The much-awaited IPL 2025 mega auction is scheduled for November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 574 players from various cricketing nations have been shortlisted to participate in the auction. Initially, 1,574 players were considered, but the list was trimmed down after franchise reviews.
Player Breakdown for the Auction
Out of the shortlisted players, 366 are Indian, while 208 are overseas players, including three from Associate Nations. The list also includes 318 uncapped Indian players and 12 uncapped overseas players. Among the capped players, 48 are Indian, and 193 are from overseas.
IPL 2025 Mega Auction Slots and Price Brackets
Following the announcement of team retentions on October 31, 204 slots are available for the auction, 70 of which are for overseas players. Players are divided into eight price brackets, ranging from₹30 lakh to₹2 crore.
Key Indian Players in the Auction
- Shreyas lyer: 2 crore
- Rishabh Pant: 2 crore
- Arshdeep Singh: 2 crore
- Yuzvendra Chahal, 2 crore
- KL Rahul: 2 crore
- Mohammed Shami: 2 crore
- Mohammed Siraj: 2 crore
- Devdutt Padikkal: 2 crore
- Rahul Tripathi: 75 lakh
- R Ashwin, 2 crore
- Venkatesh lyer: 2 crore
- Harshal Patel: 2 crore
- Ishan Kishan: 2 crore
- Jitesh Sharma, 1 crore
- Prasidh Krishna, 2 crore
- T Natarajan: 2 crore
- Rahul Chahar: 1 crore
- Mayank Agarawal, 1 crore
- Ajinkya Rahane: 1.5 crore
- PrithviShaw: 75 lakh
- KrunalPandya: 2 crore
- Nitish Rana: 1.5 crore
- Washington Sundar: 2 crore
- Shardul Thakur: 2 crore
- KS Bharat: 75 lakh
- Deepak Chahar: 2 crore
- Akash Deep: 1 crore
- Tushar Deshpande: 1 crore
- Manish Pandey: 75 lakh
- Shahbaz Ahmed: 1 crore
- Deepak Hooda: 75 lakh
- R Sai Kishore: 75 lakh
- Umran Malik: 75 lakh
- Jaydev Unadkat: 1 crore
- Umesh Yadav: 2 crore
- K Gowtham, 1 crore
- Jayant Yadav: 75 lakh
- Kuldeep Sen: 75 lakh
- Sarfaraz Khan: 75 lakh
- Shivam Mavi: 75 lakh
- Navdeep Saini: 75 lakh
- Chetan Sakariya: 75 lakh
- Khaleel Ahmed: 2 crore
- Avesh Khan: 2 crore
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 2 crore
- Mukesh Kumar: 2 crore
- Ishant Sharma: 75 lakh
- Sandeep Warrier: 75 lakh
Of the 48 capped Indian players, 23 have chosen the highest base price of ₹2 crore. Notable names include Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Venkatesh Iyer, and Ishan Kishan.
Interestingly, Shreyas, Pant, and Rahul, who captained their franchises in IPL 2024, were released despite their key roles. Shreyas even led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to victory in IPL 2024 but was not retained. Pant and Rahul, captains of the Delhi Capitals (DC) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), also didn’t secure playoff spots for their teams.
Other players, such as Nitish Rana and Ajinkya Rahane, have set their base prices at ₹1.5 crore, while Jitesh Sharma, Rahul Chahar, and Mayank Agarwal have listed ₹1 crore as their reserve price.
Team Purses for the Auction
All 10 franchises have a budget of ₹120 crore each for the auction. Punjab Kings (PBKS) have the largest purse, ₹110.5 crore, as they retained only two players.
The IPL 2025 mega auction promises exciting player selections and team strategies as franchises aim to build their squads for the upcoming season.
