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IPL 2025 Retentions, Live Updates© BCCI
IPL 2025 Retentions, Live Updates: Cricket fans around the world are eagerly waiting for the announcement of the players’ retentions for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The BCCI has set a deadline till October 31 for the franchises to finalize their retentions. As this year will be a mega auction, the franchises are allowed to retain as many as six players, of which at least one has to be an uncapped Indian player. Lot of big names like KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant have been rumoured to be entering the auction pool.
Here are the Live Updates of the Indian Premier League 2025 Retentions:
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10:19 (IST)
IPL 2025 Retentions Live: New captain for RCB?
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) were led by Faf du Plessis in the last three seasons. However, the report by ESPNCricinfo has suggested that the franchise is unlikely to retain du Plessis ahead of the mega auctions. If their form skipper and star batter Virat Kohli does not return to lead the team, there are chances that RCB might look to rope in KL Rahul as their new captain.
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10:15 (IST)
IPL 2025 Retentions Live: Virat Kohli to return as captain?
The retentions and mega auctions this year are creating a lot of buzz among the fans. The main reason is that the many big names will be going under the hammer. As all the formation and settings of the franchises will be shuffled, there are some reports which have suggested that star batter Virat Kohli is keen to return as the captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The right-handed batter stepped down from the role after IPL 2021. However, there’s no official confirmation from the franchise on this.
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10:12 (IST)
IPL 2025 Retentions Live: Retention deadline
As per the order of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), all the ten franchises have to submit the final list of their retained and released players by the October 31. The announcement will be made after 4:30 PM on Thursday.
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10:08 (IST)
IPL 2025 Retentions Live: Retention rules
The IPL franchises can retain a total of six players from their existing squad. This can be either via retention or by using the Right to Match (RTM) option. The six retentions/RTMs can have a maximum of five capped players (Indian & Overseas) and a maximum of 2 uncapped players.
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10:04 (IST)
IPL 2025 Retentions Live: Hello
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the announcement of the retentions for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Stay tuned for all the live updates.
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