IPL 2025 Retention Day Rajasthan Royals (RR) Full Retained Players LIVE Updates: Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel hit jackpot, Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal get top billing

IPL 2025 Retention Day: Which are the players who will be retained by Rajasthan Royals ahead of mega auction?

Preparations for the Indian Premier League 2025 are going on in full swing. All the teams have to submit their retention list to the BCCI by October 31. At the same time, everyone’s eyes will also be on the retention list of Rajasthan Royals (RR) because there are many star players in the team whom the team would like to retain, but some will have to be released under compulsion. There are many questions about who Rajasthan will retain among Sanju Samson, R Ashwin, Trent Boult and Jos Buttler.

As per the latest reports, RR is all set to retain batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson, an all-rounder in the form of Riyan Parag, and right-arm seamer, Sandeep Sharma. In what appears to be significant news, England’s white-ball skipper Jos Buttler and India legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal don’t seem to be part of RR’s plans. Hence they are all set to be released by the franchise for the upcoming IPL mega auction.

Wicketkeeping sensation, Dhruv Jurel, who was bought by the franchise for an amount of INR 20 lakhs during the mega auction in 2022, has by far been one of the biggest revelations of their side. In the 22 innings he has played so far, Jurel has struck at a fiery 151.52 and is reported to be in contention of being retained via the Right To Match (RTM) card option. It was also anticipated that the Royals would lose at least INR 65 crore at the auction if they included Jurel in the aforementioned list of four to make it five players retained via the direct process.

Quite fascinatingly, the experienced pacer Sandeep Sharma is on the verge of getting classified as an uncapped player according to a rule which was reinstated by the IPL for the imminent edition.

Here is full list of Retained players by Rajasthan Royals –

S.NO.	NAME	Country	PRICE
1.	Sanju Samson (Capped)	India	Rs 18 crore
2.	Yashasvi Jaiswal (Capped)	India	Rs 18 crore
3.	Riyan Parag (Capped)	India	Rs 14 crore
4.	Dhruv Jurel (Capped)	India	Rs 14 crore
5.	Shimron Hetmyer (Capped)	West Indies	Rs 11 crore
6.	Sandeep Sharma (Uncapped)	India	Rs 4 crore