Thursday was the last day to retain players ahead of the 2025 IPL mega auction. Chennai Super Kings released Mustafizur Rahman on this day. It means that the name of the Bangladeshi pacer has to be auctioned to get a team in the next round.
Like Mustafiz, another international cricketer, Devon Conway, has been released by Chennai. However, the much talked about Mahendra Singh Dhoni survived.
Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer, who led Kolkata Knight Riders to a trophy after a decade, has also been let go. Joss should be named in the auction to get a team with him Players like Buttler, Rishabh Pant, Glenn Maxwell, David Warner, Mitchell Starc too. Today was the last day to retain players for the new season. Each team had the opportunity to retain six players from the five internationals of the last season.
But among the 10 franchises, only Kolkata and Rajasthan Royals have taken this advantage. Of the rest, some kept five, others four. Basically their objective is to buy players from the auction.
Punjab Kings retained the least two. They will participate in the auction with a maximum of Rs 110.5 crore.
