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

Rajasthan Royals head coach Rahul Dravid revealed that captain Sanju Samson was involved in the decision making process of the franchise's retention strategy for the IPL 2025.

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.

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.

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

Rajasthan Royals decided to let go of franchise stalwarts Jos Buttler and Yuzvendra Chahal ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.

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

Rajasthan Royals let go of some huge names, most notably Jos Buttler, Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin.

Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag and Sandeep Sharma are the four players who will likely be retained by the Rajasthan Royals (RR) franchise.

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

A report has claimed that Rahul was offered the top retention by LSG but he decided to move on for two reasons.

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

There has been a lot of speculation over the various retentions ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season and Rajasthan Royals has been one specific franchise which has generated a lot of interest.

Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants are among the IPL franchises who have submitted the bids

The BCCI is yet to make a formal announcement, as far as the date and venue are concerned.

Ravichandran Ashwin suggested a different name instead of MS Dhoni as CSK's uncapped retention.

The auctions for IPL 2024 were held in Dubai, UAE but for this edition, a new country is likely to emerge as the host.

IPL franchises can retain a maximum of 6 players each ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.