The wait to know the names of gamers retained by their respective Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise ended on Thursday, which was the deadline (October 31) for the groups to make their choice. However whereas many of the large names will stick with their present group for IPL 2025, there have been many notable absentees who will transfer to the public sale pool.
Here is a have a look at ten of these distinguished gamers who now wait to know their destiny:
Rishabh Pant
The star India wicketkeeper-batsman has not been retained by the Delhi Capitals, which can ship him to the public sale pool, ending his stint with the group since 2016. The 27-year-old Pant, who made a comeback to aggressive cricket with IPL 2024 after a horrific automotive accident in December 2022, stays one of the crucial stunning and largest names to not be retained.
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KL Rahul
The Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) skipper has moved on from the franchise, ending his three-year affiliation since LSG made its debut in 2022. In keeping with a TOI supply, LSG have been able to retain Rahul, however he determined to half methods due to “private {and professional} causes”. Rahul led LSG to playoffs twice and will probably be among the many scorching buys on the IPL public sale.
Mitchell Starc
The 34-year-old veteran Australia pacer broke all earlier data on the final IPL public sale final yr to fetch a bid of Rs 24.75 crore from Kolkata Knight Riders. Nevertheless, that wasn’t purpose sufficient for KKR to retain the left-arm quick bowler, who slowly got here into his personal after meagre returns initially within the final season, enjoying a job within the group’s title triumph together with his 17 wickets.
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Arshdeep Singh
The left-arm pacer is among the most constant performers in India’s T20I group these days and confirmed that on the T20 World Cup, the place he ended because the joint highest wicket-taker with 17 wickets. Nevertheless, Punjab Kings determined to not retain Arshdeep, which sends him to the public sale pool. He took 19 wickets within the final IPL season to complete joint fourth within the record.
Shreyas Iyer
KKR’s choice to let go of their captain additionally comes as a shock, particularly after Iyer led the group to clinching the trophy in IPL 2024, successful 9 of their 14 video games within the league stage. Apart from appreciably main the group, Iyer additionally scored 351 runs. It is a setback of kinds for Iyer, as he was additionally overlooked of the record of BCCI’s contracted gamers earlier this yr.
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Ishan Kishan
Mumbai Indians used all of the allowed retention slots for capped gamers, which may very well be one of many causes for the big-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman lacking out. MI retained Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma. IPL retention guidelines permit a franchise to retain a most of 5 capped gamers.
Jos Buttler
The England white-ball captain has delivered the large runs as an opener for Rajasthan Royals, together with 359 runs in 11 matches in IPL 2024. Nevertheless, it did not persuade Rajasthan Royals sufficient to retain the big-hitter, sending him to the mega public sale.
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Glenn Maxwell
The Australian batting all-rounder didn’t stay as much as his promise within the 2024 IPL season, spring simply 52 runs in 9 innings, which left little probability for his retention by Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Mohammed Siraj
The Indian pacer was one other high-profile omission from the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s record of retained gamers and can now wait to study his destiny within the public sale. He took 15 wickets in 14 matches within the 2024 IPL season.
Mitchell Marsh
Australia’s T20I captain, whose all-round abilities are tailored for the T20 format, has not been retained by Delhi Capitals. He performed simply 4 matches within the 2024 season and was dominated out due to a hamstring damage. He scored 61 runs and took only one wicket earlier than making an early exit from the event.
