Powers to control management Rishabh Pant’s nine-year association with Delhi Capitals came to an end while South African Heinrich Klaasen emerged as the most valued player as the deadline for retention of players ahead of the 2025 edition of the IPL closed on Thursday evening. Virat Kohli (Rs 21 crore) was the highest paid player among Indians with Lucknow Supergiants also splurging a similar amount on West Indies’ swashbuckler Nicholas Pooran.Besides Pant, other IPL captains to be released were KL Rahul (Supergiants) and title-winning captain Shreyas Iyer of Knight Riders. Mumbai Indians retained all their five star players, including skipper Hardik Panndya, national captains Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, pace ace Jasprit Bumrah and young NT Tilak Varma. Punjab Kings, who spent just Rs 9.5 crore in retention, will go into the auction with highest purse of Rs 110.5 crore and also four RTM (Right To Match) cards. .MI retain coreMumbai Indians paid Bumrah the top retention price of Rs 18 crore while India T20 captain Suryakumar (Rs 16.35 crore) and franchise skipper Hardik (Rs 16.35 crore) were paid equal price. They have one uncapped RTM option and that can’t used for Ishan Kishan, the one big player they have let go. Pant, Rahul in auctionDC’s ownership structure is a complicated one with powers to control management alternating between co-owners GMR and JSW every two years. Pant, who is a JSW recruit, wasn’t the top choice for GMR management headed by co-owner Kiran Grandhi.After GMR took charge, they also removed earlier coaching management including former Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly and brought in Venugopal Rao.PBKS retain big purseNot getting into the play-offs for 10 straight years means that Punjab Kings never had a settled look. They retained only two uncapped players -- keeper-opener Prabhsimran Singh and finisher Shashank Singh by paying just Rs 9.5 crore. They have the highest purse (Rs 110.5 crore) remaining going into the mega player auction where they hope to form a winning combination..KKR let go Iyer Shreyas Iyer must have thought that he is worth way more than his current value of Rs 12.25 crore after leading KKR to IPL title. However not being an automatic India T20 choice and a poor strike rate of less than 140 meant that KKR was never going to shell out big bucks for him. The franchise has released him and he is DC’s No.1 captaincy target. The franchise is believed to have kept Rs 20 crore minimum for him.Klaasen hits jackpotKlaasen at Rs 23 crore is value for money as he probably is one of the best hitters of Indian spinners on slow tracks, a rare USP among foreign batters. SRH also showed faith in skipper Pat Cummins who was retained at Rs 18 crore. SRH also retained Abhishek Sharma (Rs 14 crore), Nitish Reddy (Rs 6 crore), Travis Head (14 cr) while spending Rs 75 crore on retentions alone.CSK and prudenceCSK didn’t have too many surprises except giving same retention amount to both skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad and veteran Ravi Jadeja. MS Dhoni, for whom uncapped player rule was created, was retained for Rs 4 crore.Chahal goes into auction Rajasthan Royals had room for all the talent that it groomed over the years with no place for Jos Buttler, R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal. The Royals spent Rs 79 of the total Rs 120-crore purse to retain skipper Sanju Samson (Rs 18 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rs 18 crore), Riyan Parag (Rs 14 crore), Dhruv Jurel (Rs 14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (Rs 11 crore), Sandeep Sharma (Rs 4 crore).Rashid stays in GTIPL’s premier bowler Rashid Khan was given top billing at Rs 18 crore while India’s white-ball vice-captain Shubman Gill was second highest retention for the franchise.LSG release RahulKeeping Nicholas Pooran at a premium price of Rs 21 crore seems to be a good choice with the Supergiants splurging a total of Rs 26 crore to retain core of their bowling unit in leggie Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 11 crore) and pacers Mayank Yadav (Rs 11 crore) and Mohsin Khan (Rs 4 crore).
Powers to control management Rishabh Pant’s nine-year association with Delhi Capitals came to an end while South African Heinrich Klaasen emerged as the most valued player as the deadline for retention of players ahead of the 2025 edition of the IPL closed on Thursday evening. Virat Kohli (Rs 21 crore) was the highest paid player among Indians with Lucknow Supergiants also splurging a similar amount on West Indies’ swashbuckler Nicholas Pooran.Besides Pant, other IPL captains to be released were KL Rahul (Supergiants) and title-winning captain Shreyas Iyer of Knight Riders. Mumbai Indians retained all their five star players, including skipper Hardik Panndya, national captains Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, pace ace Jasprit Bumrah and young NT Tilak Varma. Punjab Kings, who spent just Rs 9.5 crore in retention, will go into the auction with highest purse of Rs 110.5 crore and also four RTM (Right To Match) cards. .MI retain coreMumbai Indians paid Bumrah the top retention price of Rs 18 crore while India T20 captain Suryakumar (Rs 16.35 crore) and franchise skipper Hardik (Rs 16.35 crore) were paid equal price. They have one uncapped RTM option and that can’t used for Ishan Kishan, the one big player they have let go. Pant, Rahul in auctionDC’s ownership structure is a complicated one with powers to control management alternating between co-owners GMR and JSW every two years. Pant, who is a JSW recruit, wasn’t the top choice for GMR management headed by co-owner Kiran Grandhi.After GMR took charge, they also removed earlier coaching management including former Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly and brought in Venugopal Rao.PBKS retain big purseNot getting into the play-offs for 10 straight years means that Punjab Kings never had a settled look. They retained only two uncapped players -- keeper-opener Prabhsimran Singh and finisher Shashank Singh by paying just Rs 9.5 crore. They have the highest purse (Rs 110.5 crore) remaining going into the mega player auction where they hope to form a winning combination..KKR let go Iyer Shreyas Iyer must have thought that he is worth way more than his current value of Rs 12.25 crore after leading KKR to IPL title. However not being an automatic India T20 choice and a poor strike rate of less than 140 meant that KKR was never going to shell out big bucks for him. The franchise has released him and he is DC’s No.1 captaincy target. The franchise is believed to have kept Rs 20 crore minimum for him.Klaasen hits jackpotKlaasen at Rs 23 crore is value for money as he probably is one of the best hitters of Indian spinners on slow tracks, a rare USP among foreign batters. SRH also showed faith in skipper Pat Cummins who was retained at Rs 18 crore. SRH also retained Abhishek Sharma (Rs 14 crore), Nitish Reddy (Rs 6 crore), Travis Head (14 cr) while spending Rs 75 crore on retentions alone.CSK and prudenceCSK didn’t have too many surprises except giving same retention amount to both skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad and veteran Ravi Jadeja. MS Dhoni, for whom uncapped player rule was created, was retained for Rs 4 crore.Chahal goes into auction Rajasthan Royals had room for all the talent that it groomed over the years with no place for Jos Buttler, R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal. The Royals spent Rs 79 of the total Rs 120-crore purse to retain skipper Sanju Samson (Rs 18 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rs 18 crore), Riyan Parag (Rs 14 crore), Dhruv Jurel (Rs 14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (Rs 11 crore), Sandeep Sharma (Rs 4 crore).Rashid stays in GTIPL’s premier bowler Rashid Khan was given top billing at Rs 18 crore while India’s white-ball vice-captain Shubman Gill was second highest retention for the franchise.LSG release RahulKeeping Nicholas Pooran at a premium price of Rs 21 crore seems to be a good choice with the Supergiants splurging a total of Rs 26 crore to retain core of their bowling unit in leggie Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 11 crore) and pacers Mayank Yadav (Rs 11 crore) and Mohsin Khan (Rs 4 crore).
