What will be the retention rules for IPL 2025? Official information can come out about this anytime. According to the speculations being made at the moment, every franchise can retain 5 players, out of which 3 will be Indian and 2 overseas. Apart from this, it will also be interesting to see what is the decision of BCCI regarding RTM i.e. Right to Match. However, here we will talk only about those 10 bowlers whose retention seems certain. These 10 bowlers will be 1-1 from all the 10 teams playing IPL.

10 bowlers can be retained due to this reason

Let us now know which bowler each franchise can retain and why? There are 10 teams in IPL - Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings, Gujarat Titans, Lucknow Super Giants, Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals. All these teams have at least one bowler whom they would like to retain. This is because those bowlers have been a big strength of their team in the previous seasons.

Which team will retain which bowler?

The one bowler that Mumbai Indians can retain is Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah is a match winner and has been a part of the Mumbai franchise since 2013. So far, he has played 133 matches for this team on the IPL pitch, in which he has taken 165 wickets.

Chennai Super Kings can retain Mathisha Pathirana who has the bowling action of Lasith Malinga. Pathirana has been a part of CSK since 2022 and has taken 35 wickets in 20 matches played for this team.

The first bowler that Royal Challengers Bangalore can think of retaining could be Mohammad Siraj. Like Virat Kohli, Siraj is also a core member of this franchise.

Punjab Kings may consider retaining Arshdeep Singh. Arshdeep has been associated with this franchise since 2019 and has taken 76 wickets in 65 matches, out of which he has taken the maximum 19 wickets in IPL 2024.

Sunrisers Hyderabad team can think about retaining Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Bhuvi has been a part of SRH for a long time. He has also been handling the responsibility of vice-captaincy and captaincy of this team. He has taken 181 wickets on the IPL pitch so far.

Delhi Capitals may consider retaining Anrich Norkhia. However, Norkhia has also had injury problems. Norkhia has taken 60 wickets in 46 matches played so far.

The one bowler that Rajasthan Royals can retain could be Yuzvendra Chahal. Chahal's name is recorded among the highest wicket-taking bowlers in IPL history. He has taken 205 wickets so far.

Lucknow Super Giants may consider retaining Ravi Bishnoi. Bishnoi, who made his IPL debut in 2020, has taken 63 wickets so far.

The one bowler that Gujarat Giants can retain is Mohammad Shami. Shami, who took 127 wickets in 110 matches on the IPL pitch, did not play last season due to injury.
Kolkata Knight Riders can retain their mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty. Varun Chakraborty has taken 83 wickets in 71 matches so far.