IPL 2025 Mega Auction Highlights: The two-day mega auction for the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. During this period, the 10 teams spent Rs 639.15 million and bought a total of 182 players. This time there have been many important things at the auction.
Many players have surprised in this mega auction, while some have created a history that will hardly be broken. Star goalkeeper Rishabh Pant’s name is also in this list, who created the history. Let’s know 5 important things about the IPL mega auction…
Rishabh Pant becomes the most expensive player in IPL history
On the first day of the mega auction, all eyes were on star batsman Rishabh Pant. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) bought him with a huge offer of Rs 27 crore. Now Pant has become the most expensive player in the IPL.
Pant was the captain of Delhi Capitals (DC) last season. He was not retained by the Delhi team. In such a situation, Pant entered the auction for the first time after 2016. When Rishabh Pant’s bid reached Rs 20.75 crore, Delhi Capitals used the RTM card. However, Lucknow increased the offer to Rs 27 crore. Delhi again showed no interest in doing RTM for Pant. In this way Lucknow bought Pant.
Shreyas and Venkatesh also surprised everyone.
This time, the two players who have surprised everyone in the mega auction are Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer. On the first day, the third offer was made to star batsman Shreyas Iyer and created quite a stir. Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders made big offers for him.
In the end, the Punjab team bought him with a bid of Rs 26.75 million. Thus, Shreyas became the most expensive player in the history of the IPL. But in the next 20 minutes, Rishabh Pant broke his record.
Apart from this, the second name was Venkatesh Iyer, who has surprised everyone. Star opener and all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer created a stir. Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team used all their strength to buy him.
KKR bought Venkatesh with a bid of Rs 23.75 crore. Let us tell you that this star player played for the KKR team only until last season. But this time KKR did not retain Venkatesh. In such a situation, KKR had to use all its strength to buy Venkatesh in the auction.
Chahal and Arshdeep also made history.
Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh and star spinner Yuzvendra Chahal have created history in the mega auction. This time the first bid in the auction was for Arshdeep. Punjab Kings (PBKS) bought him for Rs 18 crore using the Right to Match (RTM) card. In this way, Arshdeep has become the most expensive Indian fast bowler in IPL history.
After some time, Chahal was also sold for Rs 18 crore. Punjab Kings also bought him for Rs 18 crore. In this way, Chahal has become the highest-selling Indian spinner in the history of the IPL. Let us tell you that Chahal was in Rajasthan Royals last season and earned Rs 6.50 crore.
This 13-year-old cricketer became a millionaire
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 13, also created a sensation at the mega auction. He has become a millionaire at the auction. This time Vaibhav was the youngest cricketer to participate in the IPL mega auction. Its base price was Rs 30 lakh. But Rajasthan Royals bought him for Rs 1.10 crore.
Vaibhav was born on March 27, 2011 in Motipur of Samastipur district. His current age is 13 years and 243 days (November 25, 2024). Vaibhav plays domestic cricket for Bihar. He made his first-class debut in January this year against Mumbai.
Many veterans, including Warner-Shardul, were not sold.
This time, many of these greats were left unsold in the mega auction, which not even fans and veterans expected. Captain David Warner, who made Sunrisers Hyderabad champions in the 2016 season, was not bought by anyone this time. Apart from them, no one bought Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Piyush Chawla, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Shai Hope, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Akil Hussain, Adil Rashid and Keshav Maharaj.
