The mega auction for the 2025 IPL season has concluded, breaking all previous records and with new rules that boosted the price of many players. After intense bidding between the 10 IPL franchises over two days at the Abadi Al-Johar Arena in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the auction ended successfully. This time, a total budget of ₹641 crore was allocated for player purchases, with 204 slots available. Though not all 204 slots were filled, 182 players were bought, and the total expenditure was ₹639.15 crore.
How Does Each Team’s Squad Look After IPL 2025 Auction?
The auction is over, and now it’s time to look at the squads of each team. Here is the complete list:
Chennai Super Kings (25 Players)
Retained: Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Matisha Pathirana, Shivam Dube
New Players: R Ashwin, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Rachin Ravindra, Khaleel Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Sheikh Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjapneet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramkrishna Ghosh, Andre Siddharth, Vansh Bedi, Shreyas Gopal.
Delhi Capitals (23 Players)
Retained: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel
New Players: Mitchell Starc, KL Rahul, Harry Brook, Jake Fraser-McGurk, T Natarajan, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmantha Chameera, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurn Vijay, Manavanta Kumar, Ajay Mandal, Donovan Ferreira.
Gujarat Titans (25 Players)
Retained: Shubman Gill, Rashid Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia
New Players: Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Glenn Phillips, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Sai Kishore, Sherfane Rutherford, Gurnoor Barar, Arshad Khan, Gerald Koetzee, Washington Sundar, Kulwant Khejrolia, Karim Janat.
Kolkata Knight Riders (21 Players)
Retained: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh
New Players: Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Nortje, Ankush Raghvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Spencer Johnson, Anukul Roy, Umran Malik, Moeen Ali, Ajinkya Rahane, Lavneeth Sisodia.
Lucknow Super Giants (24 Players)
Retained: Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi
New Players: Rishabh Pant, Avesh Khan, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M Siddharth, Digvijesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Britzke, Rajvardhan Hangargekar.
Mumbai Indians (23 Players)
Retained: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav
New Players: Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Allah Gajnafar, Will Jacks, KL Sreejit, Reece Topley, Mitchell Santner, Raj Angad Bawa, V. Satyanarayana, Bevan Jacobs, Vignesh Puthur, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizzad Williams, Ashwani Kumar.
Punjab Kings (25 Players)
Retained: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh
New Players: Arshdeep Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhwa, Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Payala Avinash, Javier Bartlett, Suryansh Shedege, Musheer Khan, Aaron Hardy, Priyansh Arya, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Pannu, Azmatullah Omarzai, Lockie Ferguson, Josh Inglis, Marco Jansen.
Rajasthan Royals (20 Players)
Retained: Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma
New Players: Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Nitish Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dube, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Yudhveer Singh Chark, Vaibhav Suryawanshi, Quena Mafaka, Ashok Sharma, Kunal Rathod.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (22 Players)
Retained: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal
New Players: Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Nuwan Thushara, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethel, Manoj Bhandge, Swastik Chikara, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohit Rathi, Abhinandan Singh, Lungisani Ngidi.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (20 Players)
Retained: Pat Cummins, Henrik Klaasen, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy
New Players: Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Atharv Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Brydon Cars, Aniket Verma, Ishan Malinga, Kamindu Mendis, Sachin Baby.