| Year | Team | Amount | Retain | Note |
|---|
| 2025 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 12 crore | Retained | Varun Chakravarthy was retained by Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 2025. | |
| 2024 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 crore | Retained | Varun Chakravarthy was retained by Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 2024. | |
| 2023 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 crore | Retained | Varun Chakravarthy was retained by Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 2023. | |
| 2022 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 crore | Retained | Varun Chakravarthy was retained by Kolkata Knight Riders for the IPL 2022 season at an amount of 8 crore. | |
| 2021 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 crore | Retained | Varun Chakravarthy was retained by Kolkata Knight Riders for the IPL 2021 season. | |
| 2020 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 crore | Bought | Varun Chakravarthy was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2020 IPL auction for 4 crore INR. | |
| 2019 | Kings XI Punjab | 8.4 crore | Bought | Varun Chakravarthy was one of the surprise packages of the 2019 IPL auction, being sold for a high price due to his impressive performance in domestic cricket. | |