Royal Challengers Bengaluru

NO.
Player Name
Type
Salary
(₹ Cr.)
1 Virat Kohli
Batter
Batter
21.00
2 Rajat Patidar
Batter
Batter
11.00
3 Yash Dayal
Bowler
Bowler
5.00

Kolkata Knight Riders

NO.
Player Name
Type
Salary
(₹ Cr.)
1 Rinku Singh
Batter
Batter
13.00
2 Sunil Narine
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
12.00
3 Andre Russell
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
12.00
4 Varun Chakaravarthy
Bowler
Bowler
12.00
5 Harshit Rana
Bowler
Bowler
4.00
6 Ramandeep Singh
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
4.00

Punjab Kings

NO.
Player Name
Type
Salary
(₹ Cr.)
1 Shashank Singh
Batter
Batter
5.50
2 Prabhsimran Singh
Wicket-Keeper
Wicket-Keeper
4.00

Chennai Super Kings

NO.
Player Name
Type
Salary
(₹ Cr.)
1 Ravindra Jadeja
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
18.00
2 Ruturaj Gaikwad
Batter
Batter
18.00
3 Matheesha Pathirana
Bowler
Bowler
13.00
4 Shivam Dube
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
12.00
5 MS Dhoni
Wicket-Keeper
Wicket-Keeper
4.00

Delhi Capitals

NO.
Player Name
Type
Salary
(₹ Cr.)
1 Axar Patel
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
16.50
2 Kuldeep Yadav
Bowler
Bowler
13.25
3 Tristan Stubbs
Wicket-Keeper
Wicket-Keeper
10.00
4 Abishek Porel
Wicket-Keeper
Wicket-Keeper
4.00

Rajasthan Royals

NO.
Player Name
Type
Salary
(₹ Cr.)
1 Sanju Samson
Wicket-Keeper
Wicket-Keeper
18.00
2 Yashasvi Jaiswal
Batter
Batter
18.00
3 Riyan Parag
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
14.00
4 Dhruv Jurel
Wicket-Keeper
Wicket-Keeper
14.00
5 Shimron Hetmyer
Batter
Batter
11.00
6 Sandeep Sharma
Bowler
Bowler
4.00

Mumbai Indians

NO.
Player Name
Type
Salary
(₹ Cr.)
1 Jasprit Bumrah
Bowler
Bowler
18.00
2 Suryakumar Yadav
Batter
Batter
16.35
3 Hardik Pandya
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
16.35
4 Rohit Sharma
Batter
Batter
16.30
5 Tilak Varma
Batter
Batter
8.00

Sunrisers Hyderabad

NO.
Player Name
Type
Salary
(₹ Cr.)
1 Heinrich Klaasen
Wicket-Keeper
Wicket-Keeper
23.00
2 Pat Cummins
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
18.00
3 Travis Head
Batter
Batter
14.00
4 Abhishek Sharma
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
14.00
5 Nitish Kumar Reddy
Batter
Batter
6.00

Lucknow Super Giants

NO.
Player Name
Type
Salary
(₹ Cr.)
1 Nicholas Pooran
Wicket-Keeper
Wicket-Keeper
21.00
2 Ravi Bishnoi
Bowler
Bowler
11.00
3 Mayank Yadav
Bowler
Bowler
11.00
4 Ayush Badoni
Batter
Batter
4.00
5 Mohsin Khan
Bowler
Bowler
4.00

Gujarat Titans

NO.
Player Name
Type
Salary
(₹ Cr.)
1 Rashid Khan
Bowler
Bowler
18.00
2 Shubman Gill
Batter
Batter
16.50
3 Sai Sudharsan
Batter
Batter
8.50
4 Shahrukh Khan
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
4.00
5 Rahul Tewatia
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
4.00

The retention ahead of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Auction witnessed some big records. SunRisers Hyderabad retained wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen for a sum of Rs 23 crore. This made the wicketkeeper-batter the costliest player retained ever in IPL history. Before this, Virat Kohli was the player with the distinction after being retained by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for Rs 17 crore in 2017.

On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bengaluru paid a whopping Rs 21 crore for their former captain and star batter Virat Kohli, making him the first-ever Indian player to fetch a sum of over Rs 20 crore.

Among the other highlights, Mumbai Indians paid a whopping sum of Rs 18 crore to Jasprit Bumrah, who was their first-choice retention.

It is interesting to note that a new rule change regarding the capped category has allowed Chennai Super Kings retain their legendary player MS Dhoni for a sum as low as Rs 4 crore.

Here are the players who received the highest retention amount ahead of IPL 2025. Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) - Rs 23 crore, Virat Kohli (RCB) - Rs 21 crore, Nicholas Pooran (LSG) - Rs 21 crore. Meanwhile, Pat Cummins (SRH), Sanju Samson (RR), Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR), Rashid Khan (GT), Jasprit Bumrah (MI), Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK), Ravindra Jadeja (CSK) all of them got Rs 18 crore each.