The BCCI might allow IPL teams to retain five players before the Player Auction later in the year. It is going to be tough for the team managements in the coming months without their Right to Match cards during the auction. Mega Auctions can be tough, especially for teams that performed well last season. In IPL 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL trophy by beating Sunrisers Hyderabad, while Rajasthan Royals finished third. Much is going to change in this Mega Auction. Some like Punjab Kings, Gujarat Titans, and Mumbai Indians may see it as a fresh start. And given the report saying there are five player retainments and no RTMs, some surprising players might be released by IPL teams. Experienced spin-bowling all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin criticized the RTM option earlier this month, "The problem with RTM is that it is not fair value for the player. So, if you give three RTMs [to each team], the players will only go virtually empty-handed. Already, they do not get fair value in the auction," Also Read | CSK Eyes Ashwin's Comeback and Targets Shami in IPL 2025! The BCCI may announce its player retention rules on Thursday. The board was supposed to announce those rules in late August, but it postponed the same because of the mega auctions later this year. Teams want to maintain their current balance and aren't keen on changes. Let’s look at which five players IPL teams might retain. This choice will affect how teams work and plan as they try to hold on to their best players for the big auctions and future challenges. Five Players Chennai Super Kings Might Retain: Ruturaj Gaikwad MS Dhoni/Matheesha Pathirana Sameer Rizvi Ravindra Jadeja Rachin Ravindra Five Players Mumbai Indians Might Retain: Hardik Pandya Suryakumar Yadav Jasprit Bumrah Tilak Varma Rohit Sharma/Ishan Kishan Five Players Royal Challengers Bengaluru Might Retain: Virat Kohli Faf du Plessis Will Jacks Yash Dayal Mohammad Siraj Also Read | Rajasthan Royals Appoint Vikram Rathour as Batting Coach for IPL 2025 Five Players Kolkata Knight Riders Might Retain: Shreyas Iyer Rinku Singh Nitish Rana/Varun Chakaravarthy Andre Russell/Rahmanullah Gurbaz Sunil Narine Five Players Delhi Capitals Might Retain: Rishabh Pant Jake Fraser-McGurk Tristian Stubbs Axar Patel Kuldeep Yadav Five Players Gujarat Titans Might Retain: Shubman Gill David Miller Sai Sudarshan Mohammad Shami Rashid Khan Five Players Lucknow Super Giants Might Retain: KL Rahul Quinton de Kock/Nicolas Pooran Marcus Stoinis Ravi Bishnoi Devdutt Padikkal/Ayush Badoni Five Players Punjab Kings Might Retain: Sam Curran Arshdeep Singh Kagiso Rabada Prabsimran Singh Shashank Singh Also Read | Top 5 Fights in IPL History that Created Headlines Five Players Rajasthan Royals Might Retain: Sanju Samson Jos Buttler Yashasvi Jaiswal Riyan Parag Trent Boult Five Players Sunrisers Hyderabad Might Retain: Travis Head Abhishek Sharma Heinrich Klassen Nitish Reddy Pat Cummins/T Natarajan