There was darkness in the lives of these 3 captains on Diwali, the captaincy was taken away before the mega auction.

IPL 2025: The mega auction for IPL 2025 is to be held on November 24 in Riyadh. All franchisees are ready for this. Meanwhile, talks are being seen about the players being retained and released. The brainstorming of teams for the retention list is going on continuously.

According to BCCI, teams can retain only limited players. Only six players can be retained. In such a situation, it is believed that the franchise may release some big names before the auction. Due to which captains of some teams can also be seen out of the list. Let us know about those three captains who can be released.

1. KL Rahul

Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul can be removed from the captaincy post. Rahul has performed well as captain. But now it is believed that their paths may diverge from this team. LSG mentor Zaheer Khan and coach Justin Langer analyzed Rahul's captaincy last season.

But Rahul has not lived up to it. He can be removed from captaincy. Also, it is being claimed in many reports that there is every possibility of Rahul not being retained. He has a bad record in captaincy. Rahul made the team win only 7 out of 14 matches.

2. Shreyas Iyer

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer can also be shown the way out of the team. Let us tell you, Shreyas Iyer's name is also included among the captains under whom KKR has won the IPL title. KKR had won the IPL title last year under the captaincy of Iyer, but now the news of his release is coming. There is also talk of Andre Russell's name being before Iyer in the retention list. Because of which Iyer is not liking this kind of behavior in retention.

3.Rishabh Pant

The third and most important name in this list is that of Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant. It is believed that Pant may leave his home city team Delhi Capitals. According to reports, the franchise may not want to make Pant the captain this season but Pant does not want to accept anything less than this.

Because of this, Rishabh Pant can be released before the IPL 2025 auction. Royal Challengers Bangalore is the top name to buy him. Teams like Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings are also interested in buying Pant as the captain for their team.