The IPL 2025 auction took place on Sunday and Monday in Jeddah. On the first day, a total of 72 players, including 24 foreign players, were sold. Four Right to Match (RTM) cards were used by the franchises. Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player of the day, bought by Lucknow Super Giants for ₹27 crore. Shreyas Iyer, who led Kolkata Knight Riders to victory this year, was bought by Punjab Kings for ₹26.75 crore, making him the second most expensive player in IPL history. There was a lot of competition between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings for Iyer, but Punjab won the bidding war.
The first bid was placed for Arshdeep Singh, with six franchises showing interest. Though Hyderabad made the highest bid of ₹18 crore, Punjab Kings used their RTM card to match it and brought him into their team. Kagiso Rabada was bought by Gujarat Titans for ₹10.75 crore, and Mitchell Starc joined Delhi Capitals for ₹11.75 crore. David Miller was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for ₹7.50 crore. Yuzvendra Chahal became the most expensive spinner in IPL history, sold to Punjab Kings for ₹18 crore. A total of ₹126 crore was spent by franchises on seven Indian marquee players.
During the third and fourth sets, Venkatesh Iyer became the most expensive player, bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹23.75 crore. Marcus Stoinis went to Punjab Kings for ₹11 crore, and Ravichandran Ashwin was bought by Chennai Super Kings for ₹9.75 crore. Ishan Kishan was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹11.25 crore. Prasidh Krishna joined Gujarat for ₹9.50 crore, and Avesh Khan was bought by Lucknow for ₹9.75 crore. Jofra Archer was purchased by Rajasthan Royals for ₹12.50 crore, and T. Natarajan went to Delhi Capitals for ₹10.50 crore. Trent Boult made a return to Mumbai Indians for ₹12.50 crore.
List of Players Bought:
- Chennai Super Kings: Ravichandran Ashwin (₹9.75 crore), Devon Conway (₹6.25 crore), Rachin Ravindra (₹4 crore), Rahul Tripathi (₹3.40 crore), Khaleel Ahmed (₹4.80 crore), Noor Ahmad (₹10 crore), Vijay Shankar (₹1.20 crore)
Remaining Purse: ₹15.60 crore - Mumbai Indians: Trent Boult (₹12.50 crore), Naman Dhir (₹5.25 crore), Robin Minz (₹65 lakh), Karn Sharma (₹50 lakh)
Remaining Purse: ₹26.1 crore - Rajasthan Royals: Jofra Archer (₹12.50 crore), Maheesh Theekshana (₹4.40 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (₹5.25 crore), Akash Madhwal (₹1.20 crore), Kumar Kartikeya (₹30 lakh)
Remaining Purse: ₹17.35 crore - Gujarat Titans: Jos Buttler (₹15.75 crore), Mohammed Siraj (₹12.25 crore), Prasidh Krishna (₹9.50 crore), Kagiso Rabada (₹10.75 crore), Nishant Sidhu (₹30 lakh), Mahipal Lomror (₹1.70 crore), Kumar Kushagra (₹65 lakh), Anuj Rawat (₹30 lakh), Manav Suthar (₹30 lakh)
Remaining Purse: ₹17.50 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer (₹23.75 crore), Anrich Nortje (₹6.50 crore), Quinton de Kock (₹3.60 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (₹2 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (₹3 crore), Vaibhav Arora (₹1.80 crore), Mayank Markande (₹30 lakh)
Remaining Purse: ₹10.05 crore - Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul (₹14 crore), Mitchell Starc (₹11.75 crore), Jake Fraser-McGurk (₹9 crore), Harry Brook (₹6.25 crore), T Natarajan (₹10.75 crore), Sameer Rizvi (₹95 lakh), Karun Nair (₹50 lakh), Ashutosh Sharma (₹3.80 crore), Mohit Sharma (₹2.20 crore)
Remaining Purse: ₹13.80 crore - Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (₹26.75 crore), Yuzvendra Chahal (₹18 crore), Arshdeep Singh (₹18 crore), Marcus Stoinis (₹11 crore), Glenn Maxwell (₹4.20 crore), Nehal Wadhera (₹4.20 crore), Harpreet Brar (₹1.50 crore), Vishnu Vinod (₹95 lakh), Vyshak Vijaykumar (₹1.80 crore), Yash Thakur (₹1.80 crore)
Remaining Purse: ₹22.50 crore - Royal Challengers Bangalore: Josh Hazlewood (₹12.50 crore), Phil Salt (₹11.50 crore), Jitesh Sharma (₹11 crore), Liam Livingstone (₹8.75 crore), Rasikh Salam (₹6 crore), Suyash Sharma (₹2.60 crore)
Remaining Purse: ₹30.65 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad: Ishan Kishan (₹11.25 crore), Mohammed Shami (₹10 crore), Harshal Patel (₹8 crore), Adam Zampa (₹2.40 crore), Rahul Chahar (₹3.20 crore), Abhinav Manohar (₹3.20 crore), Atharva Taide (₹30 lakh), Simarjeet Singh (₹1.5 crore)
Remaining Purse: ₹5.15 crore - Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (₹27 crore), Avesh Khan (₹9.75 crore), David Miller (₹7.50 crore), Mitchell Marsh (₹3.40 crore), Aiden Markram (₹2 crore), Aryan Juyal (₹30 lakh)
Remaining Purse: ₹14.85 crore
List of Unsold Players with Base Price:
- David Warner (₹2 crore)
- Devdutt Padikkal (₹2 crore)
- Jonny Bairstow (₹2 crore)
- Waqar Salamkheil (₹75 lakh)
- Yash Dhull (₹30 lakh)
- Anmolpreet Singh (₹30 lakh)
- Upendra Yadav (₹30 lakh)
- Luvith Sisodia (₹30 lakh)
- Kartik Tyagi (₹40 lakh)
- Utkarsh Singh (₹30 lakh)
- Piyush Chawla (₹50 lakh)
- Shreyas Gopal (₹30 lakh)