IPL 2025 Auction: Which Team Used Most RTM for Players and How RTM Card Works?

Some of cricket’s biggest names were sold for record-breaking prices in the IPL 2025 auction, with teams spending huge sums to secure top talent for their squads.

Rishabh Pant played for Delhi Capitals before being sold to Lucknow Supergiants for a whopping Rs. 270 million, making him one of the most expensive players at the auction.

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Many cricket teams have retained their core players, using RTM cards strategically to maintain a balance between team experience and new talent.

Want to know which team used the most RTM cards in the auction?

In this article, we will look at how each team utilizes their RTM cards and which players are retained until the 2025 IPL season.

We’ll also look at the RTM factor, how teams use it during auctions, and its impact on overall team dynamics.

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What is an RTM card?

Before understanding the matching rights card, let’s look at a simple example.

Imagine Rishabh Pant playing for Delhi Capitals last season. During the IPL 2025 auction, another team (Lucknow Super Giants) bid Rs 27 crore for Rishabh Pant, winning the auction for him.

Now, if Delhi Capitals has an RTM card available, they can use it to match the Rs 27-crore bid and retain Rishabh Pant in the squad.

This means that even though Lucknow Super Giants won the bid, Rishabh Pant will remain with Delhi Capitals at the same price as Lucknow Super Giants.

Essentially, RTM cards give the original team a second chance to keep their player at the maximum bid set by the other team. This is a strategic choice that can help teams retain key players without outright outbidding other players.

RTM (Right-to-Match) is a game-changing ace used by IPL teams during the auction. It allows a team to retain a player who was previously on their team, even if another team wins the bid for that player.

Essentially, it’s a way for a team to “match” a former player’s highest bid and bring him back to the team.

But here’s a problem! RTM cards are available in limited quantities, so teams must strategically decide which players to use this option for during the auction.

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IPL Auction 2025: RTM Card Rules and Reserves

The IPL 2025 auction brings significant updates to the Right to Match (RTM) rules and player retention strategies, which are crucial as teams prepare for the upcoming season. Below is a detailed overview of these aspects.

RTM card rules

RTM cards allow teams to retain players from previous teams that were not retained during the pre-auction retention window. Here are the key points regarding IPL 2025 RTM rules:

Retention: Each team can retain up to six players before the auction, with a maximum of five players (Indian or overseas) representing the national team and two Indian players not representing the national team allowed. If a team retains fewer than six players, they will receive an RTM card equal to the number of unreserved players.

Usage of RTM Cards: When a team uses an RTM card in an auction, they can match the highest bid on the player they released. However, there is a new twist in 2025, where the original bidding team has one last chance to increase their bid after using the RTM card. The team using RTM must then decide whether to match the new bid or let the player go to the highest bidder.

RTM practical application examples

If Chennai Super Kings (CSK) releases a player like Shivam Dube and Rajasthan Royals bids Rs 6 crore for him, CSK can use their RTM card to match this bid. If Rajasthan subsequently increases their offer to Rs 8 crore, CSK will have to decide whether to match that amount or lose Dube.

Team Reserved

As part of the auction strategy, the team made various retention decisions:

• Teams without RTM cards: Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders have fully utilized their reserved quota and will not have any RTM cards available during the auction.
• Teams with multiple RTMs: Teams like Kings XI Punjab maximize their options by retaining fewer players, allowing them to enter the auction with multiple RTMs available. This strategy allows them to recapture key players without investing large amounts of capital up front.

Use RTM cards to retain players

Below is the complete list of players retained via Right to Play (RTM) cards. The list includes:

gentlemen. No.	player	Bid amount	type	team
1	Ruturaj Gaikwad	rupee. 18 Crores	capped	chennai super kings
2	Ravindra Jadeja	rupee. 18 Crores	capped	chennai super kings
3	Mathisha Patilana	rupee. 130 million rupees	capped	chennai super kings
4	Shivam Dubey	rupee. 120 million rupees	capped	chennai super kings
5	MS Dhoni	rupee. 4 Crores	No cap	chennai super kings
6	Rachin Ravindra	rupee. 4 Crores	capped	chennai super kings
7	Linku Singh	rupee. 130 million rupees	capped	Kolkata Knight Riders
8	Varun Chakravarty	rupee. 120 million rupees	capped	Kolkata Knight Riders
9	Sunil Narine	rupee. 120 million rupees	capped	Kolkata Knight Riders
10	Andre Russell	rupee. 120 million rupees	capped	Kolkata Knight Riders
11	Harshit Rana	rupee. 4 Crores	No cap	Kolkata Knight Riders
12	Ramandeep Singh	rupee. 4 Crores	No cap	Kolkata Knight Riders
13	Sanzhou Samson	rupee. 18 Crores	capped	See more : Optical Illusion Spot the Difference Game: If You Have Sharp Eyes Find the 3 Differences Between Two Images Within 15 Seconds? rajasthan royals
14	Yashasvi Jaiswal	rupee. 18 Crores	capped	See more : Optical Illusion Spot the Difference Game: If You Have Sharp Eyes Find the 3 Differences Between Two Images Within 15 Seconds? rajasthan royals
15	Ryanparag	rupee. 140 million rupees	capped	See more : Optical Illusion Spot the Difference Game: If You Have Sharp Eyes Find the 3 Differences Between Two Images Within 15 Seconds? rajasthan royals
16	Dhruv Urel	rupee. 140 million rupees	capped	See more : Optical Illusion Spot the Difference Game: If You Have Sharp Eyes Find the 3 Differences Between Two Images Within 15 Seconds? rajasthan royals
No. 17	Himron Heitmeyer	See more : Optical Illusion For Brain Test: An Elusive Sniper Is On A Mission. Can You Track Him Down? rupee. 110 million rupees	capped	See more : Optical Illusion Spot the Difference Game: If You Have Sharp Eyes Find the 3 Differences Between Two Images Within 15 Seconds? rajasthan royals
18	Sandeep Sharma	rupee. 4 Crores	No cap	See more : Optical Illusion Spot the Difference Game: If You Have Sharp Eyes Find the 3 Differences Between Two Images Within 15 Seconds? rajasthan royals
19	Virat Kohli	rupee. 21 Crores	capped	Royal Challengers Bangalore
20	rajapatidar	See more : Optical Illusion For Brain Test: An Elusive Sniper Is On A Mission. Can You Track Him Down? rupee. 110 million rupees	capped	Royal Challengers Bangalore
twenty one	Yash Dayal	rupee. 5 Crores	No cap	Royal Challengers Bangalore
No. 22	Swapnil Singh	rupee. 5 million	No cap	Royal Challengers Bangalore
twenty three	Shubman Gill	rupee. 16.5 Crores Rs.	capped	gujarat titan
twenty four	Rashid Khan	rupee. 18 Crores	capped	gujarat titan
25	Rahul Tewatia	rupee. 4 Crores	No cap	gujarat titans
26	Shah Rukh Khan	rupee. 4 Crores	No cap	gujarat titans
27	Sai Sudarsan	rupee. 8.5 Crores Rs.	capped	gujarat titans
28	R. Sai Kishore	rupee. 2 Crores	capped	gujarat titans
29	Axar Patel	rupee. 16.5 Crores Rs.	capped	delhi capitals
30	Kuldeep Yadav	rupee. 132.5 Crores Rs.	capped	delhi capitals
31	Tristan Stubbs	rupee. 100 million rupees	capped	delhi capitals
32	Abhishek Borel	rupee. 4 Crores	No cap	delhi capitals
33	Jack Fraser McGurk	rupee. 9 Crores	capped	delhi capitals
34	Mukesh Kumar	rupee. 8 Crores	capped	delhi capitals
35	Nicholas Pullan	rupee. 21 Crores	capped	Lucknow Super Giants
36	Ravi Bishnoi	See more : Optical Illusion For Brain Test: An Elusive Sniper Is On A Mission. Can You Track Him Down? rupee. 110 million rupees	capped	Lucknow Super Giants
37	Mayank Yadav	See more : Optical Illusion For Brain Test: An Elusive Sniper Is On A Mission. Can You Track Him Down? rupee. 110 million rupees	capped	Lucknow Super Giants
38	Mohsin Khan	rupee. 4 Crores	capped	Lucknow Super Giants
39	Ayush Badoni	rupee. 4 Crores	No cap	Lucknow Super Giants
40	Shama Joseph	rupee. 7.5 million	capped	Lucknow Super Giants
41	Namandir	rupee. 525 Crores	No cap	mumbai indians
42	Jasprit Bumrah	rupee. 18 Crores	capped	mumbai indians
43	Suryakumar Yadav	rupee. 1635 Crores Rs.	capped	mumbai indians
44	Hardik Pandya	rupee. 1635 Crores Rs.	capped	mumbai indians
45	Rohit Sharma	rupee. 16.3 Crores Rs.	capped	mumbai indians
46	Tilak Varma	rupee. 8 Crores	capped	mumbai indians
47	Ardeep Singh	rupee. 18 Crores	capped	punjab kings
48	Shashank Singh	rupee. 5.5 Crores Rs.	No cap	punjab kings
49	Prabhusimran Singh	rupee. 4 Crores	No cap	punjab kings
50	Pat Cummins	rupee. 18 Crores	capped	Sunriser Hotel Hyderabad
51	Abhishek Sharma	rupee. 140 million rupees	capped	Sunriser Hotel Hyderabad
52	Nitish Reddy	rupee. 6 Crores	No cap	Sunriser Hotel Hyderabad
53	Heinrich Klassen	rupee. 23 Crores	capped	Sunriser Hotel Hyderabad
54	Travis Hyde	rupee. 140 million rupees	capped	Sunriser Hotel Hyderabad

Source: IPL20

As mentioned above, each team has 6 RTM cards to use and retain their core players. In the IPL 2025 auction, all 10 teams used RTM cards to retain key players for the next season. Now, let’s see how many RTM cards each team has left in their arsenal.

• Punjab Kings: 4 RTM cards
• Royal Challengers Bangalore: 3 RTM cards
• Delhi Capitals: 2 RTM cards
• Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans, Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad: Each team has 1 RTM card available.
• Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders: 0 RTM card as both teams exhausted their reserved player quota ahead of the auction.

in conclusion

RTM cards are special tools used by cricket teams in IPL auctions. Using RTM can retain your players; however, it may impact your wallet, limiting your ability to bid on other players during auctions.

Teams must strategize carefully when deciding how to utilize their RTM cards to maximize their chances of building a strong and balanced squad for the upcoming season.

The revised RTM rules introduce a risk that franchises may overpay for players they hope to retain.

If a team is determined to retain a player but faces rising bids, they may end up spending more than the initial valuation, impacting their overall financial strategy and future budget allocations.

Teams may need to rethink their long-term plans regarding player contracts and salary caps.

The unpredictability brought about by RTM rules could impact the way teams structure contracts and negotiate with players ahead of the auction, as they must account for potential bid escalations.

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