While fans around the world are eagerly waiting for an official confirmation of the IPL Auction 2025 Date and venue, a report carried by news agency ANI has claimed that the bidding war will happen in Riyadh this year. The said report also reveals the date of the auction which is set to be held later this month.
The mega auction, as claimed in the report which cites sources, will be held on November 24 & 25. The agency report comes after the ten franchises recently announced their list of retained players. Some of the big names in T20 cricket around the world and the IPL including the likes of Jos Buttler, Aiden Markram, Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and many others will be included in the auction pool.
With the likes of IPL-winning captain Shreyas Iyer released from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Rishabh Pant being released from Delhi Capitals (DC) and KL Rahul from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), there would be three proven leaders who will be available to pick for franchises especially those who are looking to find themselves a leader.
List of retained players by franchises:
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni
Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel
Gujarat Titans: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh
Lucknow Super Giants: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni
Mumbai Indians: Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma
Punjab Kings: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins, Abhishek S