Highlights from Day 1 of IPL Mega Auction: The two-day mega auction of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. On November 24 (Sunday), the first day of the mega auction, money rained down on domestic and foreign players. During this period, 72 players were sold. Some players were also disappointed. Now the auction will be held on the second day, November 25 (Monday), in which a maximum of 132 players will be sold. To buy them, a total of Rs 173.55 million is left in the purse of the 10 teams.
Batsman Rishabh Pant created history on the first day of the auction. Pant has now become the most expensive player in the history of the IPL. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) bought the pants for Rs 27 crore. Pant broke the record of Shreyas Iyer, who was bought by Punjab Kings (PBKS) for Rs 26.75 crore in the same auction. Let us tell you that in this mega auction 577 players will be bid on. Let’s take a look at the 72 players sold on the first day of the auction…
Complete list of sold players:
1. Arshdeep Singh (India): Rs 18 crore, Punjab Kings (base price: Rs 2 crore)
2. Kagiso Rabada (South Africa): Rs 10.75 crore, Gujarat Titans (base price: Rs 2 crore)
3. Shreyas Iyer (India): Rs 26.75 crore, Punjab Kings (base price: Rs 2 crore)
4. Jos Buttler (England) – Rs 15.75 crore, Gujarat Titans (base price – Rs 2 crore)
5. Mitchell Starc (Australia): Rs 11.75 crore, Delhi Capitals (base price: Rs 2 crore)
6. Rishabh Pant (India): Rs 27 Crore, Lucknow Super Giants (Base Price: Rs 2 Crore)
7. Mohammed Shami (India): Rs 10 crore, Sunrisers Hyderabad (base price: Rs 2 crore)
8. David Miller (South Africa): Rs 7.5 crore, Lucknow Super Giants (base price: Rs 1.5 crore)
9. Yuzvendra Chahal (India): Rs 18 crore, Punjab Kings (base price: Rs 2 crore)
10. Mohammed Siraj (India): Rs 12.25 crore, Gujarat Titans (base price: Rs 2 crore)
11. Liam Livingstone (England): Rs 8.75 crore, Royal Challengers Bangalore (base price: Rs 2 crore)
12. KL Rahul (India): Rs 14 Crore, Delhi Capitals (Base Price: Rs 2 Crore)
13. Harry Brook (England) – Rs 6.25 Crore, Delhi Capitals (Base Price: Rs 2 Crore)
14. Aiden Markram (South Africa): Rs 2 Crore, Lucknow Super Giants (Base Price: Rs 2 Crore)
15. Devon Conway (New Zealand): Rs 6.25 crore, Chennai Super Kings (base price: Rs 2 crore)
16. Rahul Tripathi (India): Rs 3.40 crore, Chennai Super Kings (base price: Rs 75 lakh)
17. Jake Fraser-McGurk (Australia) – 9 million rupees, Delhi Capitals (Base Price: Rs 2 Crore)
18. Harshal Patel (India): Rs 8 crore, Sunrisers Hyderabad (base price: Rs 2 crore)
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19. Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand): 4 million rupees, Chennai Super Kings (base price: Rs 1.5 crore)
20. Ravichandran Ashwin (India): Rs 9.75 crore, Chennai Super Kings (base price: Rs 2 crore)
21. Venkatesh Iyer (India): Rs 23.75 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders (base price: Rs 2 crore)
22. Marcus Stoinis (Australia) – Rs 11 crore, Punjab Kings (base price – Rs 2 crore)
23. Mitchell Marsh (Australia): Rs 3.40 crore, Lucknow Super Giants (base price: Rs 2 crore)
24. Glenn Maxwell (Australia) – Rs 4.2 million, Punjab Kings (base price: Rs 2 million)
25. Quinton de Kock (South Africa): Rs 3.60 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders (base price: Rs 2 crore)
26. Phil Salt (England): Rs 11.50 crore, Royal Challengers Bangalore (base price: Rs 2 crore)
27. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) – 2 Crores, Kolkata Knight Riders (Base Price – 2 Crores)
28. Ishan Kishan (India): Rs 11.25 crore, Sunrisers Hyderabad (base price: Rs 2 crore)
29. Jitesh Sharma (India): Rs 11 million, Royal Challengers Bangalore (base price: Rs 1 million)
30. Josh Hazlewood (Australia) – Rs 12.50 crore, Royal Challengers Bangalore (base price: Rs 2 crore)
31. Prasidh Krishna (India) – Rs 9.50 Crore, Gujarat Titans (Base Price: Rs 2 Crore)
32. Avesh Khan (India): Rs 9.75 crore, Lucknow Super Giants (base price: Rs 2 crore)
33. Enrique Norcia (South Africa) – 6.50 million rupees, Kolkata Knight Riders (Base Price: Rs 2 Crores)
34. Joffra Archer (England) – Rs 12.50 crore, Rajasthan Royals (Base price: 2 million rupees)
35. Khalil Ahmed (India) – Rs 4.80 crore, Chennai Super Kings (base price: Rs 2 crore)
36. T. Natarajan (India) – Rs 10.75 million, Delhi Capitals (base price: Rs 2 million)
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37. Trent Boult (New Zealand): 12.50 crore, Mumbai Indians (Base price: 2 million rupees)
38. Mahish Tikshana (Sri Lanka): Rs 4.40 crore, Rajasthan Royals (base price: Rs 2 crore)
39. Rahul Chahar (India) – 3.20 crores, Sunrisers Hyderabad (Base Price: 1 Crore)
40. Adam Zampa (Australia) – Rs 2.40 crore, Sunrisers Hyderabad (base price: Rs 2 crore)
41. Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka): Rs 5.25 crore, Rajasthan Royals (base price: Rs 2 crore)
42. Noor Ahmed (Afghanistan): Rs 10 crore, Chennai Super Kings (base price: Rs 2 crore)
43. Atharva Tayde (India) – 30 Lakh, Sunrisers Hyderabad (Base Price – 30 Lakh)
44. Nehal Wadhera (India): Rs 4.20 crore, Punjab Kings (base price: Rs 30 lakh)
45. Angkrish Raghuvanshi (India): Rs 3 Crore, Kolkata Knight Riders (Base Price: Rs 35 Lakh)
46. Karun Nair (India) – 50 Lakh, Delhi Capitals (Base Price – 30 Lakh)
47. Abhinav Manohar (India): 3.20 crore, Sunrisers Hyderabad (base price: 30 lakh)
48. Nishant Sindhu (India) – 30 Lakh, Gujarat Titans (Base Price – 30 Lakh)
49. Sameer Rizvi (India) – 95 Lakh, Delhi Capitals (Base Price – 30 Lakh)
50. Naman Dheer (India): Rs 5.25 crore, Mumbai Indians (base price: Rs 30 lakh)
51. Abdul Samad (India) – 4.20 crore, Lucknow Super Giants (base price: 30 lakh)
52. Harpreet Brar (India): 1.50 crore, Punjab Kings (base price: 30 lakh)
53. Vijay Shankar (India) – 1.20 crore, Chennai Super Kings (Base price: 30 lakh)
54. Mahipal Lomror (India): 1.70 crore, Gujarat Titans (base price: 50 lakh)
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55. Ashutosh Sharma (India): Rs 3.80 crore, Delhi Capitals (base price: Rs 30 lakh)
56. Kumar Kushagra (India) – 65 Lakh, Gujarat Titans (Base Price – 30 Lakh)
57. Robin Minz (India): 65 Lakhs, Mumbai Indians (Base Price: 30 Lakhs)
58. Anuj Rawat (India) – 30 Lakh, Gujarat Titans (Base Price – 30 Lakh)
59. Aryan Juyal (India) – 30 Lakh, Lucknow Super Giants (Base Price – 30 Lakh)
60. Vishnu Vinod (India) – 95 Lakh, Punjab Kings (Base Price – 30 Lakh)
61. Rasikh Salam Dar (India): 6 Crores, Royal Challengers Bangalore (Base Price: 30 Lakhs)
62. Akash Madhwal (India): 1.20 crore, Rajasthan Royals (base price: 30 lakh)
63. Mohit Sharma (India): 2.20 crore, Delhi Capitals (base price: 50 lakh)
64. Vijaykumar Vaishak (India): 1.80 crore, Punjab Kings (base price: 30 lakh)
65. Vaibhav Arora (India): 1.80 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders (base price: 30 lakh)
66. Yash Thakur (India): 1.60 crore, Punjab Kings (base price: 30 lakh)
67. Simarjeet Singh (India) – 1.50 crore, Sunrisers Hyderabad (base price – 30 lakh)
68. Suyash Sharma (India): 2.60 crore, Royal Challengers Bangalore (base price: 30 lakh)
69. Karn Sharma (India) – 50 Lakh, Mumbai Indians (base price – 50 Lakh)
70. Mayank Markande (India) – 30 Lakh, Kolkata Knight Riders (Base Price – 30 Lakh)
71. Kumar Karthikeya (India) – 30 Lakh, Rajasthan Royals (Base Price – 30 Lakh)
72. Manav Suthar (India) – 30 Lakh, Gujarat Titans (Base Price – 30 Lakh)
Shreyas Iyer is now expected to captain Punjab Kings in IPL 2025, while Rishabh Pant is likely to lead Lucknow Super Giants. Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal also dominated the auction, which was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 18 crore. On the other hand, former Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul will now play for Delhi Capitals, for whom a bid of Rs 14 crore was received.
We tell you that this time Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Faf du Plessis were not retained by their teams. All of them had captained their respective teams in the last IPL season. But most importantly, these players’ former teams could include them back into their teams using the Right to Match (RTM) card.
All teams have pending portfolios
Royal Challengers Bangalore – Rs 30.65 crore
Mumbai Indians: 26.10 crore
Kings of Punjab: 22.50 million rupees
Gujarat Titans: Rs 17.50 crore
Rajasthan Royals: Rs 17.35 crore
Chennai Super Kings: Rs 15.60 crore
Lucknow Supergiants: Rs 14.85 crore
Delhi Capitals: Rs 13.80 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs 10.05 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad – 5.15 crores
