IPL 2025 Each Team Confirmed Released Players List

August 11, 2024 Abhay Kothari Chennai Super Kings, Cricgasm, Cricket, Cricket News, CSK, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, Indian Premier League, IPL, KKR, Kolkata Knight Riders, LSG, Lucknow Super Giants, MI, Mumbai Indians, PBKS, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, RCB, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, SRH, Sunrisers Hyderabad, T20 Cricket 11 min read

Rohit Sharma set to leave Mumbai Indians as we look at the confirmed released players list for each team for IPL 2025.

Team India recently concluded their first tour under the leadership of Gautam Gambhir, and with that, they now have more than a month before they play their next series. It was against Sri Lanka that India played their last series which they lost 2-0 in ODIs, and won 3-0 in T20Is. Their next series is against Bangladesh at home, and that is almost 40 days away, so there’s plenty of time in hand for the players and BCCI management.

Having said that, the focus now moves to the Indian Premier League for the time being. The world’s best T20 tournament is in focus currently with IPL 2025 Mega Auction Retained Players for All Teams in action. Plenty of discussions and meetings have already taken place between the IPL and All 10 teams’ management to decide on the retention strategy ahead of the Mega Auction.

Each team has already shared its view on the number of players they would like to retain ahead of the Mega Auction, but BCCI has not taken any course of action at the moment. While we wait for BCCI to confirm the number of retentions, we for sure know the players that each team will definitely not want to retain. In any retention scenario, teams are usually sure of the players they would not want to retain. So, in this article, we take a look at the IPL 2025 released players confirmed list for all 10 teams.

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IPL 2025 Confirmed Released Players List for Each Team

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Best Released Players List for IPL 2025

Ajinkya Rahane
Shaik Rasheed
Avanish Aravelly
Ajay Mandal
Daryl Mitchell (f)
Nishant Sindhu
Prashant Solanki
Richard Gleeson (f)

If we start with the Chennai Super Kings, the team would ideally like to retain the majority of the core. But with this being a Mega Auction, the players they are confirmed to release are Ajinkya Rahane, Avanish Aravelli, Shaikh Rasheed, Ajay Mandal, Nishant, Daryl Mitchell, and Moeen Ali. The likes of Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, and Mitchell Santner shall also be on the radar if BCCI does not allow more than 6 players to be retained.

Delhi Capitals (DC) Best Released Players List for IPL 2025

Harry Brook (f)
Prithvi Shaw
Swastik Chhikara
Yash Dhull
Ricky Bhui
Shai Hope (f)
Gulbadin Naib (f)
Sumit Kumar
Ishant Sharma
Jhye Richardson (f)
Lizaad Williams (f)
Lungi Ngidi (f)
Pravin Dubey
Vicky Ostwal

Coming to Delhi Capitals, the team does have a lot of players whom they Ideally would want to release. DC for sure will release the likes of Prithvi Shaw, Sumit Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Harry Brook, Jhye Richardson, Lizard Williams, etc. These players hardly made any contribution to the team, and with a new Coach, DC will be looking to rebuild most of the team in the Mega Auction.

Gujarat Titans (GT) Best Released Players List for IPL 2025

Kane Williamson (f)
Matthew Wade (f)
BR Sharath
Wriddhiman Saha
Azmatullah Omerzai (f)
Jayant Yadav
Vijay Shankar
Manav Suthar
Gurnoor Brar
Sandeep Warrier
Spencer Johnson (f)
Sushant Mishra
Umesh Yadav

Just like Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans shall release as many as 13 sure-shot players from their side ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. GT didn’t have a good outing in 2024, and may also want to restart in the Mega Auction. Aside from the potent 5-6 players, GT sure will let go of the likes of Kane Williamson, Matthew Wade, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Sushant Mishra, Spencer Johnson, etc.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Best Released Players List for IPL 2025

Manish Pandey
KS Bharat
Sherfane Rutherford (f)
Allah Gazanfar (f)
Dushmantha Chameera (f)
Chetan Sakariya
Sakib Hussain

The 2024 IPL champions may try to retain as many as possible if given an option. Given their balanced attack, KKR does have a lot of quality players whom they would like to retain. But when it comes to the players they shall release, they include the likes of Manish Pandey, KS Bharat, Shaerfane Rutherford, and Chetan Sakariya to name a few.

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Best Released Players List for IPL 2025

Ashton Turner (f)
Devdutt Padikkal
David Willey (f)
Krishnappa Gowtham
Kyle Mayers (f)
Amit Mishra
Matt Henry (f)
Prerak Mankad
Yudhvir Charak
Shamar Joseph (f)

Talking about Lucknow Super Giants, the biggest question they will face is whether KL Rahul continues to stay with them. It looks very unlikely KL Rahul would want to continue with LSG, and may be potentially hinting at joining his former team, RCB. While we await his official news, the team does have a lot of players like Ashton Turner, Devdutt Padikkal, David Willey, Kyle Mayers, etc., whom they would like to release.

Mumbai Indians (MI) Best Released Players List for IPL 2025

Rohit Sharma
Vishnu Vinod
Anshul Kamboj
Harvik Desai
Mohammad Nabi (f)
Romario Shephard (f)
Shams Mulani
Shivalik Sharma
Dilshan Madhushanka (f)
Kwena Maphaka (f)
Kumar Kartikeya
Luke Wood (f)
Shreyas Gopal

Just like LSG, Mumbai Indian’s biggest question shall be whether Rohit Sharma stays with them. Rohit has been more than a family for Mumbai Indians, but the way he was treated in 2024, it looks very unlikely he will want to stay with them. With Rohit confirmed to leave MI, Bumrah and SKY are still doubtful to leave. Aside from these players, MI will let go of the likes of Vishnu Vinod, Romario Shephard, Kwena Maphaka, Luke Wood, etc.

Punjab Kings (PBKS) Best Released Players List for IPL 2025

Harpreet Bhatia
Shivam Singh
Chris Woakes (f)
Rishi Dhawan
Tanay Thyagarajann
Vishwanath Singh
Prince Choudhary
Vidhwath Kaperappa

Talking about Punjab Kings, they ideally may not retain any player at the highest price bracket. But if they were given the option to retain players at lower prices, they would retain most of their first-choice 11 players. But still if there are players they would definitely not want in their side are Chris Woakes, Shivam Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Vishwanath Singh, etc.

Rajasthan Royals (RR) Best Released Players List for IPL 2025

Kunal Rathore
Shubham Dubey
Donavon Ferreira (f)
Tom Kohler-Cadmore (f)
Abid Mushtaq
Rovman Powell (f)
Keshav Maharaj (f)
Tanush Kotian
Navdeep Saini

Moving on to Rajasthan Royals, the team will release most of their Overseas contingent. Any which way, RR have always had a stable set of top 4 Overseas players. But it is the other four players who they have mostly faced quality issues Hence other than the Indian players shared above, they will mostly release the likes of Donavon Ferreira, Keshav Maharaj, Rovman Powell, etc.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Best Released Players List for IPL 2025

Saurav Chauhan
Dinesh Karthik
Manoj Bhandage
Mayank Dagar
Tom Curran (f)
Alzarri Joseph (f)
Himanshu Sharma
Karn Sharma
Lockie Ferguson (f)
Rajan Kumar
Reece Topley (f)

Talking about RCB, they would ideally like to start afresh by releasing most of their bowlers. Having a strong bowling lineup has always been their perennial problem, and by releasing their current bowlers, they can think of adding a lot of new quality bowlers in their side. Among the ones they would like to release is Dinesh Karthik, who is retired, Lockie Ferguson, Reece Topley, Alzarri Joseph, etc.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Best Released Players List for IPL 2025

Anmolpreet Singh
Mayank Agarwal
Upendra Yadav
Sanvir Singh
Akash Singh
Jaydev Unadkat
Jhathavedh Subramanyan
Vijaykant Viyaskanth (f)

Finally, talking about Sunrisers Hyderabad, they may want to retain most of their Overseas players. Unfortunately, the rules won’t allow that, hence, the ones whom they will release for sure are Mayank Yadav, Upendra Yadav, Akash Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Vijaykant Viyaskanth, Sanvir Singh, etc.