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However, the official announcement is still awaited. Discussions are still going on about where the auction will take place and talks are going on on many options. Dubai is leading the race. All 10 franchises are already confused about player retention. There is a brainstorming going on about who should be retained and who should be released.

IPL 2024 finalists Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are at the forefront of retention as they have already decided to retain Heinrich Klaasen, Pat Cummins and Abhishek Sharma in the top-three positions. Travis Head, Nitish Kumar Reddy are also in their plans. Delhi Capitals to change captain Delhi Capitals also have top-three players in Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, but there is no clarity on the captaincy yet.

They have reshuffled the support staff and Hemang Badani has been appointed as the head coach and Venugopal Rao as the Director of Cricket, replacing Sourav Ganguly. Additionally, Delhi has appointed Munaf Patel as the bowling coach and a formal announcement is likely in the coming weeks. Will Rohit Sharma stay in Mumbai? IPL giants Mumbai Indians are set to retain Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah. Pandya is set to remain the captain as the five-time winners under coach Mahela Jayawardene will look to get back to winning ways after a disappointing performance in the last round