New Delhi: It was an enthralling opening day at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Sunday as all franchises spent big money on marquee Indian names and top overseas players. Indian wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant emerged as the most expensive buy in IPL auction history after being bought by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for a staggering Rs 27 crore.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) went all out to secure the services of Team India star Shreyas Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore. Iyer was released by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) despite leading them to a memorable title triumph in IPL 2024 earlier this year. PBKS beat Delhi Capitals in the race to sign Iyer making the most of their big purse at the auction.
PBKS also splurged big to rope in Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh and spinner Yuzvendra Chahal for Rs 18 crore each. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) broke the bank to buy back star all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer for Rs 23.75 crore, making him the 3rd most expensive pick on Day 1 of the auction. KL Rahul was sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore.
Punjab Kings headed into the IPL 2025 mega auction with the highest purse of Rs 110.50 crore and they bought the most number of players – 10, on Day 1. Punjab Kings spent Rs 88 crore from their overall purse on Day 1 and will head into the second day of the auction with a remaining purse of Rs 22.50 crore. Only 3 teams used RTM options on Day 1 of the auction.
Delhi Capitals exercised RTM to keep Jake Fraser McGruk while Chennai Super Kings used their only RTM to get back Rachin Ravindra. Punjab Kings used the RTM to keep Arshdeep Singh for Rs 18 crore which was also the most expensive RTM used by any team in the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Complete list of players sold at IPL 2025 mega auction on Day 1:
Arshdeep Singh – Rs 18 crore, RTM – PBKS
Kagiso Rabada – Rs 10.75 crore – Gujarat Titans
Shreyas Iyer – Rs 26.75 crore – Punjab Kings
Jos Buttler – Rs 15.75 crore – Gujarat Titans
Mitchell Starc – Rs 11.75 crore – Delhi Capitals
Rishabh Pant – Rs 27 crore – Lucknow Super Giants
Mohammed Shami – Rs 10 crore – SRH
David Miller – Rs 7.5 crore – LSG
Yuzvendra Chahal – Rs 18 crore – Punjab Kings
Mohammed Siraj – Rs 12.25 crore – Gujarat Titans
Liam Livingstone – Rs 8.75 crore – RCB
KL Rahul – Rs 14 crore – Delhi Capitals
Harry Brook – Rs 6.25 crore – Delhi Capitals
Devdutt Padikkal – unsold
Aiden Markram – Rs 2 crore – LSG
Devon Conway – Rs 6.25 crore – CSK
Rahul Tripathi – Rs 3.40 crore – CSK
Jake Fraser-McGurk – Rs 9 crore – DC, RTM
Harshal Patel – Rs 8 crore – SRH
Rachin Ravindra – Rs 4 crore – CSK
R Ashwin – Rs 9.75 crore – CSK
Venkatesh Iyer – Rs 23.75 crore – KKR
Marcus Stoinis – Rs 11 crore – Punjab Kings
Mitchell Marsh – Rs 3.40 crore – LSG
Glenn Maxwell – Rs 4.20 crore – Punjab Kings
Quinton de Kock – Rs 3.60 crore – KKR
Phil Salt – Rs 11.50 crore – RCB
Rahmanullah Gurbaz – Rs 2 crore – KKR
Ishan Kishan – Rs 11.25 crore – SRH
Jitesh Sharma – Rs 11 crore – RCB
Josh Hazlewood – Rs 12.50 crore – RCB
Prasidh Krishna – Rs 9 crore – GT
Avesh Khan – Rs 9.75 crore – LSG
Anrich Nortje – Rs 6.50 crore – KKR
Jofra Archer – Rs 12.50 crore – RR
Khaleel Ahmed – Rs 4.80 crore – CSK
T Natarajan – Rs 10.75 crore – DC
Trent Boult – Rs 12.50 crore – MI
Maheesh Theekshana – Rs 4.40 crore – RR
Rahul Chahar – Rs 3.20 crore – SRH
Adam Zampa – Rs 2.40 crore – SRH
Wanindu Hasaranga – Rs 5.25 crore – RR
Noor Ahmad – Rs 10 crore – CSK
Atharva Taide – Rs 30 lakh – SRH
Anmolpreet Singh – Unsold
Nehal Wadhera – Rs 4.20 crore – PBKS
Angkrish Raghuvanshi – Rs 3 crore – KKR
Karun Nair – Rs 50 lakh – DC
Abhinav Manohar – Rs 3.20 crore – SRH
Nishant Sidhu – Rs 30 lakh – GT
Sameer Rizvi – Rs 95 lakh – DC
Naman Dhir – Rs 5.35 crore – Mumbai Indians (RTM)
Abdul Samad – Rs 4.20 crore – LSG
Harpreet Brar – Rs 1.50 crore – Punjab Kings
Vijay Shankar – Rs 1.20 crore – CSK
Mahipal Lomror – Rs 1.70 crore – GT
Ashutosh Sharma – Rs 3.80 crore – DC
Kumar Kushagra – Rs 65 lakh – Gujarat Titans
Robin Minz – Rs 65 lakh – Mumbai Indians
Anuj Rawat – Rs 30 lakh – Gujarat Titans
Aryan Juyal – Rs 30 lakh – LSG
Upendra Yadav – Unsold
Luvnith Sisodia – Unsold
Vishnu Vinod – Rs 95 lakh – PBKS
Rasikh Dar – Rs 6 crore – RCB
Akash Madhwal – Rs 1.20 crore – RR
Mohit Sharma – Rs 2.40 crore – DC
Vijaykumar Vyshak – Rs 1.80 crore – Punjab Kings
Vaibhav Arora – Rs 1.80 crore – KKR
Yash Thakur – Rs 1.60 crore – Punjab Kings
Simarjeet Singh – Rs 1.50 crore – SRH
Suyash Sharma – Rs 2.60 lakh – RCB
Mayank Markande – Rs 30 lakh – KKR
Kumar Kartikeya – Rs 30 lakh – RR
Manav Suthar – Rs 30 lakh – Gujarat Titans
Complete list of unsold players on Day of IPL 2025 mega auction:
Devdutt Padikkal
David Warner
Jonny Bairstow
Waqar Salamkheli
Anmolpreet Singh
Yash Dhull
Utkarsh Singh
Upendra Yadav
Luvnith Sisodia
Kartik Tyagi
Piyush Chawla
Shreyas Gopal
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IPL 2025 mega auction complete list of players sold: Rishabh Pant emerged as the cotliest pick at Rs 27 crore while Shreyas Iyer was sold to Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore. The IPL franchises spent Rs 467.95 on 72 players on Day 1 of the IPL 2025 mega auction. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
