Cricket News Desk. The bugle for the 18th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2025 has been sounded. The mega auction of IPL 2025 has started from today in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. See below which player was bought by which team for how much…
RCB bid for Livingstone
Liam Livingstone landed with a base price of Rs 2 crore and Hyderabad and RCB made the opening bid for him. However, later Delhi also expressed interest in Livingstone. There was a competition between Delhi and RCB for Livingstone. RCB bought Livingstone for Rs 8.75 crore.
Gujarat bought Siraj
Gujarat and CSK made the initial bid for fast bowler Mohammad Siraj and there was a fierce competition between the two franchises. The base price of Siraj was Rs 2 crore, but within a short time the bid crossed Rs 8 crore. Rajasthan Royals jumped into the bidding after CSK backed out. Gujarat finally picked up Siraj for Rs 12.75 crore. RCB did not use RTM for Siraj.
Punjab bought Chahal
IPL's most successful bowler Yuzvendra Chahal has finally joined Punjab Kings for Rs 18 crore.
Miller of Lucknow
There was a battle between Gujarat and RCB for David Miller. Miller's base price was Rs 2 crore. At the same time, Delhi Capitals also joined the race. There was a clash between Delhi and RCB for Miller. Lucknow was also not left behind and also bid. Lucknow bid Rs 7.50 crore for Miller. Gujarat had a chance to use RTM for Miller, but they did not do so. This is how Lucknow bought Miller.
Hyderabad bought Shami for 10 crores
Fast bowler Mohammed Shami came in the second set of the marquee player. Shami's base price was Rs 2 crore and there was a race between CSK and KKR to get him. KKR made a bid of Rs 8.25 crore for Shami after which CSK backed out. However, after Chennai's withdrawal, Lucknow jumped into the bid, but KKR also did not give up. KKR bid Rs 9.75 crore and Lucknow backed out. Shami previously played for Gujarat, but the Titans did not use RTM for him. But KKR backed out at the price of Rs 10 crore, while Hyderabad bought Shami at this price.
Pant left Shreyas Iyer behind
Lucknow bought wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant for Rs 27 crore. Pant has thus become the player sold at the highest price in IPL history. In this matter, he has left behind Shreyas Iyer who was sold for Rs 26.75 crore just a short time ago. Initially there was a battle between Lucknow and RCB for Rishabh Pant. Pant had entered the auction with a base price of Rs 2 crore and within a short time his price had crossed Rs 10 crore. During this time, Hyderabad also joined the race, but Lucknow also did not give up. Hyderabad owner Kavya Maran and Lucknow owner Sanjay Goenka kept bidding for Pant on the auction table and within no time the price crossed Rs 17 crore. Hyderabad and Lucknow did not stop here either and the bidding on Pant continued to increase. Lucknow bid Rs 20.75 crore for Pant and Hyderabad backed out. However, Delhi used RTM. After this, Lucknow made an offer of Rs 27 crore for Pant and Delhi withdrew its hands. In this way, Pant was sold for Rs 27 crore and Lucknow took him as the most expensive player of IPL.
Delhi bought Starc
Mitchell Starc entered the auction with a base price of Rs 2 crore. KKR once again started bidding for them, but Mumbai Indians also remained in the race. At the same time, Delhi Capitals and RCB also expressed interest in taking Starc. Ultimately Delhi bought Starc for Rs 11.75 crore. It is known that last time the biggest bid in IPL history was made on Starc, which was left behind by Shreyas today.
Butler from Gujarat
Jos Buttler's base price was Rs 2 crore and there was a race for him between Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans. Meanwhile, Lucknow Supergiants also joined the race and saw their clash with Gujarat. Ultimately Gujarat bought Butler for Rs 15.75 crore. Butler was released by Rajasthan Royals.
Iyer broke all records
Punjab Kings has bought Shreyas Iyer for Rs 26 crore 75 lakh. With this, Iyer has become the most expensive player to be sold in IPL history.
Gujarat bought Rabada
Kagiso Rabada of South Africa came at second place, whose base price was Rs 2 crore. Gujarat Titans bought this bowler for Rs 10.75 crore. Rabada earlier played for Punjab, but Punjab did not use RTM for Rabada.
Arshdeep becomes the most expensive Indian player of IPL
SRH jumps into bidding war for Arshdeep. Arshdeep Singh is on his way to becoming the most expensive Indian player. Meanwhile, Punjab Kings have played the RTM card. Punjab has recalled Arshdeep back to its team through RTM for Rs 18 crore.
A total of 574 players are going to participate in the mega auction of IPL 2025. Of these, 366 are Indians and 208 are foreigners, including 3 players from associate teams. Of the 330 uncapped players, 318 are Indians and 12 are foreigners. However, the maximum slots is 204, of which 70 are available to foreign players. This is also the first time since the 2018 auction that the marquee list has been divided into two parts.
A total of 82 players have marked themselves for the auction under the base price of Rs 2 crore and will hope to grab the headlines in the two-day mega event. Among other players, 27 players are priced at Rs 1.5 crore, 18 players are priced at Rs 1.25 crore, 23 players are priced at Rs 1 crore, 92 players are priced at Rs 75 lakh, eight players are priced at Rs 50 lakh, five players are priced at Rs 40 lakh and 320 players are priced at Rs 30 lakh. Veteran England fast bowler James Anderson, who ended his illustrious red-ball career almost three weeks ago at the age of 42, surprised everyone as he bought himself a base price of Rs 1.25 crore in search of his first IPL franchise. Registered.
Star Sports is the official broadcast partner of the Indian Premier League. IPL 2025 Mega Auction will be telecast live on Star Sports channels in India, starting at 3 PM IST and live streaming of IPL 2025 Mega Auction will be available on Jio Cinema app and website.
In this auction, franchises will try to include their old players in their team by using RTM. This time, permission has been given to retain 6 players. This time the use of RTM will be a little different. That is, after the end of the bidding, if the concerned team wants to use RTM, then the other teams will be given one more chance to take the bid forward. The team using RTM will have to match that increased bid. For example, if RCB bid Rs 10 crore for Starc. In such a situation, if KKR chooses the option of RTM, other teams will get a chance to increase the bid for Starc. Suppose RCB is ready to pay Rs 12 crore to Starc, then KKR, which uses RTM, will have to pay Rs 12 crore and not Rs 10 crore. This option to increase the bid was not available in the first rule of RTM.
Many Indian superstars are included in the mega auction of IPL 2025. It will have big Indian players like KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal. Apart from this, many foreign giants will also be part of the auction. Foreign players include big names like Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis, Jos Buttler, David Warner, Tim David, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee and Mitchell Starc.
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