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 |
Varun Chakaravarthy
Bowler
|
Bowler
|
12.00 |
| 3 |
Sunil Narine
All-Rounder
|
All-Rounder
|
12.00 |
| 4 |
Andre Russell
All-Rounder
|
All-Rounder
|
12.00 |
| 5 |
Ramandeep Singh
All-Rounder
|
All-Rounder
|
4.00 |
| 6 |
Harshit Rana
Bowler
|
Bowler
|
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 |
Hardik Pandya
All-Rounder
|
All-Rounder
|
16.35 |
| 3 |
Suryakumar Yadav
Batter
|
Batter
|
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 |
Mohsin Khan
Bowler
|
Bowler
|
4.00 |
| 5 |
Ayush Badoni
Batter
|
Batter
|
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 |
Rahul Tewatia
All-Rounder
|
All-Rounder
|
4.00 |
| 5 |
Shahrukh Khan
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.