New Delhi: The mega auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is all in readiness to get underway in the Middle East for the second consecutive time. The excitement is at its all-time high as a number of marquee players will be going under the hammer which will ensue a bidding war between the 10 franchises. The teams are prepping for the two big days and are getting ready with their respective plans to fetch big players.
As per the new rules set for the auction, the ten teams were allowed to keep a maximum of six players (with a maximum of five capped and a maximum of two uncapped players). The two sets of marquee players will be up for bidding first followed by the capped and then the uncapped players. After player no. 116 (subject to timings), the auction will enter into the accelerated phase, and will cover all the players from 117 to 574 (total no. of players).
Post this, the franchises will be asked to submit the names of all the unsold players from the full list who will be up for bidding once again in another accelerated round. For IPL 2025, the 10 teams were granted a total purse of Rs. 120 crore and some of that has already been spent on the players that were retained. The maximum size of each franchise’s squad is 25 and the minimum size is 18, making it a total of 250 players (maximum).
Out of these 250 players, 46 players have already been retained by the teams, leaving a maximum of 204 slots to fill during the IPL 2025 mega auction. Also, each team can have a maximum of eight overseas players so there are 70 slots for them at the auction.
Date, timing, venue, and live-streaming
This year, the mega auction for the IPL 2025 will be held in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. The auction will take place on two days – November 24 and 25 and will begin at 1 PM local time, which is 3:30 PM IST on both days.
The auction can be viewed live on the Star Sports Network and those looking for the online streaming can hop on to the JioCinema app and website.
Number of players at IPL 2025 mega auction
A total of 1574 players had registered for the IPL 2025 mega auction but the list has now been cut short to 574 players, who will go under the hammer in Jeddah. Out of these 574 players, 366 are Indian and 208 are overseas players.
Marquee set of players
Like the previous two mega auctions held in 2022 and 2018 had a marquee set of players, this mega auction has not one but two sets of marquee players. The 10 franchises are expected to bid fiercely for these players who are divided into two sets of six each. They will be the first to go up for the bidding.
1st set – Jos Buttler, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, and Mitchell Starc.
2nd set – Yuzvendra Chahal, Liam Livingstone, David Miller, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, and Mohammed Siraj.
Big names in focus at IPL 2025 mega auction
Indians – Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Venkatesh Iyer, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prasidh Krishna, T Natarajan, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, and more.
Overseas – David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis, Devon Conway, Tim David, Rachin Ravindra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, etc.
Team wise IPL 2025 mega auction details
Mumbai Indians
Players retained – Jasprit Bumrah (Rs. 18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (Rs. 16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (Rs. 16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (Rs. 16.30 crore), Tilak Varma (Rs. 8 crore)
RTM available – 1
Players eligible for RTM – One uncapped player
Slots available – 20 slots (8 overseas)
Purse remaining – Rs. 45 crore; Used – Rs. 75 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Players retained – Heinrich Klaasen (Rs. 23 crore), Pat Cummins (Rs. 18 crore), Abhishek Sharma (Rs. 14 crore), Travis Head (Rs. 14 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (Rs. 6 crore)
RTM available – 1
Players eligible for RTM – One uncapped player
Slots available – 20 slots (5 overseas)
Purse remaining – Rs. 45 crore; Used – Rs. 75 crore
Chennai Super Kings
Players retained – Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 18 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (INR 18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (INR 13 crore), Shivam Dube (INR 12 crore), MS Dhoni (INR 4 crore)
RTM available – 1
Players eligible for RTM – One capped or uncapped player
Slots available – 20 slots (7 overseas)
Purse remaining – Rs. 55 crore; Used – Rs. 65 crore
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Players retained – Virat Kohli (Rs. 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (Rs. 11 crore), Yash Dayal (Rs. 5 crore)
RTM available – 3
Players eligible for RTM – One uncapped and two capped players or three capped players
Slots available – 22 slots (8 overseas)
Purse remaining – Rs. 83 crore; Used – Rs. 37 crore
Delhi Capitals
Players retained – Axar Patel (Rs. 16.50 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs. 13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (Rs. 10 crore), Abishek Porel (Rs. 4 crore)
RTM available – 2
Players eligible for RTM – One uncapped and one capped player or two capped players
Slots available – 21 slots (7 overseas)
Purse remaining – Rs. 73 crore; Used – Rs. 47 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders
Players retained – Rinku Singh (Rs. 13 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (Rs. 12 crore), Sunil Narine (Rs. 12 crore), Andre Russell (Rs. 12 crore), Harshit Rana (Rs. 4 crore), Ramandeep Singh (Rs. 4 crore)
RTM available – 0
Players eligible for RTM – 0
Slots available – 19 slots (6 overseas)
Purse remaining – Rs. 51 crore; Used – Rs. 69 crore
Rajasthan Royals
Players retained – Sanju Samson (Rs. 18 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rs. 18 crore), Riyan Parag (Rs. 14 crore), Dhruv Jurel (Rs. 14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (Rs. 11 crore), Sandeep Sharma (Rs. 4 crore)
RTM available – 0
Players eligible for RTM – 0
Slots available – 19 slots (7 overseas)
Purse remaining – Rs. 41 crore; Used – Rs. 79 crore
Gujarat Titans
Players retained – Rashid Khan (Rs. 18 crore), Shubman Gill (Rs. 16.50 crore), Sai Sudharsan (Rs. 8.50 crore), Rahul Tewatia (Rs. 4 crore), Shahrukh Khan (Rs. 4 crore)
RTM available – 1
Players eligible for RTM – One capped player
Slots available – 20 slots (7 overseas)
Purse remaining – Rs. 69 crore; Used – Rs. 51 crore
Lucknow Super Giants
Players retained – Nicholas Pooran (Rs. 21 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (Rs. 11 crore), Mayank Yadav (Rs. 11 crore), Mohsin Khan (Rs. 4 crore), Ayush Badoni (Rs. 4 crore)
RTM available – 1
Players eligible for RTM – One capped player
Slots available – 20 slots (7 overseas)
Purse remaining – Rs. 69 crore; Used – Rs. 51 crore
Punjab Kings
Players retained: Shashank Singh (Rs. 5.5 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (Rs. 4 crore)
RTM available: 4
Players eligible for RTM – Four capped players
Slots available – 23 slots (8 overseas)
Purse remaining – Rs. 110.5 crore; Used – Rs. 9.5 crore
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