IPL 2025 Mega Auction News, Place, Date, Rules, 10 Team Players

IPL 2025 Mega Auction Date: The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League is expected to be played in its regular window of March – May 2025. A total of 74 matches will be played between 10 participating teams.

Ahead of the IPL 2025, the BCCI is planning to host a mega auction for the tournament.

With the cricket board exploring the opportunities to host the IPL 2025 mega auction, Riyadh is the front-runner for organizing the event. The IPL 2025 mega auctions are expected to be held on November 24 and 25.

IPL 2025 Mega Auction

IPL 2025 Mega Auction: According to the new IPL 2025 retention rules released by BCCI, each team can retain six players from their existing squad, either via retention or by using the Right to Match (RTM) option.(IPL 2025 Auction RTM Rules, Number of RTM Cards)

BCCI has also brought in uncapped rules where Indians Players who retired from international cricket five years ago and are not involved in the central contract can be retained as the ‘uncapped player’.

Meanwhile, the BCCI has added INR 20 crores to the Purse value of franchises to which teams can have a total purse value of INR 120 crore for the mega auction.

IPL 2025 Auction Updates

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• James Hopes joins Punjab Kings support staff units indicating the exit of Charl Langeveldt, the former South Africa pacer who served as the team’s fast-bowling coach under Trevor Bayliss for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
• PBKS retained Brad Haddin as their Batting and Wicketkeeping coach and also retained Sunil Joshi as their Spin bowling coach.
• Mayank Yadav will be among LSG’s top three retentions and might receive a salary of INR 14 Cr.
• Lucknow Super Giants are set to release KL Rahul ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
• Shreyas Iyer and KKR reunion look highly unlikely if things don’t change at the last minute.
• Parthiv Patel is set to join Gujarat Titans as batting mentor for the IPL 2025 season.
• Sunrisers Hyderabad is rumoured to retain Heinrich Klaasen for a whooping INR 23 Cr.
• IPL 2025 mega auction is likely to be held in Riyadh(Capital of Saudi Arabia) on November 24 and 25.
• Mumbai Indians Likely to Retain Rohit Sharma Ahead of IPL 2025 Mega Auction
• Hemang Badani Appointed as Delhi Capitals Head Coach for IPL 2025
• Venugopal Rao replaced Sourav Ganguly as the Director of Cricket for the Delhi Capitals for the IPL 2025 season.
• Former Indian cricketer Munaf Patel is likely to be named as the bowling coach of Delhi Capitals.
• Former South Africa pacer Dale Steyn confirms that he won’t return as the bowling coach of SRH for the IPL 2025 season.
• Mahela Jayawardene Appointed as Mumbai Indians Head Coach for IPL 2025
• Paras Mhambrey has been named as the bowling coach of the Mumbai Indians and will work along with Lasith Malinga in the IPL 2025 season.
• Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, CVC captains sold a 64% stake in the Gujarat Titans to Torrent Group, making them the majority stakeholder of the franchise.
• IPL 2025 mega auction is expected to take place on November 30, 2024 in Dubai.
• According to the new IPL 2025 retention rules released by BCCI, each team can retain six players from their existing squad, either via retention or by using the Right to Match (RTM) option.
• Despite a poor outing in the last season, head coach Ashish Nehra, the director of cricket Vikram Solanki, and other members of the coaching staff are set to remain with Gujarat Titans for the 2025 season.
• KKR appointed former West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo as their mentor for the IPL 2025 season.
• Zaheer Khan was named as the mentor of the Lucknow Super Giants for the IPL 2025 season.
• Punjab Kings parted ways with Trevor Bayliss and Sanjay Bangar after Ricky Ponting was appointed as the head coach for IPL 2025.
• Punjab Kings appointed former Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting as the head coach for the IPL 2025 season.
• Ahead of the auction, BCCI has set the team’s purse value at INR 120 crores while it was INR 100 Cr last season.
• Rajasthan Royals roped former Indian cricketer and head coach Rahul Dravid as their new head coach for the IPL 2025 season.
• Ahead of IPL 2025, RCB named Dinesh Karthik as their new batting coach and mentor.

IPL 2025 Squad of All Teams

IPL 2025 Squad: The full details of the IPL 2025 squad will be updated here right after the official announcement. Check out the IPL 2025 squad along with their auction price and role for all 10 teams.

IPL 2025 Squad – CSK

Following are the complete details of the IPL 2025 CSK Squad with the player’s role, nationality and price:

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IPL 2025 Squad – DC

Following are the complete details of the IPL 2025 DC Squad with the player’s role, nationality and price:

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IPL 2025 Squad – GT

Following are the complete details of the IPL 2025 GT Squad with the player’s role, nationality and price:

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IPL 2025 Squad – KKR

Following are the complete details of the IPL 2025 KKR Squad with the player’s role, nationality and price:

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IPL 2025 Squad – LSG

Following are the complete details of the IPL 2025 LSG Squad with the player’s role, nationality and price:

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IPL 2025 Squad – MI

Following are the complete details of the IPL 2025 MI Squad with the player’s role, nationality and price:

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IPL 2025 Squad – PBKS

Following are the complete details of the IPL 2025 PBKS Squad with the player’s role, nationality and price:

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IPL 2025 Squad – RR

Following are the complete details of the IPL 2025 RR Squad with the player’s role, nationality and price:

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IPL 2025 Squad – RCB

Following are the complete details of the IPL 2025 RCB Squad with the player’s role, nationality and price:

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IPL 2025 Squad – SRH

Following are the complete details of the IPL 2025 SRH Squad with the player’s role, nationality and price:

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IPL 2025 Mega Auction Date

With the deadline for submitting the retention players list ending by October 31, some reports suggest that BCCI is planning to hold the IPL 2025 mega auctions on November 24 and 25.

IPL 2025 Mega Auction Venue

Despite no official confirmation from BCCI, it is evident that the Board is currently exploring the options for the venues and is expected to announce the schedule in a few days.

BCCI has explored a few other options like Dubai, Singapore and London. BCCI has even considered Vienna, but Saudi Arabia is believed to have been considered and also identified a place that can be the venue for the two-day mega auction. Out of those, Riyadh will be the frontrunner for holding the event.

IPL 2025 Mega Auction Live Streaming 

The IPL 2025 Mega Auction live streaming will be available for fans for free on Jio Cinema and fans can also enjoy the IPL 2025 auction live telecast on Star Sports, the official broadcaster of the IPL tournament.

BCCI has earned INR 48,390 crores (digital+TV) from the IPL 2023-27 media rights. Across five years of media rights, a total of 410 matches will be played where BCCI earns roughly INR 118 crore per match.

Disney Star retained their Indian sub-continent TV rights by paying Rs 23,575 crore (Rs 57.5 crore/game) while Viacom18 bagged the digital rights with a winning bid of Rs 23,578 crore.

Apart from watching the auction event live, fans can also follow the IPL 2025 squad post to have a live update on the players’ auction details.

Check out the IPL 2025 Auction Live Streaming details for various locations below:

TV Channel

How to Watch IPL 2025 Auction Live Streaming in India? 

How To Watch IPL 2025 Auction Live Streaming in India: Star Sports will broadcast the IPL 2025 Auction live on TV while Jio Cinema will live-stream the event.

Apart from subscribing to the Jio Cinema, fans from India can watch the Jio Cinema as a complementary subscription along with a Jio subscription.

Jio Broadband service provides complementary OTT subscriptions for both prepaid and postpaid subscribers.

How to Watch IPL 2025 Auction Live Streaming in UK? 

Sky Sports has the right in the United Kingdom(UK) to telecast the IPL 2025 Auction live streaming in the UK. There are various ways to start watching Sky Sports.

The obvious way is using your Sky Box with your Sky TV package, but you can also watch Sky Sports with Virgin TV with the appropriate television bundle (Virgin’s Ultimate Oomph package).

You can also watch Sky Sports on the go with the Sky Go app, which is available for download on iOS, Android, Fire OD, Windows, Mac, and Huawei.

With the Complete Sky Sports Pack, you can watch Sky’s exclusive range of live sports, highlights and news across all 10 Sky Sports channels.

How to Watch IPL 2025 Auction Live Streaming in USA? 

Willow TV holds the official broadcasting rights to the IPL 2025 Auction live streaming in the USA. The Willow Premium Subscription is available for USD 9.99/month. There is no free trial period associated with Willow Premium Subscription.

Willow is the only 24×7 live cricket channel in the USA, with several hundred days of live cricket covered annually.

Willow has exclusive agreements to be the official broadcaster of The International Cricket Council (ICC), Indian Premier League (IPL), England Cricket Board, Cricket Australia, Cricket South Africa, West Indies Cricket Board, Sri Lanka Cricket, Bangladesh Cricket Board, Pakistan Cricket Board, Zimbabwe Cricket, Pakistan Super League and others.

The channel is available on most Satellite and Cable Networks for a simple monthly subscription fee or as part of Sports Packages or South Asian packages.

Willow TV Download Link

How to Watch IPL 2025 Auction Live Streaming in Australia? 

Fox Sports holds the licensee to broadcast the IPL 2025 Auction in Australia. FOX CRICKET, FOX505, FOX503, Channel 9 HD, and 9GEMHD will live telecast the tournament. FoxtelGo, FoxtelNOW, Kayo, and NineNow will livestream the tournament online.

FOX SPORTS Australia (FOX SPORTS) is Australia’s leading producer of sports coverage and is home to Australia’s favourite subscription television sports channels as well as Australia’s number one multi-sports website and app.

Australian fans can watch the IPL 2025 Auction on the TV broadcasting channel Fox Sports (FS1) live without cable using one of the following sources: FuboTV, Sling TV, Hulu + Live TV, AT&T TV, Vidgo, or YouTube TV.

How to Watch IPL 2025 Auction Live Streaming in South Africa? 

Supersports holds the official broadcasting right for the IPL 2025 Auction in South Africa. But the live streaming of the IPL 2025 Auction will be only available on the DStv app.

Users will be redirected to the DStv app from the SuperSport App when attempting to watch live sports. Though DSTV has a total of 6 packages to choose from, SuperSport Cricket will only be available with the DStv Premium package.

• DStv Easyview – R29
• DStv Access- R129
• DStv Family – R319
• DStv Compact – R449
• DStv Compact Plus – R579
• DStv Premium – R879

List of Sports Channels available with the DStv Premium subscription:

• WWE Channel HD (128)
• SuperSport Blitz (200)
• SuperSport GrandStand (201)
• SuperSport Football Plus (202)
• SuperSport Premier League (203)
• SuperSport La Liga (204)
• SuperSport Football (205)
• SuperSport Variety 1 (206)
• SuperSport Variety 2 (207)
• SuperSport Variety 3 (208)
• SuperSport Variety 4 (209)
• SuperSport Action (210)
• SuperSport Rugby (211)
• SuperSport Cricket (212)
• SuperSport Golf (213)
• SuperSport Tennis (214)
• SuperSport Motorsport (215)
• ESPN (218)
• ESPN 2 (219)

How to Watch IPL 2025 Auction Live Streaming in New Zealand? 

IPL 2025 Auction Live Streaming in New Zealand: Sky Sports New Zealand holds the official broadcasting rights for IPL 2025 mega auction live streaming in New Zealand.

Watch LIVE and On Demand anywhere, anytime in NZ with Sky Go and ESPN apps, available to all Sky Sports customers. Plus, if you have Sky Entertainment and Sky Sport you get SoHo on us! (valued at $9.99/month). Add Sky Sport to your existing Sky subscription for $37.99/month.

IPL 2025 Retained Players

Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, all the franchises must submit their retained players list. As per the retention rules, each team can retain up to a total of 6 players with a maximum of 5 capped and 2 uncapped players.

IPL 2025 Retained Players List LSG – Probable

IPL 2025 Retained Players List LSG: The official Retained players list will be updated right after the official announcement. Following are the details of the probable LSG Retained Players 2025:

1. KL Rahul
2. Nicholas Pooran
3. Ravi Bishnoi
4. Krunal Pandya
5. Mohsin Khan
6. Quinton de Kock

IPL 2025 Retained Players List MI – Probable

IPL 2025 Retained Players List MI: The official Retained players list will be updated right after the official announcement. Following are the details of the probable MI Retained Players 2025:

1. Hardik Pandya
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Jasprit Bumrah
4. Suryakumar Yadav
5. Tilak Varma
6. Tim David

IPL 2025 Retained Players List CSK – Probable

IPL 2025 Retained Players List CSK: The official Retained players list will be updated right after the official announcement. Following are the details of the probable CSK Retained Players 2025:

1. Ruturaj Gaikwad
2. Ravindra Jadeja
3. Shivam Dube
4. Matheesha Pathirana
5. Devon Conway
6. MS Dhoni

IPL 2025 Retained Players List RCB – Probable

IPL 2025 Retained Players List RCB: The official Retained players list will be updated right after the official announcement. Following are the details of the probable RCB Retained Players 2025:

1. Virat Kohli
2. Mohammed Siraj
3. Yash Dayal
4. Rajat Patidar
5. Cameron Green
6. Will Jacks

IPL 2025 Retained Players List DC – Probable

IPL 2025 Retained Players List DC: The official Retained players list will be updated right after the official announcement. Following are the details of the probable DC Retained Players 2025:

1. Rishabh Pant
2. Axar Patel
3. Kuldeep Yadav
4. Jake Fraser-McGurk
5. Tristan Stubbs
6. Abishek Porel

IPL 2025 Retained Players List GT – Probable

IPL 2025 Retained Players List GT: The official Retained players list will be updated right after the official announcement. Following are the details of the probable GT Retained Players 2025:

1. Shubman Gill
2. David Miller
3. Sai Sudharsan
4. Mohammed Shami
5. Rashid Khan
6. Rahul Tewatia

IPL 2025 Retained Players List KKR – Probable

IPL 2025 Retained Players List KKR: The official Retained players list will be updated right after the official announcement. Following are the details of the probable KKR Retained Players 2025:

1. Shreyas Iyer
2. Sunil Narine
3. Andre Russell
4. Venkatesh Iyer
5. Rinku Singh
6. Varun Chakravarthy

IPL 2025 Retained Players List PBKS – Probable

IPL 2025 Retained Players List PBKS: The official Retained players list will be updated right after the official announcement. Following are the details of the probable PBKS Retained Players 2025:

1. Sam Curran
2. Arshdeep Singh
3. Ashutosh Sharma
4. Liam Livingstone
5. Rahul Chahar
6. Shashank Singh

IPL 2025 Retained Players List RR – Probable

IPL 2025 Retained Players List RR: The official Retained players list will be updated right after the official announcement. Following are the details of the probable RR Retained Players 2025:

1. Sanju Samson
2. Yashasvi Jaiswal
3. Riyan Parag
4. Yuzvendra Chahal
5. Jos Buttler
6. Avesh Khan

IPL 2025 Retained Players List SRH – Probable

IPL 2025 Retained Players List SRH: The official Retained players list will be updated right after the official announcement. Following are the details of the probable SRH Retained Players 2025:

1. Pat Cummins
2. Abhishek Sharma
3. Travis Head
4. Nitish Kumar Reddy
5. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
6. T. Natarajan

IPL 2025 Released Players 

Along with the retained players list, the franchises will be revealed in the released players list for the IPL 2025 mega auction. Check out the probably-released list of all franchises.

IPL 2025 Released Players List LSG – Probable

• Ayush Badoni
• Ashton Turner
• Arshad Khan
• Arshin Kulkarni
• David Willey
• Devdutt Padikkal
• Krishnappa Gowtham
• Marcus Stoinis
• Kyle Mayers
• Deepak Hooda
• Prerak Mankad
• Mark Wood
• Yudhvir Singh
• Shivam Mavi
• Yash Thakur
• Naveen-ul-Haq
• Mayank Yadav
• Matt Henry
• Shamar Joseph
• Amit Mishra
• Manimaran Siddharth

IPL 2025 Released Players List CSK – Probable

• Ajinkya Rahane
• Shaik Rasheed
• Sameer Rizvi
• Aravelly Avanish Rao
• Moeen Ali
• Rajvardhan Hangargekar
• Ajay Mandal
• Daryl Mitchell
• Rachin Ravindra
• Mitchell Santner
• Nishant Sindhu
• Deepak Chahar
• Mukesh Choudhary
• Tushar Deshpande
• Mustafizur Rahman
• Simarjeet Singh
• Shardul Thakur
• Richard Gleeson
• Prashant Solanki
• Maheesh Theekshana

IPL 2025 Released Players List MI – Probable

• Naman Dhir
• Nehal Wadhera
• Vishnu Vinod
• Harvik Desai
• Dewald Brevis
• Mohammad Nabi
• Piyush Chawla
• Romario Shepherd
• Shams Mulani
• Shreyas Gopal
• Anshul Kamboj
• Shivalik Sharma
• Jason Behrendorff
• Arjun Tendulkar
• Akash Madhwal
• Gerald Coetzee
• Dilshan Madushanka
• Nuwan Thushara
• Luke Wood
• Kwena Maphaka
• Kumar Kartikeya

IPL 2025 Released Players List RCB – Probable

• Faf du Plessis
• Saurav Chauhan
• Suyash Prabhudessai
• Dinesh Karthik(Retired)
• Anuj Rawat
• Mahipal Lomror
• Glenn Maxwell
• Tom Curran
• Manoj Bhandage
• Reece Topley
• Akash Deep
• Vijaykumar Vyshak
• Lockie Ferguson
• Alzarri Joseph
• Rajan Kumar
• Swapnil Singh
• Karn Sharma
• Himanshu Sharma
• Mayank Dagar

IPL 2025 Released Players List DC – Probable

• Yash Dhull
• David Warner
• Prithvi Shaw
• Harry Brook
• Swastik Chikara
• Abishek Porel
• Shai Hope
• Kumar Kushagra
• Ricky Bhui
• Mitchell Marsh
• Lalit Yadav
• Sumit Kumar
• Gulbadin Naib
• Anrich Nortje
• Ishant Sharma
• Mukesh Kumar
• Khaleel Ahmed
• Lungi Ngidi
• Jhye Richardson
• Rasikh Salam Dar
• Lizaad Williams
• Praveen Dubey
• Vicky Ostwal

IPL 2025 Released Players List GT – Probable

• Kane Williamson
• Abhinav Manohar
• Wriddhiman Saha
• Robin Minz
• BR Sharath
• Azmatullah Omarzai
• Shahrukh Khan
• Vijay Shankar
• Darshan Nalkande
• Josh Little
• Mohit Sharma
• Kartik Tyagi
• Umesh Yadav
• Sushant Mishra
• Spencer Johnson
• Sandeep Warrier
• Gurnoor Brar
• Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
• Jayant Yadav
• Manav Suthar
• Noor Ahmad
• Matthew Wade

IPL 2025 Released Players List KKR – Probable

• Manish Pandey
• Jason Roy
• Nitish Rana
• Angkrish Raghuvanshi
• Phil Salt
• K. S. Bharat
• Rahmanullah Gurbaz
• Ramandeep Singh
• Sherfane Rutherford
• Anukul Roy
• Mitchell Starc
• Vaibhav Arora
• Gus Atkinson
• Dushmantha Chameera
• Chetan Sakariya
• Harshit Rana
• Sakib Hussain
• Mujeeb Ur Rahman
• Suyash Sharma
• Allah Ghazanfar

IPL 2025 Released Players List PBKS – Probable

• Shikhar Dhawan
• Jitesh Sharma
• Rilee Rossouw
• Harshal Patel
• Harpreet Singh Bhatia
• Shivam Singh
• Vishwanath Singh
• Atharva Taide
• Prabhsimran Singh
• Sikandar Raza
• Chris Woakes
• Rishi Dhawan
• Nathan Ellis
• Vidwath Kaverappa
• Kagiso Rabada
• Harpreet Brar
• Tanay Thyagarajan
• Prince Choudhary

IPL 2025 Released Players List RR – Probable

• Shimron Hetmyer
• Rovman Powell
• Shubham Dubey
• Donavon Ferreira
• Dhruv Jurel
• Tom Kohler-Cadmore
• Kunal Singh Rathore
• Ravichandran Ashwin
• Tanush Kotian
• Trent Boult
• Nandre Burger
• Prasidh Krishna
• Navdeep Saini
• Kuldeep Sen
• Sandeep Sharma
• Adam Zampa
• Abid Mushtaq
• Keshav Maharaj

IPL 2025 Released Players List SRH – Probable

• Mayank Agarwal
• Rahul Tripathi
• Aiden Markram
• Abdul Samad
• Anmolpreet Singh
• Heinrich Klaasen
• Upendra Yadav
• Sanvir Singh
• Shahbaz Ahmed
• Glenn Phillips
• Wanindu Hasaranga
• Washington Sundar
• Marco Jansen
• Jaydev Unadkat
• Umran Malik
• Fazalhaq Farooqi
• Akash Singh
• Mayank Markande
• Jhathavedh Subramanyan
• Vijayakanth Viyaskanth

IPL 2025 Teams Purse Value

IPL 2025 Mega Auction Teams Purse Value: The BCCI has increased Teams purse value to INR 120 crores by adding INR 20 crores to the existing purse value of INR 100 crores ahead of the mega auction.

The final purse value available for the auction will be decided after they submit the retained and released players list for the event.

• Chennai Super Kings: INR 120 Cr
• Delhi Capitals: INR 120 Cr
• Gujarat Titans: INR 120 Cr
• Kolkata Knight Riders: INR 120 Cr
• Lucknow Super Giants: INR 120 Cr
• Mumbai Indians: INR 120 Cr
• Punjab Kings: INR 120 Cr
• Rajasthan Royals: INR 120 Cr
• Royal Challengers Bangalore: INR 120 Cr
• Sunrisers Hyderabad: INR 120 Cr

Check: IPL 2025 Teams Head Coach, Support Staff For All 10 Teams