The Delhi Capitals (DC) has made a shocking move where their skipper Rishabh Pant has been released ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. Pant has been the side’s highest run scorer in the previous season and is all set to enter the auction pool for the event.

However, the franchise has retained Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abhishek Porel. In IPL 2024 Delhi finished the league stage in the sixth position with seven wins in 14 matches.

After the franchise was renamed from Delhi Daredevils to Delhi Capitals, they have become a better side. They are one of the four teams who are yet to clinch their maiden IPL title.

Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, Hemang Badoni has been appointed as the Delhi Capitals head coach with Venugopal Rao serving as Director of Cricket.

Check out the list of Delhi Capitals Retained Players for IPL 2025.

Along with the DC retained players, we have also shared the list of released players for the auction.

• David Warner – Batter
• Prithvi Shaw – Batter
• Yash Dhull – Batter
• Anrich Nortje – Bowler
• Ishant Sharma – Bowler
• Lungi Ngidi – Bowler
• Mukesh Kumar – Bowler
• Praveen Dubey – Bowler
• Khaleel Ahmed – Bowler
• Vicky Ostwal – Bowler
• Lalit Yadav – All-rounder
• Mitchell Marsh – All-rounder
• Harry Brook – Batter
• Swastik Chikkara – Batter
• Rasikh Dar Salam – Bowler
• Jhye Richardson – Bowler
• Shai Hope – Wicketkeeper/Batter
• Ricky Bhui – Wicketkeeper/Batter
• Kumar Kushagra – Wicketkeeper/Batter
• Sumit Kumar – All-rounder

With a total of INR 43.75 Crore having been used for the retention, Delhi will be moving into the mega auction with a remaining purse value of INR 76.25 Crore.

With a fresh three-year cycle starting with the IPL 2025 season next year, the upcoming retentions will be crucial for all the teams to adopt new strategies for success.

The IPL 2025 Mega Auction will take place in November or December with BCCI exploring the options of holding the event overseas, Riyadh in the United Arab Emirates has emerged as the frontrunner while Muscat, Doha and Riyadh are also being considered.