The Indian Premier League (IPL) sent birthday wishes to legendary India cricketer Virat Kohli, who turned 36 on Tuesday.

The mega auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season is expected to be held in Riyadh at the end of this month, according to sources.

Gautam Gambhir wished Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on his 59th birthday on Saturday

Venkatesh Iyer has been a key cog for KKR for four seasons, and expressed his emotion at not being retained by the franchise.

DC co-owners GMR Group are interested in bringing Iyer back to Delhi Capitals, and have even promised him captaincy, according to an IPL franchise official.

Mysore stated that although he enjoys a personal rapport with Shreyas, the batter wanted to test his value in the auction.

Several big names were let go, while a lot of faith was put in uncapped players during the retention phase. Let's look at 10 key takeaways from the IPL retentions.

The under-construction international cricket stadium at Narsingarh in Tripura could become Kolkata Knight Riders' second home ground for the 2025 IPL season since the iconic Eden Garden in Kolkata is set for a massive makeover.

KKR have made their top retention pick in middle-order batter Rinku Singh followed by Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, along with uncapped duo of Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh

Let's have a look at five players who could fetch massive amount at IPL 2025 auction -

IPL 2025 Retentions: The IPL 2025 retentions are here and there were quite a few surprises in store for the fans.

IPL 2025 Retentions Announcement, Live Streaming: The announcement for the retained players by the franchises will be disclosed on Thursday.

IPL 2024-winning captain Shreyas Iyer parts ways with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), and so does Rs 25 cr purchase Mitchell Starc.

IPL 2025 Retention Highlights: All the franchises have announced their list of retained players ahead of the 2025 auction.

At the IPL auctions, Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings could go the whole hog for Rishabh Pant

A report also said that the four retentions of the side would likely be - Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy and uncapped fast bowler Harshit Rana

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer, after winning IPL 2024 title, is set to be released.

IPL 2025 Retention Highlights: The BCCI has set a deadline of October 31 for the franchises to finalize their retentions.