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IPL Mega Auction 2025: Here’s a complete list of IPL 2025 DC retained and released players ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega auction.
Under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant, Delhi Capital finished in the league season with a victory over Lucknow Super Giants. Overall, DC had their fair share in the IPL 2024 season with the best chase of possibly getting into the Playoffs.
Now the IPL 2025 Mega auction is just around the corner Delhi Capitals franchise has already started to get ready for the upcoming biggest season. Reportedly IPL teams are allowed only to retain 4 players before the Mega Auction (which has yet to be confirmed). However, the number of retention players can go up after the meeting of BCCI and Franchise regarding the IPL 2025 Mega Auction.
Till then, like every other franchise, this 4 retention player policy will create confusion for DC as to who will be retained and released by the franchise. In this blog, we will break down the DC retained and released players ahead of the IPL Mega Auction 2025.
Here’s the list of players retained by DC ahead of IPL 2025:
Delhi Capitals (DC) IPL 2025 Retained Players
Despite a one-year break, skipper Rishabh Pant did an excellent job as a wicketkeeper and an opener in the IPL 2024. One of the top scorers of 2024, Rishabh Pant bagged 446 runs in the 13 games. Although multiple media reported that after DC’s disappointing performance in the IPL 2024 season, Rishabh Pant might leave the franchise.
Kuldeep Yadav is one of the top wicket-takers for the Delhi Franchise in IPL history. In IPL 2024, Kuldeep scalped 16 wickets with an 8.70 economy rate in the 11 games. Undoubtedly, Kuldeep is on the top of the retained list for the IPL 2025 Mega Auction.
Axar Patel has stunned with his all-rounder performance in the T20 World Cup 2024. He is also one of the most wicket-takers for the DC in tournament history.
Next comes Jake Fraser-McGurk who joined the DC as a replacement for the Lungi Ngidi after going unsold in the last season. Turns out, a young Aussie cricketer Jake Fraser became the top batter with a rare feat of hitting 3 half-centuries in 20 or fewer balls. He is also the first player who finished the season with more than 300 runs while keeping a 200+ strike rate.
The table shows the overall details of the expected IPL 2025 DC retained players list-
| No. | Player | Role | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rishabh Pant | keeper-batter | INR 16 Cr |
| 2 | Kuldeep Yadav | Bowler | INR 2 Cr |
| 3 | Axar Patel | Allrounder | INR 12 Cr |
| 4 | Jake Fraser- McGurk | Batter | INR 50 Lakh |
Delhi Capitals (DC) IPL 2025 Released Players
Here is the list of all the released players of DC ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction-
DC 2025 Released players list: Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Gulbadin Naib, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Shai Hope, Swastik Chhikara, Lizaad Williams.
Players List, DC Target in IPL 2025 Mega Auction
Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, and Khaleel Ahmed are a few names Delhi will definitely look forward to keeping in the squad if the number of retained players increases. Other than these top players DC will go after Abhishek Porel, Mitchell Marsh, Mukesh Kumar, Anrich Nortje, and Tristan Stubbs.
