IPL 2025 Player List : Complete Overview of Retained and Released Players, and total budget.

IPL 2025

Mumbai Indians

Owner: Nita Ambani (Reliance Industries) | Total invested amount: Rs. 84.35 Crore | Remaining amount for auction: Rs. 20 Crore | Total budget: Rs. 104.35 Crore

Player	Amount (Rs. Crore)	Status
Rohit Sharma	16.30	Retained
Jasprit Bumrah	18	Retained
Hardik Pandya	16.35	Retained
Suryakumar Yadav	16.35	Retained
Tilak Varma	8	Retained

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Owner: Vijay Mallya (United Breweries Group) | Total invested amount: Rs. 42 Crore | Remaining amount for auction: Rs. 15 Crore | Total budget: Rs. 57 Crore

Player	Amount (Rs. Crore)	Status
Virat Kohli	25	Retained
Rajat Patidar	11	Retained
Yash Dayal	5	Retained
David Willey	-	Released

Predicted auction targets: David Willey may attract bids from Rajasthan Royals or Punjab Kings.

Delhi Capitals

Owner: Parth Jindal (JSW Group) | Total invested amount: Rs. 43.75 Crore | Remaining amount for auction: Rs. 10 Crore | Total budget: Rs. 53.75 Crore

Player	Amount (Rs. Crore)	Status
Axar Patel	16.5	Retained
Kuldeep Yadav	13.25	Retained
Tristan Stubbs	10	Retained
Abishek Porel	-	Released

Predicted auction targets: Abishek Porel may be picked by Chennai Super Kings or Kolkata Knight Riders.

Lucknow Super Giants

Owner: Sanjiv Goenka (RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group) | Total invested amount: Rs. 56 Crore | Remaining amount for auction: Rs. 25 Crore | Total budget: Rs. 81 Crore

Player	Amount (Rs. Crore)	Status
Nicholas Pooran	21	Retained
Ravi Bishnoi	11	Retained
Mayank Yadav	11	Retained
Mohsin Khan	-	Released

Predicted auction targets: Mohsin Khan may attract interest from Mumbai Indians or Chennai Super Kings.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Owner: Shah Rukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment) | Total invested amount: Rs. 64 Crore | Remaining amount for auction: Rs. 20 Crore | Total budget: Rs. 84 Crore

Player	Amount (Rs. Crore)	Status
Rinku Singh	13	Retained
Varun Chakaravarthy	12	Retained
Sunil Narine	12	Retained
Andre Russell	12	Retained
Harshit Rana	-	Released
Shreyas Iyer	-	Released

Predicted auction targets: Harshit Rana may go to Delhi Capitals or Rajasthan Royals.

Predicted auction targets: Shreyas Iyer may go to Chennai Super Kings or Delhi Capitals.

Rajasthan Royals

Owner: Manohar Singh Gharat (Rajasthan Royals LLC) | Total invested amount: Rs. 56 Crore | Remaining amount for auction: Rs. 18 Crore | Total budget: Rs. 74 Crore

Player	Amount (Rs. Crore)	Status
Sanju Samson	18	Retained
Yashasvi Jaiswal	18	Retained
Riyan Parag	14	Retained
Dhruv Jurel	14	Retained
Shimron Hetmyer	-	Released

Predicted auction targets: Shimron Hetmyer may attract interest from Royal Challengers Bengaluru or Lucknow Super Giants.

Punjab Kings

Owner: Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta (Punjab Kings Management) | Total invested amount: Rs. 48 Crore | Remaining amount for auction: Rs. 10 Crore | Total budget: Rs. 58 Crore

Player	Amount (Rs. Crore)	Status
Shikhar Dhawan	20	Retained
Arshdeep Singh	15	Retained
Sam Billings	12	Retained
Shahrukh Khan	10	Retained
Ravi Bishnoi	-	Released

Predicted auction targets: Ravi Bishnoi may be picked by Mumbai Indians or Delhi Capitals.

Chennai Super Kings

Owner: Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd. | Total invested amount: Rs. 76 Crore | Remaining amount for auction: Rs. 15 Crore | Total budget: Rs. 91 Crore

Player	Amount (Rs. Crore)	Status
MS Dhoni	4	Retained
Ravindra Jadeja	8	Retained
Deepak Chahar	12	Retained
Devdutt Padikkal	10	Retained
Maheesh Theekshana	-	Released
Shivam Dube	12	Retained

Predicted auction targets: Maheesh Theekshana may be pursued by Delhi Capitals or Kolkata Knight Riders.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Owner: Kalanithi Maran (Sun TV Network) | Total invested amount: Rs. 45 Crore | Remaining amount for auction: Rs. 12 Crore | Total budget: Rs. 57 Crore

Player	Amount (Rs. Crore)	Status
David Warner	20	Retained
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	12	Retained
Rashid Khan	10	Retained
Abdul Samad	-	Released

Predicted auction targets: Abdul Samad may go to Punjab Kings or Kolkata Knight Riders.

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