Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Funds Remaining (₹ Cr.) 0.75
Overseas Players 8
Total Players 22
NO.
Player Name
Type
Price (₹ Cr.)
1 Virat Kohli
Batter
Batter
21.00
2 Josh Hazlewood
Bowler
Bowler
12.50
3 Phil Salt
Wicket-Keeper
Wicket-Keeper
11.50
4 Jitesh Sharma
Wicket-Keeper
Wicket-Keeper
11.00
5 Rajat Patidar
Batter
Batter
11.00
6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bowler
Bowler
10.75
7 Liam Livingstone
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
8.75
8 Rasikh Dar
Bowler
Bowler
6.00
9 Krunal Pandya
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
5.75
10 Yash Dayal
Bowler
Bowler
5.00
11 Tim David
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
3.00
12 Suyash Sharma
Bowler
Bowler
2.60
13 Jacob Bethell
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
2.60
14 Devdutt Padikkal
Batter
Batter
2.00
15 Nuwan Thushara
Bowler
Bowler
1.60
16 Romario Shepherd
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
1.50
17 Lungi Ngidi
Bowler
Bowler
1.00
18 Swapnil Singh
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
0.50
19 Manoj Bhandage
All-Rounder
All-Rounder
0.30
20 Abhinandan Singh
Bowler
Bowler
0.30
21 Mohit Rathee
Bowler
Bowler
0.30
22 Swastik Chikara
Batter
Batter
0.30

Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals are the only two teams that have used all six retentions ahead of IPL Auction 2025. The defending IPL champions held star West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell. However, they released their IPL 2024-winning captain Shreyas Iyer.

Having created a star-studded side en route to a dominant IPL 2024 title, retaining a maximum of six players was always going to be a difficult task for the Knight Riders.

Overseas stars Phil Salt and Mitchell Starc have been let go, while Indian regulars Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana and Vaibhav Arora have also not been retained.

KKR managed to retain their six players for a combined total of only Rs 57 crore. However, Rs 69 crore will be deducted from their auction budget, as that is the designated amount for four capped retentions and two uncapped retentions (18 + 14 + 11 + 18 + 4 + 4 = 69).

This leaves KKR with an auction purse of Rs 51 cr, having already sealed six players from their title-winning squad.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals (RR) let go of stalwart Jos Buttler, as well as star Indian spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin. Instead, RR chose to retain captain Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal for Rs 18 cr each. Having retained five capped players and one uncapped player, Rajasthan Royals will enter the IPL 2025 mega auction with the lowest purse of any franchise.

Since both KKR and RCB have retained all their six players before the mega auction, they will have no Right to Match (RTM) cards.