishes.

Donovan Ferreira has been successfully traded to the Delhi Capitals from the Rajasthan Royals for a fee of INR 1 crore.

Mumbai Indians have traded Arjun Tendulkar to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 30 lakhs.

Kolkata Knight Riders have successfully traded spinner Mayank Markande to Mumbai Indians for INR 30 lakh.

Nitish Rana has joined Delhi Capitals from Rajasthan Royals at his existing Rs 4.2 crore fee.

Sunrisers Hyderabad have traded Mohammed Shami to Lucknow Super Giants, and the Indian pacer will move to LSG at his existing price Rs 10 crore.

Sanju Samson has been traded to CSK, while Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran head towards the Rajasthan Royals.