The mega auction of the Indian Premier League – IPL 2025 is to be held on 24 and 25 November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 574 players have been shortlisted for this mega auction. 1574 players had registered for this auction, but one thousand players were excluded from the final list of the IPL Mega Auction. Anyway, out of the 574 shortlisted players, only a maximum of 204 players will be sold. This time a total of Rs 641 crore is left in the purse of all 10 teams.
The IPL 2025 final will be played on this day
This mega auction has brought a big update regarding the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). IPL 2025 will start on March 14 and the final match will be played on May 25. The full schedule of IPL matches will be released later.
In the list of 574 players shortlisted for the IPL auction, there are 81 players whose base price is Rs 2 crore. While the base price of 27 players has been kept at Rs 1.5 crore. Apart from these, players with base prices of Rs 1.25, 1 crore, 75 lahks, 50 lahks, 40 lakhs, and 30 lakhs are also included in the list.
This time big players like Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Mohammad Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Yuzvendra Chahal will participate in the upcoming auction. All of them have also listed themselves for Rs 2 crore. While the list of foreign players includes stars like Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Jos Buttler, David Warner, James Anderson, Trent Boult, and Faf du Plessis.
Punjab Kings will have the highest purse of Rs 110.5 crore in the IPL 2025 auction. Punjab has retained only two players (Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh) before the auction. On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore has Rs 83 crore left in its purse, which is the second highest. Rajasthan Royals will have the lowest purse (Rs 41 crore) in the auction.
Mega Auction For IPL 2025 Remaining wallet for all teams
- Punjab Kings- 110.5 crores
- Royal Challengers Bangalore- 83 crores
- Delhi Capitals- 73 crores
- Lucknow Super Giants- 69 crores
- Gujarat Titans- 69 crores
- Chennai Super Kings- 55 crores
- Kolkata Knight Riders- 51 crores
- Sunrisers Hyderabad- 45 crores
- Mumbai Indians- 45 crores
- Rajasthan Royals- 41 crores
IPL 2025 player’s retention list
Gujarat Titans (GT)
- Shubman Gill (16.5 crores)
- Rashid Khan (18 crores)
- Sai Sudarshan (8.5 crores)
- Shahrukh Khan (4 crores)
- Rahul Tewatia (4 crores)
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
- Nicholas Pooran (21 crores)
- Mayank Yadav (11 crores)
- Ravi Bishnoi (11 crores)
- Ayush Badoni (4 crores)
- Mohsin Khan (4 crores)
Mumbai Indians (MI)
- Hardik Pandya (16.35 crores)
- Suryakumar Yadav (16.35 crores)
- Rohit Sharma (16.30 crores)
- Jasprit Bumrah (18 crores)
- Tilak Verma (8 crores)
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
- Rituraj Gaikwad (18 crores)
- Mathisha Pathirana (13 crores)
- Shivam Dubey (12 crores)
- Ravindra Jadeja (18 crores)
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni (4 crores)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
- Pat Cummins (18 crores)
- Heinrich Klaasen (23 crores)
- Abhishek Sharma (14 crores)
- Travis Head (14 crores)
- Nitish Kumar Reddy (6 crores)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
- Virat Kohli (21 crores)
- Rajat Patidar (11 crores)
- Yash Dayal (5 crores)
Delhi Capitals (DC)
- Axar Patel (16.50 crores)
- Kuldeep Yadav (13.25 crores)
- Tristan Stubbs (10 crores)
- Abhishek Porel (4 crores)
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
- Sunil Narine (12 crores)
- Rinku Singh (13 crores)
- Andre Russell (12 crores)
- Varun Chakravarthy (12 crores)
- Harshit Rana (4 crores)
- Ramandeep Singh (4 crores)
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
- Shashank Singh (5.5 crores)
- Prabhsimran Singh (4 crores)
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
- Sanju Samson (18 crores)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (18 crores)
- Riyan Parag (14 crores)
- Dhruv Jurel (14 crores)
- Shimron Hetmyer (11 crores)
- Sandeep Sharma (4 crores)
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