IPL Retention 2025: Title-Winning Captain Shreyas Iyer Not In The List Of Players Retained By KKR. Full List Here

IPL Retention 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have announced the list of Players they will be retaining ahead of mega auction and have parted ways their title-winning captain Shreyas Iyer.

IPL Retention 2025: KKR has parted ways with Shreyas Iyer as they revealed the players they have retained ahead of the mega auction.

Source : PTI

IPL Retention 2025: It's official. Shreyas Iyer has not been retained by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The same was confirmed after KKR announced its retention list on Deadline Day on October 31 (Thursday). Shreyas had led the team to an IPL title last year.

Even though the Knights have used their full quota of six players that can be retained, Shreyas does not find a place in the side. The management has instead opted to retain Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana and Varun Charkravarthy. While Rinku was retained for Rs 13 crore, Varun was picked for Rs 12 crore, Sunil and Russell also fetched Rs 12 crore each. Harshit and Ramandeep as uncapped Indian players will be getting Rs 4 crore each.

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The retention has allowed the defending champions a purse of Rs 51 crore heading into the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. However, since they have used all six of their retention options, they will not have any Right To Match (RTM) option available when the bidding war happens.

Here are your retained Knights 💜

Next Stop: #TATAIPLAuction 💰🔨 pic.twitter.com/fvr1kwWoYn

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) October 31, 2024

𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚 continues to run wild in Kolkata! 💪🔥 pic.twitter.com/ftayGbwv5y

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) October 31, 2024

Now Showing: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭! 🎥🍿 pic.twitter.com/ZeAaNiSy0N

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) October 31, 2024

Everything is p̶l̶a̶n̶n̶e̶d̶ God’s plan 💜✨ pic.twitter.com/oraFbUtK4H

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) October 31, 2024

𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬! 🪄🔮 pic.twitter.com/8UZMsZBxtL

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) October 31, 2024

Too Fast. Too Furious. Too Happy to be a Knight 💜 pic.twitter.com/oZV0VwdVXg

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) October 31, 2024

Our RA𝐌𝐀𝐍 of every hour 💪 pic.twitter.com/LdPBBlIibC

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) October 31, 2024

KKR In The Lookout For A Captain

With Shreyas back the in the auction pool, KKR would now be in the lookout for a captain. Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals has also parted ways with their skipper Rishabh Pant. Royal Challengers Bengaluru have opted to release Faf du Plessis while Shikhar Dhawan, who led Punjab Kings in IPL 2024, has retired meaning the franchise will also be looking for a captain.