IPL 2025 Mega Auction Highlights: 72 Players Sold For A Massive Rs 467.95 Cr On Day 1
IPL 2025 Mega Auction Highlights: Day 1 of Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction concludes with 72 players sold as franchises splurge a massive Rs 467.95 crore in Jeddah.
Day 1 concludes with 72 players sold as franchises splurge a massive Rs 467.95 crore. Tune in tomorrow!
Mayank Markande SOLD for Rs 30 Lakh to Kolkata Knight Riders
Manav Suthar SOLD to GT for Rs 30 lakh.
Karan Sharma SOLD to Mumbai Indians for Rs 50 lakh.
Simarjeet Singh SOLD to Sunrisers Hyderabad by Rs 1.50 crore.
Yash Thakur SOLD for 1.60 crore to Punjab Kings.
Kolkata Knight Riders acquire Vaibhav Arora for Rs 1.80 crore.
Vijay Kumar Vyshak SOLD for 1.80 crore to Punjab Kings.
Mohit Sharma SOLD to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.20 crore.
Aakash Madhwal SOLD for Rs 1.20 crore to Rajasthan Royals.
Rasikh Dar bought by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for Rs 6 crore.
Uncapped Vishnu Vinod acquired by Punjab Kings for Rs 95 lakh.
Anuj Rawat has been signed by Gujarat Titans for Rs 30 lakh.
Mumbai Indians buys Robin Minz for Rs 65 lakh.
Kumar Kushagra sold to Gujarat Titans for Rs 65 lakh.
Ashutosh Sharma has been signed for Rs 3.80 crore by Delhi Capitals.
Mahipal Lomror sold to Gujarat Titans for 1.70 crore.
CSK buys Vijay Shankar for Rs 1.20 crore.
Harpreet Brar SOLD to Punjab Kings for Rs 1.50 crore.
Abdul Samad goes to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 4.20 crore.
Mumbai Indians use RTM and Naman Dheer stays with five-time winners for Rs 5.25 crore.
Sameer Rizwi stays with Delhi Capitals for Rs 95 lakh.
Nishant Sindhu stays with Gujarat Titans for Rs 30 lakh.
Abhinav Manohar, who entered the auction with base price of 30 lakh, has been secured by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 3.20 crore.
Delhi Capitals buy Karun Nair for 50 lakh.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi signed by KKR for 3 crores.
Nehal Wadhera SOLD to Punjab Kings for 4.20 crore.
Atharva Taide sold for Rs 30 lakh to Sunrisers Hyderabad; Anmolpreet Singh remains unsold.
We are on to set 8 now - Uncapped Batters!
Afghanistan spinner Noor Ahmad goes for Rs 10 Crore! After Gujarat Titan's RTM for the spinner, CSK raise the bid at Rs 10 Crore.
Afghanistan's Waqar Salamkheil goes unsold.
The Sri Lankan star spinner Wanindu Hasaranga has been secured for Rs. 5.25 crore to Rajasthan Royals.
Australian spinner Adam Zampa goes to SRH for Rs. 2.40 crore.
Spinner Rahul Chahar sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 3.20 crore.
Rajasthan Royals bag Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana for Rs. 4.40 crore.
New Zealand pacer Trent Boult instantly has paddle from from teams going up but it is his former francise Mumbai Indian that secure his services for a handsome sum of rs. 12.50 crore.
T Natarajan goes to Delhi Capitals for Rs. 10.75 crore.
Khaleel Ahmed has been signed for Rs. 4.80 Crore by Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Jofra Archer has been sold to Rajasthan Royals for a hefty sum of Rs 12.50 Crore.
South Africa paceman Anrich Nortje goes to KKR for Rs. 6.50 crore.
Avesh Khan is the next bowler in the set and goes for Rs. 9.75 crore to LSG.
Prasidh Krishna has been sold to Gujarat Titans for Rs. 9.50 crore.
Josh Hazlwood had LSG and KKR go into a bidding war against each other but it's the RCB who bagged the services of the Aussie pacer for Rs. 12.50 Crore.
RCB get the services of Jitesh Sharma for Rs. 11 crore.
Ishan Kishan is another big-name player in today's event and he goes for Rs. 11.25 Crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
Gurbaz goes to KKR for Rs. 2 Crore.
Phil Salt invokes a bidding war between RCB and KKR and the Challengers get the Englishman for Rs. 11.50 Crore.
Jonny Bairstow of England goes unsold as no teams show interest for the Englishman.
Quinton de Kock, the South African wicket-keeper batter, goes to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for the sum of Rs. 3.60 crore.
Glenn Maxwell goes to Punjab Kings for Rs. 4.20 crore.
Mitchell Marsh has been sold to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for Rs. 3.40 crore.
Aussie all-rounder Marcus Stoinis goes for a LARGE sum of Rs. 11 Crore to Punjab Kings (PBKS).
KKR and RCB start a bidding war for Venkatesh Iyer but it is KKR who secure the all-rounder for a MAGNANIMOUS sum of Rs. 23.75 Crore.
Chennai make another handsome purchase as they bag veteran spinner R Ashwin's services for Rs. 9.75 crore.
CSK have used the RTM card for the Kiwi all-rounder and Rachin Ravindra is sold for Rs. 4 crore to the Yellow Army.
Bowler Harshal Patel has been secured by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for Rs. 8 crore.
Jake Fraser-McGurk has been sold to Delhi Capitals (DC) for Rs. 9 crore. Punjab first secured the player for Rs. 5 cr but DC used the RTM, in response to which, Punjab asked DC to match their bid at Rs. 9 crore. And DC did so.
Australia's opening batter David Warner has gone unsold.
Rahul Tripathi has been sold to CSK for Rs. 3.40 crore.
New Zealand batter Devon Conway has been secured for Rs. 6.25 Crore by Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
LSG have bagged Aiden Markram for his base price of Rs. 2 cr.
Devdutt Padikkal has gone unsold and he is now the first player to have had no bids today!
England explosive right-hander Harry Brook has been sold to Delhi Capitals (DC) for Rs. 6.25 Crore.
The IPL 2025 auction resumes in Jeddah after a break. Following the marquee sets, capped, uncapped, domestic and international players are now up for bidding.
SRH IPL 2025 Squad Currently: Heinrich Klaasen, Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Mohammed Shami, Nitish Kumar Reddy
RCB IPL 2025 Squad Currently: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, Yash Dayal
RR IPL 2025 Squad Currently: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma
PBKS IPL 2025 Squad Currently: Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh
MI IPL 2025 Squad Currently: Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma
LSG IPL 2025 Squad Currently: Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Mohsin Khan
KKR IPL 2025 Squad Currently: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh
GT IPL 2025 Squad Currently: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia
DC IPL 2025 Squad Currently: Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel
CSK IPL 2025 Squad Currently: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni
Arshdeep Singh to PBKS - Rs 18 crore (RTM)
Kagiso Rabada to GT - Rs 10.75 crore
Shreyas Iyer to PBKS - Rs 26.75 crore
Jos Buttler to GT - Rs 15.75 crore
Mitchell Starc to DC - Rs 11.75 crore
Rishabh Pant to LSG - Rs 27 crore
KL Rahul to DC - Rs 14 crore
Mohammed Siraj to GT - Rs 12.25 crore
David Miller to LSG - Rs 7.50 crore
Yuzvendra Chahal to PBKS - Rs 18 crore
Liam Livingstone to RCB - Rs 8.75 crore
Mohammed Shami to SRH - Rs 10 crore
Rishabh Pant set a new record as the most expensive player in IPL auction history, being acquired by Lucknow Super Giants for INR 27 crores. Pant's bid eclipsed the INR 26.75 crores Punjab Kings spent on Shreyas Iyer earlier during the first marquee set of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Delhi Capitals buy KL Rahul for Rs.14 Cr. Second marquee set has been completed! The auctioneer calls for a lunch break.
Ex-LSG skipper KL Rahul enters the pool now!
England's Liam Livingstone goes to Royal Challenger's Bengaluru (RCB) for Rs. 8.75 crore.
Gujarat Titans have signed Mohammed Siraj for Rs. 12.25 crore.
Chahal has been signed by Punjab Kings for Rs. 18 Crore! Aren't they on a spending spree in Jeddah!
David Miller, the left-handed South African batter, goes to Lucknow Super Gianst (LSG) for Rs. 7.50 crore.
Mohammed Shami will don the orange as Sunrisers Hyderabad have bought his services for Rs. 10 crore.
India pacer Mohammed Shami is the first player of the second set of marquee players to bid thrown into the bidding ring.
Rishabh Pant has been sold to Lucknow Super Giants for Rc 27 crore, setting a new record as the most expensive signing in IPL history. Shreyas Iyer's record didn't last long!
Rishabh Pant goes for Rs. 27 Crores to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).
Star wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant enters the bidding now.
The former most expensive player in the history of IPL history goes to Delhi Capitals for Rs. 11.75 Crores.
Jos Buttler goes for a handsome sum of Rs. 15.75 crores to Gujarat Titans.
Shreyas Iyer has been acquired by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for the record price of Rs. 26.75 Crores. The most expensive player in the history of the IPL. Breaks Mitchell Starc's record.
IPL 2024-winning captain Iyer is now being bid upon!
The Protea pacer goes to Gujarat Titans for Rs. 10.75 Crores.
Kagiso Rabada is the second player to enter the bidding battle.
Arshdeep Singh goes to Punjab Kings (PBKS) for a handsome some of Rs 18 Crores. Punjab matched the highest bid put up by SRH by exercising their Right To Match (RTM) card.
Arshdeep Singh with base price 2 cr is the first player!
Auctioneer Mallika Sagar takes the dais and here we go!
The bididng battle will kick off with the first set of marquee players, featuring Jos Buttler, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh and Mitchell Starc.
The auction will kick off with the marquee list, divided into two groups of six cricketers each.
The first group includes Jos Buttler, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, and Mitchell Starc.
The second group has Yuzvendra Chahal, Liam Livingstone, David Miller, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, and Mohammed Siraj
In a few minutes, the grand event will kick-off.
“I've been lucky to be around a few pretty successful teams. So MI for a few years and then DC, where we had a good run of making the playoffs there. And I liked the look of a few of the younger players in the Punjab Kings lineup.”
“So that was the main attraction really but mainly, it was, to be able to start from scratch pretty much. The aim is to make the franchise one of the powerhouses of the IPL and to make it a really dynamic, fun-loving environment that everyone wants to be a part of,” said Ponting to Star Sports.
Right to Match (RTM): The IPL auction features the distinctive Right to Match (RTM) rule, which grants former franchises the opportunity to reacquire a player they previously had, by matching the winning bid. However, this year, there's an added twist to the process. If a team opts to use the RTM, the winning bid team will have the opportunity to make a final counterbid and increase their offer. Should the player's former franchise choose to exercise the RTM on this final bid, they will successfully reclaim the player.
CSK: 55 crore. Remaining slots - 21, Overseas - 7
DC: 73 corere. Remaining slots - 21, Overseas - 7
KKR: 51crore - Remaining slots - 19, Overseas 6
RCB: 83 crore - Remaining slots - 22, Overseas - 8
RR: 41 crore. Remaining slots - 19, Overseas - 7
LSG: 69 crore - Remaining slots - 20, Overseas - 7
MI: 45 - crore - Remaining Slots - 20, Overseas 7
SRH: 45 crore - Remaining Slots - 20, Overseas 5
GT: 69 crore - Remaining slots - 20, Overseas 7
PBKS: 110.5 crore - Remaining slots - 23, Overseas 8
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma
Punjab Kings: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh
Mumbai Indians: Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma
Lucknow Super Giants: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh
Gujarat Titans: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan
Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni
All 10 franchises retained 46 players in total, with KKR and RR being the only teams to fill all 6 of their available slots.
Over 1500 players registered for the event auction, but the final list was narrowed down to 577 after three late additions. Of the shortlisted players, 367 are Indians, and 210 are overseas, including four from associate nations. The pool also features 320 uncapped Indian players and 12 uncapped overseas players.
A total of 204 roster slots are available across the 10 IPL franchises, including 70 for overseas players. The highest reserve price is set at ₹2 crore, with 82 players opting for this top bracket.
Welcome to the IPL 2025 Mega Auction! This promises to be an exciting event as there are some big names in the pool, set to go under the hammer.
Background
IPL 2025 Mega Auction Live: Welcome to ABP Live’s live coverage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction on November 24 (Sunday). The mega event, set to span over two days, will take place at the Abady Al Johar Arena in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Held once every three years, the two-day event will feature marquee players like Rishabh Pant, Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Jos Buttler going under the hammer. All 10 franchises will participate in the auction, which includes a pool of 577 players up for bidding.
Out of the 577 players in the IPL 2025 mega auction, 367 are Indian, while 210 are from overseas. Initially, 574 players had registered, but Jofra Archer of England, Saurabh Netravalkar of USA, and Hardik Tamore of India were later added to the list.
Each IPL team must have at least 18 players in their roster at the end of the auction. All IPL franchises have a total budget of Rs 120 crore, but enter the auction with less than that amount following the retention phase. Punjab Kings (PBKS) has the highest purse in the auction (Rs 110.5 cr), while Rajasthan Royals (RR) has the least (Rs 41 cr).
The IPL auction includes the Right to Match (RTM) rule, allowing teams to buy back former players at the auction's final price. This year, the bid-winning team can make one final bid before the RTM is applied.
Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals are ineligible to use the Right-to-Match (RTM) card, having retained the maximum six players before the auction. The other eight franchises can use RTM, with Mumbai Indians restricted to using it only for uncapped players, as they have retained five capped players.
Notably, England's James Anderson, at 43, is the oldest player in the IPL auction, while Bihar's 14-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is the youngest. Both would be hoping to secure their first-ever IPL contract.
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