The mini auction for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) will be held in December, before that all the teams will release the list of their retained players. The retention list will be live on November 15, which means everyone will know who the team has released and whom it has decided to retain. Here we are telling you about those 5 players who were never released by their team.

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar, known as the God of Cricket, played for Mumbai Indians from 2008 to 2013. MI never released Sachin. Later Sachin also became the mentor of this team. His son Arjun Tendulkar is also involved in Mumbai Indians, however, before the upcoming season, there is news that the franchise may give him to Lucknow Super Giants through a trade deal.

Virat Kohli

At number two is Virat Kohli, who has been playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore since the first edition (2008). He played under the captaincy of many legends, then also commanded this team for many years. However, he and RCB won their first IPL title after 18 years in the last edition (2025). RCB never released Virat.

ms dhoni

Chennai Super Kings never released MS Dhoni. Dhoni has been a part of this team since 2008 and has made the team champion 5 times under his captaincy. Dhoni played for Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016 and 2017, although Dhoni was not released but CSK was banned in these 2 years. Dhoni is also certain to play in IPL 2026.

Sunil Narine

West Indies spinner Sunil Narine made his IPL debut in 2012, he was associated with Kolkata Knight Riders and is still a part of this team. Narine bowled many match-winning spells for KKR, while he was also promoted in batting. He started coming to the opening. He gives a fast start to KKR.

shane warne

Shane Warne, who won the first IPL title, is no longer with us, he died in March 2022. Shane Warne led Rajasthan Royals to their first IPL title as captain. He played for Rajasthan from 2008 to 2011, but the franchise never released him.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a tour of Trinidad and Tobago. There is a deep relationship between India and West Indies in cricket, so when PM reached there, he also mentioned cricketers. He told an anecdote 25 years old about Brian Lara. He also praised Nicholas Puran and Sunil Naren fiercely. Earlier, when PM Modi received a grand reception in Trinidad and Tobago.

Prime Minister Modi, who reached Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday night, addressed the people of the Indian community. He spoke on Indian heritage and said that the ancestors of many people living there have come from Bihar. The ancestors of Trinidad and Prime Minister Kamala ji of Tobago are also from Bihar, he used to live in Buxar. There people consider them the daughter of Bihar.

Say 25 year old anecdote

Cricket in Trinidad and Tobago is very famous, people in India also know them because of this game. There were many legendary cricketers here, Brian Lara, one of the best batsmen in the world, also comes. The PM also narrated an anecdote about them. He said, “When I came here 25 years ago, all the people did not get tired of praising Lara’s moment, his cut shot.”

The PM also praised Puran and Naren after this, both of them also play in the world’s largest cricket league Indian Premier League to be played in India. The PM said, “Today Sunil Naren and Nicholas Puran are excited by our youth, since then our friendship has become stronger.”

Let us know that many people of Indian origin live in Trinidad and Tobago, the ancestors of Prime Minister Kamla Prasad-Bisessar themselves are from India. Talking about cricketers, Sunil Naren and Nicholas Puran’s ancestors are also from India. The PM said about this, “Your ancestors faced difficult situations, but did not lose hope and won every difficulty. Ganga may leave Yamuna but brought Ramayana in his heart. He left his soil, but did not give up salt. He did not forget his culture.”

Brian Lara’s name is counted among the world’s greatest batsmen. He is currently at number 8 in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in international cricket. He scored 22358 runs in 521 innings of 430 matches. Recently, Nicholas Puran surprised everyone by taking retirement from international cricket, he will only play in league cricket.

Delhi capitals vs kolkata knight riders: Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi saw a conflict between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders. In this exciting match, KKR won by 14 runs. Sunil Naren was the hero of this exciting victory of Kolkata Knight Riders. He overturned the match with his magical spin.

Kolkata Knight Riders scored 204 runs after playing first in this match. In response, Delhi Capitals scored 130 runs losing 3 wickets in 13 overs at one time. It seemed that Faf du Plessis (45 balls 62 runs) and Akshar Patel (23 balls 43 runs) would easily win Delhi, but then Sunil Naren overturned. Delhi could score 190 runs in the scheduled overs and KKR won the match by 14 runs.

Delhi started to start chasing a target of 205 runs from Kolkata. On the second ball of the first over, Abhishek Porel continued for four runs. Then Karun Nair

He also returned to the pavilion after scoring 15 runs. KL Rahul was run out on a score of 60 in the seventh over. He scored seven runs in five balls. Even though the wickets were falling from one end, Faf du Plessis was scoring fast from the other side.

If 3 wickets fell for 60 runs, KKR would easily win the match, but Faf and Akshar made a counter attack. Both started scoring runs fast. There was a 76 -run partnership between the two. Delhi scored 136 runs for 3 wickets in 13.1 overs. Then Sunil Naren was dismissed by Akshar Patel. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 43 off 23 balls. 4 fours and 3 sixes came out of his bat.

Then Sunil Naren bowled Truston Stabs. Stubs could only score one run. After this, Naren also dismissed Faf du Plessis. He scored 62 runs in 45 balls. 7 fours and two sixes came out of his bat. KKR dominated as soon as the letter and Faf were out.

In the end, miracles were expected from Ashutosh Sharma and Vipraj Nigam, but Ashutosh was dismissed after hitting a six. He scored seven runs. Vipraj showed an aggressive attitude. He scored 43 runs in 19 balls thanks to 4 fours and 3 sixes, but he could not win Delhi.

For Kolkata, Sunil Narine took 3 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs. Varun Chakraborty also took two wickets. Apart from this, Ankul Roy, Vaibhav Arora and Andre Russell got one success each.

Bcci bat size rule in ipl 2025: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made new rules for IPL 2025. Under the new rules, the width of the bat should not be 10.79 cm, the bat thickness 6.7 cm and the length of the bat should not exceed 96.4 cm. Balls have been investigated in the Indian Premier League earlier, similarly in IPL 2025, the batter’s bat is being investigated continuously. Now a case related to the Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders match has come to light, in which Sunil Narine and Enrique Nortze were caught openly dishonestly.

In the match played last Tuesday, Kolkata Knight Riders had to score 112 runs to win Punjab Kings. Before the start of KKR’s innings, the length of the batter Sunil Naren’s bat was found to be more than the fixed limit. Sunil Naren’s bat was examined by Reserve Umpire Syed Khalid. This all -rounder of the West Indies was standing with Angkrish Raghuvanshi, on one side the bat of Naren did not pass in the test, while Raghuvanshi got a clean chit.

Sunil Naren was asked to change his bat before the start of the innings. The good thing for Punjab was that Naren was dismissed for only 5 runs. On the other hand, the Enrique Norteze of Kolkata was also caught with a big bat from the limited limit. The KKR team lost 9 wickets on a score of 95, so Nortze came to bat in the 16th over, they were also asked to replace the bat.

Glad Narine is gotting pulled up at least while batting. pic.twitter.com/gzically

– Sunil (@Hitting_Middle) April 16, 2025

Kolkata lost badly

The entire team of Punjab Kings was piled for 111 runs while playing first. The batting unit of Kolkata, who came to chase the small target, was left with sweat. Kolkata’s condition was so bad that despite being a dreaded batsman in the team, the entire team could not score 100 runs. KKR was all out for 95 runs.

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Sunil narine kkr ipl 2025: Punjab Kings got a disappointing performance in the IPL 2025 31st match. The Punjab team collapsed at the score of 111 runs while batting first on Tuesday. After this, the players of Kolkata Knight Riders landed on the ground for batting. Just before this, Sunil Naren’s bat was investigated by the umpire. Meanwhile, the important thing is that one of his bat was rejected.

Actually, just before KKR’s innings started, Sunil Naren and Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s bat was investigated. Before the innings of Kolkata, the umpire reached both the players. He passed the bat of Angkrish. But Sunil Naren’s bat was rejected. Sunil Naren’s bat was more depth. According to the rules, it can be 2.64 inches or 6.7 cm. But Naren’s bat was more depth. He was thicker than the middle.

Sunil Naren’s performance in IPL 2025 –

Naren has played six matches this season for KKR so far. He scored 44 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore. After this, 44 runs were also scored against Chennai Super Kings. But he could not do anything special against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians. Naren could not even open an account against Mumbai. He scored 30 runs against Lucknow.

Before Naren, these players have also got checks –

Philip Salt and Shimron Hetmyer were investigated during the match of Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The bat of these two players was also changed. Hardik Pandya’s bat was also investigated. But Pandya’s bat was correct according to the rules.

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CSK vs kkr highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets in the 25th match of IPL 2025 played on Friday. Batting first, CSK could score 109 runs. Sunil Naren took 3 wickets. Chasing the target, Naren played a rage of 44 runs in 18 balls. This is the fifth consecutive defeat of Chennai this season. IPL is the first time in history when CSK has lost 3 consecutive matches in Chepock. This is also the biggest defeat on this ground of CSK.

Chasing a small target of 104 runs, Quinton Dickock and Sunil Naren scored 46 runs in 4 overs for the first wicket. Dickock was dismissed for 23 runs in 16 balls. He hit 3 sixes. The second wicket was taken as Sunil Naren in the 8th over but before that he had done his work, he played an explosive innings of 44 runs in 18 balls. In this innings, Naren hit 5 sixes and 2 fours.

KKR’s innings hit a total of 10 sixes, so much in the innings of CSK, there were no fours. Chennai Super Kings had only 8 fours in the entire innings. KKR won with 59 balls, it is also the biggest defeat in Chennai’s Chepock. With this victory, KKR has come from sixth to third in the points table.

Game set and don in a thumping style @Kkriders With a to remumber as they secure a comprehensive 8ager 8

Scorecard https://t.co/GPliygiufv#Tataipl , #CSKVKKR pic.twitter.com/dadgcgitpw

– Indianpremierleague (@IPL) April 11, 2025

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