The retention policy for the IPL 2025 mega auction was announced last month. According to this policy, the franchises will be able to retain a total of 6 players from their current squad. Although about 3 weeks have passed since the retention policy was revealed, no major update has been released by any team regarding the retention list.
All the 10 IPL teams have to submit the list of all their retained players to the BCCI by October 31, for which only one week is left now. In such a situation, all the franchises have started preparing the retention list. Meanwhile, a big update has come from the 2008 champion Rajasthan Royals regarding retention. Rajasthan Royals has shared a photo on social media which indicates that the franchise has retained its first player. This picture is now becoming very viral on social media and fans are saying that Rajasthan has retained the dashing batsman.
Rajasthan Royals gave a big hint.
In the photo shared by Rajasthan Royals on Instagram, Rajasthan’s head coach Rahul Dravid, Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara, and batting coach Vikram Rathore are seen. The thing to note in this picture is that apart from the coaching staff, team captain Sanju Samson is also seen. After this photo surfaced, there are indications that the Rajasthan team has retained Sanju Samson as its captain. However, no official statement has come from the franchise yet.
Rajasthan Royals shared the photo and wrote, “Big week!” It is clear from the caption of the photo that the coming week is very important for all the franchises because all the teams have to announce the names of the players they will retain. In such a situation, Sanju Samson’s presence in the meeting with the coaching staff of Rajasthan Royals (RR) is giving a big indication.