The players list of who will be retained ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auctions is now announced. Delhi Capitals have also announced the list of players they want to retain ahead of mega auction. The IPL governing council allowed the franchises to retain a maximum of six players. They also specified that a maximum of five capped players and two uncapped players can be retained. Based on that, DC have made a few changes in their retention list. Rishabh Pant is released and they have went forward with only Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abishek Porel as the uncapped. IPL 2025 Mega Auction Likely to Take Place in Riyadh on November 24 and 25: Report.
Delhi Capitals have recently undergone an overhaul in their support staff after GMR group took over control in their term from JSW. Hemang Badani has been made the new head coach in place of Ricky Ponting and Venugopal Rao is made the director of cricket. DC have not had much success in the IPL since making the final in 2020 and the playoffs in 2021. They will definitely want to change in the next cycle and for that, having a solid base is necessary. They will eye to achieve that using their retentions.
List of Players Retained By Delhi Capitals
1- Axar Patel (Rs 16.50 crore)
2- Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 13.25 crore)
3- Tristan Stubbs (Rs 10 crore)
4- Abishek Porel (Rs 4 crore)
Purse Remaining: Rs 73 crore
Right to Match (RTM) cards Left: 2
Delhi Capitals had not had much success in the IPL since the inception days of the league. They have made playoffs only a few times and have suffered in terms of having long term stability as well. Despite multiple changes in support staffs, success has eluded them. In the recently finished IPL 2025, they failed to make the playoffs and were one of the bottom placed teams.
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