IPL Auction 2025: List of Players available for Upcoming Mega Auction Next Year

The much-anticipated IPL mega auction 2025 has kicked off as IPL teams officially announce their player retention. Big names like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Pat Cummins were retained by their respective franchises, but others, including Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Mitchell Starc and KL Rahul, have been released and will now enter the auction pool.

This means that the IPL mega auction 2025 will provide franchises with the opportunity to develop new talent or bid for some of the most experienced stars in the tournament.

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List of players available for IPL mega auction 2025

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders have made a surprising move by releasing their title-winning skipper Shreyas Iyer ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. However, they strategically utilized all six reserved spots to retain a strong core of players including their mystery spinners Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Lin Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh and Harshit Rana. Likewise, Rajasthan Royals have opted to retain their full quota of six players, ensuring they remain on a solid footing for the new season. Check the list below.

CSK releases players

Ajay Mandal, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway*, Maheesh Theekshana*, Mitchell Santner*, Moeen Ali*, Mukesh Choudhary, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shaik Rasheed, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Rachin Ravindra*, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell*, Samir Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman*, Awanish Rao Aravili

KKR releases players

Shreyas Iyer, Rahmanullah Gubaz*, Nitish Rana, Sherfane Rutherford*, Phil Salt*, KS Bharat, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Suyash Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar*, Dushmantha Chameera*, Sakib Hussain, Vaibhav Arora, Mitchell Starc*, Chetan Sakarya

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Delhi Capitals (DC) releases players

Anrich Nortje*, David Warner* (retired), Ishant Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh*, Mukesh Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull, Harry Brook*, Ricky Bhui , Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson*, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope*, Swastik Chhikara, Jake Fraser-McGurk*

Gujarat Titans(GT) terminate players

BR Sharath, Abhinav Manohar, Sandeep Warrier, Gurnoor Brar, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller*, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little*, Kane Williamson*, Matthew Wade*, Mohammad Shami, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad*, Sai Kishore, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Azmatullah Omarzai*, Umesh Yadav, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) terminated players

KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Quinton de Kock*, Ashton Turner*, Deepak Hooda, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers*, Marcus Stoinis*, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, David Willey*, Shivam Mavi, Shamar Joseph*, Matt Henry*

Mumbai Indians (MI) release players

Dewald Brevis*, Ishan Kishan, Harvik Desai, Tim David*, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammad Nabi*, Romario Shepherd*, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Gerald Coetzee*, Anshul Kamboj, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma

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Punjab Kings (PBKS) releases players

Shikhar Dhawan (retired), Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow*, Liam Livingstone*, Harpreet Bhatia, Rilee Rossouw*, Chris Woakes*, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Tanay Thyagarajan, Atharva Taide

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) releases players

Faf du Plessis*, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik (retired), Suyash S Prabhudessai, Will Jacks*, Saurav Chauhan, Glenn Maxwell*, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Cameron Green*, Swapnil Singh

Rajasthan Royals(RR) releases players

Jos Buttler*, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira*, Rovman Powell*, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore*, Ravichandran Ashwin, Tanush Kotian, Abid Mushtaq, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Keshav Maharaj*

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Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) released players

Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram*, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips*, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Marco Jansen*, Washington Sundar

*Foreign players

Note: This list will be updated according to the official announcement of IPL 2025.

With many teams deciding to part with experienced players such as captain Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Sam Curran and Faf du Plessis, the 2025 auction will undoubtedly attract competitive bids for these high-value players.

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