IPL 2025: From Heinrich Klaasen to Sandeep Sharma, A Look At Costliest And Least Expensive Among Retained Players

Last Updated:October 31, 2024, 21:05 IST

Check the complete list of players retained by their sides from the most valuable to the least ahead of the IPL 2025 auctions.

Virat Kohli, Heinrich Klaasen, Nicholas Pooran.

The highly-anticipated retention lists from the IPL sides ahead of the mega-auction came in on Thursday as every team in the money-rich T20 franchise league announced the list of players they would like to hold on to ahead of the impending auction in the lead-up to the 2025 season.

Top stars were retained by the sides for mouth-watering sums of money as South African batter Heinrich Klaasen took the top billing with the Sunrisers Hyderabad holding onto the services of the middle-order batter for a whooping 23 Crore Indian Rupees.

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Virat Kohli came in second on the list of most expensive retentions as Royal Challengers Bangalore held on to their poster boy for 21 Crore Indian Rupees, as did Lucknow Super Giants for the retention of Windies maverick Nicholas Pooran.

Teams were provided the option to retain six players from their sides at the most with specific rules for the retention of uncapped players built into the stipulations.

Chennai Super Kings star MS Dhoni was the most remarkable ‘uncapped’ retention as the World Cup winner was retained for the base value of 4 Crore Indian Rupees as he hasn’t represented the Indian side or held a BCCI central contract in the past 5 years.

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1. Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) – 23 Crore Rupees
2. Virat Kohli (RCB) – 21 Crore Rupees
3. Nicholas Pooran (LSG) – 21 Crore Rupees
4. Jasprit Bumrah (MI) – 18 Crore Rupees
5. Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK) – 18 Crore Rupees
6. Ravindra Jadeja (CSK) – 18 Crore Rupees
7. Pat Cummins (SRH) – 18 Crore Rupees
8. Rashid Khan (GT) – 18 Crore Rupees
9. Sanju Samson (RR) – 18 Crore Rupees
10. Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) – 18 Crore Rupees
11. Shubman Gill (GT) – 16.5 Crore Rupees
12. Axar Patel (DC) – 16.5 Crore Rupees
13. Suryakumar Yadav (MI) – 16.35 Crore Rupees
14. Hardik Pandya (MI) – 16.35 Crore Rupees
15. Rohit Sharma (MI) – 16.3 Crore Rupees
16. Riyan Parag (RR) – 14 Crore Rupees
17. Dhruv Jurel (RR) – 14 Crore Rupees
18. Abhishek Sharma (SRH) – 14 Crore Rupees
19. Travis Head (SRH)  – 14 Crore Rupees
20. Kuldeep Yadav (DC) – 13.25 Crore Rupees
21. Rinku Singh (KKR) – 13 Crore Rupees
22. Matheesha Pathirana (CSK) – 13 Crore Rupees
23. Shivam Dube (CSK) – 12 Crore Rupees
24. Varun Chakravarthy (KKR) – 12 Crore Rupees
25. Sunil Narine (KKR) – 12 Crore Rupees
26. Andre Russell (KKR) – 12 Crore Rupees
27. Shimron Hetmyer (RR) – 11 Crore Rupees
28. Ravi Bishnoi (LSG) – 11 Crore Rupees
29. Mayank Yadav (LSG) – 11 Crore Rupees
30. Rajat Patidar (RCB) – 11 Crore Rupees
31. Tristan Stubbs (DC) – 10 Crore Rupees
32. Sai Sudharsan (GT) – 8.5 Crore Rupees
33. Tilak Varma (MI) – 8 Crore Rupees
34. Nitish Kumar Reddy (SRH) – 6 Crore Rupees
35. Shashank Singh (PBKS) – 5.5 Crore Rupees
36. Yash Dayal (RCB) – 5 Crore Rupees
37. MS Dhoni (CSK) – 4 Crore Rupees
38. Abhishek Porel (DC) – 4 Crore Rupees
39. Harshit Rana (KKR) – 4 Crore Rupees
40. Ramandeep Singh (KKR) – 4 Crore Rupees
41. Mohsin Khan (LSG) – 4 Crore Rupees
42. Ayush Badoni (LSG) – 4 Crore Rupees
43. Rahul Tewatia (GT) – 4 Crore Rupees
44. Shahrukh Khan (GT) – 4 Crore Rupees
45. Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS) – 4 Crore Rupees
46. Sandeep Sharma (RR) – 4 Crore Rupees