The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 auction season is expected to be held towards the end of this year. Before the auction, the franchises will have the option to retain players, but it will be limited to a fixed number. Let us check out 5 big names who might leave their respective franchises ahead of IPL 2025 Auction.
Players likely to leave ahead of IPL 2025 Auction
| Player | Team |
| Rohit Sharma | MI |
| Glenn Maxwell | RCB |
| KL Rahul | LSG |
| Rishabh Pant | DC |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | SRH |
Top players to be released ahead of IPL auction
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma built a legacy that will stay in the history books of IPL forever. However, before the IPL 2024 season, MI traded in Hardik Pandya and handed over the captaincy to him. This might have resulted in some bad blood between the franchise and the player. With Hardik Pandya given the responsibility just ahead of IPL 2024, there are little chances that they will take it away from him. Thus, Rohit Sharma might be induced to request the franchise to release him.
KL Rahul
IPL 2024 did not go as planned for LSG. KL Rahul was criticised a lot for his sedate batting approach and not so effective captaincy. The owner of the team was seen openly expressing his frustration on the player after one of the games. Keeping these things in mind, there are chances that Rahul might be released by LSG ahead IPL 2025 mega-auction.
Rishabh Pant
The Delhi Capitals were planning to build their future around Rishabh Pant. He as seen as one of their core members and the belief in him was also evident from the move of making him the skipper of the team. But the Capitals have not achieved the success they would have hoped for when they made Rishabh Pant the leader of the team. As a result, the Capitals might release Pant ahead of the IPL 2025 auction.
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